£1/€1.50 Books and Tokens
Welcome to our World Book Day £1/€1.50 Book and token page where you can find out everything you need to know about our £1/€1.50 Books and token.
Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.
World Book Day works with publishers to create a list of £1/€1.50 books to appeal to a wide range of children at all ages, interests, and stages of reading.
We aim for the books to appeal to all children, particularly those who need encouragement to read for pleasure.
If you would like to know more about how we choose our £1/€1.50 books click here.
Read more about our impact here.
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£1/€1.50 books
Children and young people can choose one of the £1/€1.50 books FREE with their £1/€1.50 token. The tokens are distributed through schools, early years settings, and a range of children’s magazines. We also work with McDonald’s to include the £1/€1.50 token with Happy Meals. Find your nearest participating retailer.
Check back in September to see the launch of our 2025 World Book Day £1/€1.50 book titles!
Click here for the full Terms and Conditions.
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£1/€1.50 Books
After World Book Day – LEFTOVER £1/€1.50 BOOKS
We encourage any booksellers with leftover stock to contact their local schools or community groups, such as food banks.
This is at the retailers discretion, some retailers/booksellers may not be able to share their leftover stock.
If you are a school looking for leftover £1/€1.50 books one of your local retailers may be able to share their leftover stock. Find them here.
Registration
Registration for World Book Day 2025 opens in September 2024.
If you would like to check your school’s registration status, we recommend contacting wbd@education.co.uk.
If your tokens or pack do not arrive please contact wbd@education.co.uk
If you’d like to know who can register for the £1/€1.50 tokens click here.
Registration
How to exchange your £1/€1.5o token
Children can swap their £1/€1.5o token for any of the £1/€1.5o books or get £1/€1.5o off a full price title, any full price book or audiobook (as long as the book or audiobook costs at least £2.99 (or €3.99 in Ireland) at participating booksellers. Find your nearest participating retailer.
Please note that the World Book Day book tokens cannot be used for online purchases.
£1/€1.50 Token
Accessible Copies
All the World Book Day £1/€1.50 books are available in braille, large print, and audio with help from RNIB, Guide Dogs, Calibre Audio and Vision Ireland. If you require one of these formats, please get in touch with the following contact numbers closer to World Book Day:
RNIB – Braille & audio versions (UK) 0303 123 9999
Guide Dogs – Large print (UK) 0345 143 1000
Calibre Audio – Audio versions (UK) 01296 432 339
Vision Ireland – Braille, audio, large print (Ireland) library@vi.ie
We aim to support readers who are dyslexic by asking publishers to ensure the books are printed on off-white paper with a high opacity to ensure all our books are accessible to all.
