Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/August

• August 1942 - Death of Janusz Korczak, (memorial pictured), a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and pedagogue
• August 2007 – Lloyd Alexander, known for his Chronicles of Prydain, publishes his last novel
• August 2007 – The Dandy, the third-longest running comic in the world, becomes The Dandy Xtreme
• 11 August 1897 – Birth of Enid Blyton, the fifth-most translated author worldwide
• 28 August 1995 – Death of Michael Ende, German children's writer best known for The Neverending Story