Nosy Crow authors and illustrators were out in full force to celebrate World Book Day yesterday – despite the weather!
The theme of this year’s World Book Day has been #ShareAStory – encouraging everyone to read with a child for 10 minutes a day. There are lots of resources available on the World Book Day website for everyone who’d like to take part – for parents, schools, bookshops and more.
On Wednesday, Pamela Butchart – author of The Baby Brother From Outer Space, one of this year’s World Book Day £1 books – met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to discuss #ShareAStory – and here are some of the pictures!
And after battling the snow and making her way to London, yesterday Pamela made her way to Downing Street to celebrate World Book Day with fellow author Tom Fletcher (and Education Secretary Damian Hinds) – here’s a video showing some of what they got up to:
Today children’s authors @TomFletcher and @Pamela_Butchart came into Downing Street to celebrate #WorldBookDay by reading to children from Millbank Academy pic.twitter.com/jXljnKCVLL
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) March 1, 2018
“On #WorldBookDay we celebrate the joys of reading. As a child, my favourites included Swallows and Amazons as well as the adventures of Biggles. A good book will live with you forever and today, I want to encourage children everywhere to discover the books they’ll love.” – PM pic.twitter.com/3KZB2q8iU3
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) March 1, 2018
And we’ve also LOVED receiving your photos of World Book Day costumes featuring Nosy Crow characters.
Here’s a fantastic Lionel the Lion:
All ready for world book day! Spending the day at Southcott Lower school doing workshops with all years. Lionel and his props are coming with me! @NosyCrowBooks #lionelandthelionsshare #nosycrowbooks #schoolvisits #kidlitart #ChildrensBooks #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2018 pic.twitter.com/kJ4WevNgcP
— Lisa Sheehan (@Lisa_R_sheehan) March 1, 2018
Here’s an absolutely spot-on Princess Daisy:
This Princess Daisy costume has just melted my heart – THE DETAIL?!?! Just amazing, thank you Suzanne Gabb! @NosyCrow @NosyCrowBooks @sallyanne_s pic.twitter.com/knywDDUelG
— Steven Lenton (@StevenLenton) March 1, 2018
And here’s a whole class of Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sams!
❄️This ENTIRE CLASS of Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam characters is a pawfully heartwarming sight! @twickenhamprep @TraceyCorderoy you wonders! I LOVE Duchess the Poodle and Red Rocket ❄️ #worldbookday @NosyCrowBooks @NosyCrow pic.twitter.com/WrwkaZur6o
— Steven Lenton (@StevenLenton) March 1, 2018
We’d love to see your World Book Day pictures – tweet them to @NosyCrowBooks, or send an email to [email protected], and we’ll send some prizes to our favourites!
