From a guest blog by Vicki – Wakefield Mumbler
The mention of this fills me with dread as I know it involves dressing up! I have to get my creative self out of its box and figure out how to make a costume that doesn’t take ages and doesn’t cost me a fortune! I could quite easily pop down to the local supermarket but where’s the fun in that!!
Apart from the fun (or stress!) of the fancy dress (easy costume ideas here to help out), the main purpose of World Book Day is to provide every child and young person in the country with a book of their own. It is celebrated in the UK annually on the first Thursday in March.
”The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of reading and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own”. Over 15 million £1 World Book Day book tokens are given to children and young people across the UK and Ireland to celebrate World Book Day! All you have to do is take your voucher to your local bookshop and swap it for one of the exclusive, new and completely free World Book Day books shown below. If you have another favourite in mind, you can use your token to get £1 off any full price book instead. If you’re wondering what local book stores are participating, click here.
The Nation’s Top 100 Stories
When World Book Day ran a competition to find out the nation’s top 100 stories, they created a really useful guide with 25 top titles in each of the four categories below. If you’re looking for inspiration for a special gift or a new bedtime storybook to share for years to come, here’s a few examples to get started. You can find the rest of the titles here, along with more recommendations for top stories for under-2s.
Top 25 Picture Books
Top 25 books for 5 – 8 year olds
Top 25 books for 9 – 12 year olds
Top 25 books for Teens
Thanks so much to our guest blogger Vicki. If you have family or friends in Wakefield be sure to let them know about the Wakefield Mumbler site.
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