Celebrating World Book Day in your school

We've partnered with World Book Day(this link will open in a new window) to create a guide to celebrating in your school. Whether you work in early years, primary or secondary, there's plenty of ideas, inspiration and fun activities to try!

Each resource includes: 

• Supporting your pupils with their £1 books
• Planning delivery in your school
• Fun and engaging activities to run on the day
• Connecting with families, including a sample letter template to send home
• Using Scottish Book Trust programmes and resources to embed a reading culture beyond World Book Day

Further World Book Day resources:

• Visit the Scotland Hub on the World Book Day website(this link will open in a new window)
• For families at home, see our article on World Book Day and beyond: reading together all year round
• If pupils love a specific World Book Day title, help them find their next read with our book lists for beginning and early readers and fluent and independent readers

Building a reading culture in your school:

• Use our resource and webinar on Building a reading culture to learn more about supporting reading for pleasure all year round
• Visit the Reading Schools website(this link will open in a new window) to learn more about our accreditation programme that supports, and celebrates, the reading culture in your school
• Visit the Authors Live on Demand library to find author and illustrator events you can watch in your school - perfect for World Book Day, and beyond!