Tongue Primary School pupils celebrate World Book Day

Pupils at Tongue Primary School enthusiastically celebrated World Book Day yesterday (Thursday) by dressing up as characters from their favourite books.

World Book Day was created by UNESCO in 1995 as a celebration of books and reading, and is now marked in over 100 countries.

The first World Book Day in the UK and Ireland took place in 1997 to encourage young people to discover the pleasure of reading. It is now held every year on the first Thursday in March

Each child in full-time education is provided with a voucher to be spent on books. The tokens are distributed through schools, early years settings, and a range of children’s magazines.

A charity, World Book Day is funded by publishers and booksellers. visit: worldbookday.com

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