World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland.

'Read to a Million Kids', sponsored by Renaissance Learning, is a brand new element for World Book Day 2010.  The 11 £1 Book stories will be read by the authors or performers and filmed for online broadcast during World Book Day.  Available exclusively to schools and libraries in the first instance, and supplemented with a fun quiz about the reading, please visit www.readtoamillionkids.co.uk to find out more and to register to participate.  The films will be available for a period after the Day via this site, so if you're an interested child or parent, please visit us again.

Pre-schools and Secondary Schools in the UK need to register to receive support material including the World Book Day £1 Book Tokens.  UK Primary Schools and all Irish Schools on the DES database will automatically receive material.

The WBD Helpline for schools is at 01634 729810 or wbd@education.co.uk

Commercial companies, major organisations and retailers should not exploit World Book Day or the logo without prior permission of the charity. A contribution to the core fund of World Book Day will be sought.

World Book Day Ltd is registered charity number: 1079257