Thursday, May 1, 2014

                           **May** 

Robert Burns: "It was the charming month of May, when all the flow'rs were fresh and gay."


Let's celebrate the arrival of May. The warmer days invite us outdoors to enjoy sunshine along with a good book. We're encouraged to honor mothers, and remember those who died in battle. There's a nod to childhood with memories of Mother Goose and Batman. Maybe the most creative celebration of May is "Get Caught Reading Month." What will YOU be caught reading??

In May, look for new books by Stephen King, Dorothea Benton Frank, Richard Paul Evans, Mary Pope Osborne, Laurell K. Hamilton, Douglas Preston and James Patterson.


May is:
Creative Beginnings Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Latino Books Month

                                             May Days



1 - Batman Day; Mother Goose Day. Channel your inner Gotham City hero or recite a rhyme or two.

3 - World Press Freedom Day. Reporters around the world struggle each day to bring us the news. According to the Huffington Post and the Committee to Protect Journalists, more than 70 journalists were killed in 2013, covering conflict zones or "sensitive" subjects.

4 - Birthday of David Guterson, author of "Snow Falling on Cedars."  

5 - Cartoonist Day. Your favorite cartoon character would be... Snoopy? Zonker or Blondie? Mark Trail or Sally Forth?

10 - Birthday of Caroline B. Cooney, author of "Face on the Milk Carton."

11 - Mother's Day

11-17 - Reading is Fun Week. Humor, celebrity memoirs, gardening, etc... There's a book waiting to charm or amuse all of us.

12-18 - Children's Book Week. Discover or read again these classic authors: Lois Ehlert, Beverly Cleary, Walter Farley, E.B. White, Robert McCloskey, Madeleine L'Engle.

15 - Birthday of Laura Hillenbrand, author of "Unbroken."

19 - Birthday of Jodi Picoult, author of "My Sister's Keeper" & "Nineteen Minutes."

20 - Birthday of Mary Pope Osborne, author of "Magic Tree House" series & "American Tall Tales."

25 - Birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, author of "Nature" & "Self-Reliance and Other Essays."

25 - Birthday of Robert Ludlum, author of "Bourne Identity." 

25 - Birthday of Eve Ensler, author of "In the Body of the World."

25 - Birthday of Jamaica Kincaid, author of "Autobiography of my Mother." 

26 - Memorial Day

28 - Birthday of Meg Wolitzer, author of "The Interestings."  


Happy Reading!  



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