Sept 1–30. This observance was launched in 1987 to meet the challenge of then Secretary of Education William J. Bennett who said, “Let’s have a national campaign. [E]very child should obtain a library card—and use it.” Since then, thousands of public and school libraries join each fall in a national effort to ensure every child does just that. Annually, the month of September.

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