Portal:Children's literature/Selected anniversaries/March

• March 2009 – Margaret Mahy was commemorated as one of the Twelve Local Heroes in Christchurch, New Zealand in honor of her children's writings
• 2 March 1904 - Birth of Theodor Seuss Geisel (pictured), American writer and cartoonist who was most widely known for his children's books written under the pen name, Dr. Seuss
• 4 March 1743 - Birth of Johann David Wyss, best known for his novel The Swiss Family Robinson
• 27 March 1982 - Death of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, head of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a company which produced the Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and Bobbsey Twins books throughout the 20th century
• 30 March 1820 - Birth of Anna Sewell, most famous for her novel Black Beauty