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Celebrate Read Across America Day With A Copy of The Lorax

Honor the 75th Anniversary of Dr. Seuss's works with readings of some of the classics.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday today during Read Across America Day at the with a copy of The Lorax.

The National Education Association, a group of more than 3.2 million educators who work to improve public schools, is calling on book lovers around the nation to take up The Lorax, the popular Dr. Seuss children's book published in 1971 about the lovable creature who fights to save the environment. 

If you finish that one quickly and are still hungry to read more, here is recommended last year for Read Across America Day by Rakisha Kerns-White, senior young adult specialist at the Brooklyn Public Library—they're timeless.

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What are you doing to celebrate Read Across America Day? Share them on the Read Across America pledge site.  NEA and Lorax' publisher, Random House, also have lesson plans and lots of other materials, resources and printable activities for teachers, parents and kids

Or, let us know in the comments what you're planning on reading or doing for Read Across America today.

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