World Hello Day is observed annually on November 21, to express that conflicts should be resolved through communication rather than the use of force. Participants verbally greet ten people or more on that day as an expression of the importance of personal communication in preserving peace. The annual global event began to be celebrated in 1973 as a response to the Yom Kippur War.
On this day, people are encouraged to participate by simply greeting 10 people. Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are among the people who have noted World Hello Day’s value as an instrument for preserving peace and as an occasion that makes it possible for anyone in the world to contribute to the process of creating peace.
So on this day do try to greet at least 10 people. You might also make a point of 'saying hello' to some of the Nobel Peace Prize winners by reading 'their' picture books. Our library has biographies of
Jane Addams (1931)
Martin Luther King (1964)
Mother Teresa (1979)
• Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela (1993)
• Nelson Mandela
Wangari Muta Maathai (2004)
Barack Obama (2009)
At the moment there are not any biographies about Obama in the library, but students know who is and there is one about his wife Michelle Obama.
Malala Yousafzai (2014)
Another way to celebrate this day is one we have done before. Look in your catalogue and collect together all the books that have the word 'hello' in the title. We displayed them for borrowing and asked the students who were browsing the books to say why all these books were there together? The children love guessing what all the books have in common. We had more than twenty books with 'Hello' in the title. Here's some:
More than twenty books with hello in the title - that is so wonderful. I will try to say hello to ten people on Monday. This is such a special idea that seems simple but could be very powerful. Thank you for this terrific post.
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