YANGON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold the world's largest book sale in Yangon which is known as the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.

Scheduled to be held at the Myanmar Event Park from Jan. 18 to 28, 2019, the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is known for Augmented Reality (AR) books across Asia and is the sole agent of little Hippo AR books which are believed to attract child visitors, according to event organizer, Read 2 Read Myanmar.

The sale will feature over 1 million new English books including fiction, nonfiction, business, health, cooking and comics.

The book sale started in Malaysia in 2009 and has been held in countries and regions like Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates since then.