All around Boothbay Region Elementary School were adults in tall, striped hats, while kids wore very similar-looking paper hats. It wasn't funny hat day, it was Dr. Seuss Day.

Dr. Seuss Day is also known as Read Across America Day. All over the United States, thousands of libraries and schools bring together kids and adult in a celebration of reading. Traditionally it is held on March 2, which is Dr. Seuss's birthday.

“This is my 17th year, and they were doing this before I came,” Janice Cotier, an Ed. Tech. III in the Reading Lab who was manning the front table, said. “We have 16 readers coming in today.”

According to Cotier, people call in asking to read to the students and they have “quite a list” of volunteer readers now.

Readers visit classes from the pre-K to 6th grade.

“The 7th and 8th grade classes wish they could do it too, but we can't fit it into their schedules,” Cotier said.

Mary Pinkham, who does Children's Story Hour at the Boothbay Harbor Library on Fridays, read to Mrs. Crocker's 2nd grade class.

“I always love coming to Dr. Seuss Day, and 2nd grade is my favorite,” Pinkham said to the class. She read “The Cat in the Rhinestone Suit” by John Carter Cash and then told the students how they can find hundreds more books at the library. Also since the library has Wi-Fi, they can even download books onto their tablets.

Boothbay Harbor Police Chief Bob Hasch read to Mrs. Rice's pre-K class. He brought two books, both “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” which turned out to be two of the class favorites (the third one being “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”). He wore a blue and yellow striped hat in honor of the school colors.

“I love that book,” California Brown said when Hasch was done reading “The Cat in the Hat.”

Hasch also used the book to create a teachable moment, asking the students if they would have told their mom's the truth if they were in the story.

“I would tell her the truth,” Autumn Therrien said.