World Book Day Charity

Thank you to the 360 children who helped choose 2025’s brand new books! For children to read more, they need to be in charge – choosing what, where and how to read. #ReadYourWay Read about how we’re working with children from all backgrounds to encourage reading for pleasure in Our Impact 2024. https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

It’s time…#WorldBookDay 2025 is beginning! Here’s our amazing line-up of £1/€1.50 books coming on 13 February, which children will be able to choose from for FREE with a £1/€1.50 token.

We’re letting the numbers tell the story! World Book Day is making an impact on the reading lives of children and communities across the UK. Read 2024’s Impact Report https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

World Book Day helps more families to read together. We want to help more families to read together. 24,000 £1 books reached every HM Prison in the UK, so that children and parents could enjoy books during family visiting times. Discover more about World Book Day’s impact in our latest report. https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

This World Book Day over 1.9k libraries held fantastic events with children and families to celebrate reading. Our 20 special library events in areas of high deprivation made sure over 4k children had a fun and creative World Book Day. They swapped their £1 token for a World Book Day book for free, and found more enjoyment in reading.   Discover more about our work in our Impact Report.  https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

World Book Day gives children the freedom to discover reading on their own terms, offering every child and young person the chance to swap their £1/€1.50 token for a new book. A huge thank you to the 3,500 booksellers and 34 publishers who make this possible. Read our Impact Report https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

World Book Day encourages more children and families to find the fun and enjoyment in reading. Because reading for pleasure changes lives, but over half (56%) of children and young people don’t enjoy reading in their free time [NLT, 2023]. Read our Impact Report to see how World Book Day’s 2024 campaign made a difference. https://bit.ly/3APkZRl

Reading is a superpower! For children to read more, they need to be in charge. We asked children to tell us when reading is best for them and this is what they told us. With just week to go until we announce 2025’s £1/€1.50 books, thank you to the 360 children who helped choose the books they most wanted to #ReadYourWay. Watch this space as we reveal next year’s new £1/€1.50 titles on Tuesday!  Read our Impact Report 2024: https://bit.ly/3APkZRl Beano Brain              

Come and join our team! We're working with Creative Access to recruit a Trainee Marketing and Design Assistant. If you'd like to develop your skills and knowledge to help deliver World Book Day's annual campaign and year-round activities, while contributing to improving levels of reading and book ownership, we'd love to hear from you. There's still time to apply! Applications close on Friday 16 August. Find out more by clicking the link in the comments. 👇

Join our team! We're delighted to be working with Creative Access to recruit for our new Trainee Marketing and Design Assistant! If you'd like to develop your skills and knowledge to help deliver World Book Day's annual campaign and year-round activities, while contributing to improving levels of reading and book ownership, we'd love to hear from you. Find out more by clicking the link in the comments. 👇