World Book Day will take place on Thursday 4th March and every primary-school child in Ireland will receive a €1.50 book token. The token can be used to buy one of the six specially selected World Book Day Flip Books or put towards an other book or other book that costs more than €3.99.
World Book Day’s aim is to encourage a love of reading in the young. This year the campaign is backed by two innovative features, an website where authors read from the specially slected World Book Day titles, Read To A Million Kids, and a cross promotion with BookCrossing, a site that encourages readers to leave books in public places for others to find and enjoy.
Pre-school Picture Book:
Thomas & Friends: Thomas to the Rescue
Note: All the rest are flip books!
Age 5+
Kitten Chaos By Anna Wilson & Magic Ballerina: The Magic Dance By Darcey Bussell
The Charlie Small Journals: Valley of Terrors & Dinosaur Cove: Battle of the Giants By Rex Stone
Age 7+
Grubtown Tales: The Great Pasta Disaster by Philip Ardagh, illus. Jim Paillot & Pongwiffy and the Important Announcement by Kaye Umansky, illus. Nick Price
Age 8+
The Witch Apprentice by Marian Broderick & An Buachaill Bó by Gillian Perdue
Age 9+
Jamie Johnson: Born To Play by Dan Freedman & Young Samurai: The Way of Fire by Chris Bradford
Age 11+
Walking The Walls by Chris Higgins & Medusa Project: The Thief by Sophie McKenzie
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