Support Literacy, Help Break a World Record for National Read for the Record Day
On October 7th, 2010, teachers, politicians, celebrities, authors, firefighters and people across America will join children to read a book. Read for the Record is a record-breaking campaign that brings adults and children together on the same day to read the same book.
This year’s book is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. It is the story of a little boy who wakes up to find snow has fallen overnight. He goes on simple adventures in the snow, like knocking snow from a tree, examining his snowy footprints, creating snow angels and trying to save a snowball for the next day.
| Jumpstart’s Read for the Record began in 2006 and over the past five years, America has joined in, reading classic stories such as The Little Engine That Could (2006), The Story of Ferdinand (2007), and Corduroy (2008). Last year, records were shattered when Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar was read aloud to children worldwide! 2,019,752 children joined together and shared |
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