World Book Day | KS1 | Ages 5 - 7

An illustration of a young deaf girl carrying a large pile of multi coloured books.

All about World Book Day

World Book Day is an event that happens in the UK and Ireland each year.

World Book Day is a celebration of reading and all things books. Lots of schools and authors like to get involved by sharing their love of books.

As a way of bringing stories to life, some children like to celebrate this day by dressing up as their favourite book character!

Do you have a favourite book?

Activity: Story Starter

Starting a new story can be tricky.

To help you get started, use the activity below.

A brown bookshelf with three rows of colourful books.

What is a story?

Every story is different.

Some stories have daring sword fights and magical adventures, whilst others have supernatural characters and enchanting forests. However, every story always has a beginning, a middle and an end.

The plot is what will happen in a story and this can be different depending on what genre the book is, meaning what kind of book it is i.e. a fantasy, sci-fi or fairy tale.

What book genre are you?

Discover what book genre you are most like, in this quiz!

An illustration of three different books, including a blue space travel book with a rocket on the front.

Activity: Create a book cover

Design a new book cover for your favourite story.

You should think about how the book design will give readers an idea of what the book is about.

You could include:

Book title
Characters
Setting
Author

Activity: Create a comic strip

Comic strips are books that tells a story through pictures and only a small amount of text. The story often contains lots of adventure and superheroes.

Have a go at creating your own comic strip or print off the template to help you get started.