Thank you for helping to spread the word about NEA’s Read Across America! We encourage you to promote Read Across America resources at nea.org/readacross on all your social media channels.
The Read Across America website includes the digital Read Across America calendar, suggestions for diverse books, reading activities and events, reading tips for parents and guest readers, and booklists to help connect children and their families to diverse books, languages, and cultures and spread the joy of reading.
Ways to Join the Read Across America Fun
You can help students find reading joy not only on March 2nd, but all year round! Whether you're an educator, parent, librarian, or community member, there are many meaningful ways to support and celebrate reading. Start by connecting with your local school, education association, library, or community center to plan or support events for students of all ages. Use NEA’s suggested titles and activity guides to enrich your plans—and try one or more of the ideas below to bring the joy of reading to life:
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Volunteer as a guest reader
Read aloud to students—either in-person or virtually—to spark excitement around books. Props or even pets can add to the reading fun!
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Plan or support reading-centered events
- Host a Read Across America Read-In [RW1] and bring students, families, and local leaders together to read aloud, share favorite books, and talk about why reading matters.
- Start a Read Across America Book Club! Focus on reading fun and diverse book choices and offer a social experience for readers that’s gets them talking about books.
- Celebrate story and grow a storytelling community by hosting a Read Across America Storypalooza storytelling event with students, families, and others sharing personal, cultural, or traditional tales.
- Create a Story Concert to combine read-alouds with live music to make stories resonate in new ways.
- Parade for Reading! Encourage students and community members to dress up as their favorite book characters and showcase their creativity and their love for reading.
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Get books into the hands of readers
- Develop an action plan to open or revitalize a Little Free Library in your community.
- Facilitate a book swap so students can trade the books they’ve finished reading with others.
- Hold a book drive to get new or gently used books to students or on classroom bookshelves.
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Spread the Word
- Share and amplify, using #ReadAcrossAmerica on social media to spotlight community events, book recommendations, student voices, or your “shelfie” with your favorite children’s book and why it brings you reading joy.
Social Media and General Graphics Gallery
Below you’ll find several social media and general graphics for use during Read Across America week and any other time you want to celebrate reading and diverse books. Horizontal, wide images should be used for Twitter. Larger, square images should be used for Instagram.
Graphics to Highlight Read Across Books by Theme
Whether you're celebrating Black History Month, Pride, or Music in Our Schools Month, we have social media graphics to share that highlight recommended Read Across titles.
Back to School
Hispanic Heritage Month
Banned Books Week
Native American Heritage Month
Black History Month
Women's History Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Poetry Month
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Pride Month
Disability Pride Month
Virtual Backgrounds
Make your virtual Read Across America celebration special with custom backgrounds.
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RAA Logos
Download and reproduce the logo for use in your NEA’s Read Across America event.
RAA Song & Poem
Raise your voice in support of great books through our Read Across song and poem!
Sample Proclamation for Local Government
Make Read Across America Day "official" in your community using this template.
RAA Color-In Bookmarks
Download, print, have students color these bookmarks that celebrate reading.
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