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1 MARCH 2018
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BRILLIANT HOW TO GET
TRIED AND INVOLVED WITH
TESTED FROM
TEACHERS
Brilliant ideas, resources
and everything you
need to celebrate
worldbookday.com Celebrate stories. Love reading. #WorldBookDay
Reading with a
child for only
10 MINUTES
A DAY
can make a big
difference. Join
our campaign
to get the nation
sharing stories.
TAKE 10
This year, we need YOUR help to encourage children,
parents and carers to SHARE A STORY – but what is
#ShareAStory, and how can YOU get involved?
WHO? see what everyone is reading and their
Our #ShareAStory campaign is directly favourite stories on Instagram, Facebook
aimed at parents and carers, highlighting and Twitter using #ShareAStory.
the importance of spending just 10
minutes a day reading and sharing stories WHERE?
with their children. Similarly, children are Anywhere and everywhere, from
encouraged to read with their parents – breakfast to bedtime! In the park, on the
and older siblings are invited to read with train, on the sofa, on a plane – reading and
younger brothers and sisters, too. sharing stories can happen anywhere at
any time – it’s not just for bedtime.
WHAT?
It’s a fantastically fun, nationwide social WHY?
event, where families with children No matter your age, sharing stories
and young people of all ages share the is an opportunity to spend quality time
pleasure of reading and stories together, together, as well as promoting wellbeing.
at home and at school. And we’d love to And, even more importantly, it has a vital
impact on a child’s outcome in life. Put
simply, reading together is good for you.
HOW?
Over the page, we’ve got all the
information you need so you can help us
to Share a Story in your setting, with the
resources included in this pack.
HOW CAN
I PROMOTE • ORGANISE your own Share a Story event – it can be
celebrated in so many ways; invite parents/grandparents/carers
to make ‘guest appearances’ to read stories in class, make
Book Borrowing boxes, create reading cafes. See lots more great
ideas on pp5-6 of this pack
• GIVE OUT the ‘LET’S SHARE A STORY’ stickers included
with your resource pack
• DOWNLOAD THE ONLINE SHARE A STORY TOOLKIT
WHAT’S from worldbookday.com/resources – includes:
MY • story sharing tips & ideas
n
ROLE? • posters Let’s get the natio
• parent’s leaflet to TAKE 10
from
• display templates and share stories
kf as t to be dt ime
• parent’s resources brea
• reading recommendations
• INVITE children from the years above into class to share a
story with younger pupils
• CONDUCT A POLL We conducted a nationwide poll to
discover the nation’s favourite Stories to Share. See the results
on our website at worldbookday.com/ideas/share-a-story-vote.
Why not conduct your own class poll and compare? Winners
announced on World Book Day
There are LOTS more ideas for you to discover at
worldbookday.com/ideas
Look out for these great ways to SHARE STORIES TOO. .
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2. NEW! ASSEMBLY PLAN at worldbookday.com/resources
3. NEW! LESSON PLANS based around 12 brilliant books
for KS1 & 2, created exclusively for us by the National
Literacy Trust. worldbookday.com/resources
4. TAKE THE QUIZ Exclusive fun mini quizzes based on the
£1 books and other books by those authors, available from 9 January – end
April. Find out more in the flyer enclosed in this pack. Takethequiz.co.uk
with your
k Day
World Boo
token
Your handy (and helpful) GUIDE to 2018’s £1 books
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Give out the book tokens to your class (only one per child)
and let children and parent/carers know what it’s for,
how to use it, which books they can choose, where they
can choose them (thousands of independent bookshops,
Waterstones, WHSmith, Asda, M & S, Morrisons,
Sainsbury’s and Tesco stores – find your local at
booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch) – and how
much fun they’ll have reading them (LOADS!).
Available to download for FREE to watch in your setting from 12pm on Wednesday 28 February
Be prepared to be DAZZLED – THE BIGGEST BOOK SHOW ON
EARTH is back. Join some of the BIGGEST and BEST authors and
illustrators as they share a story with you, beamed into your school . . .
CRESSID A CHRIS JULIAN CLARY
COWELL RIDDELL + DA VID
How to Train
Your Dragon
Goth Girl R OBERTS
The Bolds
KIRAN H OST E D BY
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ANDY HARGRAVE The Girl
BUTLER
STANTON of Ink and
Stars
The Nothing
To See Here
Mr Gum Hotel
SIGN UP NOW at worldbookday.com/videos/biggest-book-show to enjoy this
30-minute, online bumper books extravaganza (almost) live in your classroom.
PLUS . . . Don’t miss our exclusive new ILLUSTRATOR EXTRAVAGANZA, Filmed at
featuring: Alex T. Smith, Nadia Shireen, Rob Biddulph, Sophy Henn and Lydia Monks
at worldbookday.com/videos/biggest-book-show
WE ASKED, YOU ANSWERED!
Every year, we invite YOU to share the
wonderful ways you have celebrated
World Book Day. We’ve selected
TEN TRIED AND TESTED IDEAS
C E L E B R ATING from schools to inspire you. Discover
FOR many more (and add your own new
ones) at worldbookday.com/showcase
REACH FOR THE STARS BRILLIANT BOOKS
READING CHALLENGE ‘We have just introduced National
‘To encourage reading at home, Book Token prizes for interesting
give each child a card to complete, book reviews in three categories
with 20 different ways to read, written on across the school: KS1, Lower KS2 and
20 stars e.g. read to a pet, read at bedtime, Upper KS2. These will be awarded in
read in your pyjamas, read wearing a hat. special assemblies to celebrate our ‘cool
Each time the child completes one of books to share with friends’ campaign.
these they can tick it off. When their list Photographs of children reading these
is complete, they return it to the teacher books, together with the book reviews will
and receive a reward – a certificate, extra be displayed in the library, then put into
playtime, time on the iPad etc.’ ct
big books as a record.’ Perfect
Perfe
HANNAH DUNN, WYMONDHAM JOANNA ARMSTRONG, STANWICK
activity! activity!
CLASSICS AS COMICS WHERE’S WALLY?*
‘Pupils were asked to re-tell a classic HUNT
tale in a comic format. We ran ‘Hide small pictures of Wally
this as a competition in KS3 and a around the school, each with a
colleague in the art department judged letter attached. Children go around in
it. She was amazed by the quality of the groups to hunt out the Wallys and
entries. We had all sorts find the letter. They then rearrange
of tales from Shakespeare, the letters to spell out a famous author
to fables and bible stories.’ or the title of the next book that you
NAOMI BEDWORTH, HULL will be reading together in class.’
E GALL, IRVINE
*For even more Where’s Wally? fun, head to
our competition on p. 11!
WORLD BOOK DAY
AUTHOR DISPLAY
‘Each child should choose
STORY SACKS ‘their’ World Book Day Author
‘In the school newsletter we have a or Illustrator – either of the £1 books
regular ‘Book Corner’ feature with or a favourite. Create a display of
reviews and recommendations comments, drawings, information
from staff, pupils, governors and parents and books that bring the author/
for children of all ages. The aim is to illustrator and their work to life for
encourage reading for pleasure the rest of the school. Present in a
at home.’ World Book Day-themed assembly.’
Perfect
HELEN CARPENTER, OTLEY WENDY COOLING
activity!
BOOK COVER GUESS WHO?
CREATION ‘There are two people, one has
‘You get given a book with no front to describe a character and the
cover, no name and no blurb. You other has to draw what they’re
then go away and read it. Once you’ve describing. The one who’s describing has
read it, you get to decorate a front cover, to give a mark out of ten on how close the
create a name and write a blurb!’ character was to their description.’
LILY, DONCASTER MILY HAGAN, STILLORGAN
SHELFIES
‘Get students and staff to take
photos of their bookshelf or
shelves then create a photo
montage to act as a display and talking
point. Then get students to vote for the
SUPERVILLAINS neatest, most creative, tidiest, etc and
‘Our class discussion created a give prizes for the best!’
supervillain, called Trevor Vickers: LESLEY PEARCE, READING
International Story Stealer.
In class, we created crime scenes,
newspaper articles and wanted posters.
NEED HELP?
We then wrote stories and chose ‘wow’
worldbookday.com/faq
words to defeat him, rounded off by a
or email us:
pantomime with teachers dressed as
wbd@education.co.uk
Trevor, acting out some of the stories we
had created.’
LUCY HENNESSY, BRISTOL
HOW
TO...
In the spirit of sharing, we asked some INCREDIBLE ILLUSTRATORS
and AUTHORS for their top tips and advice on storytelling
“Reading aloud can be scary and difficult,
but with a few simple tips it can be made
easy and fun.
• EYE CONTACT
Look up often from the text. Reading the
words in your head before looking up and
speaking them out to the whole group.
• REPETITION
ildren
‘Most ch Invite the audience to join in as you repeat
ing at
love look
a section of delicious story.
res in all
the pictu • VOICES
books’
kinds of Have a go at trying different voices for
different character or getting different
audience members to repeat lines that you
“I think most children love looking at the feed to them. A range of voices in a story
pictures in all kinds of books. It’s one of can help make it more dynamic.”
the reasons I really wanted to use lots of
JOSEPH COELHO, POET AND AUTHOR
doodles and different fonts to help tell the
OF LUNA LOVES LIBRARY DAY
story visually throughout. If you can do
different voices when reading out loud,
that’s a great way to share a story as well.
Although, I’m a bit rubbish at remembering ‘It can be
what voice belongs to which character!” made easy
LIZ PICHON, AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR
and fun!’
OF THE TOM GATES SERIES
“I always do character voices, but making up a whole cast of
voices can be hard, so I impersonate people. When reading
‘I always do Oi Frog! – a great picture book to read aloud – my Cat is a
young Michael Caine and my frog is Speedy Gonzalez. It can
character get a bit strange, but the children love it, especially when I
voices’ muck it up, then we all end up giggling.”
M.G. LEONARD, AUTHOR OF BEETLE BOY
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We’ve listened to your feedback and have revamped the
RESOURCES area at worldbookday.com/resources to make
it easier to use, save and share than ever before
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where AUTHORS and
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ILLUSTRATORS really
their inspiration
get
AND LOTS
MORE!
SHARE YOUR ACTIVITIES, PHOTOS AND IDEAS USING #WORLDBOOKDAY
@WorldBookDayUK WorldBookDayUK #worldbookdayLIBRARY
If you head down to your LOCAL
a
or BOOKSHOP today, you’re in for
WORLD BOOK DAY surprise!
Libraries & bookshops all over the country will be celebrating
on 1 March and right through the weekend; WHY NOT:
• Channel Matilda Wormwood of books and reading with the
and make the most of your children
nearest library – plan a class visit,
involve parents/carers, encourage • Find out if your local bookshop
llustrations © Quentin Blake, © RDNL, 2018
children to join the library if runs reading groups or
they’re not members already advice sessions – they have
excellent links with
• Invite your local bookseller publishers and authors too
into school to share their love
FIND YOUR LOCAL BOOKSHOP: FIND YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY:
booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch findmylibrary.co.uk
THE IT’S COMPETITION TIME!
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children their first bookIT’S A NATIONAL
BACK!
BOOK TOKEN
Our popular competition to design a National Book Token
receives thousands of entries from children and young people
of all ages every year. There are heaps of National Book Tokens
to be won, while one lucky winner’s design will be turned CLOSING DATE
into a real National Book Token gift card and distributed to for entries is
Friday 13th April.
hundreds of bookshops nationwide in time for Christmas. Winners will be
announced in the
Get involved! summer of 2018.
Enter this year by getting your pupils to design a book-themed
National Book Token using the template provided. A panel of
judges will select a winner and runner-up in each of three age
categories: up to 8 years, 9-12 years and 13-16 years.
• £500 National Book Tokens for the school
• £200 National Book Tokens for the child
in each
age range • £200 National Book Tokens for the teacher
• £250 National Book Tokens for the school
• £100 National Book Tokens for the child
in each
age range • £100 National Book Tokens for the teacher
How to enter:
All entries should be produced on A4 paper in
2017’s winning design
portrait format (h 81mm x w 127mm) using the
by Eleanor, aged 11
template provided. Every entry must be signed by 127 mm
the teacher, who must print in capitals on the reverse
81 mm
of the entry the pupil’s full name and age, school
name, address and phone number. Send entries to:
World Book Day Design a Book Token
Competition, Book Tokens Ltd, 6 Bell Yard,
London WC2A 2JR.
2016’s winning design
by Katherine, aged 6
Download a template and see the terms and conditions at
worldbookday.com/play-and-win/competitionsYou can also read
