August and September Holidays include Read a Book Day and International Literacy Day and Comic Book Day and provide lots of fun opportunities for reasons to select interesting books.
How about introducing El camino del Café with National Coffee Day? Pretty good excuse to bring coffee and coffee beans into your classroom!
Or World Elephant Day, Black Cat Appreciation Day or National Dog Day with Orión, Lola, Minou or La araña y el elefante? Have you ever celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day?
For larger and more important themes, September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month and many countries' Independence Days are September 15th and 16th. August 26th is Women's Equality Day, opening the door to books about strong female characters, especially non-fiction, like the Las Revolucionarias series and fiction, like El Portal.
Our newest titles from indy authors are on the home page of the website, but you probably already have a lot of these in your classroom library.
What ideas do you have for connecting readings and holidays, whether real or surprising?
| August 10 Ecuador Indep. Day
August 12 World Elephant Day August 15 Costa Rica Mother’s Day August 16 Nat'l. Tell A Joke Day August 17 Black Cat Appreciation Day August 26 Nat'l. Dog Day Women’s Equality Day August 30 National Beach Day August 31 Trinidad & Tobago Indep. September 1 Labor Day September 6 Read A Book Day September 7 Brazil Indep. Day September 8 Int'l. Literacy Day September 11 Ethiopian New Year Hispanic Heritage Month Mon, Sep 15, 2025 – Wed, Oct 15, 2025 September 15 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Independence September 16 Mexico Indep. Day September 18 Chile Indep. Day September 19 Talk like a Pirate Day September 20 Start of Oktoberfest September 21 Int'l. Day of Peace September 22 Autumnal Equinox, Rosh Hashana (Begins) September 25 Nat'l. Comic Book Day September 27 World Tourism Day September 29 Nat'l. Coffee Day |
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