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NEA's Read Across America

The National Education Association's Read Across America Day is the nation's largest reading event, occurring each year on or near Dr. Seuss's birthday (March 2nd). Reading Rockets is pleased to be a national partner of NEA's Read Across America project. To help mark the event at your school, we've created some resources you can use to celebrate reading on Read Across America Day and every day!

Read Across America

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Send an e-card

Send an e-card, featuring an illustration from the 2008 NEA Read Across America calendar, to your favorite readers and get them excited about this special day of reading!

Bookmarks in English and Spanish

These bookmarks look especially great on colored or glossy paper. The English version says, "Reading is a blast on Read Across America Day… and every day!" The Spanish version says, "Today we're going to Read Across America!"

Inspired by Dr. Seuss

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day

Poet Jack Prelutsky and illustrator Lane Smith collaborated on Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! — a story that Dr. Seuss had begun but never finished. Prelutsky wove Seuss' verses with his own. He says the book is a wonderful homage to teachers: "It's all about teachers — teachers teaching us how to think." Lane Smith created a new set of "hybrid" drawings — his unique style but with Seussian flourishes. "That was a real rare, fantastic experience. I think Seuss was probably a big influence on myself and Jon Scieszka. You can talk about Green Eggs and Ham or The Cat in the Hat. I mean it all goes back to that. That guy was the most subversive of all," says Smith.

Seuss in the classroom

These classroom strategies incorporate Dr. Seuss books into the literacy-building activities:

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Seuss at home

Kids love hearing Dr. Seuss books over and over again — they're fun! The rhyming helps young children develop an ear for language and encourages word play. And Seuss's themes often tap into feelings that every child has.

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