National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss.

The Beginning

In May 1997, a small reading task force at NEA came up with a big idea. “Let’s create a day to celebrate reading,” the group decided. “We hold pep rallies to get kids excited about football. We assemble to remember that Character Counts. Why don’t we do something to get kids excited about reading? We’ll call it ‘NEA’s Read Across America’ and we’ll celebrate it on Dr. Seuss’s birthday.” And so was born on March 2, 1998, the largest celebration of reading this country has ever seen.

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Here at Clean Teen Reads, we’re all about stories, story tellers, books, and authors, so Read Across America not only fits our theme — it enhances our theme.

What can you do to encourage a child to read? This about it!

Celebrate reading? YES!

You can celebrate reading by checking out the first title in the

Norma Jean Lutz Classic Collection:

Flower in the Hills

Read Chapter 1 of Flower in the Hills right HERE

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