World Book Day will be celebrated on Thursday, February 27th!
It’s World Book Day on Thursday March 5th but Newminster will be celebrating it during Book Fair Week – on Thursday, February 27th
– and having a non-uniform day to raise funds for a wonderful charity, Book Aid International.
We’re inviting everyone to mark this special day by dressing up as a character or iconic object from literature. Children whose outfits display the most hard work, ingenuity and originality of interpretation will be eligible to choose a book prize (up to £7.99) from the Fair!
Please note that for the purpose of awarding prizes, children in a group effort will be judged as individuals.
Some of last year’s brilliant winners!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tSE0JntWVpV1j5Jj8LCpU4KpqOv-Wijt
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jroI78HfKTOA5NH4gORIYcOGBGxLwIP6
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11XS0gPKAXsjBROkRaUfu9PDGUfgBsLm3
Children can dress up – and possibly win a prize – or dress down to suit their own personality.
Either way, please, please remind them to bring a contribution to help send books to children in areas of the world which have none. Children can’t learn to read without access to books and being able to read is a big step on the ladder towards dignity and self-determination.
You might be interested to know that publishers donate the books free of charge but it costs £2 to get each book to where it’s needed.
Books travel first by ship and air then complete their final journeys by whatever means are available – truck, motorbike, donkey, camel…. and even on bullock carts!
However they get to their destinations, they are hugely valued and appreciated when they do
so…
in advance…“Thank you!”
Don’t forget, your child can use their special WBD token to get £1 off any book worth more than £2.99
- at our Book Fair or
- in any bookshop displaying the WBD logo on their window
(E.g. WH Smiths, Waterstones)
