August 2012 Calendar of Children’s Books
School starts in some parts of the U.S. in mid-August; in others, school doesn't start until after Labor Day. If you are still in "summer mode," see Summer Reading Resources for Kids and Teens for tips, articles and books to keep your kids reading during the rest of the summer.- Time to Get Ready for School
- Top Children's Books About Starting School or Changing Grades/Schools
- Little School
- I Am Too Absolutely Small for School
- First Grade Stinks!
- Children’s books About the First 100 Days of School / Kindergarten
- August 4 - Birthday of President Barack Obama
- Change Has Come
- August 10 - Birthday of YA Author Suzanne Collins
- The Hunger Games Trilogy
- The Hunger Games (Book One)
- August 12 - Birthday of Poet Mary Ann Hoberman
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together
- August 19 - National Aviation Day / Birth Date of Orville Wright
- Children's Books about the Wright Brothers
- August 25 - Anniversary of the Release of the Movie Version of The Wizard of Oz
- L. Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- August 26 - Women's Equality Day
- Celebrate the Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote
- August 30 - Anniversary of the Birth of Virgina Lee Burton
- Children’s Books About Winter and Snow: Katy and the Big Snow
