Writers & Illustrators of North Carolina, WINC, offers a month’s worth of daily activities to celebrate a few of the gazillion ways that reading and writing enrich our lives. Check out the WINC If You Love Books photo gallery.

 

1. Sing if you love books. Think of a song mentioned in a book and learn all the words to it.

2. Hug a stuffed animal if you love books. Read about a special little stuffed fellow in Bear at the Beach.

3. Pretend if you love books. Act out a new adventure for one of your favorite fictional characters.

4. Visit the mountains if you love books. Meet a mountain girl who stands up for herself in Dovey Coe.

5. Draw if you love books. Illustrate a story you’ve written yourself.

6. Enter a talent contest if you love books. Relive the excitement in Plumeria Princess and Tutu's Magic Ukulele.

7. Visit a museum if you love books. Learn the story behind the piece on display that you like best.

8. Study hard if you love books. See if you feel like the hero of It’s Test Day, Tiger Turcotte.

9. Lend if you love books. Tell a friend about a book you love, then let him borrow your copy.

10. Thank someone for a special gift if you love books. Tell the giver why it means so much to you. Read about another treasured gift in Muti’s Necklace: The Oldest Story in the World.

11. Borrow if you love books. Go to the library and check out something you’ve never read.

12. Watch an old movie if you love books. Solve a mystery on the set with child stars as you read O’Dwyer & Grady Starring in Acting Innocent.

13. Watch a movie based a book if you love books. Did you like the book or the movie better?

14. Ask an older person about his or her childhood if you love books. Read what former slaves said about their youth in Slavery Times When I Was Chillun.

15. Write if you love books. Make up titles – just titles – for imaginary books you would want to read.

16. Ride a horse if you love books. Ride along with an American Girl in Peril at King's Creek: A Felicity Mystery.

17. Ask questions if you love books. Find out what your parents’ favorite books were when they were kids.

18. Bake a cake if you love books. Meet a couple of bakers who take their craft very seriously in The Bake Shop Ghost.

19. Speak out if you love books. Write a letter to your local newspaper about an issue that you care about.

20. Sleep under the stars if you love books. Imagine yourself on a wilderness trip in Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook.

21. Start a collection if you love books. What did you choose to collect? Why?

22. Tell a scary story if you love books. Then read another one in A Big, Spooky House.

23. Volunteer if you love books. Help someone in your community, even if it’s only for an hour.

24. Enter a race if you love books. Meet a champion runner in Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive.

25. Do a crossword puzzle if you love books. Did you learn some new words to use in your own writing?

26. Explore your state’s history if you love books. Learn what life was like in California when it was still part of Mexico, in Daughter of Madrugada.

27. Sit still outdoors if you love books. See how many sounds you can identify.

28. Draw pictures and display objects from your favorite outdoor place if you love books. See things as an artist sees them in A North American Rain Forest Scrapbook.

29. Make a list of rhyming words if you love books. Use your list to write a poem.

30. Work together if you love books. Create a book filled with writing and artwork from your entire class.