(I think a great event series could be tied to this one!)
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February is National Weddings Month<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n
March is Women’s History Month<\/p>\n
March is National Craft Month<\/p>\n
March is Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month<\/p>\n
March is National March into Literacy Month<\/p>\n
March is Music in Our Schools Month<\/p>\n
March is National Peanut Month<\/p>\n
March is National Umbrella Month<\/p>\n
March is Youth Art Month<\/p>\n
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April is National Poetry Month<\/p>\n
April is National Card and Letter Writing Month (No, this one wasn’t coined by Hallmark. It was the U.S.P.S. who started this written correspondance initiative.)<\/em><\/p>\n April is International Customer Loyalty Month
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April is National Humor Month<\/p>\n April is Jazz Appreciation Month<\/p>\n
April is National Kite Month<\/p>\n
April is Physical Wellness Month<\/p>\n
April is School Library Media Month<\/p>\n
April is Straw Hat Month (I love picturing the covers of the books on this display…)<\/em><\/p>\n **** <\/p>\n
May is National Barbecue Month<\/p>\n
May is International Civility Month<\/p>\n
May is National Egg Month (Hold onto some of those books from your Easter display in April!)
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May is Get Caught Reading Month<\/p>\n May is Gifts from the Garden Month<\/p>\n
May is National Moving Month<\/p>\n
May is National Salad Month<\/p>\n
May is Teen Self-Esteem Month (Think of all the YA novels that would be a good fit here…)<\/em><\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n
June is National Candy Month<\/p>\n
June is National GLBT Book Month<\/p>\n
June is Great Outdoors Month<\/p>\n
June is Dairy Month
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June is National Rivers Month<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n
July is National Blueberries Month (<\/em>Blueberries for Sal goes here.)<\/em><\/p>\n July is Family Reunion Month<\/p>\n
July is National Hot Dog Month (I see lots of dachshund books…)<\/em><\/p>\n July is National Ice Cream Month<\/p>\n
July is International Zine Month<\/p>\n
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August is Audio Appreciation Month<\/p>\n
August is Get Ready for Kindergarten Month<\/p>\n
August is National Inventors’ Month<\/p>\n
August is National What Will Be Your Legacy? Month (put<\/em> Miss Rumphius on display)<\/p>\n<\/em>****<\/p>\n
September is Be Kind to Writers and Editors Month<\/p>\n
September is National Chicken Month<\/p>\n
September is National Coupon Month<\/p>\n
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month<\/p>\n
September is National Piano Month<\/p>\n
September is Shameless Promotion Month (I can already see the mailings I’ll be receiving: "In honor of Shameless Promotion Month I am writing to shamelessly promote X…")<\/em><\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n
October is National Bake and Decorate Month<\/p>\n
October is Children’s Magazine Month<\/p>\n
October is Eat Better, Eat Together Month<\/p>\n
October is National Go on a Field Trip Month<\/p>\n
October is Photographer Appreciation Month<\/p>\n
October is National Reading Group Month<\/p>\n
October is National Squirrel Awareness Month (We have done squirrel-specific displays in the past but were’t aware we could be increasing people’s "Squirrel Awareness" in the process… Must make a new sign for that display.)
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October is National Vegetarian Month<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n
November is National Adoption Month<\/p>\n
November is Family Stories Month<\/p>\n
November is National Inspirational Role Models Month<\/p>\n
November is National Lifewriting Month<\/p>\n
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December is National Tie Month<\/p>\n
December is National Spiritual Literacy Month<\/p>\n
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Do you have a favorite odd or lesser-known occasion you like to celebrate or promote in your store\/library\/home\/office? If so, please share it with the rest of us so that we can celebrate too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sure, you’re accustomed to promoting books in tune with Presidents’ Day (Feb. 15th this year), and National Poetry Month in April. But when was the last time you tied titles to National Bird-Feeding Month (January) or brought out your manners-themed stock for International Civility Month (May)? With the help of Chase’s Calendar of Events and the McGraw-Hill website, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}