World Book Day
World Book Day is recognised by over 100 countries around the world. It will
be celebrated on 5th March 2009 and its purpose is to encourage reading and a
love of books in children. Your child's school may well be holding a World Book
Day event or fancy dress day, but it is also a great excuse to get involved at
home. We've pulled together all of our Books and Reading resources here, and
added a few new ones, to get you started - and we've also found some great sites
on the internet for even more resources.
Encouraging Reading
Encouraging your child to read a wide variety of books is
probably the best education you can give them - but sometimes it seems an uphill
struggle! We have put together a collection of tips and tricks to encourage
reading which may give you some inspiration...
Costumes for Kids
If you need inspiration for a fancy dress outfit for World Book Day, you might
find some here!
Last minute World Book Day
costume suggestions and inspiration! NEW!
Character Colouring Pages
You'll find coloring pages for many of your favourite book characters in our
database - we've found the best from around the net and sorted them for you.
Book and Reading Related Printables
Reading logs and diaries
NEW!
Bookmarks of all sorts to print and share
Book report cards
Bookplates
Library chart
When my kids were little, they put a colourful sticker on one of these sticker
charts every time they finished a book (from school, library or home). When the
sticker chart was full, we had a special trip to our favourite children's book
shop to choose one or two new ones!
Sticker charts and certificates
Explore some of our book and author themes
Harry Potter
Narnia
Narnia fans will find lots of inspiration on our Narnia pages!
We have some great craft ideas, puzzles and lots of links for your favourite
Roald Dahl stories.
Roald Dahl
The Tale of Despereaux puzzles,
printable crafts, links and more!
Dr Seuss
More Ideas for Reading With And To Children
Sharing
Books with Children
One of my first memories of childhood is that of my
mother reading Dr. Seuss books to me in a big brown recliner in our
living room. That memory brings with it sounds and smells and a general
feeling of safety and comfort that never fades, even after all these
years.
If You'd Like
to Know Why Reading Matters
We're always telling children that books and reading are good for
them, but have we ever really thought about why that's true?
More
About World Book Day
World Book Day official website
http://www.worldbookday.com/
Children's and school's section of the World Book Day website
http://www.worldbookday.com/for_schools_and_children.asp
Great Links For Books, Reading and More...
Book recommendations, etc
Recommended children's book from BookTrust
http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/show/feature/Home/Recommended-Childrens-Books
Another excellent site for children's book recommendations, advice for families,
teachers and librarians,
and book-related printables to download
http://www.booktime.org.uk
Read!
Read extracts from many children's books, as well as biographies of the authors
http://www.worldbookday.com/pages/authors_and_extracts/index.asp?PageID=49
Print!
Top tip posters on reading to and with children
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/familyreading/resources.html
Very cute "We Love To Read" bookmark
http://www.graphicgarden.com/files17/graphics/print/bookmark/misc/books2.gif
Black and white bookmarks with quotes about books and reading (for older kids
and adults)
http://www.thericeschool.org/library-media/images/bookmarks1.gif
Really super printables for lots of your children's favourite books - highly
recommended!
Preschool level:
http://www.worldbookday.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=50
Primary level:
http://www.worldbookday.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=51
Secondary level:
http://www.worldbookday.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=52
Play!
A collection of fun games for your children to play online, based on some of
their favourite books -
everything from Paddington Bear to The Magic Tree House!
http://www.worldbookday.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=82
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