October is
National Arts and Humanities Month. Check out one of our many How to Draw [1] books this month.
Computer Learning Month. Have you tried one of the educational programs for children to use at the library?
National Hispanic Heritage Month [2] Sept 15 - Oct 15. Celebrate your heritage, or that of someone you know.
Children's Magazine Month. Browse this list of children's magazines at JCPL [3]. Share one with someone you love today.
Word of the month: Heebie-jeebies. Nervous jitters. Every time she passed the old, boarded-up house at the end of the block, Emma got the heebie-jeebies.
October 4 is author Karen Cushman [4]'s birthday.
October 6 Hooray for Libraries! The American Library Association [5] was founded on this day in 1876.
October 7-13 is National Fire Prevention Week. Check out Sparky the fire dog's new Fire Prevention Week Page [6] or other fire prevention games and info at Sparky.org [7].
October 8 It's R.L. Stine's Birthday. Visit The World of R.L. Stine [8] online and listen to spooky stories [9] or read a Goosebumps [10] or Fear Street [11] book.
October 10 Columbus Day honors the landing of explorer Christopher Columbus in the Western Hemisphere in 1492. (In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.) Watch this short video from National Geographic [12] to learn more about the famous trip that literally changed the world.
October 14-20 is Teen Read Week. For more information, check out JCPL's Teen Read Week [13] page.
October 26 It's author Steven Kellogg [14]'s birthday. Read a Pinkerton book, or another one of his books [15] today.
October 28 The Statue of Liberty [16] was dedicated on this day in 1886. Explore the statue online with this video tour [17].
October 31 Happy Halloween! Check out this site from Time For Kids [18] to learn about where some of your favorite halloween traditions come from.
"My job is to give kids the creeps." -- R. L. Stine