Celebrate World Read Aloud Day on 3/7 -- "Change the World, Story by Story"
793 million adults worldwide lack basic reading and writing skills. This World Read Aloud Day, the globe will connect like never before. Let us together read and share to advocate for the power of words and stories.
Change the World, Story by Story
This amazing day is sponsored by LitWorld, whose mission is, "to use the power of story to cultivate literacy skills in the world's most vulnerable children through Education, Advocacy and Innovation."
* Books of Wonder in New York City!: We are excited to announce that Books of Wonder will host LitWorld’s signature World Read Aloud Day event. Stay tuned for the official schedule with details about our special guest authors and exciting workshops all day long.
* Join a LitWorld Video Chat: If you would like to take part in a video chat on World Read Aloud Day as a LitWorld classroom or special guest reader, please sign up at litworld.org.
Hello Mrs. Duff,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have found your blog from Erik's. I haven't heard of World Read Aloud Day previously, so thanks for sharing this!
Literacy opens up a WORLD of possibilities. :)
Claudine
http://www.carryusoffbooks.com/blog.html