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IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation
Geronimo Stilton author to kickstart exclusive children’s book reading initiative amid COVID-19 pandemic 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. Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. It kicks off today, on International Children’s Book Day, at 15.00 GMT/17.00 CET with Italian author Elisabetta Dami, creator of the popular character Geronimo Stilton. “