Lesson plans, teaching guides, activity sheets, costume ideas, quizzes, audio extracts, videos… Teachers have a plethora of World Book Day resources to choose from. So, will you being doing something special for World Book Day 2018?
Here are my top 5 activities for World Book Day this year:
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- The SHARE A STORY campaign – spend time reading and sharing stories with children and share your experience on social media using the hashtag #ShareAStory.
- Find out the results of the “Top 100 Stories to Share” vote.
- Tune in to the “Giant Bedtime Story” via Facebook Live at 7pm for the re-telling of James and the Giant Peach.
- “The Biggest Book Show on Earth Online” – watch one of the 30 minute shows of authors/illustrators reading a story online with your students. You will need to have signed up for a specific show beforehand. Take a look at the website for more details.
- Blue Peter Book Award – find out who has won! This will be announced live on Blue Peter on World Book Day. (Twitter hashtag #BPBA) Here are the finalists:
Best Story
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
Best Book with Facts
Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Scientists by Adam Murphy & Lisa Murphy
Real-Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau
Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe by Dara Ò Briain
Finally, we are running a World Book Day competition for our students. To be in with a chance to win one of the books below, send an email to curriculumcentre@brighton.ac.uk from your university email with the subject line “World Book Day Competition” and tell us what your favourite story to share with children is. We will email the lucky winners on Monday 5th March.
Competition Prizes
