World Book Day is upon us!
It can be that awful time of scurrying around the house looking for something half meaningful to make look like a costume or putting your hand in your pocket and buying an outfit from the shop.
World Book Day
Schools do things differently.
Most allow your kids to dress up as they want, which gives you that awkward discussion with your kid over what you can get them vs what they really want to dress up as!
Then, there are the other schools, like ours, who say the kids need to dress up as a character from a book they’ve been studying.
Sometimes this makes it easier as there are only a few dress-up ideas you need to think about, but on the other hand, it can make it harder as some characters can be challenging to make up!
Here’s our little White Bear King, from The Princess and the White Bear King (great read by the way, if you haven’t yet).
Free books
After coming up with cheap World Book Day costume ideas and (usually) making something out of nothing, at the end of the school day, it’s not actually over.
You’re now able to get free books.
Your child ** should ** come home from school with a book token to get a free book.
(** While you may not see it in your child’s school bag straight away, have a rummage at the very bottom for a small screwed up bit of paper…anyone else’s kid?!)
Alternatively, you can use the token to get £1 off any other full-priced book.
Once you’ve located the free book voucher, just take it to your local book shop (there is a list of local participating sellers here).
There are 12 different books up for grabs:
The Hundred and One Dalmatians: Cruella and Cadpig
Hubert Horatio: A Very Fishy Tale
Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
Diary of Greg Heffley’s Best Friend
Prefer a free audiobook? That’s ok too. The audiobook just needs to cost less than £2.99.
You’re also able to use your free book token for braille, large print & audio. These are available via Guide Dogs and RNIB. For braille and audio call 0303 123 9999 and for large print call 0118 9838275.
Just be aware that the World Book Day tokens do expire and need to be used before Sunday 31 March 2019.
If you/your child want to listen to a range of free full-length audiobooks, there are loads here. They are available until 31 March 2019.
Naomi knows the burden of living on very little and became debt free by learning from past mistakes and following her own money saving tips and tricks. She is studying a Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems and is a Youth Mental Health First Aid Champion.
