WCCPBA PERPETUAL CALENDAR AUGUST Slinky Day National Holistic Pet Day The Marvelous Thing that Came from a Spring Mogie: heart of the House 31/ Start of School I m New Here SEPTEMBER Beginning of School My Teacher is a Monster, Rain School, How to Teach a Slug to Read, Perfectly Messed-up Story, the Invisible Boy Crazy Hair Day Crazy Hair Day, Girl Who Wouldn t Brush Her Hair 1/Labor Day (First Monday of Job Wanted 2/National Bacon Day Everyone Loves Bacon Sept.) International Primate Day Ivan, Cha-Cha Chimps National Wildlife Day A Boy and a Jaguar, Oh, No!, Actual Size 7/Grandparent s Day (first Sunday after Labor Day) Grandma in Blue with Red Hat, Last Stop on Market Street 8/International Reading Day Highest Mountain of Books, How to Teach a Slug to Read 9/Teddy Bear Day Finding Winnie 10/ 11/Patriotic Day Fireboat: the heroic Adventure of John J. Harvey 12/ 13/ 14/ Constitution Day Imogene s Last Stand 19/Talk Like a Pirate Day Pirate s Perfect Pet, Dirty Joe the Pirate, Henry 20/ and the Buccaneer Bunnies, How I Became a Pirate 21/Fall Equinox International Day of Peace Black Rabbit Sunflower Sword, Sandwich Swap 22/Otter Awareness Week Dear Diary Day Sea otter Memoirs of a Hamster, Diary of a Worm
OCTOBER Anti-bullying Month Nerdy Birdy, Stick and Stone, Each Kindness, Lion vs Rabbit 1/World Vegetarian Day Carnivores, Sophie s Squash 2/ 9/Leif Erikson Day Great Now We have Barbarians! 10/ 13/Positive Thinking Day Being Frank 14/ 17/World Pasta Day The Great Pasta Escape 18/ Bigfoot Day Larf 21/National Reptile Awareness Day I Wanna Iguana, If you Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DAON T! 22/ Origami Day More-igami 29/National Cat Day Lost Cat, Lost and Found Cat, Skippyjon Jones, Pete the Cat, Splat the Cat 30/ 31/Halloween Quit Calling Me a Monster, Perfect Pumpkin Pie, Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise, Bone Soup, Creepy Carrots,, Bedtime at the Swamp, Dark Night, I Need My Monster, When a Monster is Born, Precious and the Boo Hag, Monster s Monster, At the Old Haunted House NOVEMBER Dinovember - What the Dinosaurs did Last Night, If you Happen to have a Dinosaur Food Drives Maddi s Fridge, Last Stop on Market Street, Boxes for Katje King Tut Day Mummy Cat National Basketball Day Hoop Genius 7/Hug a Bear Day Bear Report, Who Wants a Hug?, Bear in Love 8/ 11/Veteran s Day Sergeant Reckless: the True Story of a Little 12/ Horse Who Became a Hero, Crankee Doodle, Nubs: a Marine, a Mutt and a Miracle 13/ 14/
Thanksgiving One is a Feast for a Mouse, Duck for Turkey Day Red Planet Day Life on Mars DECEMBER Gingerbread stories Catch That Cookie!, Gingerbread Man Loose in the School, Gingerbread Girl 1/Cyber Monday (first Toys in Space 2/ Monday of Dec.) 13/National Day of the Horse Wonder Horse, Sergeant Reckless 14/ 21/Winter Solstice Snow Dog s Journey, Blizzard 22/ Christmas - JANUARY National Safety Month That is NOT a Good Idea!, Officer Buckle and Gloria Chinese New Year Chopsticks, Runaway Wok, Stone Soup (Muth) 1/New Year s Day Squirrel s New Year s Resolution, Runaway Wok 2/ 5/National Bird Day Nerdy Birdy, Just Ducks, Chicken Little 6/ National Bubble Day Big, Bad Bubble 13/Nat l Rubber Duck Day Quackers 14/Dress Your Pet Day Don t Call Me Choochie Pooh!, Zorro Gets an Outfit 15/National Hat Day This is Not My hat 16/ Winnie the Pooh Day Finding Winnie World Penguin Day Penguin s Turtle Day, Pierre the Penguin
21/Squirrel Appreciation Day Scaredy Squirrel, Secret Life of a Squirrel, Those 22/National Answer Your Lost Cat, Lost and Found Cat Darn Squirrels Cat s Questions Day 25/Moose Day This is a Moose 26/ 27/Chocolate Cake Day Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake 28/ 31/ FEBRUARY International Friendship Month The Invisible Boy Groundhog s Day Punxsutawney Phyllis 3/Take your Child to the Wanted: Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar, Madeline 4/ Library Day Finn and the Library Dog 5/Weatherman Day Ice Boy 6/ 11/National Inventor s Day 11 Experiments that Failed, The Boy Who 12/Lost Penny Day One Proud Penny Harnessed the Wind 13/ 14/Valentine s Day Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever, Who Wants a Hug 15/National Hippo Day Hippos are HUGE! 16/ 17/Random Acts of Kindness Bear in Love 18/ Love Your Pet Day Mutt Dog, Poor Louie George Washington s George Washington s Birthday Birthday/ President s Day 23/International Dog Biscuit Ragweed s Farm Dog Handbook 24/ Appreciation Day Tell a Friend a Fairy Tale Day Goldilocks and the three Dinosaurs, Once Upon a Cook Motorcycle Dude, The Cat, the Dog, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf and Grandma, Ivan the Terrier, Princess and the Pig 29/ MARCH 3/World Wildlife Day Shawn Loves Sharks 4/
9/Author & Illustrator Day Chloe and the Lion, More Bears!, Once Upon a 10/ Cool Motorcycle Dude 13/National K9 Veterans Day Nubs: The true Story of a Mutt, A Marine and a Miracle 14/Farmer Appreciation day National Save a Spider Day March Madness Hoop Genius 21/Nat l French Bread Day Nanette s Baguette 22/ 25/ Waffle Day International Tree Climbing Day Woodpecker Wants a Waffle The Cow Who Climbed a Tree 26/ Chicken Big, Can Hens give Milk?, Ragweed s Farm Dog Handbook I am Trying to Love Spiders, Interview with Harry the Tarantula 31/Crayola Crayon Day Day the Crayons Quit APRIL National Siamese Cat Day Grannycat, Skippyjon Jones 9/Unicorn Day You DON T Want a Unicorn! 10/National Sibling Day Rules of the House, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth 13/ 14/ 15/World Art Day/Leonardo Bridget s Beret 16/ DiVinci s Birthday 17/Bat Appreciation Day A Place for Bats 18/ 23/World Book Day Snatchabook, Lonely Book 24/ Lost Dog Awareness Day Little Dog Lost, Mutt Dog National Superhero Day Timothy and the Strong Pajamas, Ten Rules for Being a Super hero
Pet Adoption Day Gilbert Wants a Goldfish, Prudence Wants a Pet MAY Teacher Appreciation Day My Teacher is a Monster, Don t be Silly Mrs. Millie (Tuesday, first full week) No Pants Day Giant Pants 5/Space Day (First Friday in May) Pluto Visits Earth, Out of This World: Poems and Facts About Space, Life on Mars 6/ 13/ 14/International Chihuahua Appreciation Day National Dance Like a Chicken Day Poor Louie, Skippyjon Jones Chicken Little, Big Chicken, Chickens to the Rescue, Three Big Chickens 23/World Turtle Day Alphie: The Turtle That Disappeared 24/ 31/ JUNE 7/Drawing Day First Drwaing, Doodleday 8/World Ocean Day Lifesize Ocean, Nugget and Famg, Star of the Sea: The day in the Life of a Starfish 13/ 14/flag Day Crankee Doodle Fahter s Day (third My Father the Dog Sumday in June) Updated June 2018