Kate Beckinsale Kicks Off National Reading Month

Doing her best to encourage literacy amongst today's youth, Kate Beckinsale helped kickstart National Reading Month by creating an look at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in la on Thursday (March 1).

The "Underworld" actress grabbed a seat as a gaggle of kids and their folks swarmed round her throughout her book reading session as a part of The Nestlé Share the enjoyment of Reading Program in good thing about Reading is prime (RIF).

The Barnes & Noble visit comes simply as Kate spoke of her adoration for books in an exceedingly new interview with Parade magazine, as she said, “I grew up as an solely kid and my mother was additionally an solely kid, thus we tend to were each terribly captivated with reading. i believe I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through Harry Potter and each alternative book possible! I simply suppose particularly during this day and age when you’re constantly fighting the pull of the net and tv, there’s issue} concerning reading that's a vigorous thing for youngsters to try to to. It exposes their world utterly and improves their vocabulary and that they will use their imagination. I’m quite quaint concerning things like that, and that i extremely do believe it’s very necessary.”

As for her personal favorite books from her childhood, the 38-year-old dished, “I loved all the E. Nesbit books like 5 youngsters and It and therefore the Enchanted Castle. As I got older, we tend to had a true craze in our country known as the key Diary of Adrian Mole, that everyone was extremely into. i used to be reading Jane Eyre once I was eleven and that i loved that. Actually, my daughter browse Jane Eyre when she was eleven, too. I wasn’t terribly terrified of classic novels. I feel like my brain is additional geared towards a completely unique than it's to a movie. “

Enjoy the photographs of Kate Beckinsale at The Nestlé Share the enjoyment of Reading Program (March 1).