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Freedom to Read Week~ ongoing until Mar 3, Canada
Pratham Book Events at World Book Fair~ ongoing until Mar 4, New Delhi, India
Growing up Asian in America Contest~ submissions accepted until Mar 12, San Francisco, CA, USA
MA Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit~ ongoing until Mar 15, Cambridge, United Kingdom
New Zealand International Arts and Writers Festival~ ongoing until Mar 18, Wellington, New Zealand
Sun Gallery’s Twenty-third Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 7, Hayward, CA, USA
Ilustarte: 5th International Biennial Exhibition of Children’s Books Illustration ~ ongoing until Apr 8, Lisbon, Portugal
The Writer’s Union of Canada’s Annual Writing for Children Competition~ submissions accepted until Apr 24, Canada
Picture This: 90 Years of Storybook Art~ ongoing until May 6, Wenham, MA, USA
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, United Kingdom
World Book Day~ Mar 1, United Kingdom and Ireland
Read Across America Day ~ Mar 2, USA
6th Annual Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival~ Mar 2 -3, Redlands, CA, USA
Shanghai International Literary Festival~ Mar 2 – 18, Shanghai, China
Draw Me a Story: A Celebration of Contemporary New England Children’s Book Illustrators~ Mar 2 – 18, Wenham, MA, USA
Words Go Round Literary Open House: Dedicated to Young Writers and Readers~ Mar 3, Singapore
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices Day and Presentation of the Charlotte Zolotow Award~ Mar 3, Madison, WI, USA
YALSA’s Teen Tech Week~ Mar 4 – 10, USA
Share a Story – Shape a Future, A Blog Tour for Literacy: The Culture of Reading~ Mar 5 – 9
A Picture Book Celebration for Writers and Writer/Illustrators~ Mar 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
Rhinelander Children’s Book Fest~ Mar 6 – 7, Rhinelander, WI, USA
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature~ Mar 6 – 10, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
37th Annual CABE Conference: A Legacy of Promoting Equity and Access through Multilingualism and Multiculturalism: Mar 7 – 10, Sacramento, CA, USA
Tomo Anthology Launch: Evening of Readings, Discussion and Reflection~ Mar 10, Tokyo, Japan
Children’s Books Week~ Mar 10 – 17, Belgium
The Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets 2011 Competition Launch~ Mar 12, United Kingdom
School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books~ Mar 13 – Apr 2, USA
Somerset Celebration of Literature~ Mar 14 – 16, Mudgeeraba, Australia
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Meeting~ Mar 15, USA
Leipzig Book Fair~ Mar 15 – 18, Leipzig, Germany
Children’s Literature Conference: The Right Book for the Right Reader~ Mar 16, DeKalb, IL, USA
Celebration of Teaching and Learning~ Mar 16 – 17, New York, NY, USA
Salon du livre de Paris, Guest of Honour: Japan and Moscow~ Mar 16 – 19, Porte de Versailles, France
44th Annual Children’s Literature Festival~ Mar 18 – 20, Warrensburg, MO, USA
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Guest of Honour: Australia~ Mar 19 – 22, Bologna,Italy
World Storytelling Day~ Mar 20
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winners Announced~ Mar 20, Vimmerby, Sweden
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination~ Mar 21
World Poetry Day (UNESCO)~ Mar 21
Harmony Day~ Mar 21, Australia
Children’s Book Festival~ Mar 22 – 25, Melbourne, Australia
43rd Annual Georgia Children’s Book Awards and Conference on Children’s Literature~ Mar 23 – 24, Athens, GA, USA
The Norman Lindsay Festival of Children’s Literature~ Mar 25, Faulconbridge, Australia
National Latino Children’s Literature Conference: Connecting Cultures and Celebrating Cuentos~ Mar 29 – 30, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Bangkok International Book Fair~ Mar 29 – Apr 8, Bangkok, Thailand
Storylines’ Margaret Mahy Day~ Mar 31, Auckland, New Zealand
Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre Exhibits and Programs~ Fremantle, Australia
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
Books Illustrated Events and Exhibitions~ Middle Park, Australia
International Library of Children’s Literature Events~ Tokyo, Japan
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
Newcastle University Programme of Talks on Children’s Books for 2011-2012~ Newcastle, United Kingdom
Seven Stories (the National Home of Children’s Books in Britain) Events~ Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Discover Children’s Story Centre~ London, United Kingdom
Events Sponsored by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress~ USA
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ Amherst, MA, USA
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA
