Hold a fair!

Scholastic Book Fairs are a fantastic way to make reading a huge event in schools. We will be accepting World Book Day tokens in our Book Fairs from 4 February to 28 April 2008 on any of the books featured on the Book Fair.

Find out how your school can hold a fair at http://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk.

Claim your token!

As part of this worldwide celebration of reading, every schoolchild in the UK will receive a £1 book token. These tokens are valid between 3 March and 30 March and can either be exchanged for one of nine specially-released £1 books or put towards any book or audio book costing £2.99 or more.

Look out for Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets in this year's list of £1 books.

Read a brilliant magazine!

Nursery Education PLUS

World Book day is all about encouraging the enjoyment of books – find out what Ian Whybrow, creator of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, has to say on the issue in our Can't read, won’t read feature. There is also a topical discussion in War of words, in which Ruth Miskin and Michael Rosen go head to head in a debate about synthetic phonics and teaching children to read.

Child Education PLUS

Which World Book Day £1 book is right for your class? Find synopses of all the books here, and if your children are only starting out, learn how to use picture books to build solid foundations for children’s reading skills in Pleasure in pictures.

Junior Education PLUS

Visit our website for a whole heap of free resources focused on World Book Day:

• Just for you – six top children’s authors reveal their favourite books.
• We look at fresh new ways to promote reading in schools with a feature on Reasons to read.
• Why not download one of our three special interactive story starters to get children ready to write?

Run a club!

Scholastic Book Clubs will be accepting World Book Day tokens on any books in our March leaflet from 18 February to 30 April 2008. In our World Book Day Special Edition offer, customers can save up to 70 per cent on a great range of books! The products in our Book Clubs are chosen carefully by a dedicated team of experts, so not only are they amazing value for money, but they’re certain to get children hooked on reading for life. Why not check out our recommended reads for a sample of our favourite books this month?

Hone those literacy skills!

Literacy Time PLUS magazine online is is here to help you get the children in your class to develop great literacy skills. Here is our pick of World Book Day articles.

Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9–11

Find out how to start a reading journal in our latest How to… article.

Literacy Time PLUS Ages 7–9

Take the fear out of writing poetry with our inspiring article It doesn't have to rhyme! in which Kevin McCann gives advice on getting children writing brilliant poems with confidence.

Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5–7

World Book Day may have passed but the exhilarating events and amazing activities in our article by Kay Clifford can be used at any time of the year.