National & International Literacy & Library Events: October 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events: 

October 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

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the Southern California Library Literacy Network

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Health Literacy Month          Dyslexia Awareness Month

10/1/14	3/14 - 10/5 The Infinite Library. Sites of Knowledge in the Ancient World (Colosseum, Rome Italy)
10/1/14	BOOK IT! Day
10/2/14	10/2 - 10/3           Conference on Learning Disabilities (PHILADELPHIA, PA)
10/3/14	10/3 - 10/5 National Storytelling Festival (Jonesborough TN)
10/4/14	9am - 3pm Dyslexia for a Day in Des Moines, Iowa
10/6/14	10/6 - 11/14 Global Read Aloud 2014 - Peter H. Reynolds is focus this year. Miraculous Journey Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo; Fourteenth Goldfish, Jennifer L. Holm; One For the Murphy's, Lyndy Mullaly Hunt; Fault in Our Stars, John Green
10/8/14	10/8 - 10/9 Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference (CyberSpace)
10/9/14	10/9 - 10/12 Comic Con - New York
10/10/14	10/10 - 10/11 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards & Colloquium, MIND THE GAPS (Simmons College, Boston) Health Literacy Conference (San Antonio TX) 10/10 - 10/11 KidLitCon 2014 (Sacramento CA) 10/10 - 10/12 Power of Picture Books: Links to Literacy and Learning (Honesdale, PA)
10/11/14	Star Wars Reads Day
10/12/14	10/12 - 10/18 Teen Read Week  - Dare to read for the fun of it !
10/13/14	USA Toy Library Conference (Los Angeles CA)
10/13/14	Plain Language Day
10/15/14	10/15 - 10/17 Alliance for Children and Families Conference (Pittsburgh, PA) 10/15 - 10/17 Closing the Gap Conference (Minneapolis, MN)
10/16/14	Dictionary Day - Celebrates the birthday of Noah Webster (1758)
10/17/14	Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians (Wake Forest University)
10/19/14	10/19 - 10/25 National Friends of Libraries Week
10/20/14	National Day of Writing - National Gallery of Writing
10/21/14	Read For The Record: BUNNY CAKES by Rosemary Wells
10/23/14	Lit Crawl (Seattle WA) 10/23 - 10/25 National Black Book Festival (Houston TX)
10/25/14	Lit Crawl (Austin TX)
10/25/14	10 am                       Sensory Friendly Films - BOOK OF LIFE
10/26/14	Make A Difference Day
10/27/14	10/27 - 10/29 Internet Librarian (Monterey Conference Center, Monterey CA)
10/30/14	10/30 - 10/31 Natl Coun for Workforce Education Conf (Pittsburgh, PA)

Kid Lit Events - Children’s Book Council

Fun children's and young adult literature events from coast to coast!