The World Book Day Turns Twenty!! at Waterstones

Thursday 2nd March sees the amazing 20th anniversary of the World Book Day, that moment in every year when children across the entire country celebrate the sheer, intoxicating delight of reading.

At Waterstones, we’ve watched the World Book Day grow from ambitious beginnings to the showstopper it is today. No matter if a child is a veritably heroic bookworm or just getting into reading for the first time, World Book Day is designed to be the perfect gateway to grow their reading appetites.

We’ll be there of course to light the way with reading, recommending, discovering, talking, tweeting, shouting and singing about books. Many of our shops will be hosting events and working with their local schools to ensure everyone is getting involved, and with every child in the UK and Ireland who is in full-time education entitled to a World Book Day book token, there’s no better incentive to pop down to your local Waterstones and start diving in.

The tokens can be exchanged for any one of the ten specially-produced World Book Day books (whilst stock lasts!) or redeemed against a full-priced Children’s book or audio book worth £2.99 or more. World Book Day tokens are worth £1 or €1.50.

The ten World Book Day books are: