now zac efron is reading for a whole new part -- that of a real-life role model. i'll have that report. >> so get ready. "teen kids news" starts right now. >> welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm siena. here's this week's top story. >> this report is sponsored by the national road safety foundation. >> hey! how are you?! >> are you okay? >> how excited are you? >> excited. >> these teens are getting ready for the biggest night of the school year -- prom. >> i'm so excited i can't stand it. >> i've been waiting for this forever. [ tires screech ] >> actually they're just pretending. >> laura, take pictures. >> they're a video on driving safety to show high-school students across the country. >> basically we were just getting ready for prom, for prom night, and, you know, getting excited, and kind of talking about our lives in high school and how things can get stressful. and then we went off to the prom. >> the program is sponsored by the national road safety foundation. >> we want to alert teens about the dangers of driving during the pre-prom seas

read across america day, they're about to have the book "the lorax" read to them by super celebs zac efronar in the movie "the lorax," so they're the perfect pair to read the famous dr. seuss book. >> you guys ready to read? >> oh, yeah, we're ready. you want a mustache? >> you guys excited? [ cheers and applause ] >> getting kids excited about reading is the goal of the national education association. that's why it creates special occasions like this every year, all across the country. >> "from the ripulous pond came the comfortable sound of the humming fish humming while they were splashing around." >> i've always wanted, if i would have a chance to read back to the kids, "the lorax," which was read to me as a young boy. >> read across america is a celebration on dr. seuss' birthday, but it's also the beginning of another year of really reinforcing year-round literacy. >> here's a piece of trivia for you -- dr. seuss isn't his real name. it's actually theodor geisel. >> it's very important for kids to pick up books these days and keep reading, you know? "where the lorax once stood." >> "