Celebrating Literacy
Below is a month-by-month guide on the most important literary awards or celebration days. Amongst these is the annual World Book Day, which is enthusiastically celebrated with dressing up in schools across the UK and British Curriculum Schools worldwide. There are a number of important days, weeks or months here that you may not have heard of, so why not look into them further and see whether you can get involved? For example, you might like to get involved in learning a few new words during European Day of Languages or discuss with your class what dyslexia is and how it affects people during the month of October. Please note there are gaps, but I am intending on filling these year on year as important names or events come to light. I have also placed other notable figures on some of the birthdays as I consider them worthy of discussion in class. Perhaps you could do a non-fiction study on these people? If you have any suggestions that are Key Stage 2 appropriate, please contact me! Thank you!
Please note that this page is being reviewed at the moment. It will take some time to revamp so please bare with me! Please also excuse some of the other famous people I've selected. I felt they needed a mention- where no author or Literary Day could be found.
Please note that this page is being reviewed at the moment. It will take some time to revamp so please bare with me! Please also excuse some of the other famous people I've selected. I felt they needed a mention- where no author or Literary Day could be found.
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18th January: Winnie the Pooh Day
27th January: Multicultural Children's Book Day 27th January: National Storytelling Week (UK) End of January: Costa Book Awards, formerly Whitbread |
1st February: World Read Aloud Day (changeable day)
14th February: Library Lovers' Day
14th February: Library Lovers' Day
1st March: World Book Day
5th March: World Spelling Day
20th March: World Storytelling Day
21st March: World Poetry Day
22nd March: World Water Day
5th March: World Spelling Day
20th March: World Storytelling Day
21st March: World Poetry Day
22nd March: World Water Day
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2nd April: International Children's Book Day
2nd April: World Autism Day 4th April: National School Librarian Day (UK) 10th April: National Libraries Day (UK) 12th April: Drop Everything And Read Day: DEAR 16th April: National Bookmobile Day (USA) 22nd April: World Earth Day 23rd April: World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO) 27th April: Tell A Story Day (UK/USA) 28th April: Great Poetry Reading Day (USA) |
National Share A Story Month
May
May
National (UK) Bookstart Week
8th- 14th June 2017
8th- 14th June 2017
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards
July
July
National Book Lover's Day
9th August (Every Year)
9th August (Every Year)
International Literacy Day
8th September 2016 
Roald Dahl Day
13th September (Every Year) |
European Day of Languages
26th September (Every Year) |
National Dyslexia Awareness Month
October
October
Picture Book Month
November |
National Novel Writing Month
November |