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Supertato: Books Are Rubbish! written by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon & Schuster) Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang written by Laura Ellen Anderson (Egmont) Dog Man written by Dav Pilkey ( Scholastic) Evie in the Jungle written by Matt Haig, illustrated by Emily Gravett (Canongate)
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions. The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event organized by independent charity The Reading Agency.
In 2006, World Book Day began its support of and association with the Quick Reads initiative for adult emergent readers. In 2007, World Book Day celebrated its 10th anniversary with the publication of 10 £1/1,50€ books. Since then every child in full-time education in the UK and Ireland is entitled to receive a £1/1,50€ World Book day ...
Both Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day, month, and year; it is the reason why the World Book Day is April 23rd because the two greatest writers of the English and the Spanish language died on the same day...)" and adding this: "Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616. To honor this, UNESCO established 23 April as the International Day of ...
The young adult genre has gained plenty of traction in the publishing world, thanks in part to popular book adaptations like The Giver, The Maze Runner and our personal favorite, The Hunger Games.
World Book Club is a radio programme on the BBC World Service. Each edition of the programme, which is broadcast on the first Saturday of the month with repeats into the following Monday, [1] features a famous author discussing one of his or her books, often the most well-known one, with the public. Since the programme began in 2002 it has been ...
Dear old Dad is sure to treasure them forever! Finish off one of these printable Father's Day cards by writing a heartfelt dad quote, stepdad quote, or hilarious dad joke. And if you need multiple ...
The first English-language paper appeared the next year, when a weekly called Social Democrat saw print.: 10 As with Der Sozialist, this paper proved to be short-lived.: 10 Chicago radical publisher Paul Grottkau came to Milwaukee in 1886, bringing with him his newspaper, the German-language tri-weekly the Arbeiter Zeitung (Workers News).