"Book Week brings us together to talk about books and reading and, out of our knowledge and love of books, to put the cause of children's reading squarely before the whole community and, community by community, across the whole nation. For a great nation is a reading nation."
Frederic Melcher
Celebrations like National Book Day (in early March) and Children's Book Week remind us of the immense importance of books in providing our insights into our world and its inhabitants.