Showing posts with label World Book Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Book Day. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
World Book Day
Thursday, March 7, 2024
World Book Day ~ that's today!
World Book Day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. The day is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. Their mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Why does it matter? Mainly because reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success, even more than their family circumstances, their parents' educational background, or their income. They want to see more children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, with a life-long habit of reading for pleasure and the improved life chances this brings them.
Sunday, April 23, 2023
World Book Day ~ and Sunday Salon
World Book Day is April 23 in the United States
In 1995, at UNESCO’s General Conference, it was decided that April 23rd would be named World Book and Copyright Day as a way to pay tribute to books and authors. It was also determined that this day would be good for encouraging everyone to read and enjoy the pleasures that go along with it. April 23rd was chosen because that is the date when Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Maurice Druon all died. All of them are famous authors.
I thought I'd show you some books that I'm reading or have just recently finished, so do you want to see what library books I have at the moment? My nearest library is University City Public Library, now located temporarily in this building while the library building is being renovated. (You can also see one of the pair of lions representing the city in this photo and in the logo on the left.)
First, the eleven books I now have checked out from the University City Library:
- Abigail Takes the Wheel ~ by Avi, illustrated by Don Bolognese, 1999, children's fiction, 64 pages, 9/10
- Ashes of Roses ~ by Mary Jane Auch, 2002, YA historical fiction, 256 pages
- An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Book 1 of 2) ~ by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy, 2018, mystery stories, 184 pages
- An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Book 2 of 2) ~ by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy, 2020, mystery stories, 272 pages
- Feathers: Not Just for Flying ~ by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen, 2014, children's picture book, 32 pages
- Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 ~ by Norman Lebrecht, 2010, history, 464 pages
- How Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee ~ by Carole Boston Weatherford, 2023, children's historical fiction (Ohio and DC), 40 pages, 9/10
- Miss Rumphius ~ by Barbara Cooney, 1982, children's picture book, 32 pages, 10/10
- Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe ~ by Dean Nicholson with Garry Jenkins, 2020, travel (Scotland), 261 pages
- One Amazing Elephant ~ by Linda Oatman High, 2017, young adult fiction, 272 pages
- Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within ~ by Natalie Goldberg, 1986, 2005, writing, 288 pages
And here are two more that I have checked out of the Crown Center Library:
- The Beautiful Struggle ~ by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2008, memoir, 240 pages
- The Last Days of Dogtown – by Anita Diamant, 2005, historical fiction (Massachusetts), 304 pages
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Friday, April 15, 2022
Ten books for World Book Day
The rapturous story of one woman’s liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.
A stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of revolution and the power of a single quest.
The inspiring true story of one man's treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona.
A heart-stirring story where the boundaries of love and friendship are challenged by the intractable conflicts of war.
A detective spiraling out of control works to uncover the truth and stop an elusive killer before they strike again.
A heartwarming and transporting romantic comedy about finding happy ever after on your own terms.
In this lively coming-of-age tale, a young man is thrust from city life into the trials, mysteries, and delights of a mythical mountain forest.
A nightmarish home invasion prompts one woman to do the unthinkable to protect her family.
Spanning a millennium of tangled lives, this story delves into the powerful forces that drive mortals and gods alike toward revenge, loyalty — and love.
The unforgettable story of how one man's friendship with his alligator sparked a lasting legacy.
Now for the good part — all of these are free right now. CLICK HERE if you want to download some or all of them before the giveaway ends April 27th. By the way, different places seem to celebrate World Book Day at different times, even different months. But since I just learned about these free books, we are celebrating it right NOW. Go for it!
Thursday, April 15, 2021
World Book Day means FREE books
Today is World Book Day, which I just learned from reading Helen's Book Blog. Thanks, Helen! The good news is that Amazon is offering TEN free Kindle books today. Just for the record, the children's book is NOT compatible with Kindle, but can be downloaded to read on a Kindle Cloud Reader. Here's the link to download some of them yourself:
- The Broken Circle ~ by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller, 2019, memoir (Afghanistan)
- You, Me, and the Colors of Life ~ by Noa C. Walker, 2016, fiction (Germany)
- At the End of the Matinee ~ by Keiichiro Hirano, 2021, fiction (Japan)
- The King of Warsaw ~ by Szczepan Twardoch, 2020, fiction (Poland)
- Return to the Enchanted Island ~ by Johary Ravaloson, 2019, fiction (Madagascar)
- A Single Swallow ~ by Zhang Ling, 2020, fiction (China)
- Amora: Stories ~ by Natalia Borges Polesso, 2020, stories (Brazil)
- The Son and Heir ~ by Alexander Münninghoff, 2020, memoir (Netherlands)
- The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury ~ by Marc Levy, 2019, historical fiction (France)
- Some Days ~ by Maria Wernicke, 2012, children's fiction (Argentina)
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Around the World ~ Argentina, Tanzania, Germany
The extraordinary story of the rugby team who crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972. One of the survivors breaks his silence to tell a personal story of survival, hope, and spiritual awakening in the face of unspeakable tragedy. The unfathomable modern legend of the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventy-two days among the dead and dying which has become a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. The harrowing test of endurance on a snowbound cordillera ended in a miraculous rescue.
Four decades after the tragedy, a climber discovered survivor Eduardo Strauch’s wallet near the memorialized crash site and returned it to him. It was a gesture that compelled Strauch to finally "break the silence of the mountains." He withholds nothing as he reveals the truth behind the life-changing events that challenged him physically and tested him spiritually, but would never destroy him. In revisiting the horror story we thought we knew, Strauch shares how surviving on the mountain, in the face of its fierce, unforgiving power and desolate beauty, forever altered his perception of love, friendship, death, fear, loss, and hope.
Journalist Alex Derksen’s new assignment in Tanzania should be easy, but he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the news. It starts when he meets Ranna, a beautiful photographer with something to hide. Alex stopped believing in love a long time ago, yet here in the middle of East Africa, it’s found him again. Alex knows a thing or two about chaos — wherever he goes, it follows. When an IT billionaire washes up onshore after seasonal flooding, he finds himself at the center of an investigation with Ranna as the main suspect. It turns out she may have a good reason for hiding her past. Wherever she goes, murder follows. Alex should be used to these cat-and-mouse games, but this time it’s different. Should he listen to his heart and help Ranna hide the bloody trail leading to her? Or should he use his head and run for his life?
A man consumed by a meaningless life is going to do something he’s never considered doing before. He’s going to enjoy the day. For hyper-particular publishing heir Jonathan Grief, the day starts like any other — with a strict morning fitness regimen that’ll keep his divorced, easily irritated, cynical, forty-two-year-old self in absolutely flawless physical condition. But all it takes to put a crimp in his routine is one small annoyance. Someone has left a leather-bound day planner with the handwritten title "Your Perfect Year" in his spot on his mountain bike at his fitness course!These three books are among nine Read the World 2020 books offered free for Kindle through April 24 for World Book Day.
Determined to discover its owner, Jonathan opens the calendar to find that someone known only as “H.” has filled it in with suggestions, tasks, and affirmative actions for each day. The more he devotes himself to locating the elusive H., the deeper Jonathan is drawn into someone else’s rich and generous narrative — and into an attitude adjustment he desperately needs. He may have ended up with a perfect year by accident, but it seems fate has set Jonathan on a path toward healing, feeling, and maybe even loving again — if only he can meet the stranger who’s changing his life one day at a time.
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