


Reading makes you a part of a community that spans all walks of life. The purpose of these videos remains the same as the simple but powerful message of the ALA posters that are still created today. You’ll find celebrations of physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks, as well as book recommendations across all reading levels and genres. New videos and book recommendations will be added frequently, discussing the joys of reading regardless of format. You’re welcome to use them to spread the joys of reading in your community. These videos are shareable on social media and can be embedded on library websites and blogs. Initial videos include international superstar Shakira, bestselling authors Christopher Paolini and Debbie Macomber, National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee, renowned chef, and author Ruth Reichl, popular narrator Scott Brick, and several others. Such as early reader books (including reading scheme books). At you’ll find short video PSAs from celebrities and authors explaining what reading means to them, as well as book recommendations that they love. library We have something for every stage of their reading journey to help develop literacy skills. This literacy campaign takes the beautiful message that people from all walks of life read and recreates it for a digital age. Those moments never left my mind and they were the basis for the creation of Everyone Reads. I think I would have loved to read regardless, but these posters showed me that everyone from kids like me to the most famous people in the world read. There was Yoda, Stephen King, Alan Rickman, and even my beloved Muppets suggesting I grab a book. Cool J, David Bowie, and Stephen Hawking showing me how awesome reading is. These posters featured famous people across sports, movies, literature, and more holding up their favorite books with simple a “READ” splashed in the background. I also distinctly remember the famed READ posters, produced by the American Library Association. I was allowed, within reason, to grab whatever books struck my fancy right then and there. We made that trip at least once a week, and yet I never grew used to the wonderment surrounding the fact that all these books were there, waiting to be read. When I think back on the bookish memories of my childhood, I remain struck by the excitement that would fill my belly whenever we went to the library.
