April is.  .  .    

National Poetry Month Alcohol Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month Mathematics Month Donate Life Month National Jazz Month National Garden Month School  Library Month

• April is School Library Month
• Monday, April 12 – “The State of America’s Libraries” report will be released.
• Tuesday, April 13 – Celebrate ALA-APA’s National Library Workers Day
• Wednesday, April 14 – Celebrate the first annual National Bookmobile Day
• Wednesday, April 14– ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom will release the “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2009” list. Visit the Banned Books Week Web site.
• Thursday, April 15 – Celebrate YALSA’s Support Teen Literature Day

Know why you should care about school libraries. Find out what’s going on in your local school library and find out what support you can provide. Donate bookmarks or pencils for giveaways. Donate your time and talent to help with activities. Talk the the librarian to find out how the library is funded (how much do they receive per student for books?) or staffed. Find out what their donation policies are and donate a book.  Attend school board sessions or write school board members to make them aware of what goes on in the libraries you visit.

And support public libraries, too! I love this meme which I recently found on BookNut blog, originating @ Reading Adventures. It’s simple: post the button and list your library loot!

I’ll be posting all month to support school libraries, so come back often!