BPL Celebrates Dr. Seuss's Birthday and Read Across America Week on March 1

Five Points West Library storyteller Candice Hardy speaking to kids at
Wilkerson Elementary on Dr. Seuss Day in 2018

Springville Road Library staffers dressed up like charactersfrom a Dr. Seuss book

This week as part of Read Across America, the Birmingham Public Library is celebrating the birthday of Theodor Geisel, better known as children's book author Dr. Seuss.

The National Education Association highlights the Read Across program every year to raise awareness of the importance of literacy, with participation from schools, public libraries, and other community partners nationwide. BPL will have staffers and storytellers reading to children throughout Birmingham on Friday, March 1, and some branch locations will host Dr. Seuss programs. Some BPL locations will show Dr. Seuss movies on Saturday, March 2.

Here is a listing of BPL's Dr. Seuss programs:

Friday, March 1, 2019

Avondale 
Dr. Seuss is on the Loose!, 3:30 p.m. – Steer yourself to the Avondale Library for a drop-in time of Dr. Seuss birthday fun. The program will feature Dr. Seuss coloring sheets and a Cat in the Hat movie marathon.

Central
Central Library Reads Dr. Seuss books to children at Phillips Academy, 9:00 a.m. – Five Central Library staff members will read to kindergarten and first graders at Phillips Academy, a neighboring K-8 school downtown. Representing the Central Library will be Bessie Miller, Youth Department Head; Dominique Agee, Youth Librarian; Mary Beth Newbill, department head of the Southern History Department; Kimberly Wiley, administrative assistant; Cheryl Burgess and John Paul Lawhead, both Library Assistant III Youth Department staffers.

East Ensley
Dr. Seuss Afterschool Crafts, 3:30 p.m.

East Lake
East Lake Library spotlights "Cat in the Hat," 3:30 p.m. – The library will show the Cat in the Hat movie and feature Cat in the Hat crafts and coloring sheets. Children will be served goldfish crackers while supplies last.

Five Points West
Candice Hardy, Library Assistant III, reads Dr. Seuss books at Tuggle Elementary, 12:30 p.m.

Inglenook
Dr. Seuss Read Aloud, 9:30 a.m. – Inglenook Library staffers will participate in Dr. Seuss Read Aloud at Inglenook Elementary.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Birthday Party, 3:30 p.m.

North Avondale
Celebrate Dr. Seuss with Coloring Pages and Fun Fact Sheets, 3:30 p.m.

North Birmingham
Afterschool Arts, Crafts and Games in Honor of Dr. Seuss, 3:30 p.m.

Southside
Southside Library will have a Dr. Seuss display up Friday celebrating his birthday.

Titusville
Dr. Seuss Movie Marathon, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Five Points West
Dr. Seuss Movie Marathon, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in the Children's Department 

Springville Road
Dr. Seuss Movie Marathon, beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the Children's Department.