Wisconsin Literacy Dates
For additional dates, go to the DPI website to see the Wisconsin Education Calendar at https://dpi.wi.gov/education-events and the Wisconsin Public School Observance Days at https://dpi.wi.gov/news/observance-days
- Library Card Sign-Up Month
- September 8 International Literacy Day
- September 20 - 27 Banned Books Week
- September 15 - October 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
October
- Computer Learning Month
- October 17 Black Poetry Day
- October 19 - 25 Teen Read Week
- October 22 - 26 Wisconsin Book Festival
November
- American Indian Heritage Month
- November 1 National Family Literacy Day; National Author’s Day
- November 5 National Young Reader's Day
- November 16-22 American Education Week
- November 17-21 International Education Week
- November 17-23 National Children's Book Week
- November 20 - December 31 Jewish Book Month
January
- National Book Month
- January 7 - 13 Letter Writing Week
- January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. School Observance Day
- January 23 National Handwriting Day
- January 26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
February
- I Love to Read Month
- African American History Month
- February 9 National African American Parent Involvement Day
March
- Music in Our Schools Month
- National Middle Grades Education Month
- National Women’s History Month
- March 2 Read Across America Day
- March 3 - 7 Newspaper in Education Week
- March 7 - 13 National Foreign Language Week
- March 20 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
April
- National Poetry Month
- Keep America Beautiful Month
- Mathematics Education Month
- April 2 International Children's Book Day
- April 12 - 18 Young People’s Poetry Week
- April 18 - 24 National Library Week
May
- National Book Month
- May 1 Mother Goose Day
- May 2 - 8 Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 4 National Teacher Day
- May 4 - 10 Reading Is Fun Week
- May 12 Limerick Day
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