World Book Day celebrates the joy and value of books and reading, especially for children. To help get them started on their reading journey, every child will receive a £1 World Book Day Book Token that can either be exchanged for one of TEN special £1 World Book Day books or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more. You can find out more about the books at worldbookday.com/books.

Your child’s token can be redeemed at most UK bookshops and supermarkets. Please help your child to use it on or around World Book Day by visiting your local bookshop (if you need help finding one, visit booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch).

During World Book Day, we will celebrate the children’s reading successes and they will be taking part in a range of different activities, including a virtual author visit, to promote this.

Dress Up:

We are asking for the children to come to school on Thursday 5^th March dressed as their favourite book characters.

Donate an outfit:

To support with this, we would like to host a ‘donate a costume’ afternoon. If you have a children’s dressing up costume that no longer fits and is in good condition, then please help parents by sending in costumes from Monday 23rd February until the morning of Friday 27^th February.

Costumes will be available for you to choose from in the hall at 3.10 pm on the 27^th February. We thank you for this help.

Book Swap:

We will also be hosting a book swap on the 5^th March. Please send your child in with a book they no longer wish to keep. Children will then have the opportunity to swap this with another book brought in by others.

You can join us in building your child’s enthusiasm for books well beyond World Book Day by reading together regularly and joining your local library if you are not yet members. For more information about World Book Day and ideas on sharing books at home, visit worldbookday.com.