WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers WOULD YOU READ IT IN A CAR?—Newbury Park resident Denise Benic reads to her son Jake, 3, on lap, her daughter Natalie, 5, right, and a friend, Thousand Oaks resident Garrett Powell, 3, at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library on Monday during the National Education Association's Read Across America event, which included community leaders reading stories, a children's read-in, and arts and crafts. The program also celebrated the birthday of the late Dr. Seuss, a popular author of children's books.