City Schools of Decatur is hosting its annual CSD Reads & Dyslexia Awareness Week, September 28 to October 8, featuring a full lineup of literacy and dyslexia awareness celebrations and reading-centered events, both in and out of school, to foster excitement about reading and literacy. The week is timed to coincide with September as National Literacy Month and Georgia Reads Week (September 21-25), and with October as Dyslexia Awareness Month and World Dyslexia Day on October 8.

CSD Reads & Dyslexia Awareness Week will include a dyslexia awareness art competition, guest readers in schools, Georgia Reads for America 250 at the public library, and a special read-aloud of "Aaron Slater, Illustrator" with CSD Superintendent Dr. Gyimah Whitaker. 

The community may also register for Decatur Book Festival events, including the keynote address from 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Goldstone on Friday, October 2, 7 p.m., and the Kidnote address, featuring bestselling authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko on Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m.

The week will conclude with CSD inviting all members of the Decatur community to wear red on Thursday, October 8, in honor of World Dyslexia Day.