Author birthday celebrations

Monday 13th September (Monday of week 9 of term) is Roald Dahl Day - his birthday - and the website has various resources to celebrate it, including a Quiz Pack with 3 levels of questions Supereasy , Easy and Hard, and a Sports Day Pack with ideas, posters, certificates etc http://www.roalddahlday.info/Resources.aspx

The US readwritethink website http://www.readwritethink.org/ (IRA and NCTE) has a great calendar viewable by day, week or month with author birthdays and other literary celebrations with links to classroom activities, websites and related resources...
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/?month=09&year=2010&main-tab=week#main-tabs

Types of Calendar Activities :
Authors & Texts - Birthdays, publication dates, and more
Historical Figures & Events - Notable people and happenings in history
Holidays & School Celebrations - Special days and how to observe them
Literacy-Related Events - Celebrations that promote and encourage literacy

See also http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/authordate.html for a list - by author or by date

and here is an enthusiastic blog http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/

Celebrating children's literature was a joy for me as a special education teacher in the classroom. I decided to share my ideas with parents, homeschoolers, and enthusiastic teachers, as I take time off to be a stay at home dad. I hope you enjoy the format of this blog to study an author each week to celebrate their birthday. Check back often to celebrate more children's author birthdays!

Here are some September posts http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/search/label/September - Shel Silverstein, Tomie de Paola, Jack Prelutsky, Jon Scieszka...