Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/October
- October 1924 – First issue of The Horn Book Magazine published in Boston, a periodical about children's literature
- 1 October 1942 – First twelve Little Golden Books are published
- 3 October 1955 – Debut of Captain Kangaroo, one of the longest-running children's television programs
- 14 October 1926 – First publication of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (pictured), a later Latin translation of which became the only Latin book ever to appear on The New York Times bestseller list
- 30 October 1887 – Birth of Sukumar Ray, one of the most famous Indian literary nonsense writers