International Book Day

The International Day of the Book is celebrated on 23rd April, because it´s the date when two very important writers died in 1.616: The famous spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, who wrote "El Quijote" and the famous British writer William Shakespeare who wrote "Romeo and Juliet".

Miguel de Cervantes- Spanish  writer

"El Quijote"

William Shakespeare- English writer

Today we also celebrate Saint George, the patron saint of England.

April Fools Day- April 1st

April begins with a day of fun and jokes: April´s Fool Day. No one really knows when this custom began but it has been kept for hundreds of years.
You can only play April Fool jokes before midday.
A very famous joke in Britain was in 1957 when a TV programme made a documentary about a family who cultivated spaghetti trees!   Many people believed it and phoned to ask for the tree.

Spaghetti harvest