June: Marketing Daze

Authors, illustrators, and children’s book programmers are always looking for an excuse to connect children’s literature to kids and communities. Here is a dazzling list of minute holidays (gathered by the fabulous retired librarian Linda DeVore) that might give you ideas for a special market or just an idea for a quirky Tweet.

Adopt A Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music Appreciation Month
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month (APS)
Audio Book Appreciation Month
Beautiful in Your Skin Month
Black Music Month
California Avocado Month
Cancer from the Sun Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Celibacy Awareness Month
Child Vision Awareness Month
Children’s Awareness Month
Corn Month
Country Cooking Month
Cucumber Month
Dairy Month
Dairy Alternatives Month
Dementia Care Professionals Month
Disaster Preparedness Month
Effective Communications Month
Entrepreneurs “Do It Yourself” Marketing Month
Fashion in Colonial Virginia Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Georgia Blueberry Month
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month
Great Outdoors Month
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men’s Month
International Surf Music Month
June is Lane Courtesy Month
June is Perennial Gardening Month
June is Turkey Lovers Month
Lemon Month
Light the Night for Sight Month
Mango Month
Men’s Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Bathroom Reading Month
National Camping Month
National Candy Month
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month
National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Pride Month
National Homeownership Month
National Ice Tea Month
National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
National Oceans Month
National Papaya Month
National Pest Control Month
National Pet Preparedness Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
National Smile Month
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month
Okra Month
Perennial Gardening Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Pluot & Aprium Month
Potty Training Awareness Month
Professional Wellness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
Rebuild Your Life Month
Rose Month
Scleroderma Awareness Month
Skyscraper Month
Social Petworking Month
Sorghum Month
Sports America Kids Month
Student Safety Month
Turkey Lovers Month
Vision Research Month
World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere)
Women’s Golf Month
World Infertility Month
World Sponge Month
Zoo and Aquarium Month

Black Single Parents Week: May 27 – June 2
Milk Week: 1-3
Beer Pong Days: 1-5
National CPR and AED Awareness Week: 1-7
International Clothesline Week: 2-9
National Fishing & Boating Week: 2-10
National Lemonade Days: 2-10
Bed Bug Awareness Week: 3-9
Black Single Parents Week: 3-9
Canadian Environment Week: 3-9
End Mountain Top Removal Week: 3-9
National Business Etiquette Week: 3-9
National Email Week: 3-9
National Fragrance Week: 3-9
National Headache Awareness Week: 3-9
National Sun Safety Week: 3-9
Pet Appreciation Week: 3-9
National Lemonade Days: 3-11
National Commuter Challenge: 4-10
National Garden Week: 4-10
Aphasia Awareness Week: 7-10
Brain Tumor Awareness Week: 7-10
Superman Week: 7-10
National Body Piercing Week: 10-15
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 10-16
National Flag Week: 10-16
National Little League Baseball Week: 11-16
US Open Golf Championship: 11-17
Men’s Health Week: 11-17
National Hermit Week: 13-20
Duct Tape Days: 14-16
National Nursing Assistants Week: 14-21
Old Time Fiddlers Week: 14-23
Dollars Against Diabetes Days: 16-17
Animal Rights Awareness Week: 17-23
National Hug Holiday Week: 17-23
National Week of Making: 17-23
Meet a Mate Week: 18-24
National Pollinator Week: 18-24
Universal Father’s Week: 18-24
International Listening Days: 20-23
ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day: 23-24
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week: 24-30
Fish Are Friends, Not Food! Week: 24-30
Lightning Safety Awareness Week: 24-30
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week: 24-30
Watermelon Seed Spitting Week: 24-30
Windjammer Days: 24-30
National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness: 27 -7/4
North American Organic Brewers Days: 29-7/1
Water Ski Days: 29-7/1
Tour de France: 30-7/22

6/1 Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts, Dare Day, Flip a Coin Day, Global Day of Parents, Heimlich Maneuver Day, National Donut Day, National Go Barefoot Day, National Hazelnut Cake Day, National Leave the Office Early Day, Oscar the Grouch Day, Say Something Nice Day, Stand for Children Day, World Milk Day

6/2 Drawing Day, International Sex Workers Day, National Bubba Day,
National Bubbly Day, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, National Prairie Day, National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day, National Trails Day, Pencil Day

6/3 Children’s Awareness Memorial Day, Chimborazo Day, Jefferson Davis
Birthday, National Animal Rights Day, National Cancer Survivors Day,
National Egg Day, Repeat Day (I Said “Repeat Day”), World Clubfoot Day

6/4 Audacity to Hope Day, Do-Dah Day (Salute to Silliness), Hug Your Cat Day, International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression,
Jefferson Davis Birthday, National Cheese Day, National Cognac Day,
National Frozen Yogurt Day, Old Maid’s Day

6/5 Apple II Day, Festival of Popular Delusions Day, Hot Air Balloon Day, National Gingerbread Day, National Moonshine Day, Work at Home Father’s Day, World Environment Day

6/6 Atheists Pride Day, Bonza Bottler Day, D-Day Invasion Anniversary,
Drive in Movie Day, Global Running Day, National Applesauce Cake Day,
National Gardening Exercise Day, National Higher Education Day, National Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day, National Running Day, National Tailors Day, National Yo-Yo Day, Russian Language Day

6/7 Daniel Boone Day, June Bug Day, Lobby Day, National Chocolate Ice Cream Day, National Moonshine Day, Trial Technology Day, VCR Day

6/8 Best Friends Day, International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos, Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day, Name Your Poison Day, National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Upsy Daisy Day, World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day

6/9 Belmont Stakes, Coral Triangle Day, Donald Duck Day, Family Health and Fitness Day, International Young Eagles Day, Missing Mutts Awareness Day, National Marina Day, National Rose Wine Day, National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day, Queen’s Official Birthday, World APS Day, World Bike Naked Day, World Doll Day, Worldwide Knit (and Crochet) in Public Day

6/10 Abused Women’s and Children’s Awareness Day, Alcoholics Anonymous
(Founders Day), Ball Point Pen Day, Children’s Sunday, Herbs & Spices Day, Multicultural American Child Awareness Day, National Black Cow Day, National Career Nurse Assistants Day, National Children’s Day, National Iced Tea Day, Race Unity Day

6/11 Corn on the Cob Day, Dirty Book Day, Kamehameha Day (Public Holiday in the State of Hawaii), National Cotton Candy Day, National German Chocolate Cake Day, National Making Life Beautiful Day

6/12 Call Your Doctor Day, Crowded Nest Awareness Day, International
Cachaca Day, Loving Day, National Jerky Day, National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, Poultry Day, Red Rose Day, Superman Day, World Day against Child Labor, World Pet Memorial Day

6/13 Brain Injury Awareness Day, International Albinism Awareness Day,
Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, Random Acts of Light, Roller Coaster Day, Sewing Machine Day, Weed Your Garden Day

6/14 Family History Day, Flag Day, Magic Circles Day, National Bourbon Day, National Nursing Assistants Day, National Strawberry Shortcake Day, Pause for the Pledge Day, US Army Birthday, World Blood Donor Day

6/15 Global Wind Day, Magna Carta Day, National Day of Prayer for Law
Enforcement Officers, National Flip Flop Day, National Lobster Day, Native American Citizenship Day, Nature Photography Day, Ugliest Dog Day, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Worldwide Day of Giving

6/16 Bloomsday, Fresh Veggies Day, International Day of the African Child, Ladies Day (Basketball), Mermaid Day, National Fudge Day, Polar Bear Swim, World Juggling Day, World Sea Turtle Day

6/17 Eat All Your Veggies Day, Family Awareness Day, Father’s Day, Husband Caregiver Day, National Apple Strudel Day, Stewarts Root Beer Day, World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought

6/18 Autistic Pride Day, Go Fishing Day, International Panic Day,
International Picnic Day, International Sushi Day, National Cheesemaker’s Day, National Cherry Tart Day, National Splurge Day, Ride to Work Day (Motorcycles)

6/19 Garfield the Cat Day, Juneteenth, National Dry Martini Day, World
Sauntering Day, World Sickle Cell Day

6/20 American Eagle Day, International Surfing Day, National Vanilla
Milkshake Day, World Productivity Day, World Refugee Day

6/21 Ann & Samantha Day, Atheists Solidarity Day, Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day, Cuckoo Warning Day, Finally Summer (Winter) Day, First Day of Summer (Winter in Southern Hemisphere), Global Orgasm Day, Go Skateboarding Day, International Yoga Day, Litha, Midsummer, National Daylight Appreciation Day, National Dog Party Day, National Dump the Pump Day, National Peaches and Cream Day, National Selfie Day, Recess at Work Day, Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere), Tall Girl Appreciation Day, Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere), World Handshake Day, World Humanist Day, World Hydrography Day, World Music Day

6/22 Global Smurfs Day, National Chocolate Eclair Day, National Eat at a Food Truck Day, National Onion Rings Day, Stupid Guy Thing Day, Take Your Dog to Work Day

6/23 Great American Backyard Campout, International Widow’s Day, Let it Go Day, National Pecan Sandy Day, National Pink Day, Pink Flamingo Day,
Runner’s Selfie Day, SAT Math Day, United Nations Public Service Day,
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Birthday

6/24 America’s Kids Day, Celebration of the Senses, Descendants Day,
International Fairy Day, Log Cabin Day, National Pralines Day, St. Baptiste Day, Swim a Lap Day

6/25 Color TV Day, Day of the Seafarer, Global Beatles Day, National
Catfish Day, National Strawberry Parfait Day, Please Take My Children to Work Day

6/26 Beautician’s Day, Forgiveness Day, International Day against Drug
Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, National Canoe Day, National Chocolate Pudding Day, United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

6/27 Decide to be Married Day, Happy Birthday to You Day, Helen Keller Day, Industrial Workers of the World Day, National HIV Testing Day, National Indian Pudding Day, National Orange Blossom Day, National Parchment Cooking Day, PTSD Awareness Day, Sun Glasses Day, Windjammer Day

6/28 Insurance Awareness Day, International Body Piercing Day, National
Bomb Pop Day, National Ceviche Day, National Handshake Day, National
Tapioca Day, Operation Red Wings Observance, Paul Bunyan Day, Ryan Moran Day

6/29 Camera Day, Drive Your Corvette to Work Day, Hug Holiday, National
Almond Buttercrunch Day, Waffle Iron Day

6/30 Asteroid Day, Leap Second Time Adjustment Day, Meteor Day, National Haskap Berry Day, National Ice Cream Soda Day