Book Lovers Day 2025

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August 9th

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Celebrate the love of books on August 9 with National Book Lovers Day. Learn about the history of literature, the traditions of reading, and activities to enjoy on this day.

Books are the purest form of escapism. They can take you to any time, place, or culture. In honor of National Book Lovers Day on August 9, we put away our smartphones, pull out a good book and simply read. (Um, an audiobook is okay too.)

From clay tablets to today’s eBooks, literature has played a crucial role in preserving cultures, educating the masses, and storytelling.

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Thanks to Johannes Gutenberg’s 15th-century printing press, anyone — not just royalty, monks or landed gentry — could read and own books.

Creator of the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey was foundational in shaping modern American libraries. In addition to devising and copyrighting the Dewey Decimal System by the age of 25, he helped found both the American Library Association and the first library school at Columbia University in 1884, and was the New York State Librarian from 1888-1906.

Raise your hand if you love books. Yes!

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Blogger Day

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Blogger Day is celebrated on August 5 every year.

This day celebrates one of the most popular platforms in the world, Blogger. Anyone who has ever created a blog before has most likely used Blogger. This platform allows people to express themselves for either personal or commercial reasons.

Some bloggers use blogs to disseminate information and it has been a very good way to consume news ranging from politics to sports, technology, lifestyle, and a host of other topics.

This day should be well celebrated, especially by the blogging community, as it celebrates one of the platforms that contribute to our freedom of speech.

Happy Blogger Day

Thank you for joining us on this very special day.

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Watermelon Day

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Today, August 3rd, is National Watermelon Day.

The history of watermelons is a long one. There is a Sanskrit word for watermelon, and fruits are depicted in early Egyptian art, indicating an antiquity in agriculture of more than 4,000 years. Domestication and selective breeding have resulted in intensely sweet large fruits with tender flesh and fewer seeds. Some modern “seedless” cultivars have almost no viable seeds.

Here is our Hattingdon, acknowledging the day of this juicy wonderful fruit in a special hat for the occasion. How cool she looks. Wink!

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On a summer’s day
A slice of watermelon
Under the hot sun.

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National Watermelon Day | August 3rd

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Lollipop classic

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In 1908, candy maker George Smith revolutionized the candy world by creating a hard candy mounted on a stick, the first modern lollipop. According to his memoirs, he named the treat after his favorite racehorse — Lolly Pop.

National Lollipop Day is celebrated each year on July 20. It is a day to celebrate hard candy, sweet treats and being a kid.

Hattingdon does not have a “lollipop hat” per se, but she does have a very pretty classic hat inspired by the sweet lollipop Vivian created, seen below.

We named the design Lolly. Hattingdon fans call it the Lollipop hat. That’s cool. Here she is.

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Lolly with her Lollipop

Isn’t she sweet? Love love love the colours. Oh. Before we go, here is a bit of lollipop history.

History of the Lollipop

Jon Prince, writing for CandyFavourites.com, states, “The first incarnation of the lollipop was probably created by cave people thousands of years ago, who collected honey from beehives with a stick. Not wanting to waste the sweet nectar, they most likely licked the stick, thus inventing the world’s first lollipop. Good for them (good for us).”

“Archaeologists believe that ancient Chinese, Arabs, and Egyptians all produced fruit and nut confections that they ‘candied’ in honey (which serves as a preservative), and inserted sticks to make it easier to eat.”

What are your favourite lollipops? Let us know. Love, Hattingdon.

Related Reading

• National Day Calendar » | New Haven Gives the Lollipop Its Name »
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Updated: 28 July 25.

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