“Reading books is like a piece of mind. It gives you stress free time of your life “
The Government of Kerala has been celebrating June 19th as the Day of Reading and the flowing week as the Reading Week (or the past 22 years in memory of the late P.N.Panicker,father of library movement of kerala -_ This initiative commenced from 19 th June -l996 in collaboration with P.N.Panicker Foundation. It has now become a mass movement which paved the way for the creation of Reading Mission 2022, the activities of which are to be implemented in most of the urban and rural libraries of the country by involving civil in. society organizations. During this intensive campaign, focused activities are planned to be undertaken by the masses and institutions like educational institutions, public libraries, panchayats and civil societies etc., to promote reading and related activities through storytelling, poetry recitation, . quiz programmes, puppetry, magic show, folk arts, drawing-and painting competition,_ seminars and workshops, outreach programmes like knowledge yatras, mass run etc.
Recognizing the importance of reading and its influence in human development, the Hon’ble Prime Minister launched the 22nd National Reading Day-Reading Month Celebrations at Kochi on 17th June 2017 and have requested P.N. Panicker Foundation to initiate a national level movement to promote reading habits with emphasis on digital reading.
There are some terms used to describe books, some materials have specific meaning. They will be discussed here. It is important for students to know what is what in a library.
FICTION & NON-FICTION BOOKS
Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people. In simple words, fiction is an event, stories, circumstances, etc. in which the author composed using his imagination.
Examples: Novels, Poems, Stories, etc.
Novel: An invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
Gulliver’s Travels (Genre: Adventure)
Sherlock Holmes (Genre: Detective/ crime) (Genre: Genre is a style or category of art, music, or literature.It describes the style and focus of the novel. Genres give you blueprints for different types of stories.)
Poem: A composition in verse. Songs and lyrics are also poem in simple words.
Story: Story is an account of incidents or events. In other words, story is a fictional narrative shorter than a novel.
Short stories for Children
Non-Fiction: Informative or factual rather than fictional. In simple words, non-fiction means something that is true, based on facts which is not composed by someone.
Examples: Science, History, Travel books,Manuals, Newspapers, Encyclopedia, Biography, etc. which are based on facts.
Science: Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.
History: A history is an account of events that have happened in the past.
Biography: A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else. (if a person/author is writing his/her own life story, it is called autobiography)
Biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by Anthony Moss
Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, written by Himself
REFERENCE BOOKS
Reference books are those intended to be consulted for information on specific matters. In other words, a library book that may be used on the premises but may not be taken out
Examples: Encyclopedia, Atlas, Dictionary, etc.
Encyclopedia: A work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject. Encyclopedia can be of Science, History, Space, Animals, etc. dealing with different subjects.
Science Encyclopedia
History Encyclopedia
Atlas: A bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter. In simple words, it is a collection of maps of different countries. Atlas can be of world, country, state, and so on.
World map
Dictionary: a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications. Eg. Oxford Dictionary, Collins Dictionary, Illustrated Dictionary, etc.
There are different types of Dictionary such as Bilingual dictionary (eg. Hindi to English, English to Hindi, English to Assemese Dictionary, and so on), Etymological dictionary (dictionary dealing with words development/origin), Glossary (list of words for a particular subject or field, mostly found at the back of a text book), and so on.
Oxford English Dictionary
Bilingual dictionary ( Hindi to English Dictionary)
Glossary ( mostly found at the back of a book for some particular words)
Yearbook: a book published yearly as a report or summary of statistics or facts, such as Panorama yearbook, India Yearbook, etc.
YearBook: India 2020
Manorama Yearbook 2020
#WORK: Write the definitions of Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Reference Books in your copy.
References (The following online dictionaries can be used to search words meanings and others)
‘World Book Day’ is celebrated on 23rd April every year. It is also called ‘World Book and Copyright Day’. World Book Day is organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 23 April is the date of birth or death of many prominent authors such as Cervantes, Shakespeare, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. This Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.
World Book day is celebrated to promote reading, publishing and copyright. This Day is an occasion to celebrate the contribution of books and authors to our global culture and the connection between copyright and books. World Book Day is an occasion to pay a worldwide tribute to books and authors. On this Day, many activities are held to promote reading and the cultural aspects of books all over the world.
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