World Book Day will be held on 5 March 2026.
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Keep an eye on this space as we update it with announcements on our 2026 events, activities, and partnerships that will ensure that more children than ever have the opportunity to discover the fun of reading. This is more vital than ever as this World Book Day, half a million children in England don’t own a single book. Our Impact Report for 2024 reveals the effect World Book Day can have on the lives of children across the UK. Our Strategy 2023 – 2027 sets out how we intend to encourage even more children, from all backgrounds, to develop a life-long habit of reading for fun, and benefit from the improved life chances this brings them.
Read more in our press release.
The £1/€1.50 book selection
We’re delighted to share with you the line-up of £1/€1.50 books for 2026 that children can choose for free with their £1/€1.50 book token! With books for beginning, early, fluent and independent readers, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Alongside the 12 titles available across the UK, we also have three exclusive books for Ireland and a World Book Day Welsh title. The books will be available from booksellers from 12 February 2026.
The £1/€1.50 books will also available in braille, large print & audio via Guide Dogs, Vision Ireland, RNIB and Calibre Audio.
The token redemption period is from 12 February – 15 March 2026.
Resources for celebrating World Book Day
Our resources will be launched on 8 December 2025 – check back for more soon.
Work With us
We welcome the opportunity to work with partners who share our commitment to champion reading for fun.
We work with those who can help us do more to achieve our mission to promote reading for fun and offer every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. We select our commercial partners carefully and work with them in a range of ways, from one-off fundraising events to longer term partnerships. Find out more here – Work With Us. – or email us at partnerships@worldbookday.com