World Book Week

World Book Week

It's World Book Week! For me, the best week of the year! Who wouldn't want a whole week dedicated to books and reading? (Well, I can actually name quite a few people who don't really care about World Book Week but they're missing out!) It is the beginning of a new month full of new books and what better way to start it of by dressing up as your favourite character, looking back on classics and hearing from the great authors? It's like Christmas! World Book Week commences on 1st of March and lasts until the 5th of March. Thursday 4th March is the big day as it is the actual World Book Day.

Character Costume

 On Thursday 4 March, loads of people all over the UK will be dressing up as characters and sharing their love of reading. Even though I am a huge book fan, I still don't know who to dress up as! This is the biggest decision of my life... Harry Potter characters are great and iconic but everyone dresses up as them every single year. I have never seen a year without at least one Harry Potter. Buying costumes are great and all but that shows literally no effort and just a waste of money for one costume. I want to create my costume by using my old clothes and maybe sewing a few things together. That is also a real joy of dressing up: putting your own effort and time into the costume. I've read so many books but I still can't decide which character to go as. I was thinking about maybe going as a character from one of the books I read in February? (To find out what books I read in Feb, read my first blog called February reading which will tell you what I read.) In the comments below, write down some ideas for me to choose from and I will show you who I dressed as in my next blog page.

The Week Junior

Every year, The Week Junior have a World Book Day magazine which gives you great reads for World Book Day, a £1 World Book Day token and more. I would really advise you to go buy this week’s magazine if you haven’t already but I will be showing some insights in it anyway. 

4 Great Reads for World Book Day

• Skysteppers
• Little Badman and the Radioactive Samosa
• The River Whale
• Football School: 20 Fantastic Football Stories

These are 4 of some great reads for World Book Day and you can find more on worldbookday.com (this link directs you to a page that says “The page you were on is trying to send you to ...” you must then press that link). 

Also, there is the book of the week which you can win a copy of. This week’s book is The Shark Caller and the author (Zillah Bethell) answers a few questions about her childhood! 

This is it for my sneak peek into this week’s magazine. Go and by your own to read more.

World Book Day

So, this is the end of this week’s blog page and I hope that you enjoyed it! Make sure to comment and follow my blog for more enjoyable blogs! Also, don’t forget to dress up on Thursday, read as much as you can and to enjoy this week full of books. I will end now by saying a few fun facts! Magnum Out!

Fun Facts about World Book Day

• In some countries, World Book Day takes place on other days of the year.
• World Book Day is an international event created by UNESCO.
• The international World Book Day has been held on the same day each year since it began in 1995.
• The World Book Day founder is Baroness Gail Rebuck.
• National Book Lovers Day is on August 9th so don’t forget to celebrate this day for book lovers!