Happy world book Day in Uk

 

Although it falls on April 23 every year, only Britain celebrates World Book Day on March 1 every year. The World Day was approved by UNESCO 21 years ago, and aims to encourage reading and raise awareness of intellectual copyright. It chose April 23 because it coincides with the anniversary of the death of two of the most important writers in history, the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes and the British poet William Shakespeare. Yesterday, schools, museums and the media celebrated World Book Day in Britain, but the cold wave brought by the storm "The Beast from the East" affected the plans of many schools, which were forced to close their doors for the second day in a row. On this day, children are accustomed to dressing up as the heroes of their beloved novels, but the closure of a large number of schools frustrated children looking to show off their fancy dress, and their parents took the initiative to display pictures of their children on social media, and others indicated that they held World Book Day celebrations at home, by adding recreational activities for children, such as coloring and drawing.  Various libraries tweeted sentences urging children to read at home, if they were unable to enjoy celebrating it at school. 

However, museums did not close their doors, and took the initiative to promote Book Day by announcing special events, while organizing competitions under the auspices of “National Book Cards”, in which various schools participated, and presented thousands of books as prizes. 

The hashtag “WorldBookDay” attracted various cultural and educational institutions, as well as official bodies that took the initiative to tweet excerpts from famous books or information or a historical photo. The “Buckingham Palace” account tweeted a photo of Queen Elizabeth II in her youth with her sister Princess Margaret reading a book, while the British Library tweeted a photo of the bookshelves inside the venerable library, with a funny comment: “On World Book Day, instead of taking selfies, how about a photo of a (shelf) (bookshelves), this is a photo from our library, we want to see your photos.” The “Victoria and Albert” Museum tweeted a display of pages from an antique decorated book from its archives.  Even politicians had their say on the day, with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeting a video message about the importance of education, while opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted a picture of himself sitting on the floor with children reading from his favourite book during the recent election.