World Book Day

World Book Day

World Book Day in the UK is celebrated every year on the first Thursday of March. Publishers and booksellers come together to give children a token to exchange for one of the WBD books, so you get a book for FREE! Or you can get £1 off any other book. Check out the The World Book Day website (click on the above banner) - it is an amazing place to explore. Not just for World Book Day but all year round!

Great things to do includes:

watch booktrailers
make and do
watch author videos
colouring
read book extracts
check out author & illustrator masterclasses which include videos and teacher’s resources
brief themed booklists
recommended reads
expert story writing tips
teaching guides & resource packs for particular books & authors

Also on the website under the Inspiration heading, World of Stories podcasts has a selection of free audiobooks. It includes The Truth Pixie, 13-Storey Treehouse, The Jungle Book and more.

World Book Day at Parkgate

Although we celebrate the joy of reading throughout the year, we make an even bigger thing of it during the week of the national World Book Day. This normally falls on the first Thursday of March each year, although we usually celebrate it on the Friday.

We often do several activities, which can include a sale/ bookswap, lunchtime reading, World Book Day library and foyer display, giving out the WBD tokens and the last few years we have also given out a free WBD book and a bookmark.

On top of this, we always do a competition. Yay! Have a look below at the different competition themes and see the fun we've had doing this.

Parkgate's World Book Day 2022