Use of Book Tokens

Information for Teachers and School Librarians

Issuing World Book Day Book Tokens

• Please help by distributing the World Book Day Book Tokens promptly in your school and explaining to pupils how to use them.
• One World Book Day Book Token should be given to each pupil
• A standard letter for parents and carers is included in the schools' pack and can be photocopied to explain the scheme and the aims of World Book Day.
• The redemption period of the World Book Day Book Token is:
  
  Monday 1st March - Sunday 28th March 2010 (inclusive)

How to redeem World Book Day Book Tokens

• The World Book Day Book Tokens are not redeemable online.
• Participating bookshops will be displaying World Book Day posters and notices in their windows and in store.
• Contact your local bookshop to arrange a session when pupils can spend their Book Tokens.
• Many bookshops also help with events around World Book Day
• Participating bookshops fund the entire cost of redemption of the World Book Day £1 Book Tokens.

Important Information

• Please do not attempt to exchange large numbers of World Book Day £1 (€1.50 in Ireland) Book Tokens for quantities of the special £1 (€1.50) Books at your local bookshop.
• Bookshop stock may be limited and will need to be available, for as long as stocks last, to all children in your area visiting the shop during the redemption period.
• Do bear the possibility of limited stock in mind when making arrangements for your pupils to celebrate World Book Day as any misunderstanding can lead to disappointment.
• To ensure that you have adequate supplies for all the pupils in your school - up to age 18* and including nursery classes - you are likely to receive more World Book Day Book Tokens than you will need. We would ask you to destroy the spare World Book Day Book Tokens once you have distributed one to each pupil.
  * Where secondary schools have registered to participate.
• The World Book Day £1 (€1.50) Book Token is also redeemable against any book or audio book worth £2.99 (€3.99) or more in all bookshops participating in the initiative.
• The World Book Day Book Tokens are valid from:
  Monday 1st March - Sunday 28th March 2010 inclusive. 
• The World Book Day Book Token cannot be exchanged for cash or any other merchandise, nor used for school purchases or the settlement of school accounts.
• Only one World Book Day Book Token can be used per transaction.
• The offer only applies to titles in stock.
• The World Book Day Book Token cannot be photocopied.

Terms and Conditions for the Book Tokens

The following is a list of the full terms and conditions that apply to the £1 (€1.50) World Book Day Book Token. Please help your bookseller and abide by all the rules, relating to the promotion, by reading these terms and conditions carefully. Bookshops, book clubs and book fairs that agree to participate in the Book Token scheme are legally obliged to adhere to all the terms and conditions, and these cannot therefore be altered.

Terms and Conditions

1. The World Book Day Book Token is redeemable at participating bookshops that promote their participation by displaying World Book Day 2010 notices.
2. This World Book Day Book Token cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, or for the purchase of standard National Book Tokens, and is not exchangeable for cash (although it has a value of 0.01p).
3. The World Book Day Book Token can only be redeemed at participating bookshops supporting this special promotion. Please check that the shop accepts the World Book Day Book Token before you embark on a journey or elect to make a specific purchase in the shop. Contact your bookseller if you have difficulties in making a visit. In exceptional circumstances it may be possible for books to be supplied by post if orders are sent within the redemption period, but a delivery charge may be imposed.
   
   The six specially produced £1 (€1.50) books for World Book Day 2010 are as follows:
   
   Please note that the age ranges given are for appropriate content and not reading age

   Picture book
   Thomas & Friends: Thomas to the Rescue Egmont
   		And five special two-books-in-one - double the fun!
   Age  5+ flip book
   Kitten Chaos, Anna Wilson Macmillan Children's Books	With	Magic Ballerina: The Magic Dance, Darcey Bussell HarperCollins Children's Books
   Age 5+ flip book
   The Charlie Small Journals: Valley of Terrors David Fickling Books	With	Dinosaur Cove: Battle of the Giants, Rex Stone Oxford University Press
   Age 7+ flip book
   Grubtown Tales: The Great Pasta Disaster, Philip Ardagh, illus. Jim Paillot Faber & Faber	With	Pongwiffy and the Important Announcement, Kaye Umansky, illus. Nick Price Bloomsbury
   Age 9+ flip book
   Jamie Johnson: Born to Play, Dan Freedman Scholastic	With	Young Samurai: The Way of Fire, Chris Bradford Puffin Books
   Age 11+ flip book
   Walking the Walls, Chris Higgins Hodder Children's Books	With	Medusa Project: The Thief, Sophie McKenzie Simon & Schuster Children's Books

4. World Book Day Ltd shall not be liable in any way to any recipient of the World Book Day Book Token or any other party for any representation, implied warranty, condition or any other term causing any loss, damage or costs whatsoever.
5. This World Book Day 2010 initiative is co-ordinated by World Book Day Limited.
6. The World Book Day Book Token cannot be used for the purchase of any charity books where all the proceeds of sale are returned to the charity concerned.