October 2008 Calendar of Children's Books

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

• Banned Books Week FAQs: What You Need to Know About Banned Books Week
• Censorship, Banned and Challenged Children's Books: 2008 Banned Books Week Report
• Banning and Censorship of Children's Books
• Harry Potter: The Censorship Battles

Birthday of Jeanette Winter, October 6

• The Librarian of Basra

Birthday of Author and Illustrator Elisa Kleven, October 14

• In Every Tiny Grain of Sand
• This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort
• B Is for Bethlehem

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, Through October 15

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

Teen Read Week: Books with Bite @ your library, October 12-18

• FAQ: What and When is Teen Read Week?
• Young Adult Books and YALSA

Birthday of Author Steven Kellogg, October 26

• Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
• The Art of Reading

Anniversary of the 1886 Dedication of the Statue of Liberty, October 28

• Lady Liberty: A Biography

Birthday of Eric Kimmel, October 30

• Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion

Halloween, October 31

• Top 10 Children's Halloween Books
• Recommended Halloween Board Books
• Los Gatos Black on Halloween

Birth Anniversary of Sydney Taylor, October 31

• Children’s Books About Jewish Life and Culture

Looking Ahead - The Day of the Dead, November 1-2

• Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead