May 2012 Calendar of Children’s Books
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Recommended Reading
- Get Caught Reading Month
- 10 Ways to Help You Raise Kids Who Love Reading
- Latino Books Month
- What is the Pura Belpré Award?
- 2011 Pura Belpré Award Winners
- The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
- Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Books for Children and Teens
- National Egg Month
- An Egg Is Quiet
- Through May 6 - Turnoff Week/Screen-Free Week
- What does Turnoff (formerly TV-Turnoff) Week have to do with children's books?
- Readers Respond: Is Turnoff Week A Good Idea or Is It Nobody's Business But Yours?
- May 1 - Mother Goose Day
- Mother Goose Rules!
- May 7-13 - Children’s Book Week
- What and When Is Children’s Book Week?
- 2012 Summer Reading Lists for Kids and Teens
- May 13 - Mother's Day
- Children's Books For Mother's Day Gifts
- Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers
- May 13-19 - National Transportation Week
- Children’s Books About Cars, Trucks and Diggers
- Katy and the Big Snow
- May 15 - Birth Date of L. Frank Baum
- L. Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- May 16 - Birth Date of Margret Rey
- The Journey That Saved Curious George
- The Complete Adventures of Curious George
- May 25 - National Tap Dance Day
- Oliver Button Is a Sissy
- May 27 - Birth Date of Amelia Jenks Bloomer
- The Amelia Bloomer Project
- May 31 - Memorial Day
- The Wall by Eve Bunting
