Library Book Display Posters – Full Year Bundle – Holidays and Celebrations

This Google Spreadsheet is updated when I make updates. It lists all themes by month and includes a column list of the 19 genre posters included in this bundle.

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS BUNDLE OF LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS

• Recommended for: school librarians
• Grade levels: K-12
• Formats: PNG, PDF, PowerPoint, Google Slides (you need only two of these)
• Editable: bookmarks are 100% editable
• Not editable: Posters are landscape orientation and are NOT editable

THIS FULL-YEAR BUNDLE OF LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS INCLUDES:

• 197 full-color posters
• 108 themes
• 432 read-alike bookmarks
• 19 genre posters

• Readalike bookmarks are updated every 1-2 years in the previous month (e.g., September bookmarks updated by the first week of August).
• I no longer guarantee annual updates, but if I skip a year on any particular month, that set will get updated the next year.
• I will occasionally add new posters to the set, but there is not a set schedule for poster updates.

ABOUT THE POSTERS

• Huge variety of posters for elementary, middle, and teen readers. While not every poster will work for every grade level, several posters and all of the bookmarks in each set are appropriate for all grade levels.
• All posters are landscape view.
• posters are not editable

ABOUT THE BOOKMARKS

I am a school librarian and took great care including titles that are well-reviewed and currently in-print. This huge bundle was developed over an entire year, released one month at a time. When creating and updating the read-alike bookmarks, I take my time and make sure the bookmarks represent diverse cultures, formats, reading levels, and genres.

• Bookmarks are 100% editable.
• They make fantastic collection development tools!

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – JANUARY

• Opening of Ellis Island–January 1, 1892 (books about refugees)
• Universal Letter Writing Week– second week of January (epistolary stories)
• Charles Perrault’s birthday–Jan. 12 (retellings)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday–January 15 (civil rights)
• No Name-Calling Week– third week of January (books about bullying)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s birthday–Jan. 30 (books set during the Great Depression)
• Mental Wellness Month–whole month of January (books about tough emotions and mental health)
• Genre feature: Science Fiction
• Genre feature: Biography

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – FEBRUARY

• World Cancer Day (Feb 4—always on this date)
• Super Bowl Sunday (date varies)
• Chinese New Year (February 12-26—dates vary)
• Valentine’s Day (Feb 14—always on this date)
• Love Your Pet Day (Feb 20—always on this date)
• The Oscars (April 25—pushed back in 2021 due to Covid-19)
• Black History Month (whole month)
• Winter Sports (anytime)
• Winter Settings (anytime)

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – MARCH

• Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America (Mar. 2)
• International Women’s Day (Mar. 8) or Women’s History Month
• Pi Day (Mar. 14)—books about math
• Albert Einstein’s birthday (Mar. 14)—books about science
• Spring Break (date varies)—road trips
• St. Patrick’s Day (Mar 17)—green covers
• First Day of Spring (Mar. 21)—books about spring, flowers on the cover
• Cesar Chavez Day (Mar. 31)—workers rights, child labor, trafficking, modern slavery
• Irish-American Heritage Month (books by Irish authors or set in Ireland)
• Genre feature: Free Verse (with March 2 holidays)

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – APRIL

• World Autism Day (2nd)—books about people on the autism spectrum
• Earth Day (22nd)—Conservation & Sustainability
• Earth Day (22nd)—Animals in Danger
• Shakespeare’s birthday/World Book Day (23rd)—Shakespeare spin-offs
• Shakespeare’s birthday (23rd) —Books about theater and performing arts
• National Superhero Day (28th)—Superheroes and supervillains
• National Multiple Birth Awareness Month—Twins & Triplets
• Genre feature: Poetry (with National Poetry Month)
• Genre feature: Humor (for April Fool’s Day and National Humor Month)

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – MAY

• Space Exploration (May 4th)
• Teacher Appreciation Week (first full week in May)
• V-E Day (May 8)
• Mother’s Day (May 12)
• Wear Purple for Peace Day (May 16)
• Africa Day (May 25)
• Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
• Genre feature: Classics
• Genre feature: Magical Realism

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – JUNE

• World Oceans Day (June 8th)
• Father’s Day (June 16th)
• Juneteenth (June 19th)—African-American authors
• Summer Solstice (June 21st)—summer books
• Gay Pride Month (all of June)
• National Pink Day (June 23rd)—pink covers
• Rainbows and Unicorns (can go with Gay Pride or stand alone)
• Genre feature: Adventure
• Genre feature: Graphic Novels
• Genre feature: Wordless Picture Books

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – JULY

• Canada Day (July 1)
• World UFO Day (July 2)
• Dog Days of Summer (July 3-Aug 11)
• American Independence Day (July 4)
• Bastille Day (July 14)
• National Moon Day (July 20)
• National Junk Food Day (July 21)
• Genre feature: Short Story Collections
• Genre feature: Animal Stories

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – AUGUST

• Sisters Day (Aug 4th—always the first Sunday of August)
• Books with Yellow Covers
• Books with Blue Covers
• Water Quality Month
• Opposites Attract
• Back to School (month)
• Poverty & Homelessness—Economic Opportunity Act signed August 20, 1964
• Genre feature: Survival
• Genre feature: Paranormal/Supernatural

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – SEPTEMBER

• Hispanic Heritage Month–books with Hispanic authors and/or characters
• Labor Day—kids and teens with jobs
• Grandparents Day—books with awesome grandparents
• September 11, 2001–books about 9/11, other American tragedies, and teaching tolerance.
• Fortune Cookie Day—books about luck
• Friday the 13th–books about luck
• Talk Like a Pirate Day—always Sept. 19
• Banned Books Week—last week of September
• Genre feature: Mythology
• Genre feature: Mystery

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – OCTOBER

• Indigenous Peoples Day (use in lieu of Columbus Day)
• World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
• Alaska Day (Oct. 18)
• Poisons, Toxins, and Venom
• National Art Day (Oct. 25)
• National Chocolate Day (Oct. 28)
• National Cat Day (Oct. 29)
• Zombies (two posters; one for younger readers and one for older readers)
• Halloween (two posters; one for younger readers and one for older readers)
• Genre feature: Thrillers

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – NOVEMBER

• Celebrate Your Right to Vote (Election Day, first Tuesday in Nov.)
• STEAM Pioneers (STEAM Day, Nov. 8)
• Thank You, Veterans (Veterans Day, Nov. 11)
• National Adoption Day (Nov. 20, 2021)
• Books with orange on the cover
• Fall For Books
• Fall Into a Cornucopia of Great Reads
• What books are you most thankful for?
• Thanksgiving Picture Books
• Genre feature: Narrative Nonfiction
• Genre feature: Historical Fiction
• Genre feature: Historical Picture Books

LIBRARY BOOK DISPLAY POSTERS – DECEMBER

• Different, Not Less (Dec. 3 is International Day of Persons With Disabilities)
• World Human Rights Day (Dec. 10)
• National Gingerbread Day (Dec. 12)
• Do You Wanna Build a Snowman? (Winter Solstice Dec. 21)
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside
• Merry and Bright! (Christmas/Winter Holidays)
• “Red” Any Good Books Lately? (books with red covers)
• Books with green covers (different from the March green covers poster)
• Genre feature: Realistic Fiction
• Genre feature: Fantasy