BOOK DAY coming this 23rd April

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Hi there!      We are proud to announce another wonderful day devoted to one of the most exciting, thrilling, creative, awe-inspiring and plain COOL hobbies in the world,

 

READING

 

And we will be providing you with links to interesting sites about books, a poll on your favourite readings and a top 10 ranking by our teachers! Read on…

The World Book and Copyright Day stems from an initiative first taken in Catalonia, Spain.

    It has been traditional since the medieval era for men to give roses to their loved ones and since 1925 for the woman to give a book in exchange.

     The World Book Day is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. The Day was first celebrated in 1995.

    Common knowledge assumes that both Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day. This is not strictly true.

     Actually Shakespeare died ten days after Cervantes. If you want to know why the discrepancy, go to this link.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

  Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.

Here is the TOP TEN RANKING by our beloved teachers:

BOOKS WE LOVE	RECOMMENDED BY
the secret life of bees	ANGIE
twilight	CHRIS
wicked	BELINDA
to kill a mocking bird	RENATO
cinderella	LEAH
if the buddha dated	JOSIE
the pillars of the earth	TERESA
julie & julia	VANESSA
the curious incident of the dog at night time	KATIE
fingers on your nape	MARISA

Wanna contribute with your own choices?

Come on, do so! Send us via email

the titles of the books you love.

lctidiomas@hotmail.com

LET US KNOW. Many people identify some period in their lives by the music they listened to. Does a book do that for you? Tell us of a book that marked a time in your life.

I still remember the first fantasy books I bought. A trilogy I couldn’t leave in the shop, that thrilled I was with the idea of finding the first steps of a long collection I would be doing in many years to come.

Also, it made an unforgettable impression on me when I could finally read a book IN ENGLISH all by myself! Wow, that was a special occassion. It felt like a miracle.

 

   Don’t forget to check the poll on the right column of the blog! And to finish this entry, I’d like to add a quote fitting to the topic.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.  ~Oscar Wilde

SOON TO COME: PHOTOS OF THE EVENT and a webpage on books and reading.