World Book Days

The 23rd of April we will celebrate `Book Day´. Many activities will take place in the World.

Do yo like reading? We think reading is the best way to celebrate this day.

Fuente: Wikipedia.

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El día 23 de abril fue elegido como Día del Libro y del Derecho de Autor, pues corresponde al fallecimiento de los escritores Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare e Inca Garcilaso de la Vega en la misma fecha en el año 1616 (aunque realmente no es así: Cervantes falleció el 22 y fue enterrado el 23, mientras que Shakespeare murió el 23 de abril... del calendario juliano, que corresponde al 3 de mayo del calendario gregoriano). En esta fecha también fallecieron William Wordsworth (en 1850) y Josep Pla (en 1981). La Unión Internacional de Editores propuso esta fecha a la Unesco, con el objetivo de fomentar la cultura y la protección de la propiedad intelectual por medio del derecho de autor. La Conferencia General de la Unesco la aprobó en París el 15 de noviembre de 1995, por lo que a partir de dicha fecha el 23 de abril es el "Día Internacional del Libro y del Derecho de Autor".

English:

World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. The Day was first celebrated in 1995 and in 2012 the UK World Book day was celebrated on March 1, 2012.

World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on April 23. The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Spain as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day.

 

Thoughts on Reading

A book is a gift you can open time and time again.
~ Garrison Keillor

You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.
~ Charles "Tremendous" Jones

The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go.
~ Dr. Seuss

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
~ Joseph Addison

A library is a hospital for the mind.
~ Anonymous

I've traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners,
I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books.
~ Anonymous

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
~ Rita Mae Brown

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Read, read, read.
~ William Faulkner

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
~ W. Fusselman

The libraries have become my candy store.
~ Juliana Kimball

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
~ James Russell Lowell

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?
All you have to do is go to the library.
~ Jim Rohn