International School Library Day
Fourth Monday in October each year
InternationalSchool Library Day was proclaimed by the
IASL President, Dr Blanche Woolls, in 1999 and reaffirmed
by the IASL President, Peter Genco, in 2005.
The first International School
Library Day was celebrated on 18 October 1999, with the theme, "A Day in
the Life...".
IASL's Coordinator of International School Library Day is Rick Mulholland
of Canada
The International School Library Day Logo was designed by Peter
Rugendyke of North Pinjarra, Western Australia
International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 22, 1999, has
been declared International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD). The day has been
selected by the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the International
Stuttering Association (ISA). The ISAD hopes the day will show consumers and
professionals working together to make this a better world for People Who Stutter.
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Today is also National Nut Day which is celebrated in the UK.
ReplyDeleteNational Nut Day in the UK is promoted by Liberation Foods CIC, the pioneering farmer-owned Fairtrade nut company. October 22nd is well-established as National Nut Day in the USA and the organisers want Britain to ‘go nuts’ in the same way!
This year’s focus is on switching to nuts to help the environment. If we in the UK eat less meat and highly processed veggie foods – our planet will benefit. This will keep a lid on greenhouse gasses and won’t use up our valuable land resources.
Today is also National Nut Day which is celebrated in the UK.
ReplyDeleteNational Nut Day in the UK is promoted by Liberation Foods CIC, the pioneering farmer-owned Fairtrade nut company. October 22nd is well-established as National Nut Day in the USA and the organisers want Britain to ‘go nuts’ in the same way!
This year’s focus is on switching to nuts to help the environment. If we in the UK eat less meat and highly processed veggie foods – our planet will benefit. This will keep a lid on greenhouse gasses and won’t use up our valuable land resources.
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (22 October 1870 – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.
ReplyDeleteBest known for his short novels The Village (1910) and Dry Valley (1912), his autobiographical novel The Life of Arseniev (1933, 1939), the book of short stories Dark Avenues (1946) and his 1917–1918 diary (Cursed Days, 1926), Bunin was a revered figure among anti-communist White emigres, European critics, and many of his fellow writers, who viewed him as a true heir to the tradition of realism in Russian literature established by Tolstoy and Chekhov.
The main motive of the International School Library Day (Week) is to inspire reading habits among students and to motivate them to become independent readers. The Week long programme includes read-write-speak based activities like, story telling, book review writing, poem writing and story writing competition.
ReplyDeleteBook fair will also happen in the school premises. Motive behind is to make aware of the new publications, great opportunity to have an idea about the latest books.
For example, recently, pupils gathered to celebrate school libraries in the 21st century and think about what their own school library means to them. T-shirt designs were drawn up, ready for some T-shirt painting. Pupils were also challenged to imagine what school libraries might be like in 2020, presenting their entries in any format - painting, song, drama piece...
Today is also celebrsted another holiday which is linked with a literary subject matter. This is a literary holiday "White cranes". The holiday was established by People's Poet of Dagestan R. Gamsatov as a celebration of spirutuality and poetry. This holiday promotes strengthening of the centuries-old traditions of international friendship and frendship of cultures of multiethnic Russia.
ReplyDeleteAs for the holiday's name, "White cranes", the symble of crane is found in cultures of many world's nations and implies positive and bright principles.