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Virtual School Visit with MC Grammar | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

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Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Virtual School Visit with MC Grammar today.

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Reading Cafe - Menu Templates - Print on A4

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World Book Day Song

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MC Grammar’s World Book Day Songs - World Book Day

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World Book Day is a registered charity. Our mission is to give every child and young person a book of their own.

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Celebrate World Book Day - World Book Day

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Print out on card, cut into 3 bookmarks. Children decorate and then you laminate.

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Lots of resources and author zoom visits

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The answers to this quiz are in the notes section of each slide!

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📚World Book Day Song 2024 📚 Reading is like dreaming when you're wide awake...

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What is World Book Day and when is it?

World Book Day will take place on Thursday 7 March 2024 and is a worldwide celebration of books and reading. Designed in partnership with World Book Day , the programme will focus on reading for pleasure for 7-11 year-olds.

What will happen in the World Book Day Live Lesson?

Join hosts Maddie Moate and , alongside a line-up of incredible authors including Alex Falase-Koya , space scientist Dr. Sheila Kanani , comedian and author Rosie Jones and official World Book Day illustrator Vivian Truong .

We'll delve deeper into fiction and non-fiction and explore different genres to help us design a pop-up library space where we can all come together to read.

Send in your book recommendations for our pop-up library or tell us about the type of books you love to read. Email live.lessons@bbc.co.uk with World Book Day as the heading for a chance of a live shout-out for your school.

The 30 minute Live Lesson will be available to watch live via BBC Teach on this page and on the CBBC channel.

World Book Day KS2 teaching resources

Curriculum links: English/Oracy/Language and Literacy for 7-11 year-olds.

Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read.

Extend the range of their reading and develop their own preferences.

Appreciate that reading is unique to each person.

Explore and enjoy the variety of types, genres and formats of available books.

Create a collaborative space to share books, to develop a community of readers who exchange recommendations, insights and enjoyment of literature.

World Book Day resources

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World Book Day 2024 - Live Lesson: Thursday 7 March 2024, 11:00

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We're celebrating the joy of reading for pleasure this World Book Day 2024 with a fun Live Lesson and supporting teaching resources.

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Save the Date! Scholastic Schools Live celebrates World Book Day with a week of free events Monday 4th - Friday 8th March.

We are planning a whole fun-filled week of brilliant FREE events to help support teachers, parents and children who want to celebrate reading and books, wherever they are.

Our week-long event programme is free to all schools - you and your pupils can enjoy an array of wonderful authors and illustrators hosting 30-minute events, including draw-a-longs and writing workshops.

Register for each event with the password WORLDBOOKDAY .
Frequently asked questions

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scholastic live world book day event week

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Scholastic Live World Book Day Event Week

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Save the Date! Scholastic Schools Live celebrates World Book Day with a week of free events Monday 4th - Friday 8th March We are planning a whole fun-filled week of brilliant FREE events to help support teachers, parents and children who want to celebrate reading and books, wherever they are.

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IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

CANDY GOURLAY'S WEBSITE

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Here's where you will find stuff about me, about my books (click on the covers below)  as well as how to book me for a speaking engagement or a school visit. If you can't find what you are looking for, do drop me a note. There's a contact form at the bottom of every page!

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Books by Children's Author Candy Gourlay

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Books by Candy Gourlay, shortlisted for the Costa and Carnegie Children's Book Awards.

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Tony Bradman is an award-winning writer of many children's books, a well known editor with a particular focus on diversity and finding new voices, and a respected book reviewer. Tony has written for children of all ages - poetry and picture books, beginner readers.

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This annual celebration of authors, illustrators, books and the joy of reading is one of the highlights of our year at the National Literacy Trust!
World Book Day provides a fantastic opportunity to focus on reading for pleasure, supporting children's autonomy in book choice, and embedding a habit of reading that brings a wide range of benefits.

We're always hugely excited to work with our friends at World Book Day, the charity whose mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.

Read on to access reading for pleasure resources, ideas and activities that can encourage a love of reading throughout the whole year.

World Book Day £1/€1.50 books/tokens

Each year World Book Day releases a brand new line-up of £1/€1.50 books, and issues tokens to schools that have registered. If you have a query about your registration, tokens or the books, please contact World Book Day by emailing wbd@education.co.uk

Teaching resources and activity ideas for schools on World Book Day and beyond

Book choice bistro

A book choice bistro is a fun book tasting event to support pupils to 'taste', explore and discover new books, all while practising book choice strategies to better equip them in choosing books they'll enjoy and be able to access independently. This collection includes:

How to run a Book Choice Bistro teacher guide

Book choice presentation to help teach book choice strategies

Book menu template - an editable document for you to add your own selection of titles to taste at your bistro

Book Chat conversation starters - a poster packed with questions to get children talking about their reading

Download: Book choice bistro resource collection

World Book Day celebration ideas - book choice and pupil voice

Drawing on the six elements that we know support children to read for pleasure, we developed this collection of fun ideas that champion both providing pupils with choice, and giving them a voice, as they progress in their reading journey. Great for World Book Day, but also full of inspiration to support reading for pleasure throughout the year.

Download: World Book Day celebration ideas - book choice and pupil voice

Celebrating favourite characters and books

We want to make sure no child is left out of World Book Day, and understand that that families may be under significant financial and time pressures. This resource provides step-by-step ideas for accessible, classroom-based fun that provides an alternative to dressing up. We aim to ensure that every child can participate in World Book Day, and can celebrate the stories they love, without an expectation for families to provide a costume.

Download: World Book Day top hats and potato characters

World Book Day: The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz

Designed for: pupils aged 8 to 12 (Years 4, 5, 6, and 7, P 5, 6, 7 and S1)

Our annual fast-paced, fun, interactive quiz features two rounds of questions (one football-themed, one reading-themed) pitched by your footballing heroes and our writer pals. It's great fun for a whole class to take part in together!

Watch the recording from 2024 on the link below, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025!

Watch The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz Here

Reading for pleasure at home: parental engagement ideas webinar

With our partners, World Book Day, The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, and The Open University we ran a webinar for teachers on how to engage parents with reading for pleasure behaviours.

Watch the recording of the webinar from the link below and download the menu of parental engagement ideas.

Download: Engaging parents in reading for pleasure - a resource for teachers Watch a recording of the parental engagement webinar

More resources celebrating storytelling and reading for pleasure

Premium resources available for those with a subscribed National Literacy Trust membership:
Working with authors and storytellers
Consult our directory of authors and storytellers to help plan a school visit (virtual or in-person) in the coming year.

Read our research on Writer visits and children and young people's literacy engagement for insights on how visits can impact pupils' engagement with reading and writing.

Explore all our resources for schools and early years settings

World Book Day for families

Sharing stories is a great way to enjoy time together as a family, and help children build a love of reading for pleasure. Our Words for Life site is packed with ideas for fun, family activities that support children's reading, writing and speaking at home.

Find family activities on Words for Life

Research: Exploring the impact of World Book Day

The National Literacy Trust was commissioned by World Book Day to evaluate the impact of the initiative on the reading lives of children aged 8 to 11 in the UK.

Our report shows how World Book Day welcomes children into the world of books and reading in two ways: by helping all children become book owners, many for the first time, and by supporting a variety of activities and experiences essential for building life-long readers.
See key findings and download our World Book Day research report.
Learn more about World Book Day

The World Book Day website is a great place to discover more about the importance of reading for pleasure, and a huge range of resources for schools, early years settings and families to enjoy.

We recommend that you check out the 2024 list of £1 World Book Day books, and share your love of reading with your class groups and communities.

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World Book Day 2025 - Ideas and Activities | National Literacy Trust | National Literacy Trust

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Get ready for World Book Day 2025! Celebrate a love of books in school and at home with teaching resources, booklists, storytelling activities and more!

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Reading Comprehension BINGO Worksheet in Pink Playful Style