{"id":7152,"date":"2026-07-09T22:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=7152"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:29:49","slug":"notable-dates-and-celebrations-for-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/notable-dates-and-celebrations-for-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable dates and celebrations for August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We like to keep track of fun little holidays, noteworthy dates, and the titles we have to match. We share these internally each month, and we thought you might appreciate having them in your pocket, too! Here are your notable dates and celebrations for August:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Month:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Back to school\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books?subject=education&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Subject Search<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/top-lists\/132\">Autistic &amp; Neurodivergent Pride titles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/stickers\/8220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-1024x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7154\" style=\"width:653px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-1536x563.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-1320x483.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable Dates:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 Lughnasadh\/Lammas\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/search\/?q=bread\">Bread!<\/a> (now including my fave <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/stickers\/10143\">Purebread Princess<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 National Coloring Book Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog?matchall[]=sbj&amp;subject=75,65\">Microcosm Coloring Books<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books?subject=coloring-books&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Subject Search for all coloring books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 James Hetfield of Metallica\u2019s B-day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/search\/?q=metallica\">Metallica Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Assistance Dog Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?search=service+dog&amp;sort=relevance\">Service dog search<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/top-lists\/363\">Disability Pride titles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 National Friendship Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog?subject=128\">Everything we have on Friendship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 National Vinyl Record Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/linesheet\/31\">All things music!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 Bookstore Romance Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?subject=Romance&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Romance titles<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/top-lists\/209\">Love-ly Reads Toplist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19-22 Official Gathering of the Juggalos in Macks Creek, MO\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?search=juggalos&amp;sort=relevance\">Juggalo titles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29 GG Allin birthday\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?search=gg+allin&amp;sort=relevance\">GG titles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?subject=scene-history&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Scene History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 National Grief Awareness Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/search\/?q=grief\">Grief Titles<\/a><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for our next installment, happy celebrating in the meantime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like to keep track of fun little holidays, noteworthy dates, and the titles we have to match. We share these internally each month, and we thought you might appreciate having them in your pocket, too! Here are your notable dates and celebrations for August: All Month: Notable Dates: Stay tuned for our next installment,&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/notable-dates-and-celebrations-for-august\/\" title=\"Read Notable dates and celebrations for August\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[395,231,390,59,399,398,67,260,385,396],"class_list":["post-7152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-back-to-school","tag-coloring","tag-friendship","tag-grief","tag-juggalos","tag-metallica","tag-music","tag-neurodivergence","tag-notable-dates","tag-romance"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We like to keep track of fun little holidays, noteworthy dates, and the titles we have to match. We share these internally each month, and we thought you might appreciate having them in your pocket, too! Here are your notable dates and celebrations for August:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Month:<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Back to school<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books?subject=education&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Subject Search<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/top-lists\/132\">Autistic &amp; Neurodivergent Pride titles<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"lightbox\":{\"enabled\":false},\"id\":7154,\"width\":\"653px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large 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We share these internally each month, and we thought you might appreciate having them in your pocket, too! Here are your notable dates and celebrations for August:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Month:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Back to school\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books?subject=education&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Subject Search<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/top-lists\/132\">Autistic &amp; Neurodivergent Pride titles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/stickers\/8220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/educate-and-agitate_blowup-1024x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7154\" style=\"width:653px;height:auto\" 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href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/search\/?q=bread\">Bread!<\/a> (now including my fave <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/stickers\/10143\">Purebread Princess<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 National Coloring Book Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog?matchall[]=sbj&amp;subject=75,65\">Microcosm Coloring Books<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books?subject=coloring-books&amp;mm=or&amp;pg=1\">Subject Search for all coloring books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 James Hetfield of Metallica\u2019s B-day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/search\/?q=metallica\">Metallica Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 Assistance Dog Day\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/?search=service+dog&amp;sort=relevance\">Service dog search<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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