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A fun and informed online festival curated for young people on worldbookdaysocial.com, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Featuring:• Exclusive Reading is

Power podcast series• Desert Island Books• Reading recommendations,

quizzes and polls• Shelfie Snapshots• Crafty DIYs

and MORE

THE READING IS POWER MANIFESTOSign up to and share our READING IS POWER MANIFESTO:

#READINGISPOWER

W O R L D B O O K D AY

SOCIALHelp us to make books a priority for a generation of bright young READERS,

DREAMERS, ACTIVISTS and BIG THINKERS. Because READING IS POWER.

Our manifesto was created for young readers, by young readers. What does Reading is Power mean to your students and school?

K N O W L E D G E Books give us

the knowledge to own our futures

G R O W T H When we find good

books, we find ourselves

P O W E R

We read today, for a powerful

tomorrow

C H O I C E Curiosity has no

age limit and neither do

books

S E E I N S I D E F O R Y O U R F E S T I VA L

P R O G R A M M E P L A N N E R !

WEDNESDAY + THURSDAY

4 + 5 MARCH

WEDNESDAY + THURSDAY

4 + 5 MARCH

BRILLIANT £1 BOOKs Students can swap their £1 token for any one of these four powerful reads for FREE or get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more at their favourite local bookshop.

POWER PLAYLISTS Playlists for reading and

working to, music for your mood and soundtracks to

books, as recommended by your favourite authors and

illustrators.

Melvin Burgess

Elizabeth Acevedo

HollySmale

Kwame Alexander

Sarah Crossan

BethReekles

Which books would top

authors and illustrators

take to a desert island? Watch our exclusive

videos.

D E S E R T I S L A N D B O O K S

W O R L D B O O K D AY

S O C I A Lthe

line-up

TWO DAYS & EVENINGS OF BOOKS, AUTHORS AND FUN ONLINE.Running across TWO DAYS, we’ll be sharing a HUGE range of FUN & INSPIRING content, competitions and chat with bestselling authors and illustrators, based around our theme of READING IS POWER.

Schools can access the online festival during the day at worldbookdaysocial.com and through our social media feeds, with extra content for young people at our WORLD BOOK DAY AFTER DARK after-party from 7-9pm on 4+5 March.

Be part of it. Just log

on and get involved.

READING IS POWER PODCAST

SERIES Incredible author and illustrator interviews.

What does Reading is Power mean to them?

Dean Atta

Taran Matharu

Holly Black

Kiran MillwoodHargrave

Muhammad Khan

Patrice Lawrence

Malorie Blackman

Kit de Waal

GET TO KNOW THESE AMAZING

AUTHORS

‘It’s a day when people from all walks of life can put aside their differences and relish in the pleasure of a cracking good read!’ Muhammad Khan

Don’t forget to download your READING IS POWER ASSEMBLY PLAN from worldbookday.com/resources

the power list EMPOWERING BOOKS FOR YOUR TBR PILE ...

EMBR

ACE

INDI

VIDU

ALIT

Y

(Hodder)

IN T

HEIR

WOR

DS

(Picador)

GIRL

REV

OLUT

ION

(Hodder)

GROW

ING

UP IN

W

AR-T

IME

IRAN

(Vintage)

FIND

ING

YOUR

VOI

CE

(Blink)

ACT

NOW

(Penguin)

RISE

UP

AND

REBE

L

(Penguin)

THE

COUR

AGE

OF Y

OUTH

(Atom)

FIGH

TING

BAC

K

(Hodder)

A PR

OBLE

M S

HARE

D

(Andersen)

EXTR

EME

CHAL

LENG

ES

(Barrington Stoke)

THE

POW

ER O

F PO

ETRY

(Electric Monkey)

THE

WOR

LD O

UTSI

DE(Hodder)

FITT

ING

IN

(Macmillan)

CALL

ING

ALL

DREA

MER

S

(Atheneum)

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Plans subject to change. Line-ups not final.

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS

Authors and illustrators share extracts of their

books in a series of exclusive videos.

O N E S TO WATCH Introducing 2020’s

most exciting new authors and

illustrators.

TWITTER Q&Ass Live author/

illustrator chat. Get your questions

answered in real time!

WRITING TIPS

Get the lowdown from the

professionals.

SHELFIES SHARED See your favourite authors’ bookshelves and find out which books changed their lives.

A day in the life What do authors do all day? Amazing authors

share their diaries and snapshots.

‘I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to hopefully inspire other after-school bedroom writers – just like I was – to get reading and writing.’ Beth Reekles

BOOKY CRAFT

DIYss 10 nifty booky ideas

WORLDBOOKDAYSOCIAL.COM

The full line-up will be released in early 2020.

Change a life this World Book

Day!

‘World Book Day offers a fantastic array of stories for hundreds of thousands of children every year, opening up worlds of adventure even for those who may not have a single

book in their home.’ Anthony Horowitz

GET CREATIVE, WIN BOOKS!

Celebrate the brilliance of booksHelp send books to children affected by conflict around the world. Every £2 donated helps send another book – and all the Big Booky Breaktime activities put books at the heart of your fundraising!

Get your free fundraising pack at bookaid.org/bookybreaktime

DESIGN A NATIONAL BOOK TOKEN COMPETITION 2020

You, your students and your school could win HUNDREDS of pounds worth of books with our fantastic National Book Tokens DESIGN A BOOK TOKEN competition.

One lucky winner’s design will be made into a real-life National Book Tokens gift card, to be distributed across bookshops nationwide in time for Christmas! And there are National Book Tokens galore to be won too – just imagine all those beautiful new books for your school’s bookshelves…

To take part, your students simply have to make their mark on the template and design a brand-new National Book Tokens gift card. A panel of judges will select a winner and runner-up in each of three age categories: up to 8 years, 9-12 years and 13-16 years.

SECOND PRIZE in each age range wins:

£150 National Book Tokens for the school

£50 National Book Tokens for the student

£50 National Book Tokens for the teacher

FIRST PRIZE in each age range wins:

£250 National Book Tokens for the school

£100 National Book Tokens for the student

£100 National Book Tokens for the teacher

How to enter: All entries should be produced on A4 paper using the template at the web link below. Please ensure you provide the student’s name and age, and your contact details, on the second page of the form.

Please send entries to: World Book Day Design a Book Token Competition Book Tokens Ltd 6 Bell Yard London WC2A 2JR

The closing date for entries is Friday 10 April 2020. Winners will be announced in early summer 2020.

FIND OUT MORE

and download an entry form to enter. See the

terms and conditions at worldbookday.

com/play-and-win/competitions

GOOD LUCK!

by Molly, aged 14

by Wictoria, aged 15

2019's winner

2015's winner