World Book Day teaching resources for primary

Celebrate World Book Day in your classroom

This World Book Day, use our creative and engaging resources and teaching ideas to help you celebrate reading for pleasure. The benefits of reading on children's attainment and wellbeing are well-documented, so whether you want to go all out with costumes and whole-school activities or you want a low-key approach, don't miss out on marking this special day!

World Book Day identifies six elements as fundamental to fostering a love of reading in children: 

• Being read to regularly
• Having books at home and school
• Finding time to read
• Having trusted help to find a book
• Giving children a choice in what to read
• Making reading fun

Find printable resources below, or have a look at our resource collection for well-known books and authors, such as the Harry Potter series or books by Roald Dahl.