Library Holidays
Start planning now for some of the many “library holidays” coming up in 2020! Many of these events are sponsored by the American Library Association or other organizations that provide marketing materials for the event. These can be great programming and PR opportunities in your community:
- Read Across America –Year Long
- National Reading Day – Thursday, January 23
- Library Lovers Month – February
- Take Your Child to the Library Day – Saturday, February 1
- World Read Aloud Day – Wednesday, February 5
- Digital Learning Day – Thursday, February 27
- Return the Borrowed Books Week – First Week of March
- Freedom of Information Day – Monday, March 16
- School Library Month – April
- National Poetry Month – April
- Money Smart Week® – April 4-11
- National Library Week – April 19-25 Theme: Find Your Place at the Library
- National Library Workers Day – Tuesday, April 21
- World Book Day – April 23
- Preservation Week – April 26-May 2
- Children’s Day/Book Day - El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) – Thursday, April 30
- Choose Privacy Week – May 1-7
- Free Comic Book Day – May 2
- Children’s Book Week – May 4-10
- National Library Legislative Day – May 4-5
- Virtual Library Legislative Day – May 5
- GLBT Book Month™ – June
- Library Card Sign-up Month – September
- International Literacy Day – Tuesday, September 8
- Banned Books Week – September 27-October 3
- Banned Websites Awareness Day – Wednesday, September 30
- TeenTober – October
- The Great Give Back – October TBA
- Digital Inclusion Week – October (week TBA)
- National Friends of Libraries Week – October 18-24
- Picture Book Month – November
- Children’s Book Week – November 9-15
- International Games Week – November (week TBA)
- Hour of Code – December (week TBA)