May/June/July

MAY
National Children's Book Week (usually begins on the 3rd week and celebrated in May)
May 17
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in educational facilities was unconstitutional (1954)

JUNE

National Doughnut Day (First friday of June) honors the women who helped served doughnuts to world War I soldiers.

June 5
Richard Scarry (children's book illustrator) born 1919

June 8
Les Paul (Guitarist, Inventor, Innovator) born 1915