Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world through reading. World Book Day is an important day for all readers. It is on 23 April. It comes from Spain. Now it becomes an important part of people’s life in the world.

In England, some schools and libraries hold different kinds of activities to celebrate (庆祝) the special day. Students can also buy many cheap books from bookshops.

Students in Spain usually watch many books shows in the street. If a student buys a book, he or she can get a rose.

People in Korea often make wonderful stamps and tell children to read and write more.

In China President Xi Jinping is very busy, but he still does lots of reading. He says young people should read more in their free time.

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is — the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discouraged if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.

These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:

1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.

2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.

3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.

4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.

5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.

6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ideas together.

The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.

There are many books for children in America this year. Let’s have a look at some of them.

The name and price of the book	What the book writes about	Who likes the book best
	There is a bog koala in Fun Jungle(丛林). Unluckily, the koala goes missing(失踪的) and fingers point to Teddy! Teddy wants to catch the real thief(贼). Will Teddy find them?	If someone enjoys scary(吓人的) stories, he or she will love this book.
Three Bird Summer($18)	12-year-old Adam spends summer with his grandma in Minnesota. He has a new neighbor, Alice. As time goes by, their friendship develops. Throughout this unusual summer, Adam begins to find Alice’s family’s secrets.	If someone thinks family or summer time is important, he or she will enjoy the book.
	This summer, Quinny moves to Whisper Valley. It’s boring until she meets Hopper. Quinny thinks their friendship will never end. But school begins. There is a new rule for the third grade students. It says boys and girls can’t play together. What will happen to their friendship?	Kids in the third and fourth grades will enjoy the book.