Book day Saint George´s day

A PPT for primary students about World Book Day and St. George´s Day

1. 23rd April
2017
WORL
D
BOOK
DAY

2. World Book Day is a celebration!
It’s a celebration of authors,
illustrators, books and (most
importantly) it’s a celebration of
reading.

3. William
Shakespeare
Miguel de
Cervantes
It is celebrated on the 23
rd
of April
because it´s the anniversary of the
death of two very famous writers.

4. It is organized by the UNESCO, and
celebrated in many countries around the
world.
It´s traditional to buy a book and a rose.

5. However, in Ireland and in the UK,
Book Day is celebrated on the first
Thursday in March, because it
coincides with Saint George´s Day.

6. St George´s DaySt George´s Day
Patron saint of …
ENGLAND

7. Which one is the English flag?

8. But who was
Saint George?

9. There is a legend that tells his story

11. A long time ago there
was a terrible dragon
with sharp claws and
fierce breath.
This dragon scared all
the people from the
village.
The villagers decided to
give the dragon two
lambs each day to stop
his hunger.

12. When they finished all the lambs they gave him cows
and bulls and horses and many other animals, until they
didn’t have any more. Then, the king held a meeting.
They would give the dragon a person each day to eat.
That person would be decided by lot.

13. But the person
chosen was the
Princess.
The king crying
said " Let my
daughter free and
I will give you all
my gold, my silver
and half of my
kingdom. I ask you
please to spare my
daughter."

14. However, the
people didn´t
accept and they
left the princess in
front of the
dragon’s cave.

15. Suddenly, the dragon came out of the cave and just when
it was opening its big mouth to eat the princess …

16. Saint George
appeared
on his
white horse
and
with his
golden sword.

17. Saint George
arrived to save
the princess from
that horrible
dragon.
The knight raised
his long sword
and…

18. The dragon fell on the
floor with Saint George’s
sword right in the
middle of its heart.
From the dragon’s blood
appeared a stem, with
beautiful red roses.
Then Saint George
picked one,
the nicest of them all,
and gave it to the
princess.

19. The king, as a reward
asked Saint George
to marry his
daughter. He said he
would give him all his
gold and half of his
kingdom.
However, the knight
left the village
without saying
anything.
Since that day,
people from the
village live in peace.

20. And for this
reason, on Saint
George’s day,
men give a flower
to their lover and
women give them
a book.

21. Saint GeorGe
in
art

22. … a moon ?
… a cloud ?
What is this ?

30. George and the
Dragon by Paolo Ucello
National Gallery
London

31. What if we change the
story a little bit?

32. The Saint Andrew Cross
The Scottish Flag

33. The Saint Patrick Cross
The Irish Flag

34. The Union Jack
The United Kingdom Flag

35. The Saint George Cross
The English Flag