There’s a New Day Dawning for the Creators of America’s Calendars : Trends: Pick a topic--any topic--and it’s probably the theme of a calendar for 1990.

The real question is: Is there anything in this great big world that isn’t the theme of a calendar in 1990?

Take a deep breath.

There are wall calendars starring ducks, Porsches, tall ships, NBA superstars, trains, islands and rainbows, Nintendo, New England, Elvis, sail-boarding, “The Wonder Years,” fighter jets, crystals, ballerinas, the blues, “I Love Lucy,” the Civil War, swimsuits, waterfalls, musical instruments, Marilyn and rear ends.

And tigers, teddy bears, rabbits, pigs, cows, wild birds, sea life, horses, cats, puppies, “Garfield,” “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Leave It to Beaver.”

And Matisse, Monet, Dali, Cassatt, O’Keeffe, Picasso, Renoir, Van Gogh, Sargent, Cezanne, Warhol, Klimt, surrealists, American realists, American watercolors, American Impressionists, French Impressionists, Polish paintings in American collections and “Women Painters.”

Yes, there are lots and lots of calendars. So many that it would take until 1991 to list them all. Instead here is a selective sampling of the calendars of 1990:

* American Family Style, by Mary Randolph Carter, Viking Penguin, $8.95. Attractive, if sometimes cutesy, photos of Americana in the style of those country living books that are so popular these days.

* American Heritage Civil War Calendar, written and edited by Stephen W. Sears, Workman, $9.95. Civil War-era lithographs and paintings boldly recall the struggle that tore our nation apart.

* Audubon Calendars: Sea Life, Wild Bird, Wild Animal and Nature, Macmillan, $8.95 each. The photographic quality is stunning, of course, but even more notable is the Audubon Society’s knack for capturing the exotic. The Sea Life calendar, in particular, will open your eyes to underwater creatures you’ve never seen in any fish tank.

* The Bird Identification Calendar: Common Birds of North America, illustrated by John Sill, Stephen Greene Press, $8.95. The bird watcher in your life will get a trill out of this diverse sampling of illustrations of wild birds.

* Boris Vallejo’s 1990 Mythology Calendar, Workman, $7.95. The guys and gals of mythology must have spent a lot of time in the gym, if Vallejo’s paintings of muscle-bound satyrs and well-developed nymphs are any indication.

* Burpee American Gardens, Abrams, $9.95. These beautiful American gardens photographed in vibrant color hold their own against the most dazzling British garden.

* Calendar of Days That Never Were, illustrations by Robert Ingpen, text by Michael Page, Viking Penguin, $8.95. If 1990 turns out to be a really bad year, this calendar allows you to look back and say, “Never mind, those were the days that never really were.” The mystical paintings should appeal to the crystal lover in your crowd.

* Cousteau’s Whales and Dolphins, Abrams, $9.95. These great and intelligent creatures of the sea are the focus of this calendar, proceeds of which help support the educational work of the Costeau Society.

* Dolls, photographs by Tom Kelley, $7.95. Kelley takes highly collectible Bru and Jumeau and other sought-after dolls and places them in charmingly lifelike situations.

* Dragons, Draaks & Beasties by Graeme Base, Abrams, $9.95. One for the “Dungeons and Dragons” team member in your house.

* The Flyfisher’s Calendar, written by Ernest Schwiebert, Stephen Greene Press, $10.95. Schwiebert’s paintings of insects that fish find delectable can be used as guides for fly fishermen looking to land the big ones.

* A Gay Gallery, Pomegranate, $9.95. Black-and-white photos of famous gay people from James Baldwin to Oscar Wilde to T. E. Lawrence, with a lopsided emphasis on men. The couples Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, and Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier represent the women.

* Golf in America: The First 100 Years, Harry N. Abrams, $9.95. Photos of golfing present and past will get your golfer through those tough months when he/she can’t be out on the links.

* Herbs: Bouquets, Recipes, and Fine Country Things, by Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead, Workman, $8.95. The authors of the book “Herbs” are back with another attractive calendar illustrating the myriad ways we can use herbs.

* Ken Robbins Flowers, E.P. Dutton, $8.95. New York artist and illustrator Ken Robbins paints individual flowers such as lilies, birds of paradise, bearded irises and parrot tulips in beautifully muted color.

* Lee Bailey’s Country Flowers, Workman, $7.95. Bailey is a talented designer whose award-winning cookbooks are as beautiful to look at as his recipes are tasty. And he’s no slouch in the flower-arranging department, as these lovely photographs attest.

* Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature, Rizzoli, $11.95. This handsome, oversize calendar features romantic paintings from such artists as Klimt (“The Kiss”), Renoir and Chagall, and tender writings from writers like Joyce and Rilke.

* Martha’s Kitchen Entertaining 1990 Calendar, by Martha Stewart, Workman, $7.95. If there’s one thing Martha Stewart knows how to do, it’s how to make food look beautiful. So be prepared to look longingly all month at the photos that accompany her ambitious recipes culled from her books, “Entertaining” and “Hors d’Oeuvres.”

* Martin Leman’s Cat Calendar, Stephen Greene Press, $7.95. Leman paints in an appealing, if quirky, folk-art style, but he captures cats in a telling way that few photographs manage to do.

* The Men of Summer 1990, Hallmark, $8.95. Hallmark, heretofore known for its tasteful greeting cards, enthusiastically gets into the hunk-of-the-month business.

* The National Air and Space Museum, Abrams, $9.95. The wildly popular wing of the Smithsonian Institution is honored in this handsomely designed calendar that features aircraft from the Wright brothers’ plane to an Apollo capsule.

* NFL Football, Abrams, $8.95. You’re in the heart of the action with these colorful shots of National Football League stars past and present going for the goal or playing tough defense.

* 1990 Calendar of Wooden Boats, photographs by Benjamin Mendlowitz, Noah Publications, $10.95. Mendlowitz’s frames of regal sailboats and charming vessels such as an electric-powered canoe cruising on the River Thames in England will make you long for summer.

* Opus: A Bloom County Calendar Featuring 16 Exhaustively Hand-Painted Opus Cartoon Classics, by Berke Breathed, Little, Brown, $8.95. The penguin star of the late-lamented “Bloom County” and Breathed’s new strip “Outland” has 16 moments in the sun.

* The Original Peter Rabbit Calendar, Penguin Group, $5.95. These delightful scenes from the original stories by Beatrix Potter should find a welcome spot on your child’s bedroom wall.

* Roger Tory Peterson Birds, Workman, $7.95. With his long-lens camera, world bird authority Peterson tends to go for the extreme close-up of colorful species such as the yellow-crowned night heron, the blue-and-yellow macaw and the European bee eater.

* Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendar, Sports Illustrated, $10.95. The photos of women in skimpy bathing suits are big and splashy but the monthly calendars are printed in tiny type. Not recommended if you want to know what day it is.

* Tiffany Windows, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrams, $9.95. Large details and smaller full-scale photographic reproductions of the lovely Tiffany windows at the Met in New York make this a visual feast.

* Victoriana Calendar, by Cynthia Hart and John Grossman, Workman, $8.95. With its wonderfully designed collages of Victorian paper ephemera, this calendar is as heady as a whiff of potpourri.