World Book Day encourages a love of books and shared reading. It’s aim is to:
– Promote reading for pleasure by offering every child and young person a book of their own
– Help to form a life-long habit of reading for pleasure and the improve life chances this brings
World Book Day distribute of 14 million £1 World Book Day tokens to children every year. The £1 tokens can be swapped for a new and complete FREE World Book Day book available from participating booksellers or used to get £1 off any full-price book or audiobook instead (as long as it costs at least £2.99).
Book tokens are valid from Thursday 17 February – Sunday 27 March 2022.
There are 12 books to choose from this year.
📕 Beginning to read:
Hey Duggie – The World Book Day Badge
Rocket Rules: Ten Little Ways to Think Big!
Dinosaur Roar and Friends!
📗 Early Readers:
Grimwood: Five Freakishly Funny Fables
Jemima the Pig and the 127 Acorns
My Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Silly Book of True or False
The Worst Class in the World in Danger!
📘 Fluent Readers:
PEAK PERIL: A High-rise Mystery
The Wizard and Me: More Misadventures of Bubbles the Guinea Pig
Think Like a Boss: Discover the skills that turn great ideas into CASH
📙 Independent Readers:
The Last Word
Boy, Missing
There’s a great lineup of online events to accompany World Book Day this year. You can find out more HEREand can watch the events on World Book Day’s YouTube channel.
➡️ World Book Day Live with Matilda and Friends – Monday 28 Feb, 11 am
➡️ Books as a Portal into life today – Wednesday 2 March, 11.30 am
➡️ Using your imagination: Books as a way to imagine the impossible – Thursday 3 March 10 am
Need a costume idea for World Book Day at school? No need to get in a tizzy about making a costume, as we’ve got 10 easy (yes that means no sewing) costume ideas.
If you’ve got a red stripy jumper – brilliant! Failing that you could stick or draw some red stripes onto a white t-shirt! Dig out a red or white knitted hat (add a bobble if you can) and add some round black glasses made out of cardboard. Jeans or blue trousers will finish off the look. We found this guide and template for glasses.
If you’ve got a cape hanging around from a Halloween costume, then you are halfway there with Harry! You’ll need some round glasses and some face paint for his scar. The rest can be school uniform with the addition of a stripy tie and maybe a fancy looking stick as a magic wand!
Super easy this one and hopefully just a case of digging out the PE kit! White t-shirt, black shorts and a black rucksack or bag if you have one. If you are feeling creative there are some great Wimpy Kid masks on the Book Aid website which you can download and print!
Another good one if you have plenty of Halloween outfits and bits & bobs is a Witch. If you have a witches cape and hat, all you need to do is find some colour matching clothes. So red top, purple skirt or trousers. If your child has long hair, then a plait is in order. Make a simple wand with a yellow star on the end out of cardboard and job done! Just make sure they don’t take the cat to school.
Easy this one! Get some old, scruffy clothes – ideally trousers and a shirt and make a golden ticket to carry.
If you have a blue dress already, then this one is straightforward! All you need is a red ribbon for your child’s hair and maybe take a pile of books along – perfect for World Book Day.
If your child is a ballerina then hopefully you have everything for this already? Failing that if you have a pink dress, white tights and a hair bow you should be able to pull this one off easily.
Another one where a blue dress comes in handy! Just need a black hairband or ribbon and a white apron that you could cut out of an old white sheet.
The Romans is probably the easiest costume to pull off from the Horrible Histories books. If you’ve got an old white sheet, you’ll need to learn how to wear it as a toga. The internet really is a wonderful thing 😀
Admittedly those tights could be hard to pull off, but if you have a purple dress or even a large T-shirt you can cut into a tunic and a blue top you are pretty much there with your Sophie costume.
Characters that wear ‘normal’ clothes like Horrid Henry, Daisy or Tracy Beaker are great ideas. Just wear your preferred non-school clothes and take in your favourite book!
Share your favourite World Book Day tips or photos of your costumes in our chat group! We would love to see them.
