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The United Kingdom's own version of World Book Day began in 1998, launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Globe Theatre in London. [citation needed] Several million schoolchildren in the UK were given a special £1 World Book Day Book Token which could be redeemed against any book in any UK bookshop. A specially created WBD anthology ...
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions. [10] The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event organized by independent charity The Reading Agency. [11]
This is a list of books released for World Book Day in the UK and Ireland. In 1998 and 1999 a specially created WBD anthology priced at £1 (€1.50 in Ireland) was published. In 2000, instead of a single £1 special anthology, four separate £1 books were published, covering a wider age-range.
[9] [10] In 2023 Stowell's book for under-7 year olds, ABC Pride, co-written with Dr Elly Barnes and illustrated by Amy Phelps, won the SLA Information Book Award. [11] In 2024 Stowell contributed a book of short stories to World Book Day. [12] [13] Stowell is married, and lives with her wife in London. [14]
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In fact, nearly three quarters of Americans drink coffee every day and an astounding 2.25 BILLION cups are consumed each day. So we aren't exaggerating when we say that Americans love their coffee.
Sculpture for the Conakry World Book Capital. Theme: Make Dreams Come True. The capital of Guinea, Conakry, is the first city in francophone Africa to be nominated with the World Book Capital title. Until 2017, only three African cities were appointed with the title: Alexandria in 2002, Port Harcourt in 2014 and Conakry in 2017. [16]
No other league has rated as highly as the 2024-25 SEC on Dec.16 of a given year, not even the 2010-11 Big East that sent a record 11 teams to the NCAA tournament or the 2017-18 Big 12 that very ...