Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/February

• February 1678 – Publication of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (pictured), which has never been out of print
• February 1969 – First episode of the Swedish Pippi Longstocking television series airs
• 7 February 1867 – Birth of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie books
• 12 February 1938 – Birth of Judy Blume, author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, a frequently banned book
• 17 February 1870 – Introduction of the Elementary Education Act in Britain, guaranteeing children between the ages of 5 and 12 an education