World Book Day, 3 March 2011
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 2011.
Scholastic Children's Books
Philip Reeve, author of the award-winning Mortal Engines books, is Scholastic's World Book Day author this year and is sharing a flip book with Chris Priestly, author of the Tales of Terror series.
Reeve's novels have won almost every major children's literary prize. The epic appeal of the Mortal Engines series crosses all age barriers and sales of the series top half a million. In this special World Book Day book called Traction City, Philip takes us on a new, spine-tingling Mortal Engines adventure.
Deep down in the metal heart of the great Traction City of London, a ruthless killer is at work. The glowing green eyes of something not at all human glimmer in the rusting darkness of the Base Tier. Three men lie dead, and each one is missing a hand…
- Find out more about:
- Mortal Engines
- Phillip Reeve
We Are Writers
Turn writers into authors this World Book Day and get free resources for your school!
World Book Day is a wonderful occasion to celebrate books, reading and writing in schools. And what better way to celebrate than to create your school's very own book and get free resources.
We Are Writers gives every child the chance to see their writing published in a real book. It's an incredible way to enthuse and excite any child about writing – and it costs absolutely nothing for a school to take part.
The project is simple to set up and run because the books are created entirely online through an easy-to-use website. Children can add stories, poems, letters, recipes – in fact, any form of writing – to the book. It can also be used to raise funds or earn books for your school through a Scholastic Book Fair.
What's more, every school that orders a sample book before Friday 11th March 2011 will get a book from Martin Waddell, Jacqueline Wilson or Philip Reeve absolutely free. Plus if a school places their final order before Friday 6th May 2011 for every 10 books ordered they will get 1 extra free.
You can find out how to run this inspiring project as a World Book Day activity in your school at www.wearewriters.com/worldbookday.
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 from every £1 spent to choose new books for your library.
There's plenty to get pupils engaged with books this World Book Day on our website for kids. They can:
- Ask the Book Wizard – he'll find a perfect book in a flash!
- Explore the books – with look insides, author profiles, activities and games.
- Write reviews – and read what other people think too.
Book Fairs
Hundreds of schools around the UK will be celebrating World Book Day 2011 with a Scholastic Book Fair!
Children can use their £1 World Book Day Book Tokens at any Fairs taking place between 31st January and 29th April 2011.
There are hundreds of titles to choose from at every Fair, including books from this year's World Book Day authors such as Philip Reeve, Andrew Pope and Betty G. Birney.
If you're looking for fun activities based around reading and writing, then check out our website – bookfairs.scholatic.co.uk – where there is a range of free, downloadable resources to choose from, including Book Talk classroom notes , activity sheets, fancy dress ideas and lots more.
To get children even more excited about the arrival of the Book Fair, you can use our fun invitation maker or play our circus game in class.
World Book Day
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.