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April 12 reading ideas
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Finding reading ideas for this date…
April 12 connects the first human spaceflight, a reading habit, and the start of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope.
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Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth on April 12, 1961. Find that milestone in the story of the space race.
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Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth on April 12, 1961. Find that milestone in the story of the space race.
Read passageCompare the topic from another angle in Reaching for the Stars: The Story of Ellen Ochoa.
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Drop Everything and Read Day is an invitation to make time for books. Use the passage to choose a small change that could help you read more often.
Drop Everything and Read Day is an invitation to make time for books. Use the passage to choose a small change that could help you read more often.
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Terry Fox began the Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980. Read how he used a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
Terry Fox began the Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980. Read how he used a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
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Celebrate the ways libraries help people find books, ask questions, and learn together. Use the collection for a class reading activity during National Library Week.
Celebrate the ways libraries help people find books, ask questions, and learn together. Use the collection for a class reading activity during National Library Week.
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Read The Race Beyond Earth. Find one milestone in the reading and explain what changed after it.
