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This Month (and EVERY Month): Get Caught Reading!
Starting in 1999, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) celebrates May as Get Caught Reading Month. The movement to encourage kids and adults across the nation to read for fun was conceived by Congresswoman Pat Shroeder, also President of the AAP. Teachers, parents, students, publishers, and booksellers are encouraged to acknowledge the “holiday” by instituting special merchandise displays and hosting reading-related events in schools and libraries.
Read more about the benefits of reading to young children.
Read more about literacy in America.
Check out promotional celebrity posters from getcaughtreading.org (my personal fave is below…)
Crack that book you received as a gift and have been meaning to open for months! Finally finish that classic novel sitting on your coffee table! Next time you need to look up a fact, get off Wikipedia and go to your local library. Are you in a reading rut? Here are some of my current faves/selections…
The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered The World
Dallas Clayton’s An Awesome Book (for the kiddies AND adults!)
The latest issue of MONOCLE mag (The ascent of Brasilia: Sharpening Brazil’s Foreign Policy)…
Also make sure to stop in the the Art In The Age Store or peruse our curated selection ONLINE!
Written by robin on 05/21/2010 in Activism | Blog | Book Review | Event | News | Theory/Criticism
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