MAY DAY BASKETS

Back in the 19th and 20th centuries, people rang in the first of May with a particularly charming and elegant tradition. 

They would take flowers they had gathered at the end of April's showers, arrange them in pretty paper along with gifts and candies, and hang them on the doors of friends and neighbors as a way of welcoming them into warmer weather.

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature. It is on this date in 1616 that Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.

It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those, who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity. 

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS

QUOTES ABOUT READING

BOOKMARKS

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SENDS A MESSAGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE