Calendar of Promotional Events for Libraries and Literacy

September

Library Card Sign-Up Month 
Contact: ALA Public Information Office 
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 
Telephone: 800/545/2433, ext. 5041, 5044 
http://www.ala.org/pio/librarycard/

International Literacy Day
Contact: International Reading Association 
800 Barksdale Road 
Newark. DE 19714-8139 
Telephone: 302/731/1600 
www.reading.org/meetings/ild/

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983.
http://www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/ssyrap.htm


October

TEEN READ WEEK
Teen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998. More information is available by visiting www.ala.org/teenread, the official Web site.


November

Family Literacy Day
Contact: National Center for Family Literacy 
325 Main St., Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40202-4251 
Telephone: 502/584/1133 
www.famlit.org

Children's Book Week
Contact: Children's Book Council 
12 West 37th Street, 2nd Floor 
New York, NY 10018-7480 
Telephone: 212/966-1990 
www.cbcbooks.org

National Young Reader's Day
Sponsored by Pizza Hut in cooperation with 
the Center for the Book BOOK IT! 
PO Box 2999, Wichita, KS 67201 
Telephone: 800/4-BOOK-IT 
www.bookitprogram.com

American Education Week 
Contact: National Education Association 
1201 Sixteenth St., Washington, DC 20036 
Telephone: 202/833-4000 
www.nea.org


January

National Book Month 
Contact: National Book Award 
264 Fifth Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10000 
Telephone: 212/685/0261 
http://www.nationalbook.org


March

Student Literacy and Media (SLAM) Showcase
A reading celebration for K-12 students in Hillsborough County Public Schools
Contact: Hillsborough County Public Schools
Library Media Services, (department of Teaching & Learning)
Tampa, FL
Telephone: 813-840-7020
http://bit.ly/SLAMshowcase

Read Across America
Contact: National Education Association 
Read Across America, 1201 16th Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20036 
Telephone: 202/822-SEUS 
http://www.nea.org/readacross

Freedom of Information Day
Contact: ALA Washington Office 
Telephone: 800/941/8478 
http://www.ala.org/washoff


April

School Library Media Month
National Library Week and School Library Media Month provides a wonderful opportunity for libraries of all types across the country to participate in the @ your library™ campaign for America's Libraries.
http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmmonth.html

National Poetry Month 
Contact: The Academy of American Poets 
584 Broadway Suite #1208 
New York, NY 10012-3250 
Telephone: 212/274/0343 
http://www.poets.org/npm/npmfrmst.htm

International Children's Book Day
IBBY Activities
International Children's Book Day
http://www.ibby.org/

Storytelling Festival
http://www.tampastory.org

National Library Week
http://www.ala.org