Up to 72% Off + FREE Shipping! GIFT OF LITERACY calendar 2016–2017
Instill the joy of reading in all children by providing them with quality • Great Leaders of the Millennium • World Kids Day books and resources to build home libraries. Check out our thematic • Spanish & Bilingual collections in support of the many holidays and celebrations • Health & Wellness • And much more! throughout the year!
BACK TO SCHOOL Offer new opportunities to strengthen the home-to-school connection. SEPTEMBER 2016 OCTOBER 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 Library Card Sign-up Month Native American Heritage Month 3 National Child Health Day National Hispanic Heritage Month Picture Book Month (Sep 15–Oct 15) 5 World Teachers’ Day 1 National Family National School Success Month 9–15 Teen Read Week Literacy Day 1 National Letter 10 Columbus Day 8 Election Day/National Writing Day Young Readers Day 16 World Food Day/ 5 Labor Day Dictionary Day 13–19 Geography Awareness/ 8 International Literacy Day American Education Week 16–22 National Friends 11 Patriot Day/National of Libraries Week 20 Universal Children’s Day Grandparents Day 17 Black Poetry Day 24 Thanksgiving 17–23 Constitution Week 20 National Day On Writing/ 24 National Punctuation Day Lights On Afterschool 26–Oct 1 Adult and Family 31 Halloween Literacy Week HOLIDAY Inspire your community by introducing them to a world of new ideas and experiences. DECEMBER 2016 JANUARY 2017 FEBRUARY 2017 National Mentoring Month Black History Month 24 Christmas Eve Celebrate the 100th Day of School 2 Groundhog Day 25 Christmas Day 1 New Year’s Day 12 Lincoln’s Birthday 31 New Year’s Eve 18 Martin Luther King Day 14 Valentine’s Day 28 Lunar New Year 20 Presidents’ Day/ Washington’s Birthday 26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
SPRING Spring has sprung! Support continued focus on achievement. MARCH 2017 APRIL 2017 MAY 2017 Women’s History Month Poetry Month Asian/Pacific American Math Awareness Month Heritage Month 2 Read Across America Day School Library Month National Share-a-Story Month 4 National Grammar Day 2 International 2 National Teacher 12 World Math Day Children’s Book Day Appreciation Day 17 St. Patrick’s Day 9–15 Library Week 13 Apple Pie Day 20 World Storytelling Day/ 10 National Siblings Day 14 Mother’s Day First Day of Spring 12 National Drop Everything 29 Memorial Day 21 World Poetry Day and Read Day 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday 16 Easter 22 Earth Day 23 World Book Day 28 Great Poetry Reading Day
SUMMER Mitigate the summer reading slide with access to great books. JUNE 2017 JULY 2017 AUGUST 2017 Children’s Eye Health and 5-11 National Bookstart Week 4 Independence Day Safety Month 14 Flag Day 13 Summer Learning Day 6 Friendship Day 18 Father’s Day 20 Moon Day 9 Booklover’s Day 21 World Music Day 23 Parent’s Day 10–16 Early Literacy 28 World Chocolate Day Awareness Week 12 International Youth Day 19 World Humanitarian Day
To learn more about our thematic collections and order books, visit scholastic.com/literacypartnerships or contact a literacy specialist at (800) 387-1437 x6333.