Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/September

• 8 September – International Literacy Day
• 16 September 1898 – Birth of H. A. Rey who, together with his wife Margret Rey, authored and illustrated the Curious George books
• 17 September 1998 – Death of Francelia Butler, who helped found the journal Children's Literature
• 30 September 1868 – Part One of Louisa May Alcott's (pictured) Little Women is published, becoming an overnight success
• 30 September 2005 – Publication of the illustrations solicited for Kåre Bluitgen's book on the life of Muhammad, sparking the Muhammad cartoons controversy