Our World Book Day resources and celebration materials are now available!

Digital tokens

A person at a bookstore counter exchanges a book token for a book.

Our digital tokens will be available in February.

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Home educators and childminders

We no longer require you to send in a stamped envelope. Please sign-up to receive our newsletter and digital tokens will be shared in January.

Please note: Only ONE TOKEN can be used per transaction.

The book token barcode can either be scanned from your phone/tablet screen or printed out and shown in-store. Please check if your local bookseller can accept the barcode on mobile devices before visiting.

The World Book Day £1/€1.50 book token can be redeemed with participating retailers. Tokens are generally not redeemable with online retailers.

If you have any questions about the £1/€1.50 book tokens, then please read our FAQs or email wbd@education.co.uk If you have any other queries, then please email hi@worldbookday.com


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