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National Read Across America Day!
March 2, 2017
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ISSUE:
- Literacy; Reading
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Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too! Incorporate these guides and activities to celebrate reading with young people.
“One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children” -- Dr. Carl Sagan
"Read, read, read" -- William Faulkner
From the National Educational Association: "NEA’s Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2—Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too! Incorporate these guides and activities to celebrate reading with young people."
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