- National Bullying Prevention Month
- Oliver Button Is a Sissy - Recommended Picture Book
- The Bully Blockers Club - Recommended Picture Book
- Jake Drake Bully Buster - Recommended Chapter Book
- The Skinny on Bullying - Recommended Book for Middle School/Upper Elementary
- Shooter - Recommended Young Adult Book
- The Anti-Defamation League's Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice, A Guide for Adults and Children - Recommended Book for Adults
- Through October 6 - Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
- 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
- Through October 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Books for Children and Teens
- The Pura Belpré Award for Latino and Latina Authors and Illustrators
- The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
- Los Gatos Black on Halloween
- Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children's Day / Book Day - Celebremos El dia de los niños / El da de los libros
- Children's Books About the Day of the Dead / El Dia Los Muertos
- Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers
- October 6 - Birthday of Jeanette Winter
- The Librarian of Basra
- October 14 - Birthday of Author and Illustrator Elisa Kleven
- In Every Tiny Grain of Sand
- This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort
- October 14-20 - Teen Read Week
- FAQ: What and When is Teen Read Week?
- Young Adult Books and YALSA
- October 26 - Birthday of Author Steven Kellogg
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- The Art of Reading
- October 28 - Anniversary of the 1886 Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
- Lady Liberty: A Biography
- October 30 - Birthday of Eric Kimmel
- Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion
- October 31 - Halloween
- Celebrate Halloween (National Geographic's Holidays Around the World series)
- Top 10 Children's Halloween Books
- Recommended Halloween Board Books
- Los Gatos Black on Halloween
