Children's Books for September 2008

Starting School / Changing Schools

• Top Children's Books About Starting School or Changing Grades/Schools
• Little School
• I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
• First Grade Stinks!

It's Library Card Sign-up Month

• Tomás and the Library Lady
• The Librarian of Basra: A True Story of Iraq
• The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians

Birthday of Author and Poet Paul Fleischman, September 5, 1952

• Poetry Books With Poems for Two or More Voices

National Grandparents' Day, September 7

• Grandparents!

Birthday of Poet Jack Prelutsky, September 8, 1940

• The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders
• Read A Rhyme, Write A Rhyme
• Good Sports: rhymes about running, jumping, throwing and more

Patriot Day: Remembering September 11, 2001

• September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City
• This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort

Roald Dahl Birth Anniversary, September 13

• The Enduring Roald Dahl

Robert McCloskey Birth Anniversary, September 15

• Maine Caldecott Winners by Robert McCloskey

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15

• Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Books for Children and Teens
• Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers

Birthday Author and Illustrator Tomie DePaola, September 15, 1934

• The Extraordinary Tomie dePaola
• Oliver Button is a Sissy
• Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland

H.A. Rey Birth Anniversary, September 16

• The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey

Citizenship Day, September 17 and Constitution Week, September 17-23

• Children's Books about the Political Process / Elections / Voting
• Children's Books that Celebrate America, the Constitution and More

Release Date for Brisingr - Book Three in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, September 20

• Christopher Paolini's Third Book: Title, Cover Art, and More

Start of Autumn / Fall, September 22

• Peepers

Release Date for 10th Anniversary Edition of First Harry Potter Book, September 23

• The 10th Anniversary Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

National Punctuation Day, September 24

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make A Difference!

Birthday of Author Andrea Davis Pinkney, September 25, 1963

• Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read, September 27 - October 4

• Banned Books Week FAQs: What You Need to Know About Banned Books Week
• Banning and Censorship of Children's Books
• Harry Potter: The Censorship Battles

For more seasonal books, see my Calendar of Children's Books.