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Literacy Throughout the Year

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Celebrate literacy at various times throughout the year.

SEPTEMBER	"Word on the Street" - last Sunday in September International Literacy Day - September 8 each year Grandparents Day - September 10 Banned Books Week - mid September Norma Fleck Award for children's non-fiction - first week of September
OCTOBER	Ontario Public Library Week - 3rd week in October International School Library Day - 4th Monday in October Teen Read Week - mid October
NOVEMBER	National Family LIteracy Day (USA) - Mid November Forest of Reading Book Lists available Canadian Children's Book Week - 1st week in November
DECEMBER
JANUARY	Ontario Library Association Super Conference - late January Family Literacy Day (Canada) - late January
FEBRUARY	Reading for the Love of It conference - early February Ontario First Nation's Public Library Week Canada Heritage Day - 3rd Monday in February Freedom to Read Week - late February
MARCH	Read Across America
APRIL	Canada Book Day - April 23 Poetry Week - 3rd week of April Information Rights Week - 1st week of April Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction - end of April
MAY	Forest of Reading voting - early May Mother Goose Day - May 1 Cinco De Mayo - May 5 Mother's Day - Second Sunday in May Limerick Day - May 12 International Read-in Day - May 16 Reading is Fundamental Week
JUNE	CLA Book of the Year Award for Children Sun Safety Week - First week of June World Juggling Day - June 20 Fathers Day - Third Sunday in June

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