June 2009 Calendar of Children's Books
School’s out and it’s time for summer reading fun at home and at your library. In June, we celebrate Flag Day, Father’s Day, the birthdays of Cynthia Rylant, Maurice Sendak and Eric Carle, and more.- Summer Reading
- Top 10 Summer Reading Lists For Kids and Teens: 2009
- Save Money at Your Public Library
- Summer Reading Fun
- Birthday of Author Cynthia Rylant – June 6
- Spotlight on Award-Winning Author Cynthia Rylant
- Birthday of Author and Illustrator Maurice Sendak – June 10
- The Artistry and Influence of Maurice Sendak
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Top 5 Picture Books Written and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Mommy? – Maurice Sendak’s First Pop-up Book
- Flag Day – June 14
- Children's Books that Celebrate America, the Constitution and More
- Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech – June 16
- Children's Books About Abraham Lincoln
- Father's Day – June 21
- Top 5 Children’s Books to Give Father’s Day Gifts
- Marc Brown's Authur and His Father
- Papa, Do You Love Me?
- 80th Birthday of Author and Illustrator Eric Carle – June 25
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
