HomeCalendar of Literacy Events 2004

2004 Calendar of Promotional Events
for Libraries and Literacy

March

Read Across America - March 2
Contact:  National Education Association
Read Across America, 1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20036
Telephone:  202/822/SEUS
www.nea.org/readacross, Email: readacross@nea.org

Freedom of Information Day - March 16
Contact: ALA Washington Office
Telephone: 800/941/8478 www.ala.org

April

National Poetry Month
Contact: The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway Suite 1208
New York, NY 10012-3250
Telephone: 212/274/0343
www.poets.org/npm/npmfrmst.htm

Young People's Poetry Week - April 12-18
Contact: Children's Book Council
568 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212/966/1990
www.cbcbooks.org

National Library Week - April 18-24
Contact: ALA Public Information Office
Telephone: 800/545/2433, ext. 5041, 5044
www.ala.org/celebrating/

Kids, Animals and Literacy
(in celebration of the ASPCA Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month)
Contact: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
424 East 92nd Street
New York, NY 10128
www.aspca.org

May

National Book Month
Contact: National Book Award
264 Fifth Ave, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Telephone: 212/685/0261
www.nationalbook.org

Reading is Fun Week - May 16-23
Contact:Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF)
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20009
tollfree:(877-RIF-READ)
www.rif.org

September

Fall for the Book Festival- September 18-23
George Mason University
4400 University Dr., MS 3E4
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
http://www.fallforthebook.org/

October

Teen Read Week - October 17-23
Contact: Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of ALA
50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
Telephone: 800/545-2433, ext. 4390
www.ala.org/teenread/

November

National Young Reader's Day - November 9
Sponsored by Pizza Hut in cooperation with the Center for the Book
BOOK IT!, PO Box 2999, Wichita, KS 67201
Telephone: 800/4-BOOK-IT
www.bookitprogram.com/

American Education Week - November 14-20
Contact: National Education Association
1201 Sixteenth St., Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202/833/4000
www.nea.org

Children's Book Week - November 15-21
Contact: Children's Book Council
568 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212/966/1990
www.cbcbooks.org

Compiled by the ALA Public Information Office. To suggest an event, send e-mail to  pio@ala.org. Note: For upcoming dates please contact the organization which is provided after the listed event.