International Book Giving Day: Promotes Literacy Among Children and Encourages Generosity
- Meagan Fuller
- Feb 13
- 2 min read
Give someone the gift of reading! International Book Giving Day is February 14th. The basic goal of this day is to give as many books as possible to children. This day is on the same day as Valentine’s Day so you can choose to celebrate love and the love of reading!
Some facts about International Book Giving Day:
International Book Giving Day started in 2012 with the son of Amy Broadmoore suggesting to his mom that the love of books should be spread around the world.
47 countries are said to participate in this day.
The first bookplate for International Book Giving Day was created by Clara Vulliamy, a known illustrator of children’s books.
International Book Giving Day promotes literacy among children, encourages generosity and sharing and helps build awareness about the importance of books.
What can you do for International Book Giving Day:
Give books to friends, children and strangers.
Join a book club.
Check out places like Scholastic to see what they are doing to help get books into children’s hands.
See what your local libraries are doing for this day.
Join the hashtag #bookgivingday to spread the news.
Support book fairs and book festivals.
Try to set up a book exchange program.
Donate books to a local library or bookstore.
Recommend some books you read to others.
This day is an opportunity to share happiness with others through books and reading.
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Hello, my name is Meagan. I am currently a senior at Belhaven University. I am majoring in Theatre and minoring in Creative Writing. I am happy to join Her Nexx Chapter as a volunteer. This journey will allow me to work with a diverse group of women. My academic journey is rooted in storytelling. Therefore, I am excited for this opportunity to write about various topics for women to help them grow. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music, writing fiction that focuses on empowering women, reading, developing my acting skills and yoga. My short stories, plays and poems appear in several publications (Pleiades Literary Magazine, Write for Mississippi, Belhaven University’s The Brogue). Oh, by the way, I am a cat lover.
