Celebrate Special Days in 2024

More on this topic in a future post - read more here as an introduction

My local magazine Tawny Frogmouth published a list of days to celebrate in 2024. I picked out a few and added one picture book to match. I have added links to my friend Kinderbookswitheverything blog page because her blog is an outstanding resource for teachers. Her posts celebrate all sorts of days throughout the year, and she has been blogging since 2009! This post can only touch the edges of the wealth of material you will discover when you explore Kinderbookswitheverything.

January

3nd Greta Thunberg’s birthday

22nd Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

Floof

26th International Environmental Education Day

February

2nd World Wetlands Day

3rd Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

18th World Whale Day I have so many favourite whale books so it was a challenge to select just one:

Whale in a Fishbowl

24th Possum Appreciation Day. (You will probably read Possum Magic by Mem Fox)

March

3rd World Wildlife Day

I can see Nature's Rainbow

6th Learn What Your Name Means Day

14th International Day of Action for Rivers

21st International Day of Forests

The Girl who Planted trees

April

4th International Carrot Day

14th Reach as High as You Can Day

17th Bat Appreciation Day

22nd Earth Day

It's up to Us

25th World Penguin Day

Tacky the Penguin

May

9th Lost Sock Memorial Day

Lisette's Green Sock

14th Dance Like a Chicken Day

Bear and Chook by the Sea

17th National Endangered Species Day

Last the story of a White Rhino

20th World Bee Day

Bee

23rd World Turtle Day

June

1st World Reef Awareness Day

5th World Environment Day and 8th World Oceans Day

22nd World Rainforest Day

Over and Under in the Rainforest

26th Chocolate Pudding Day

July

16th World Snake Day

19th Stick Out Your Tongue Day

26th World Mangrove Day

The Sea, the storm and the Mangrove Tangle

28th World Nature Conservation Day

One Potoroo

31st Uncommon Musical Instrument Day

Sonam and the Silence

August

2nd Ice Cream Sandwich Day

14th World Lizard Day

September

7th National Threatened Species Day

On the trail of the Plains wanderer

10th National Bilby Day

This is not an Egg

27th Save The Koala Day

29th World Rivers Day

The River

October

10th World Porridge Day

21st Count Your Buttons Day

Corduroy

24th World Kangaroo Day

It was you, Blue Kangaroo

26th Howl at The Moon Day and Night (International Moon Day 20th July)

The Boy who Loved the Moon

November

4th World Numbat Day

13th World Kindness Day

I walk with Vanessa

15th Clean Out Your Fridge Day

The Amazing Adventures of Chilly Billy

December

4th Wildlife Conservation Day

5th World Soil Day

6th Put on Your Own Shoes Day (Shoe buying Day January 14th)

Those Shoes

11th International Mountain Day

Up the Mountain

Keena Ford and the second-grade mix up by Melissa Thomson

We have a new kid in the class joining Clarice Bean, Judy Moody, Billie B Brown, Clementine, June B Jones and Amber Brown. We now welcome Keena Ford. 

 Keena is not really sure how to write the date for her birthday. Here is a simple way to explain to your students why the date is called 9/11. Keena’s birthday is not on 2nd September but she writes 9/2 on the Birthday graph her new teacher is constructing and the teacher immediately jumps to the wrong conclusion that Keena is celebrating her birthday tomorrow! 

There will be Birthday crowns and chocolate cake and Keena loves chocolate cake almost as much as she loves a pudding pie (I have no idea what a pudding pie is but it sounds extra delicious). Adding to her problems the second grade children have been split into two classes of boys and girls. Eric, Keena’s best friend, makes his boy class sound fabulous – no rules, you can chew gum, and best of all “you get to write with a PEN! … I thought it was against the law to write with a pen in the second grade.” Then Keena discovers they even eat pudding pie in Eric’s class and this happens EVERY day so Keena knows she has to investigate. 

We know if she does this she will heading to Mr Lemon’s class again – he teaches time-out! I will certainly hunt out the second book in this terrific junior series because I know it will be a winner.