“Once you learn to
read, you will be forever free”.
-
Frederick Douglas.
The
World Book Day (WBD) is a worldwide celebration of reading, a celebration of
books, authors, illustrators and everyone that makes writing a book possible. It
is marked annually in over 100 countries around the world on the first Thursday
of March while some other countries mark the WBD on April 23rd, the
birthday of Williams Shakespeare.
#WorldBookDay is a big
happy celebration of reading, celebrating the importance of developing a reading
culture especially in young kids. This year marks the 20th anniversary
of celebrating the world book day.
To make the celebration
even more fun, kids around the world dress up in costumes of their favourite book
characters such as little Red riding hood, Harry Potter, Cinderella, Snow White,
etc. to celebrate and illustrate the characters in these books.
In the UK, book tokens are
given to kids on WBD so every kid can have an opportunity of owing a book and
discovering new ones. They can use their token to purchase a book of their
choice or get a discount off some books.
Readers are leaders! Parents
should read to their children even before they can speak or understand words. Reading
to them early in life teaches them to have love and affection for books, it encourages
them to explore the pleasures of books and develop a good attitude to reading
from an early age.
Children who enjoy reading
generally increase their knowledge; improve their vocabulary, do better in
reading tests and have better understanding of other cultures.
It is evident that parents who read to their kids regularly put them ahead when it comes to literacy.
Happy #WorldBookDay!
Remember “A child who
reads will grow up to be an adult who thinks”. What are your kid’s favourite books?
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Agreed. Parents who read to their kids put them ahead of their peers in the mastery of knowledge
ReplyDeleteReaders are leaders. Yes!
ReplyDeleteTrue books are the best motivator in everyone's life! :)
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ReplyDeleteReading broadens ones knowledge.
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