Feb 27 2009
Read Across America Day, 2009
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ——————————————————- For Immediate Release February 27, 2009 A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Read Across America Day provides an opportunity to support efforts to excite children about reading and to educate families about the importance of literacy. I encourage families and all citizens to celebrate the joy and emphasize the importance of reading. Every American child deserves the opportunity to solve the puzzles of mystery novels, to discover the beauty of poetry, to imagine the fantastical worlds of science fiction, and to explore their own world through books about nature and foreign lands. Reading provides unending enjoyment and helps unlock a child’s creative potential. We must make literacy the birthright of every American
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Read Across America Day, 2009