Pick Up a Book, Pass It Around

The Big Read launches at this weekend, just in time for Read Across America day. Participate by picking up a copy of The Paris Wife by Paula McLain and taking part of events throughout the month of March.

Kids can get in on Read Across America day, too. 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.

Share your plans for celebrating Read Across America Day with Patch or 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.