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.
Samuel Pepys was born in London on February 23, 1633.
John Steinbeck, one of America's most noted authors and a Nobel laureate in 1962, gave voice to the plight of many different characters in his nove
Since 1985, March has been filled with sound as music in our schools is celebrated around the nation.
Our shared history unites families, communities, and nations. Although women's history is intertwined with the history shared with men, sev
Join NEA’s Read Across America to celebrate a nation of diverse readers with these recommended books, authors, and teaching resources tha
Leslie Marmon Silko, born in 1948 and raised in the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, proudly proclaims her mixed Native American, Mexican, and White he
One of the most popular Latin American authors, García Márquez was raised by his grandparents in a house in Colombia which was always overflowing
When Barbie was released in 1959, she immediately stepped into controversy. The idea of a doll with an adult woman's features was brand-new.
Ezra Jack Keats wrote and illustrated more than 85 children's books.
Andrew Carnegie, at one time the richest man in America, was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated when he was 13.
In Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warns Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March." Caesar ignores the warning and is, in fact, murdered on March 1
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter tells the tale of Hester Prynne, her daughter Pearl, and the city that condemns them because Hest
The Irish have observed St. Patrick's Day as a religious holiday since the island's conversion to Christianity in the early Middle Ages.
Before the invention of the railroad, people used local "sun time" as they traveled across the country.
Believed to have its origin in the 1930s, World Poetry Day is now celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world.
Randolph Caldecott was a British artist whose illustrations delighted young Victorian readers.
Along with his collaborators, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim has written musicals inspired by fairy tales (Into the Woods
Born on March 25, 1964, Kate DiCamillo is the award-winning author of Because of Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, her first nov
Robert Frost is one of the most important American poets of the 20th century.
Anna Sewell's novel about a horse named Black Beauty touched a responsive chord in readers of many ages when it was first published in 1877.
César Chávez led the efforts to improve working conditions for California's migrant farm workers and formed the United Farm Workers Union.
Each year the month of April is set aside as National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poets and their craft.
Hans Christian Andersen is often referred to as the "father of modern fantasy." More than 200 years after his birth, Andersen's tales are still enj
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou is considered one of the finest poets of her generation.
