Taylor Wimpey is pleased to announce its support towards World Book Day this year with a donation of National Book Tokens vouchers to selected schools nearby its developments in Devon.
World Book Day aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy and appreciate the pleasures of reading, with the mission to offer every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their...
Tor Bridge High has celebrated World Book Day this month (7th March) by putting on a range of crafts, quizzes, games, and competitions!
Years 7, 8 and 9 were able to choose a free World Book Day book from school this week and World Book Day tokens were available to students so that they are able to choose another book for free from venues such as Tesco, Asda, The Works, Sainsbury's...
Plymouth schools have been celebrating World Book Day this week (7th March.)
World Book Day was created by UNESCO in 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, it is marked in over 100 countries. The World Book Day charity’s Strategy 2023-27 sets out that its aim is “more children, from all backgrounds, developing a life-long habit of reading for pleasure, benefiting from...
To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday (4 March), the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is giving away thousands of books in braille and audio formats for children with vision impairment across the South West of England.
The selection of 13 titles aims to support World Book Day’s mission to give every child and young person a book of their own.
Henry the Hedgegnome fans dress up to celebrate World Book Day
Richard Heddington is a local author living in Plymstock and writes and illustrates the Henry the Hedgegnome books. With the celebration of World Book Day growing every year, there is ever more pressure on parents to dress their children as their favourite book character.
Ahead of this year’s World Book Day (March 5), Jurys Inn Hotel Group is set to bring a complimentary children’s library to selected UK hotels, to encourage parents to keep the tradition of bedtime story-telling alive.
Recent studies have indicated that parents in the UK are spending increasingly less time reading to their children at bedtime, or skipping it all together. Additionally,...
Plymouth libraries are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5 March with fancy dress rhymetimes for little ones and special visits for schools.
Now in its 18th year, the annual event encourages children to explore the world of books and reading and provides them with a book of their own. It is marked in more than 100 countries around the globe.
A children’s author got to see the title of his book writ large at a Plymouth secondary school when he paid a visit ahead of World Book Day.
A staircase at Stoke Damerel Community College has been decorated to resemble a giant pile of books especially to celebrate the annual event and Marcus Alexander’s latest book Blood and Fire was one of them.
