World Book Night

Tonight is World Book Night! This celebration of reading began last year in the U.K. This year it has come to the U.S. You can learn more at http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/.
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Book People Unite!

This is an awesome video from Reading is Fundamental! How many of the book characters do you recognize?

It's National D.E.A.R. Day and Beverly Cleary's Birthday!

Today is National Drop Everything and Read Day (D.E.A.R. Day)! It's easy to celebrate . . . just read a book!

 D.E.A.R. Day is celebrated on Beverly Cleary's birthday. Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916. She wrote The Mouse and the Motorcycle, the Ramona series, and many more books between 1950 and 1999. Before becoming an author, Cleary worked as a librarian.

Happy birthday to Ms. Cleary and happy D.E.A.R. Day to everyone!

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It's International Children's Book Day and Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday!

April 2nd is International Children's Book Day - a day to celebrate books and reading!

April 2nd is also Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. Andersen was born in 1725. He lived in Denmark, but his fairy tales are known all around the world. Some of his most famous stories are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, and The Nightingale.

If you want to read these stories on International Children's Book Day (or any day), you can get free eBooks by Hans Christian Andersen from Project Gutenberg!

Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Source)