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About National Children's Book Week

United States
EVENT NAME:
Children's Book Week Estimated Event Date
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Education , Children
Culture & Art , Books
United States
Dates Active:
Begins: Nov 03, 2025
Ends: Nov 09, 2025
EVENT ADDRESS:

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.

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Storytime for Preschoolers Infographic

Infographic of Early Childhood Reading Milestones

Children and Reading Infographic

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Oct 10, 2024

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