World Book Day turns 25 on March 3 – Resources

<div class&equals;"block-rich&lowbar;text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rich-text">&NewLine;<h2>Thursday March 3 marks the 25th anniversary of World Book Day and to help schools and students get involved&comma; there are some great new resources to inspire and encourage reading for pleasure&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>With a continued commitment to promote reading for pleasure and offer every child a book of their own&comma; this year&comma; the global charity <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;worldbookday&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">World Book Day<&sol;a> has a particular focus on reaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds and its theme this year is &&num;8220&semi;<b>You Are A Reader<&sol;b>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"btn" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;media&sol;documents&sol;25&lowbar;ways&lowbar;to&lowbar;celebrate&lowbar;World&lowbar;Book&lowbar;Day&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Check out 25 ways to celebrate World Book Day&period;<&sol;a> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Not only are there plenty of ideas on ways to celebrate at your school&comma; but two collections of follow-up book ideas have also been released to help continue the theme on throughout the month of March and beyond&period; The first is <a class&equals;"btn" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;media&sol;documents&sol;World&lowbar;Book&lowbar;Day&lowbar;What&lowbar;To&lowbar;Read&lowbar;Next&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">World Book Day 2022&colon; What to read next…<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"block-rich&lowbar;text">&NewLine;<p>The second can be viewed here&colon; <a class&equals;"btn" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;media&sol;documents&sol;25&lowbar;for&lowbar;25&lowbar;booklist&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">25 books for 25 years&colon; Young Readers booklist<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"block-rich&lowbar;text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"rich-text">&NewLine;<p>In addition to these specially curated booklists&comma; there is a huge range of resources that have been produced to continue the focus on storytelling and reading for pleasure&period; Here are a few you might like to try&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;programmes&sol;young-readers-programme&sol;young-readers-story-club&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Young Readers Story Club<&sol;a> – themed tales read by authors and storytellers&comma; including activities to try out&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;resources&sol;supporting-early-years-children-tell-stories&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Supporting early years children<&sol;a> to tell stories&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Are you looking for some <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;resources&sol;brilliant-ideas-reading-for-pleasure&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">brilliant ideas to encourage reading for pleasure&quest;<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Learn more about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;literacytrust&period;org&period;uk&sol;resources&sol;river-stories-tales-and-poems-across-commonwealth&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">A River of Stories &&num;8211&semi; Tales and Poems from Across the Commonwealth<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"block-buttons"> <&sol;div>&NewLine;