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8. Questionnaire

7. My favourite book(s)

6. Top ... American books

5. Top 10 English books

4. American authors

3. English authors

2. Importance

1. When and why

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When and why

In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book Day would be celebrated on 23 April, is the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as the birth or death of other famous authors.

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- Improves the functioning of the brain. - Increases Vocabulary- Improves theory of mind- Increases Knowledge- Sharpens Memory

Benefits of reading

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J.K. Rowling "If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

Roald Dahl “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world”

J.R.R. Tolkien “It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”

Beatrix Potter “Even the smallest one can change the world”

Agatha Christie “The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

Lewis Carroll “If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.”

Charles Dickens “Some people are nobody's enemies but their own”

William Shackespeare "To be or not to be"

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ENGLISH AUTHORS

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England1564 - 1616

- The Merchant of Venice, - Romeo and Juliet, - The Tempest, - Othello, - King Lear, - Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, - Macbeth and Hamlet

WILLIAM SHACKESPEARE

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England1812 - 1870

- A Christmas Carol, - David Copperfield, - Bleak House, - A Tale of Two Cities, - Oliver Twist, - Our Mutual Friend.

CHARLES DICKENS

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- Alice's adventures in wonderland, - Through the looking glass, - A tangled tale, - The wlarus and the carpenter

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England1832 - 1898

LEWIS CARROLL

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- The tale of Petter Rabbit- Folk tales- Tales

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England1866 - 1943

BEATRIX POTTER

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- The Lord of the Rings- The Hobbit- The Silmarillion- The Return of the King- The Fall of Gondolin- Beowolf

England1892 - 1973

J.R.R. Tolkien

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- Murder on the Orient Express- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd- The Mysterious Affair at Styles- The Pale Horse

England1890 - 1976

Agatha Christie

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- Charlie and the chocolate factory- Matilda- James and the giant peach

England1916- 1990

Roal Dalh

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- Harry Potter- The Tales of Beedle the Bard- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination

England1965

J.K. Rowling

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Edgar Allan Poe “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

Stephen King “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

Ernest Hemingway “Courage is grace under pressure.”

Mark Twain “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

E. B. White “Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.”

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AMERICAN AUTHORS

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- The Raven- The tell-tale heart- The Fall of the House of Usher- The black cat

MASSACHUSSETS - MARYLAND1809 - 1849

EDGAR ALLAN POE

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- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Life on the Mississippi- The Mysterious Stranger- The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

MISSOURI - CONNECTICUT1835 - 1910

MARK TWAIN

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- Charlotte's web- The Trumpet Swan- Here is New York- Wilbur's Adventure- Stuart Little

NY1899 - 1985

E. B . WHITE

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- The old man and the sea- The sun also rises- A farewell to arms- The garden of Eden- Cat in the rain

Illinois - Idaho1899 - 1965

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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- It- The shinning- The outsider- Doctor sleep- The green mile- The mist

Maine1947

STEPHEN KING

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