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Calendar Events
Do you need ideas of when to hold your reading program? Use these special dates to schedule an event. Any authors or characters below are in our reward catalog.
May 2010
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| Get Caught Reading Month | ||
14
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George Lucas's 66th Birthday Creator of Star Wars |
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15 |
L. Frank Baum's 154th Birthday Author of The Wizard of Oz |
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17 |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz's 110th Anniversary | |
18 |
Shrek's 9th Anniversary | |
24 |
Hannah Montana's 4th Anniversary | |
25 |
Star Wars' 33rd Anniversary | |
June 2010 |
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1 |
Hardy Boys' 83rd Anniversary | |
26 |
Harry Potter's 13th Anniversary | |
27 |
Rainbow Brite's 26th Anniversary | |
July 2010 |
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1 |
Canada Day | |
4 |
Independence Day | |
9 |
Pirates of the Caribbean's 7th Anniversary | |
11 |
E.B. White's 111th Birthday Author of Stuart Little |
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17 |
Spongebob Squarepants' 11th Anniversary | |
31 |
J.K. Rowling's 45th Birthday Author of Harry Potter |
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August 2010 |
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25 |
Wizard of Oz Anniversary | |
September 2010 |
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| New school year | ||
8 |
International Literacy Day | |
13 |
Scooby-Doo Anniversary | |
28 |
Hillary Duff's 23rd Birthday Lizzie McGuire |
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October 2010 |
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8 |
R.L. Stine's 67th Birthday Author of The Best Friend and Midnight Games |
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16 |
The Walt Disney Company's 87th Anniversary | |
26 |
National School Library Day | |
31 |
Halloween | |
November 2010 |
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11 |
Sesame Street's 41st Anniversary | |
13 |
Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th Birthday Author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
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20 |
National Child Day | |
22 |
George Eliot's 191st Birthday Author of Silas Marner |
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23 |
Miley Cyrus's 18th Birthday Hannah Montana |
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29 |
C.S. Lewis's 112th Birthday Author of Chronicles of Narnia |
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December 2010 |
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1 |
Nickelodeon's 33rd Anniversary | |
5 |
Walt Disney's 109th Birthday | |
24 |
Stephenie Meyer's 37th Birthday Author of Twilight |
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25 |
Christmas Day | |
January 2011 |
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1 |
New Years Day | |
1 |
Stuart Little's 66th Anniversary | |
8 |
International Literacy Day | |
12 |
Lizze McGuire's 10th Anniversary | |
13 |
Make Your Dreams Come True Day | |
19 |
Edgar Allan Poe's 202nd Birthday | |
23 |
National Handwriting Day | |
27 |
National Family Literacy Day | |
February 2011
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2 |
G.I. Joe's 47th Anniversary | |
7 |
Charles Dickens's 199th Birthday Author of a Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist |
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14 |
Read to Your Child Day | |
14 |
Valentine's Day | |
15 |
National Flag Day | |
15 |
National Gumdrop Day | |
21-27 |
Freedom to Read Week | |
March 2011
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3 |
Patricia MacLachlan's 73rd Birthday Author of Caleb's Story |
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17 |
St. Patrick's Day | |
April 2011
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| National Poetry Month | ||
2 |
International Children's Book Day | |
21 |
Barbara Park's 64th Birthday Author of the Junie B. Jones |
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23 |
Shakespeare's 447th Birthday | |
25 |
Easter Monday | |
28 |
Nancy Drew's 81st Anniversary | |
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