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About National Children's Book Week
Culture & Art , Books
United States
Ends: May 12, 2024
DESCRIPTION:
Children's Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. It occurs in May and November each year.
Children's Book Week originated in the belief that children's books and literacy are life-changers. In 1913, Franklin K. Matthiews, the librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, began touring the country to promote higher standards in children's books. He proposed creating a Children's Book Week, which would be supported by all interested groups: publishers, booksellers, and librarians.
Mathiews enlisted two essential allies: Frederic G. Melcher, the visionary editor of Publishers Weekly, and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Children's Works at the New York Public Library and a significant figure in the library world. With the help of Melcher and Moore, in 1916, the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association sponsored a Good Book Week with the Boy Scouts of America.
Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, commemorative events are held nationwide at schools, libraries, bookstores, and homes—wherever young readers and books connect!
Children's Book Week is administered by Every Child A Reader, a 501(c)(3) literacy organization dedicated to instilling a lifelong love of reading in children. The Children's Book Council, the national non-profit trade association for children's book publishers, is an anchor sponsor.
VIDEOS
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Children's Ebook Resource for Parents
Great Summer Reading for Children
Books on Civil Rights for Young Readers
ADDITIONAL IMAGES
Storytime for Preschoolers Infographic
Infographic of Early Childhood Reading Milestones
Children and Reading Infographic
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