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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, 2021  

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	1 Langston Hughes was born in 1902.   Take part in the African American Read-In!   See More	2 Groundhog Day is February 2.	3 Today is World Read Aloud Day.	4 Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913.	5	6
7	8	9 Author Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944.   Author Matt de la Peña was born today.	10 The New York Times used the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."	11 Jane Yolen was born in 1939.	12 Judy Blume was born in 1938.   Author Jacqueline Woodson was born today.   See More	13
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 Celebrate Digital Learning Day today.	26	27 In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.
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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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