Read Across America
PERSON'S A PERSON, NO MATTER HOW SMALL
DR. SEUSS
THE MAN WHO TAUGHT CHILDREN THAT READING IS FUN.
Dufur Grade School will be participating in........
In March we will be celebrating Read Across America. Community volunteers are invited to visit the classrooms and read a favorite book or excerpt. If you are interested in taking part in Dufur, please contact the library.
Phone:541-467-2509
mail to: sarah.tierney@dufur.k12.or.us
Read Across America was developed in honor of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
Here are a few things you probably didn’t know about Dr. Seuss:
He won the Pulitzer Prize, three Academy Awards, and was the author and illustrator of 44 children’s books.
His publisher read a report on illiteracy among children. It suggested that the problem was because children’s books were too boring. The Publisher then gave Mr. Geisel a list of words he felt were important for children to learn. Using 220 of these words, Dr. Seuss created “The Cat in The Hat”.
A Person is Never
too Wacky or Wild,
to Sit Down and Read a Book
With a Child!