How do we celebrate World Book Day?
Ways to celebrate the World Book Day
- Visit your favorite bookshop. Most often, a favorite bookshop is on the way home.
- Give a try to audiobooks.
- Check out what’s new in your library.
- Start making your summer reading list.
- Rediscover your bookshelf.
Is Tesco participating in World Book Day?
Which retailers are participating in World Book Day 2021? All major supermarkets including Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and most large bookshop chains including WH Smith, Waterstones, and Eason are accepting tokens. The World Book Day book tokens cannot be used for online purchases.
Who runs World Book Day?
UNESCO
World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book, is an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright.
Who Organises World Book Day?
Why was World Book Day started?
World Book day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 to celebrate books and authors and encourage young people to discover the pleasure of reading. The first World Book Day in the UK and Ireland took place in 1997 to promote reading for fun.
Where do you get World Book Day tokens?
National Book Tokens are the only gift card welcomed by booklovers and bookshops everywhere. They can be bought for any occasion and spent in WH Smith, Waterstones, Blackwell, Eason, John Smiths, Foyles and all good independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland, as well as online.
Can I use National Book Tokens on Kindle?
National Book Tokens gift cards (and e-Gift cards) can be used to purchase ebooks on blackwells.co.uk (£ and €). These ebooks can be read on most types of ebook readers and with most eReading Apps. This does not include ebooks for Kindle ebook readers.
Why is World Book Day?
World Book day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 to celebrate books and authors and encourage young people to discover the pleasure of reading. Now World Book Day continues to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure through its work with authors, illustrators, bookshops and libraries.
Why is the World Book Day creative competition important?
The competition, which integrates with reading and creativity, aims to broaden and deepen the reading scope of children and youth that they are able to grow up towards enriched lives with reading.
What are the prizes for World Book Day?
THE PRIZES are a £100/€100 National Book Token per school/nursery to boost your library and a £100/€100 National Book Token per family, per week with the best pictures featured in our online gallery. Please see our Safeguarding Policy . Please have a look at the competition Terms & Conditions.
When is World Book Day in Hong Kong?
The Hong Kong Public Libraries organises the “4.23 World Book Day Creative Competition” in 2021 on the theme, “Exploring the New Frontiers of Reading”, in support of the World Book Day on 23rd April.