02.25.06
Read Across America
Since libraries celebrate this as well, here’s some info on Read Across America:
NEA’s Read Across America Day Celebrations
– reported by HispanicAd.com
There’s only one event that will get teachers, principals and school employees to dye their hair blue, cook up a breakfast of green eggs and ham, or be duct-taped to a wall if it boosts their students’ enthusiasm to read. Nearly 45 million are joining the National Education Association in the ninth annual Read Across America Day, to bring the gift of reading to children who have been affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
Starting this month, Read Across America will travel to the Gulf Coast region on a Reading Relief Tour to visit public school libraries impacted by the hurricanes. Three Cat-A-Van tours will kick-off in Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., and Houston on Feb. 28, and will culminate in the New Orleans area with Read Across America Day on March 2—the birthday of beloved children’s author Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss.
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In addition to bringing books to public school libraries in the Gulf Coast region, the nation’s largest reading celebration includes local activities that excite and encourage children of all ages to read—on March 2 and throughout the year.
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For more at http://www.nea.org/readacross
