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>>> IT IS READ ACROSS AMERICA
DAY.
INSPIRING CHILDREN TO READ.
>> THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION IS
HELD ON DR. SEUSS' BIRTHDAY AND
TODAY SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS TOOK
PART IN THE FESTIVITIES.
>> MONICA DEAN REPORTS.
>> Reporter: AN ASSEMBLY AT
WALKER EL.
RY SCHOOL.
SEVERAL GATHER TO CELEBRATE WHY
READING IS COOL.
>> READING HELPS YOU LEARN AND
IT HELPS YOU LEARN A LOT.
>> HELPS YOU LEARN WORDS AND IT
HELPS YOU DISCOVER NEW THINGS.
>> Reporter: TEACHERS WEAR HATS,
FOR FUN, KIDS GOT TO WEAR WHAT
THEY WORE TO BED.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN THINGS
GOING ON.
>> Reporter: VISITING AUTHORS
TALKED WITH STUDENTS FROM THE
FIRST GRADE, THEIR MESSAGE,
LEARN TO READ AND YOU'LL HAVE IT
MADE.
>> ALL THESE KIDS WILL BE
READING ALL DAY LONG AND READING
ALL WEEK FOR YEARS AND MONTHS
AND GROW UP READING.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE FAVORITE
BOOKS LIKE --
>> "GREEN EGGS AND HAM."
>> Reporter: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
THAT GUY WHO WROTE "CAT IN THE
HAT" STUDENTS ARE INSPIRED,
SEUSS WOULD BE PROUD OF THAT.
>> WE WANT EVERY CHILD IT BE
ABLE TO READ AND WRITE
SUCCESSFULLY AND THE JOY OF
READING AND HAVE IT OPEN UP
WHOLE NEW WORLDS FOR THEM.
>> SAM DID NOT HAVE MAIL, BUT IT
WAS NOT IN HIS MAILBOX.