IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read The World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 2 April 2020 – Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Building a culture of reading for pleasure

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi, founder of Kalimat publishing, discusses how reading is vital for a child’s development.