Celebrate The Nation’s Oldest Literacy Initiative: Children’s Book Week

 

Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the U.S. (established 1919), having been enjoyed for over a century. This year it is celebrated May 4-10 and November 9-15 in 2026, aiming to foster a love of reading. Okay, so it is so good, we have two such weeks! 

Organized by Every Child a Reader, it features themed activities, posters, and events in schools, libraries, and homes, often featuring celebrity spokespeople and renowned authors/illustrators. This year’s theme is “Books: Get Curious” (often represented with a poster by Grace Lin). Each of these weeks are intended to promote the joy of reading, increasing access to books, and highlighting the wide variety of children's literature.  Some fun resources can be found here: https://everychildareader.net/cbw/cbw-resources/ 

This initiative is managed by the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, Additional reader resources can be found here:  https://cbcbooks.org/readers/reader-resources/ 

Not sure what a child should read – or be read to? Try looking at New York Public Library’s Top 100 of the past century: https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/100_great_childrens_books.pdf

 

About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 5,950,000 page views. With 5,600+ posts over the past 15 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs  by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2026.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully) and (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/10-things-my-dog-taught-me-about-marketing-books). He was recently interviewed by the IBPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0BhO9m8jbs

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, three times at BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association, Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, five times at Morgan James Publishing Red Carpet, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

You can connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum/ or https://www.facebook.com/brian.feinblum