Birmingham Public Library Celebrating Read Across America Day on March 2

If you drop by one of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL)’s 19 locations on Thursday, March 2, there is a good chance you will encounter a staff member dressed in Dr. Seuss gear. BPL is joining thousands of libraries, schools, and community centers across the country participating in Read Across America Day, a nationwide celebration that takes place annually on March 2—the birthday of the beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss.

Read more about Read Across America Day at the following link: http://www.readacrossamerica.org/.

BPL staffers such as storytellers Candice Hardy of the Five Points West Regional Branch Library and Myra Gentry of the North Birmingham Regional Branch Library have already gotten into the spirit, dressing up as famous Dr. Seuss’ characters while entertaining young library patrons by reading such classics as The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.

Below is a listing some of BPL’s Read Across America and Dr. Seuss events taking place on Thursday through Friday, March 2-3. You can find more events on the BPL calendar at www.bplonline.org/calendar:

Smithfield Branch Library
Thursday, March 2
10:00 a.m. – Jefferson County ARC visiting for a Dr. Seuss Party
4:00 p.m. – Dr. Seuss Party for youth

Friday, March 3
10:00 a.m. – Jefferson County ARC visiting for a Dr Seuss Party

North Birmingham Regional Branch Library
Thursday, March 2
10:30 a.m. – Storytime Stew featuring Myra Gentry reading Dr. Seuss classics

Friday, March 3
10:00 a.m. – North Birmingham Library Storyteller Myra Gentry will read Dr. Seuss books to kids at Ensley Head Start

Wylam Library
Friday, March 3
10:00 a.m. – Storyteller Fontaine Alison entertains Wylam youngsters with lively storytelling of Dr. Seuss’ classics