Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/April

• 2 April 1805 - Birth of Hans Christian Andersen (pictured), Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales
• 8 April 1911 - Short film Little Nemo released, based on the comic strip
• 9 April 1768 – Death of Sarah Fielding, author of the first novel in English for children
• 12 April 1958 - Publication of Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
• 16 April 2002 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opens in the West End at the London Palladium theatre