World Book Day

Can you come up with a book themed word for each letter of the alphabet? Here's our book alphabet challenge page to print and distribute.

This book frame can be used in many ways, and comes in three varieties: blank, one side lined and the other left unlined for a picture, and both sides lines. Use it as a writing or drawing frame, for book reports, for notices on the board, or even as story paper ...

Print and cut out the different sizes of books, then ask the kids to sort them by size. Laminate the books if you want to reuse them again.

Children can trace the dotted lines of these books - quite tricky as there are lots of straight lines involved! Younger children could trace within the channel formed by the double lines instead.

Here's a bookshelf full of children's books, spines outward - and it makes a really fun bookmarks for the kids to colour in and use themselves or gift to friends or siblings!

What better to mark the place in your reading book than a bookworm bookmark! These cute little fellows will encourage the kids to read. We've left space on the background for you to write a message, a child's name or perhaps the page numbers.

These bookmarks are quick to print and cut out and they look particularly nice if you use a punch to curve the corners and then laminate them. Perfect for any occasion, really - National Libraries Day, World Book Day, reading incentives or rewards in the classroom etc.

It looks like these kids have some reading to do! Colour them in - and maybe write the names of your favourite books on the spines too?

These bookmarks for World Book Day are perfect for the kids to colour in and easy (and quick) to cut out too. Choose from 4 per page or 8 per page.

"Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers." This quote by Laura Bush sits on a black and white photo of a boy enjoying a book in a library.

Available in either colour or black and white, this library books tracker will keep the family organised - and it looks great out on display, too. The colour version is best printed with your printer's borderless settings.

You don't have to guess where these children are coming from - the library! They each have a good stack of books to read which will keep them busy for a while, as we hope this colouring page will do for your children!

Our library scavenger hunt is a brilliant way to get the kids involved at the library and help them discover everything that's on offer. Print a page for each child, give them a pencil, and off they go!

There's much more to working in a library than just handing out books. Can the children find out more about the job of a librarian, and write about it here?

Make a list of your favourite books and sign and date it. It will be fun to look back on in the future. Why not update the list once a year, on your birthday or World Book Day, perhaps?

This is a fun activity that can be done at home or in the library. You will need to look through lots of picture books to find the things in this scavenger hunt and you might find some interesting new books to read. 

A little girl enjoys reading a story with her Grandma in this pretty colouring page. Why not send it to Grandma with a letter or a note on the back?

Do you know anybody who loves books? Then this is the card to give them - and they will love it even more because of the effort gone in to colouring it.

This story paper is the story of my life! It's a fun one for the kids to colour in and use for a writing activity. Perhaps they could record a list of books they want to read? Or you could use it to send a letter to a book loving friend...

Here's a cute story time poster to display in your story corner or bring out when it is story time.

This colouring page shows the best part of the school day - when teacher gets out a story and reads to the children!

This is one of my favourite set of lines from Dr Seuss - reminding children that the whole world opens up for those who read.

This lovely colouring page, designed for older children and adults, will strike a chord with all us book lovers! We've left a border around the outside so that you can frame it if you wish, once coloured in. Perfect for a library colouring page, perhaps?

We love books, and we love the heart shape of this pretty book too! We thought it was the perfect backdrop to this lovely quote by Ernest Hemingway: "There is no friend as loyal as a book". The poster is best printed using your printer's borderless settings.

If your kids love to visit the library, they won't need this poster. If, however, they need a little prompting that it's time to visit the library - here's the poster for them!

This beautiful card is suitable for any general occasion - to say thank you, to say hello, to wish someone happy birthday etc. It features a quote that reminds us how lucky we are.

"With freedom, books, flowers and the moon, who could not be happy?" said Oscar Wilde, and I have always agreed - although I would add family and friends into the list too.

Here's another boggler puzzle challenge, this time for World Book Day. How many words - using adjacent letters - can the kids make from the letters on the board? Remember that if you make any words relating to World Book Day you can get extra points...

I love this printable! When the kids have enjoyed parading around in their World Book Day costumes and need a little quiet time, get them to draw some of their favourite costumes in the frames on our picture gallery printable!