Events in the month of April for writers and readers
Child Abuse Awareness Month
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Dog Appreciation Month
Earth Month
Genocide Awareness Month
Global Astronomy Month
International Guitar Month
Mathematics & Statistics Awareness Month
National Alcohol Awareness Month
National Card & Letter Writing Month
National Humor Month
National Poetry Month
School Library Month
- April 1 – April Fool’s Day; Education & Sharing Day; International Fun at Work Day; National Greeting Card Day; National Love Our Children Day; National Loyal Day; Reading Is Funny Day
- April 2 – Hans Christian Anderson’s Birthday; International Children’s Book Day; National Reconciliation Day; Nature Day
- April 3 – Jane Goodall’s Birthday; Independent Artist Day
- April 4 – Maya Angelou’s Birthday; National School Librarian Day
- April 5 – Booker T. Washington’s Birthday; Passover
- April 7 – William Wordsworth’s Birthday
- April 8 – Buddha’s Birthday
- April 9 – Easter; National Unicorn Day
- April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer’s Birthday
- April 12 – Beverly Cleary’s Birthday; Tom Clancy’s Birthday
- April 13 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day; Scrabble Day
- April 15 – Corrie Ten Boom’s Birthday; Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday; Rubber Eraser Day; World Art Day
- April 16 – National Librarian Day
- April 17 – International Haiku Poetry Day; Thornton Wilder’s Birthday
- April 18 – Newspaper Columnists Day
- April 21 – Charlotte Bronte’s Birthday
- April 22 – Earth Day; National Day of Puppetry
- April 23-29 – National Library Week
- April 23 – William Shakespeare’s Birthday; World Book and Copyright Day
- April 25 – Guglielmo Marconi’s Birthday; National Library Workers Day
- April 26 – John James Audubon’s Birthday; National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day)
- April 27 – National Tell a Story Day; Take Action for Libraries Day
- April 28 – Great Poetry Reading Day; Harper Lee’s Birthday
- April 29 – Independent Bookstore Day
- April 30 – Day of the Child; Honesty Day; National Animal Advocacy Day
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