It's World Book Day on Thursday 6th March 2008

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 Illustrations © Emily Gravett for World Book Day 2008

It's World Book Day time again! The 11th World Book Day, the UK's largest celebration of books and reading, will take place on Thursday, 6th March 2008.  Nine specially produced World Book Day £1 children's books have been published to mark the day:

Paddington Rules the Waves by Michael Bond, Illustrated by R. W. Alley (2+ years) 

Princess Poppy: The Fancy Dress Party by Janey Louise Jones (3+ years) 

Magic Kitten: A Very Special Friend by Sue Bentley (6 + years)

Adventure According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney (6+ years) 

Where's Wally? by author and illustrator Martin Handford (7+ years)

Jane Blonde: The Perfect Spylet by Jill Marshall (7 + years)

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey (Ages 7- 12) 

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (10+ years) 

CHERUB: Dark Sun by Robert Muchamore (11+ years)

 

We want to get the Where's Wally? one!

 

At just £1 per book these titles represent great value for money - and are a great opportunity to get children reading - perhaps for the first time - and experiencing the pleasure that only a good book can bring.

 

So don't hang around... hop to it and get your £1 books today. Just think, you could buy all nine books for, er, um, well for under a tenner. (We're no good at maths, we just like reading!)

Many of you won't need to spend a single penny to get a free book because over 13 million school children in the UK will receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token which can be exchanged for a World Book Day £1 Book, throughout March, from over 3,000 participating bookshops and book retailers across the UK and Republic of Ireland.  The £1 Token can also be put towards any book or audio book costing £2.99 or more. The World Book Day £1 Book Token is sponsored by National Book Tokens and redemptions are funded by bookshops across the country.

 

For more information about World Book Day, why not visit their website here: www.worldbookday.com.

 

And while we're on the subject of special book offers, don't forget that you can join the thousands of other teachers and students who have downloaded our English Banana.com books for the princely sum of, er, free, by following the links on our home page at: www.englishbanana.com.

 

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