March


Dr.Seuss: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."


February is exiting much as it arrived - snowy and cold. What surprises await us in March? Will we be shivering this month or basking in the first shining days of spring? Historically, March has teased us with occasional lamblike weather, leaving behind the fierce leonine wind. Regardless of the sun or wind, let's celebrate the wearing o' the green and the birth of the man called Dr. Seuss.

Arriving on shelves are books by Rhys Bowen, Harlan Coben, Marisa de los Santos, Dennis Lehane, J.A. Jance, Thomas McGuane, Kathy Reichs, Debbie Macomber, Jennifer Chiaverini, Mary Doria Russell, Randy Wayne White, and a graphic novel version of Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time."

March is International Women's History Month, National Craft Month, Small Press Month, National March into Literacy Month. 

                                             

                                                   March Days 


1-7   -  National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week
1-7  -   National Words Matter Week
1-7  -   Read an E-Book Week
2-6  -   Newspaper in Education Week
2     -   Birth of Dr. Seuss, 1904 (Green Eggs and Ham)
2     -   NEA's Read Across America Day
4     -   National Grammar Day
4     -   Birth of James Ellroy, 1948 (L.A. Confidential)
5     -   Full Moon
5     -   World Book Day
6      -  Middle Name Pride Day (dedicated to all the Anns out there!)
8      -  Girls Write Now Day
8     -   Birth of Jeffrey Eugenides, 1960 (Middlesex)
8      -  National Prrofreading Day 
10    -  Organize Your Home Office Day
11    -  Birth of Ezra Jack Keats, 1916 (A Snowy Day)
14    -  International Ask a Question Day
14    -  Pi Day
15    -  Ides of March
16     - Freedom of Information Day
16-22- Shakespeare Week
16-22- World Folktales and Fables Week
17     -  St. Patrick's Day
20      - International Day of Happiness
20      - Vernal Equinox (and not a moment too soon)
20      - World Storytelling Day
21      - Poetry Day
22      - Birth of Louis L'Amour, 1908 (Last of the Breed)  
22-29 - American Crossword Puzzle Days
25      - Birth of Flannery O'Connor, 1925 (Everything That Rises Must Converge) 
25      - Tolkien Reading Day (or watch "Lord of the Rings" trilogy)
30      - Pencil Day 

And this closing thought from Charles Dickens, "It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade." 



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