{"id":166,"date":"2015-01-02T21:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T21:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gclibrary21.wordpress.com\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2025-12-31T22:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T22:23:14","slug":"childrens-book-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grantcountylibrary.com\/?page_id=166","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Book Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children’s\u00a0<\/span>Book\u00a0<\/span>Week\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>2026\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>celebrated\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>May\u00a0<\/span>5-11\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>3-9,\u00a0<\/span>promoting\u00a0<\/span>literacy\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>love\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>reading\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span>children.<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/h2>\n

Children\u2019s Book Week originated in the belief that children\u2019s books and literacy are life-changers. In 1913, Franklin K. Matthiews, the librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, began touring the country to promote higher standards in children\u2019s books. He proposed creating a Children\u2019s Book Week, which would be supported by all interested groups: publishers, booksellers, and librarians.<\/p>\n

Mathiews enlisted two important allies: Frederic G. Melcher, the visionary editor of Publishers Weekly who believed that \u201ca great nation is a reading nation,\u201d and Anne Carroll Moore, the Superintendent of Children\u2019s Works at the New York Public Library and a major figure in the library world. With the help of Melcher and Moore, in 1916, the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association sponsored a Good Book Week with the Boy Scouts of America.<\/p>\n

In 1944, the newly established Children\u2019s Book Council<\/a>\u00a0assumed responsibility for administering Children\u2019s Book Week. In 2008, Children\u2019s Book Week moved from November to May. At that time, the administration of Children\u2019s Book Week, including planning official events and creating original materials, was transferred to Every Child a Reader, CBC\u2019s charitable arm.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the 100th anniversary of Children\u2019s Book week was celebrated.<\/p>\n

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