Arts & Entertainment

Friday Is Read Across America Day

Share your love of books with someone special.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday March 2 by joining book lovers and in Port Washington for Read Across America day. 

According to Dolphin Bookshop, Dr. Suess' "The Lorax" is a top indie bookstore seller. And this year the National Education Association, a group of more than 3.2 million educators who work to improve public schools, is calling on book lovers around the nation to take up The Lorax. Published in 1971, this popular Dr. Seuss children's book is about the lovable creature who fights to save the environment. 

Share your plans for celebrating Read Across America Day with Patch or on the Read Across America pledge site.  NEA and Lorax' publisher, Random House, also have lesson plans and lots of other materials, resources and printable activities for teachers, parents and kids

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