Recently updated on April 27th, 2024
What is World Book Day?
World Book Day is celebrated on April 23rd every year, also known as World Book and Copyright Day. The motive to celebrate this Day is to encourage Reading, Publishing, and Copyright.
It commemorates the birthdays or deaths of well-known authors, such as William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. Individuals of all ages get together to recognize the importance of books and the enduring contributions writers have made to advancing culture and society.
History of World Book and Copyright Day
On April 23, 1995, UNESCO created World Book Day as a way to promote reading and books around the world. More than 100 countries worldwide observe World Book Day. This day has been picked to promote reading among all people and to honor its literary value. Authors’ contributions to the advancement of culture and society are also acknowledged. The significance of books, the nature of reading, and authors’ rights to their creations are all honored to this day.
World Book Day Activities For Kids
1. Read Books
One must recognize the significance of reading to youngsters. A child’s education, social and cognitive growth, general well-being, and mental health can all be enhanced by reading. So encourage your kids to read books and help them to get interested in books.
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2. Play Quiz
This could be one of the Interesting World Book Day activities. One week before World Book Day ask your kids to read 3-4 books according to their interest or related to some specific category “Things That Go”, or their favorite character books, and tell them they have a Quiz on World Book Day. On World Book Day arrange a Quiz related to their last week’s reads.
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3. Donate Books
It’s time to give away your child’s books if you have a stack that he has read already or is too old for. You can share those books with your friends and Family. you can even Donate them to a local charity or Library.
4. Attend Bookfair
How Reading Books Benefits Your Child
Language Development
Reading to your child early, even before they can speak, helps develop the cognitive foundation necessary for literacy and efficient language usage. Their vocabulary and word construction skills grow due to reading books, which exposes kids to new words and terminology.
According to research, young children whose parents read to them daily would have heard at least 290,000 more words by the time they start kindergarten than children who don’t read often.
Improves Focus
In today’s era, there are so many distractions for kids like Video Games, and mobiles. They can focus better and pay attention for longer periods when they read.
Build Empathy and Emotional Awareness
Reading books helps kids understand the emotions of others. Books give children empathy by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. Children learn that strong emotions like anger and sadness are common when they witness story characters go through these stages. It also helps children to talk about their own challenging emotions.
Sparks Imagination
Your child’s developing mind will get a cognitive workout if they read every day. Reading can increase one’s visual library and stimulate different brain regions. And visual memories are significantly more vivid in the mind. Thus, encourage your kid to read.