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#ReadABookDay and other Book’ish Holidays to remember

readittodaySeptember 6th is National Read A Book Day. It’s hard to keep up with all the different book’ish holiday’s. I did not know about this one, but luckily I have some author friends who posted about it on Facebook. Since there are so many day to celebrate books and reading I thought I’d create a list for all of us bloggers to reference.

Book’ish Holidays

1st Sat in February – Take Your Child to the Library Day

March 2ndRead Across America (Dr. Seuss Day)

1st Thursday in MarchWorld Book Day

March 25th – National Tolkien Reading Day

April – National Poetry Month

April 2nd – International Children’s Book Day

April 9-15th, 2017 – National Library Week

April 12thD.E.A.R Day (Drop Everything And Read/ Beverly Cleary’s Brithday)

May 1-7th, 2017Children’s Book Week

May 21st – National Readathon Day

May 25th – Towel Day

July 30th – Paperback Book Day

September Library Card Sign-up Month

September 6th – Read A Book Day

September 7th – Buy A Book Day

September 22nd – Hobbit Day

September 24 – 30th, 2017 – Banned Books Week

October 8 – 18th, 2017 – Teen Read Week

 

Oh and what am I reading on #readabookday? Rags and Ruin by Bob Dixon which I received from the great people at Ravenswood Publishing as an eARC.

If you love books and are on Pinterest check out my #WorldBookDay board:

Do you know of any Book’ish days that need to be added to my list? Leave a comment below.

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