Official Events

Official Events Across the Country

From May 7-13, 2012, official Children's Book Week events will be hosted in 35 cities across the country! Each event features multiple authors and illustrators and all are free and open to the public. Attendees receive complimentary Children’s Book Week posters and tote bags (while supplies last).

View images of some of the fabulous literacy celebrations held during Children's Book Week 2011 on the CBC's Facebook page.

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Monday, May 7, 2012 - Children's Choice Book Awards Gala We'll kick-off Children's Book Week with the spectacular fifth annual Children's Choice Book Awards Gala at Espace in Manhattan! Visit the Gala page for more information.

Austin, TX
Book People
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Bal Harbour, FL
Books and Books
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Baltimore, MD
The Children's Book Store
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Beaverton, OR
Join us at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing to celebrate Book Week!

Blytheville, AR
That Bookstore in Blytheville
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Boston, MA (Wellesley)
Wellesley Books
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Chicago, IL (Winnetka)
The Book Stall at Chestnut Court
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Clinton, NJ
The Clinton Book Shop
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Coral Gables, FL
Books & Books
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Decatur, GA
Little Shop of Stories
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Denver, CO
Tattered Cover Book Store
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Fairhope, AL
Page & Palette
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
Books & Books Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
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Harleysville, PA
Harleysville Books
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Haverford, PA
Children's Book World
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Houston, TX
Celebrate Children’s Book Week at Blue Willow Bookshop!

Hudson, NY
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The Fourth Annual Hudson Children's Book Festival will take place on:
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 from 10 AM-4 PM.

Jackson, MS
Lemuria Books
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La Jolla, CA
Warwick's
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Lansdowne, PA
Lansdowne Public Library
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Larchmont, NY
The Voracious Reader
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Los Angeles, CA
Children's Book World
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Millerton, NY
Oblong Books
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Missoula, MT
Fact & Fiction
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New York, NY
Books of Wonder
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Omaha, NE
The Bookworm
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Provo City, UT
Provo City Library
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Rhinebeck, NY
Oblong Books
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Salt Lake City, UT
The King's English Bookshop
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San Carlos, CA
The Reading Bug
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San Francisco, CA
Books, Inc.
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Seattle, WA (Lake Forest Park)
Third Place Books
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St. Louis, MO
St. Louis County Library
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Tempe, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
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Washington, DC
Politics and Prose
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