August 3-6 - Steinbeck Festival
Author John Stenbeck is celebrated at this festival. Find out more at: www.steinbeck.org

August 19-25 - Children's Book Council of Australia, Children's Book Week
The Children's Book Council of Australia celebrates this event each year, identifying award-winning books in various categories and encouraging children to read. The theme for 2005 is "Reading Rocks." Learn more about it at: www.cbc.org.au/bookweek.htm

August 1 - Herman Melville (1819-1891).
Author of Moby Dick, Billy Budd and other fiction.
www.melville.org/

August 12 - Walter Dean Myers.
Author of Hoops, 145th Street, Handbook for Boys and more
www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wdmyers.html

August 22 - Ray Bradbury (born in 1920).
Author of short stories, novels, plays and more science fiction, including The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and The Halloween Tree.
www.spaceagecity.com/bradbury