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Thanks for joining in the fun for the 2020 Children’s Book Week celebrations — May 4-10 and November 9-15.
We are grateful to you for the time and energy you put into connecting kids with books every day . . . and especially thank you for the extra work you are putting into Children’s Book Week this year!
Children’s Book Week is not only a celebration of books, but of connection. It is a vehicle to unite kids and adults with books, authors, and illustrators in order to foster a love of reading in all.
With this in mind, we encourage you to celebrate with us online and at home May 4-10 this year.
We encourage all locations to do whatever they are able to celebrate with their communities. Need some inspiration?
Take a look at our ideas for virtual events and ways to connect with your community. And share our at-home celebration ideas through your channels.
Celebrate Children’s Book Week virtually as a location
Join in the Children’s Book Week fun from HomeFor hi-res images please download them from our Dropbox here. If you need even higher-res please e-mail us.
Join in the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week fun, letter designed by Carin Berger (disponible en Español)
Take up the reading challenge (disponible en Español)
Color Carin Berger’s amazing poster (disponible en Español)
Share a book you love (disponible en Español)
Print and enjoy the six exclusive 2020 bookmarks and activities, embodying this year’s theme, Read. Dream. Share.
Download and print the Coloring Book Pages with illustrations by 20+ amazing artists.
Download all 12 languages of Read. Dream. Share in Translation.
Check out the Children’s Book Week Educator Kit for fun activities with groups of kids! (Coming in fall 2020)
Get kids excited about voting for the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards with our awesome activities!The Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards are the only national book awards voted on only by kids and teens. Launched in 2008 by the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader, the awards provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them.
Learn about this year’s finalists and turn your school library into a polling station for young readers:
You can use our ballots (K-2nd Grade, 3rd-4th Grade, 5th-6th Grade, Teen) to collect votes from your kids. Tally and enter these votes in our group ballot. Also, enjoy the multiple activities we’ve prepared by grade in your (virtual) classroom or media center.
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Poster 
Illustrated Resources 
Promotional Materials 
Participation Ideas 
Club No Rules 
Multilingual Drawing Sheets