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World Book Day 2014

publication date: Mar 6, 2014

Unesco designated Thursday 6 March as World Book Day in 2014. It's a day to celebrate writers, illustrators, books and reading when each child in full-time education will receive a £1 book token to exchange for one of the ten books listed below or as part payment for a more expensive book.

World Book Day 2014 booksThe 2014 £1 books are:

Age two plus:

  • Hello, Hugless Douglas! by David Melling (Hodder)
  • Little Book Day Parade by Emily Gravett (Macmillan)

Age five to seven:

  • Barry Loser: I Am Not Nit a Loser by Jim Smith (Egmont)
  • Fun with the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy (Puffin)

Age seven to nine:

  • A Laura Marlin Mystery: The Midnight Picnic by Lauren St John (Orion)
  • Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches by Terry Deary (Scholastic)

Age nine-plus:

  • Middle School: How I Got Lost in London by James Patterson (Young Arrow)
  • Jack Petter by Sarah Lean (HarperCollins)

Young Adult:

  • Rock War: The Audition by Robert Muchamore (Hodder)
  • The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson (Hot Key Books)

World Book Day Book Tokens are valid until 30 March, 2014