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Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2012 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2013, USA
National Storytelling Week~ ongoing until Feb 2, United Kingdom
Taipei Book Fair~ ongoing until Feb 4, Taipei, Taiwan
Kolkata Book Fair~ ongoing until Feb 13, Kolkata, India
Nami Island International Illustration Concours for Picture Book Illustrations~ submissions accepted until Feb 15, Korea
Children’s Literature and Social Justice~ ongoing until Mar 19, Portland, OR, USA
Tall Tales & Huge Hearts: Raúl Colón~ ongoing until Mar 29, Abilene, TX, USA
AFCC’s Book Illustrators Gallery~ submissions accepted until Mar 31, Singapore
Skipping Stones Youth Honor Awards Celebrating Multicultural Awareness, International Understanding and Nature Appreciation~ submissions accepted until June 25, 2013, USA
Black History Month~ Canada
African American History Month~ USA
National African American Read-in~ USA
28 Days Later: A Black History Celebration of Children’s and YA Lit~ Feb 1 – 28, USA
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival: Presents The Kids Lit Fest 2013~ Feb 2 – 10, Mumbai, India
MA Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit~ Feb 4 – 9, London, United Kingdom
World Book Fair ~ Feb 4 – 10, New Delhi, India
Sun Gallery’s Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit~ Feb 6 – Apr 6, Hayward, CA, USA
Pratham Books’ Events at the Kala Ghoda Kids Lit Fest~ Feb 7 and 9, Mumbai, India
First Nations Public Library Week: From Campfires to the Digital World: Storytelling Through Time~ Feb 11 – 16, Province of Ontario, Canada
Imagine Children’s Festival~ Feb 11 – 24, London, United Kingdom
Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature Featuring Margarita Engle~ Feb 12, Davis, CA, USA
International Book Giving Day~ Feb 14
2012 Cybils (the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards) Winners Announced~ Feb 14
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Discussion of ALA/ALSC Award Winners~ Feb 21, USA
International Mother Language Day~ Feb 21
21st Annual Hubbs Children’s Literature Conference~ Feb 23, St. Paul, MN, USA
All In! Young Writers Media Festival~ Feb 23 – 24, Singapore
Freedom to Read Week~ Feb 24 – Mar 2, Canada
The Literature Centre (formerly 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 Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
Tulika Book Events~ India
International Library of Children’s Literature Events~ Tokyo, Japan
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
Arne Nixon Center’s Children’s Literature Book Clubs for Adults Events~ USA
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
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events