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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.

  February, 2012  

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
			1 Langston Hughes was born in 1902.   Take part in the African American Read-In!	2 Groundhog Day is February 2.	3 In 1927, Joan Lowery Nixon was born.   Celebrate Children's Authors and Illustrators Week	4
5	6	7	8	9 Author Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944.	10 The New York Times used the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."   The Chinese New Year starts today.	11 Jane Yolen was born in 1939.
12 Judy Blume was born in 1938.	13 Celebrate the 100th day of school!	14 Valentine's Day is today!	15	16 LeVar Burton, longtime host of Reading Rainbow, was born in 1957.	17	18 In 1931, Toni Morrison was born.
19	20 Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.	21 Humorist Erma Bombeck was born in 1927.	22	23 Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.	24	25
26	27 In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.	28	29 Today is Leap Day!

Types of Calendar Activities

• Authors & Texts

  Birthdays, publication dates, and more

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• Historical Figures & Events

  Notable people and happenings in history

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• Holidays & School Celebrations

  Special days and how to observe them

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• Literacy-Related Events

  Celebrations that promote and encourage literacy

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