International holidays - World Book Lovers Day

The love of reading has given rise to several holidays, one of which is World Book Day, celebrated on August 9 Originating in the USA as an unofficial celebration, over time the holiday became international In all countries, it is celebrated by writers, poets, publishers, employees of printing houses and bookstores, libraries and, of course, the largest group of literature fans - readers Those readers, thanks to whom books live, are in demand And it doesn’t matter whether they spend money on buying books or visit libraries, whether they read paper versions or use e-books The author’s thoughts are important, as they develop fantasy and imagination, help to get acquainted with new countries and people, learn facts from the past, look into the future and even be transported to new fictional worlds The love for books begins in childhood The greatest achievement of any parent is to instill in a child a love of reading Fill his inner world with light and kind content from childhood Using the example of correct works, teach a child to do good deeds, provide assistance, learn to be merciful and responsive This day is celebrated in different ways Some book lovers will prefer to stay at home, sitting comfortably, and refresh their memory of the lines of their favorite novel, poem or poem Others will be happy to attend creative meetings, master classes of writers and poets, literary lectures, book exhibitions, and sales fairs dedicated to the holiday And someone will want to take an autograph from their favorite writer at the festive presentation of a new work Areas for reading poetry and prose must be organized Aspiring authors can demonstrate their talent and read their poems to everyone Or an ordinary person has the opportunity to introduce the public to his favorite work And in the cultural capital of our homeland, St Petersburg, poetry on this day can be read right on the street On August 9, fans of the Finnish writer, artist and illustrator Tove Jansson celebrated her birthday The whole world reads her books about sweet and kind Moomins Every year, since 2001, UNESCO determines the most reading capital of the world based on the criterion of accessibility of reading to all segments of the population Today this status is borne by the city of Sharjah, UAE The next year the choice fell on Kuala Lumpur Let's hope and make efforts so that Moscow appears among these names in the near future The data from the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion is encouraging and encouraging: over the past five years, the number of reading Russians has grown by 8% and amounted to 53% of the total population