Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate.

We must join our voices and firmly move towards achieving Global Literacy together.

EDUCATE Read aloud with loved ones or new friends and talk together about the importance of global literacy, marking this as a special day of reading!

Visit litworld.org for recommendations, worksheets, read-alouds, videos and other resources to help guide and inspire you.

ADVOCATE Spread the word about World Read Aloud Day and the Global Literacy Movement to your friends and followers or host an event in your area to rally around this urgent cause. Help us reach more than one million participants, joining forces and reading together in honor of this day.

INNOVATE Share World Read Aloud Day with friends across the globe by using video chat and tuning into LitWorld’s special live webcasts. When you register for World Read Aloud Day at litworld.org, let us know if you would like us to match you up with a special guest reader!

World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology. By raising our voices together on this day we show the world’s children that we support their future: that they have the right to read, to write, and to share their words to change the world. Visit litworld.org to join the story.