Events in the month of April for writers and readers
Arab-American Heritage Month
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
- April 7 – William Wordsworth’s Birthday
- April 7-13 – National Library Week (U.S.)
- April 8 – Buddha’s Birthday
- April 9 – National Library Workers Day (U.S.); National Unicorn Day
- April 10 – Joseph Pulitzer’s Birthday; National Library Outreach Day (U.S.)
- April 11 – Take Action for Libraries Day
- April 12 – Beverly Cleary’s Birthday; Tom Clancy’s Birthday
- April 13 – Scrabble Day
- April 15 – Corrie Ten Boom’s Birthday; Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday; Rubber Eraser Day; Sign Language Day (U.S.); World Art Day
- April 16 – National Librarian Day
- April 17 – Thornton Wilder’s Birthday; International Haiku Poetry Day
- April 18 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day; Newspaper Columnists Day
- April 21 – Charlotte Bronte’s Birthday
- April 22 – Earth Day; Passover
- April 23 – William Shakespeare’s Birthday; World Book and Copyright Day
- April 25 – Guglielmo Marconi’s Birthday
- April 26 – John James Audubon’s Birthday
- April 27 – Independent Bookstore Day; National Day of Puppetry; National Tell a Story Day
- April 28 – Harper Lee’s Birthday; Great Poetry Reading Day
- April 30 – Honesty Day; National Animal Advocacy Day
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