May


Charlotte Bronte: "Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps." from Jane Eyre


Welcome to glorious, beautiful May. Suddenly the landscape is alive with a riot of pink, white, yellow and purple blooms. The sky is blue; grass is green. Enjoy the soft, fresh air as we ease into a new month that is filled with the promise of longer and brighter days.     

Look for new books by Nelson DeMille, Lincoln Child, Nancy Thayer, John Lescroat, Chuck Palahniuk, Linda Lael Miller, Kate Atkinson, Rita Mae Brown, Carolyn Hart, Terry Goodkind, Brian Jacques, Sarah Dessen, Steven Levitt, and James Patterson. 

May is Creative Beginnings Month, Get Caught Reading Month, National Bicycle Month, National Meditation Month, and National Pet Month. 




                                                         May Days


1         Batman Day; Mother Goose Day

2         National Scrapbooking Day

3         World Press Freedom Day; Hug Your Cat Day

3-9      National Post Card Week ** For just .35 postage, you can make someone smile with a silly post card.

4-10    Children's Book Week ** Enjoy a classic picture book by Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, Shel Silverstein or Robert McCloskey.

5         Cartoonist Day; National Teacher Day

9         Mother Ocean Day

10       Mother's Day
  
10-16  Reading Is Fun Week

11-15  National Etiquette Week  

12        Limerick Day ** "There once was a poor boy named Sid, who thought he knew more than he did..." (thanks to limericks for children)

15       O. Henry Pun Off Day **  "To write with a broken pencil is pointless." (thanks to pun of the day)

16       Biographer's Day

Spring cleaning at Denver Art Museum

17-23  National New Friends, Old Friends Week 

19       National Museum Day 
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25       Memorial Day









                                     



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