...Let's Celebrate, It's Alright!
Published on Monday, August 13, 2012 - 10:33am
Keep the fun rolling through the rest of August with even more unique, daily celebration days! Visit your friendly neighborhood library for books or DVDs to enjoy with children on these special days. Some suggested titles are provided below.
16 National Tell a Joke Day: The Everything Kids' Joke Book: Side-Splitting, Rib-Tickling Fun
17 National Thrift Shop Day: Those Shoes
18 Bad Poetry Day: Tie Your Socks and Clap Your Feet: Mixed Up Poems
19 World Humanitarian Day: A Kid's Guide to Giving
19 Aviation Day: Commercial Aviation
19 International Homeless Animals Day: Hotel for Dogs
20 National Radio Day: The Inventors: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine
21 Senior Citizen's Day: Mis Abuelos = My Grandparents
22 Be an Angel Day: Kids' Random Acts of Kindness
22 National Tooth Fairy Day: Tooth Fairy
23 Chinese Valentine's Day/Daughter's Day (7th day of 7th Lunar Month): No Valentines for Katie
23 Ride the Wind Day: Ride the Wind: Airborne Journeys of Animals and Plants
24 Vesuvius Day: Pompeii: the Day a City Was Buried
25 Banana Split Day: The Great Banana Cookbook for Boys and Girls
26 National Dog Day: The Dog From Arf! Arf! to Zzzzzz
26 Women's Equality Day (Commemorates women’s constitutional right to vote thanks to suffragettes): So You Want to Be President? -- And More Stories to Celebrate American History
27 Global Forgiveness Day: Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace
27 Just Because Day: Because...
28 Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: Shantorian
29 More Herbs, Less Salt Day: What Shall I Grow?
30 Frankenstein Day: Frankenstein's Hamster: Ten Spine-Tingling Tales
30 Toasted Marshmallow Day: Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
31 National Trail Mix Day: Super Snacks