As well as being St David's day, today is World Book Day.
Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world, this is the 15th year there’s been a World Book Day.
Children of all ages will be coming together to appreciate reading. Very loudly and very happily.
The main aim of World Book Day in the UK and Ireland is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own. This fits in very well with the Dundee Born and Read campaign led by the Dundee Evening Telegraph.
Nobody really knows exactly how we learn to read, but everybody agrees that reading is a very important skill. Parents and carers can do so much to help children become readers. Read Together is a website with lots of ideas to help promote the sharing of reading between adults and children.
