That’s right, fellows.
Books are so appetizing that even shoes are growing teeth to sink them into a good chunk of words.
Don’t you believe me? If you have eyes, pop them out! ‘Cause I have brought you some pictures of this year’s event at LCTIDIOMAS.
WORLD BOOK DAY at its best:
Oh, well. Book day is over. Sniff. Hopefully it will come back next year and then we’ll celebrate again. Yeah!
Hi there! 
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.
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.
Did you know we can celebrate “poetry”?
Yeah, it’s true. There is a day marked in the calendar for this purpose. If there is poetry in your soul and you are about to burst with emotions, go ahead! Pour it all into a poem!
Send your ideas, your small poems, your glorious challenges to the world, to this email address:
and we’ll post them on the blog. Come on, dare immortality with us!
IN THE MEANTIME, why not have a look at the poets who have already become stars in a a universe of words?
Ladies and gentlemen, aliens and residents, animals and Animals, I give you
Miss Marina!
Marina Tsvetayeva, translated by David McDuff
For my poems, written down so soon in life, so early,
I did not know I was a poet yet,
Forced loose from me like droplets from a fountain,
A rocket's sparkling jet,
Poems storming from me, invading, like some tiny demons,
The sanctuary where sleep and incense twine,
Their themes made up of youth and death, my poems,
My always unread lines!
Thrown here and there, amid the dust of various bookshops,
Untouched then, now, by any reader's thumb,
For my poems, stored deep like wines of precious vintage,
I know a time will come.
Oh, my, there goes my last tear…
Anyway, I think it proper to add some background to the artist, so that we can understand her art better.
Once upon a time, a friend of mine told me about a 
Are you wicked?
Let me know!
In the meantime, I’ll post some quotes from the book that I’ve found quite quizzical. Food for thought. Or should I say book for thought?
quote 1: Will I ever find my way without probing around in the darkness?
One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her - is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?"
"Every day is a great crisis for our society" -Melena Pg9
That’s all for now folks! See you real soon.
I switch on the TV. I open a newspaper. I eavesdrop conversations in the street. Every time, there is talk of the same disease. People against people. People against Nature. Sometimes it’s a man against a woman. Sometimes it’s a woman against a child. Other times, it’s teenagers who prey on other teenagers. As if for these predators other people were guinea pigs to probe and zap and bury.
Sometimes I wonder why there are so many people who enjoy hurting life. Nowadays when so much knowledge is available. When schools and the media and the goverments lay cultural resources at our feet. When we have so many opportunities to learn and become more than what we start with.
I wonder. We can teach geography, maths, politics, biology. We can learn about the deep ocean, the far away space.
But can we teach how to have a soul? And can we learn how to see it in others?
Can you imagine a better way to celebrate Carnival’09?
This is it. Cute faces, friendly smiles, loads of fun and no shyness in sight. These children were eager to show their teacher how proficient they are both at English and fun.
If you recognise these beauties, good for you! One is right out from space.
What’s more, we have gathered works of art from Gloria’s class, from our Valdelasierra centre. Down below is the whole wall of assignments.
From swords of valour to modern kings of politics, you can see a range of interests with one thing in common. English as good as gold.
And now delight your imagination with each piece:
This is it for now. But keep an eye on this blog and tune in again soon. For surely there will be more fantastic examples of our students’ ENGLISH PRIDE.
