World Book Day, 1 March 2012
We always look forward to World Book Day – it's a chance to share our love of books and reading with even more people! Here are all the things we'll be doing to celebrate World Book Day 2012.
Scholastic Children's Books
Scholastic Children's Books are delighted that best-selling author Holly Webb is their World Book Day author for 2012. Holly has written numerous books for children including the fantastic Magic Molly series and she has written a special Magic Molly story just for World Book Day!
Molly is desperate to become a vet when she's older, just like her dad. And she has a special magic gift – she can talk to animals! When Posy the kitten is bought into Molly's surgery with a sore paw Molly starts to get worried. Posy is searching for something, but she's not sure what. Will Molly be able to help Posy before the accident-prone kitten gets hurt again?
The Clever Little Kitten is the perfect book for any animal lover aged 5 and up.
We Are Writers
Turn your pupils into published authors this World Book Day!
We Are Writers is a unique literacy project from Scholastic that offers every child the chance to see their writing published in a real book.
Simple, fun and free for schools to take part, it's an incredible way to enthuse and excite any child, making it an ideal way to celebrate World Book Day 2012!
Start your book now so that you can unveil your free sample book on 1st March 2012… just imagine your pupils' excitement! Or ask them to write stories, poems, letters – any type of writing – as a World Book Day task and use the writing to create your commemorative book afterwards. Every proud parent will surely want a copy!
We Are Writers is also an excellent way to earn free resources for your school. You'll earn Scholastic Rewards on every order that can be spent on a huge range of teachers' resources at shop.scholastic.co.uk including well-loved series such as Read & Respond, and Writing Guides, as well as the latest children's books.
If you're holding a Scholastic Book Fair, We Are Writers can be run alongside it to create a fantastic celebration of reading and writing – but it can also be run as a standalone project.
For a step-by-step guide on how to get started, download our new We Are Writers brochure.
If you have any questions, call us on 0845 803 9600, email wearewriters@scholastic.co.uk or visit wearewriters.com.
Book Clubs
Our special World Book Day catalogues are packed with a wide range of new and best-selling books. When you run a book club in school, pupils can redeem their £1 World Book Day tokens against a book of their choice. Your school will also benefit as we'll give them 20p for every £1 spent to choose new books for your library.
We're in search of our World Book Day Champion Reviewer 2012 on our Kids' site. Whoever writes the most book reviews during the week following World Book Day will become our champion and win £100 worth of books!
Book Fairs
Hundreds of schools around the UK will be celebrating World Book Day 2012 with a Scholastic Book Fair!
Children can use their £1 World Book Day Book Tokens to receive £1 off any book at Fairs taking place between 30th January and 27th April 2012.
There are hundreds of titles to choose from at every Fair, including books from this year's World Book Day authors and illustrators such as Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul, Holly Webb, Derek Landy and Jacqueline Wilson.
If you're looking for fun activities based around reading and writing, visit our website – bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk – where there is a range of free, downloadable resources to choose from, including Book Talk classroom notes and more.
The Biggest Book Show on Earth
Register now at www.worldbookday.com to watch the World Book Day online festival on 1 March (9.30am–10am for Nursery and 11am–midday for Primary).
Featuring a stellar line-up of top authors and illustrators including Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Eoin Colfer, Jacqueline Wilson, Cressida Cowell and Derek Landy performing together for the first time and streamed LIVE into nurseries, schools, bookshops and libraries nationwide.
Get more great book ideas, download fun activities and find out how you can get involved at www.worldbookday.com.
World Book Day is a global celebration of books and reading. It is a partnership of publishers, booksellers and interested parties who work together to promote books and reading for the personal enrichment and enjoyment of all. You can find out more and find hundreds of new activities at www.worldbookday.com.
Illustrations © Axel Scheffler
