Month-Long Observances
- National Guide Dog Month
- Hispanic / Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15)
Religious or Cultural Observances
- Eid Milad ul-Nabi (Islam, 9/4-9/5)
- Brazil’s Independence Day (9/7)
- Mexican Independence Day (9/16)
- Navratri (Hindu, 9/22-10/2)
- Rosh Hashanah (Judaism 9/22-9/24)
Dates of Significance
- Labor Day (9/1)
- National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (9/18)
- International Day of Peace (9/21)
- International Week of Deaf People (9/22-9/28)
- International Day of Sign Languages (9/23)
- National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools (9/30)
Library Resources
Links shared are ebooks, all others are physical resources in our Behind the Eyes Collection.
National Guide Dog Month
Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey by Stephen Kuusisto
Hispanic / Latinx Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
The Book of Wanderers by Reyes Ramirez
Cenizas: Poems by Cynthia Guardado
Latinx Literature Unbound: Undoing Ethnic Expectation by Ralph E. Rodriguez
The Latino Generation: Voices of the New America by Mario T. García
Rosh Hashanah (Judaism 9/22-9/24)
The Rosh Hashanah Anthology by Philip Goodman
International Week of Deaf People (9/22-9/28)
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
The Deaf Heart: A Novel by Willy Conley
Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America by Jack R. Gannon
Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood by Paddy Ladd
International Day of Sign Languages (9/23)
Sign Language: An International Handbook by Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach, and Bencie Woll
