Women's History Month
In 2006, the theme is "Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams," honoring women who, against the odds, managed to improve and strengthen their communities. Helen Keller is one important woman who comes to mind. You can read about her at www.afb.org/braillebug/hkmuseum.asp. Read more about the National Women History Project at: www.nwhp.org

Music in Our Schools Month
This celebration of music education features the World's Largest Concert. Find more information about the celebration at: www.menc.org
You can read about braille music at: www.brl.org/music/
Or at http://projects.fnb.nl/am/braillemusic.html

March 2 - Read Across America Day
The National Education Association (NEA) annually sponsors NEA's Read Across America program as a way to focus the country's attention on how important it is to motivate children to read in addition to helping them master basic skills. The 2005 theme is "Where it's Hat" and NEA is leading the nation in a multicultural, multi-hatted way! Read more about this celebration at: www.nea.org/readacross.

March 2 - Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991).
Author of Cat in the Hat, The Butter Battle Book, The Foot Book and other fanciful tales.
www.catinthehat.org/history.htm or www.seussville.com or www.seuss.org

March 3 - Patricia MacLachlan (born in 1938).
Author of Skylark and Sarah, Plain and Tall. Both of these books were previous Braille Bug Reading Club selections. Check the Braille Bug Reading Club website for information on finding these titles in braille. You can also read about the author at: www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=12425

March 4 - Dav Pilkey.
Author of The Paperboy, and more.
www.pilkey.com/meet-dav.php

March 12 - Virginia Hamilton.
Author of The Girl Who Spun Gold, The People Could Fly, Paul Robeson (a biography) and others
www.virginiahamilton.com/home.htm

March 20 - Lois Lowry.
Author of The Anastasia Series, Attaboy Sam, Number the Stars and more.
www.loislowry.com