Tag Archives: World Book Day

The dress up and costumes specialist, Smiffys has struck upon a magical new partnership with Magic Light Pictures to develop a range of dress up costumes based on the popular book series from Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler, spanning The Gruffalo, The Highway Rat, Stick Man, Zog, and Room on …

Acamar Films’ award-winning pre-school property Bing and its global publishing partner, HarperCollins Children’s Books, are celebrating a strong start to the year, thanks to the success of this year’s World Book Day. The popular published title, Bing’s Splashy Story has now reached number three in the overall children’s book charts …

The high street toy retailer, The Entertainer is encouraging kids and families to read together this World Book Day with the launch of its Big Book Rehoming initiative, its charity drive that will aim to support the one in 11 children from disadvantaged homes in the UK who don’t own …

With World Book Day upon us, and London Book Fair only around the corner, it stands to reason that March is a month in which to celebrate the written word and the lengths to which it has shaped and influenced the entertainment space of modern day. It’s common at this …

Beano has partnered with World Book Day this March 5 to support its Share A Million Stories campaign for a special edition, one-off comic strip titled A Million Stories in One. The special strip sees Dennis reading and mashing up classic children’s tales to entertain Bea and Gnasher all in …

London Book Fair's Jacks Thomas praises the book industry's increasing diversity of characters and themes as "a joy", so can it inform a step change in the toys that children play with, too?

In partnership with Sterling Publishing, Funko will be showcasing the books at both the London Book Fair and Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

As World Book Day lands at schools across the UK, the market research company has detailed the latest changes to children's reading habits.

Introducing a modern twist on traditional reading, Moonlite creates an immersive storytelling event that looks to fuel a child's imagination as it brings characters to life before them.

World Book Day will take place on Thursday, March 7th and will find the child-genius at the heart of the celebrations, with her appearance on this year's token just the beginning of a new partnership between World Book Day and The Roald Dahl Story Company.