February 2010 Events
Monday, February 1st, 2010(Click on event name for more information)
African American History Month~ USA
National African American Read-in~ USA
Black History Month~ Canada
February Literacy Workshops for Parents, Teachers and Writers with Daphne Lee~ Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
National Storytelling Week~ ongoing until Feb 6, United Kingdom
Kolkata Book Fair~ ongoing until Feb 7, Kolkata, India
“Tea with Chachaji” A Musical Production based on Chachaji’s Cup by Uma Krishnaswami~ ongoing until Feb 11, New York, NY, USA
Stories from Childhood: Lin Hai-yin’s Children’s Literature Book Exhibition and Activity Series~ ongoing until Mar 1, Tainan City, Taiwan
2009 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition of Children’s Books~ ongoing until Mar 1, Seoul, Korea
Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books Presents: Journey to Adventure~ ongoing until Mar 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
Entries Accepted for the Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Mar 10, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Making of the Word Witch: The Poetic & Illustrative Magic of Margaret Mahy & David Elliot~ ongoing until Mar 14, Ashburton, New Zealand
21st Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 3, Hayward, CA, USA
Mother Goose in an Air-Ship: McLoughlin Bros. 19th Century Children’s Books from the Liman Collection~ ongoing until Apr 18, Amherst, MA, USA
Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009~ ongoing until Apr 18, Chicago, IL, USA
From The Tiger Who Came to Tea to Mog and Pink Rabbit; A Judith Kerr Retrospective~ ongoing until May, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Leo Lee Arts Centre Presents Renowned Canadian Author Deb Ellis~ Feb 1 – 2, Hong Kong
Association of Jewish Libraries Presents the 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour~ Feb 1 – 5
Book Signing Event with Paula Young Shelton author of Child of the Civil Rights Movement~ Feb 2, Washington, D.C., USA
Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable Presents Authorfest 2010~ Feb 2, Vancouver, BC, Canada
International Conference on Children’s Libraries – Building a Book Culture~ Feb 4 – 6, New Delhi, India
New York Public Library Exhibit: 2010 Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney’s African-American Journey to Freedom~ Feb 5 – Apr 18, New York City, NY, USA
SCBWI Workshop: Picture Books – The Perils, Pitfall and Promise~ Feb 6, Ventura, CA, USA
8th Annual Orion School Author and Illustrator Festival~ Feb 6, Redwood City, CA, USA
Imagine 2010: Children’s Literature Festival~ Feb 6 – Mar 2, London, United Kingdom
Seven Stories Presents Taffy Thomas, First Laureate for Storytelling~ Feb 6, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Words on Wheels~ Feb 12 – 17, New Zealand
Kids ♥ Authors Day~ Feb 14
First Nations Public Library Week~ Feb 15 – 20, Province of Ontario, Canada
SCBWI’s Annual Golden Gate Conference At Asilomar~ Feb 19 – 21, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Freedom to Read Week~ Feb 21 – 27, Canada
Northern Ireland Booktrust Conference: The Gift of Books – Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading~ Feb 22, Antrim, Ireland
Exhibition of Joy Mallari’s Artwork From the Book Doll Eyes~ Feb 25, Makati City, Philippines
International Conference on Children’s Literature in Language Education~ Feb 25 – 27, Hildesheim, Germany
Latvian Book Fair~ Feb 25 – 28, Riga, Latvia
Hubbs Children’s Literature Conference~ Feb 27, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Joy Cowley Writing Workshop: Writing from the Heart~ Feb 27 – 28, Auckland, New Zealand
Bath Literature Festival~ Feb 27 – Mar 7, Bath, United Kingdom
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