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Read Across America events show students reading is fun

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To inspire youngsters to enjoy books, schools around Orange County had a little fun with their Read Across America activities on Friday, March 2.

  • Kristine Peters, left, of United Way paints whiskers on the face of Sheila McHenry, a first grade teacher at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove, just prior to the morning assembly as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Students dressed in their pajamas wait to go back to class following the morning assembly at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Sheila McHenry, a first grade teacher at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove, leads her class to the morning assembly as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones, right, reads to the third grade students of teacher Irene Takushi at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Tori Pirouvian, left, and Barbara Priebe, both kindergarten teachers at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove wear their hats during a morning assembly as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Tanya DeLeon, principal of Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove speaks to the students during a morning assembly as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones, right, reads to the third grade students of teacher Irene Takushi at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Students dressed in their pajamas wait for the start of the morning assembly at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Josiah Patillo, 6, wears a Cat in the Hat, hat as he sits with his fellow kindergarten students during the morning assembly at Bryant Elementary School in Garden Grove, as the school celebrates Read Across America Day, also known as Dr. SeussÕs birthday on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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There were lots of Things 1 and 2 and multiple Cats in the Hat at Loma Vista Elementary School in Santa Ana. And in Garden Grove, Bryant Elementary students rolled out of bed and into pajamas for the school day.

Read Across America Day is held annually in conjunction with the birthday of Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. Many schools invite community and business leaders into classrooms to read a favorite book to students.