What's Hot In Wall Calendars

Movies, birds, nature, poetry, and talking cows.

Buying a new calendar for a new year is a ritual that's almost as enjoyable as making New Year's resolutions and not keeping them. A new wall calendar can be more than just a way to mark the passing of the year. A themed wall calendar can symbolize a change of direction or personal focus, complement your intention to develop or discover a new hobby, or even enrich your life all on its own. Here's a list of some of what's hot in wall calendars over the past year.

Classic movie posters

From New York's Museum of Modern Art comes this wall calendar featuring poster art from some of the greatest Hollywood productions of the last century. You could use this wall calendar as the focus for a monthly meeting of fellow classic film buffs. Revisit such classics as Metropolis, City Lights, and Ben-Hur, and let your calendar decide what's ahead for you at next month's screening.

National Audubon Society

Support the protection and preservation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats by purchasing a National Audubon Society wall calendar. The Audubon Water's Edge wall calendar features stunning images of the congruity of water and earth, be it a salt marsh, or white sand, or a wave-washed rock where seabirds rest.

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams wall calendars are annual favorites. Adams' iconic nature photos capture a grandiosity and nobility in the world around us that reflects Adams' lifelong commitment to the preservation of nature's beauty. If you've been led to believe that Adams was simply a nature photographer, explore another side of his art in his book Born Free and Equal, Adams' account of the Japanese-American internment during WWII.

The Far Side

Gary Larson may have retired, but readers have never tired of his idiosyncratic take on the rituals of our lives. Cavemen, flies, nerds, and cows all have their moment in the spotlight in The Far Side wall calendars. The Far Side: Mating Rituals was a popular wall calendar in 2006, and there are sure to be new Far Side wall calendars to come. And also more cows.

A Child's Calendar

If you're looking for a beautiful and unique wall calendar for your child, consider A Child's Calendar. Featuring poems from John Updike and illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman, A Child's Calendar is suitable for children from preschool age to Grade 3 and up. Updike's poems are simple enough for children but still lovely enough to please adults. Here's Updike on November:

"The ground is hard/ As hard as stone/ The year is old/ The birds are flown. And yet the world/ Nevertheless/ Displays a certain/ Loveliness - The beauty of/ The bone. Tall God/ Must see our souls/ This way, and nod."

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