Share Filter Results Filter Results Event Duration Day Week Month Event Type Curricular Holiday Birthday Grade Level PK-K 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-12 Curricular Area Art English Language Arts Health History Math Music Physical Education STEAM Science Social Studies Spanish Genre Adventure Beginning / Early Reader Biography Concept Book Alphabet Color Number Season Shape Drama Fairy Tales / Folklore Graphic Novel Historical Fiction Holiday Horror Humor Mystery Nonfiction Picture Book Poetry Realistic Fiction Romance Science Fiction / Fantasy Sports Cultural Experience Any Cultural Experience African (Global) African African American American Indian Asian (Global) Asian Asian American South Asian Disability Gender Women / Girls Transgender / Non-Conforming Men / Boys Immigrant / Refugee Jewish Latino/a/e/x (Global) Latino (US / Canada) Latino (Latin America) LGBTQ+ Middle Eastern Multiracial / Mixed Race Muslim Pacific Islander / Oceania Literary Calendar September 2026 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Gail Gibbons's Birthday Jim Arnosky's Birthday 2 Demi's Birthday Indigenous Literacy Day 3 Aliki's Birthday Intergeneration Month 4 National Wildlife Day Syd Hoff's Birthday 5 International Day of Charity Paul Fleischman's Birthday 6 National Read a Book Day Tony DiTerlizzi's Birthday 7 Labor Day Food Safety Education Month 8 International Literacy Day Jack Prelutsky's Birthday Jon Scieszka's Birthday 9 Kimberly Willis Holt's Birthday National Library Card Sign-Up Month 10 John Roy Lynch's Birthday 11 Anthony Browne's Birthday Patriot Day 12 Rosh Hashanah Fruits & Veggies Month 13 Grandparents' Day Mildred Taylor's Birthday Roald Dahl's Birthday 14 John Steptoe's Birthday Welcoming Week 15 International Day of Democracy International Dot Day National Voter Registration Day More... 16 H.A. Rey's Birthday 17 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Paul Goble's Birthday 18 POW-MIA Recognition Day Read an Ebook Day World Bamboo Day 19 Batman Day International Observe the Moon Night National Hispanic Heritage Month More... 20 Arthur Geisert's Birthday 21 International Day of Peace Yom Kippur International Week of Deaf People More... 22 Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere) Hobbit Day World Rhino Day 23 International Day of Sign Languages John Coltrane's Birthday Spring Equinox (Southern Hemisphere) 24 National Punctuation Day 25 Andrea Davis Pinkney's Birthday James Ransome's Birthday Jim Murphy's Birthday More... 26 Dream Big Day Serena Williams' Birthday Sukkoth More... 27 G. Brian Karas's Birthday Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day (Canada) World Tourism Day 28 Frances Willard Day World Maritime Day 29 Stan Berenstain's Birthday 30 Elie Wiesel's Birthday Orange Shirt Day Embed this Literary Calendar on your website
