World Book Day 2016

Selection of WBD books from 2016

Every year, around the first week of March or so, always during term time, World Book Day, is celebrated, an event at which children of school age all receive a coupon worth £1 which can be exchanged at a participating book shop or supermarket for one of the special world book day edition books (these books can often also be purchased for £1 each, should the child or parent wish to buy more) The proceeds from the books helps to fund child literacy programs ran by the charity behind world book day. The adult version of the event, world book night, is held every April 26th, at which volunteers give out books for free. Sadly, this year there were not enough books to go around, and so I'll be hosting my own give-away nearer the time.

This year, world book day landed on 3rd March. The list of titles was quite long, but as I am no longer the target audience, I selected the three titles that appealed the most to me, as a childhood reader of Roald Dahl, and an adult reader of Rainbow Rowell's books. I'm unfamiliar with Juno Dawson's work, so a shorter book seemed the ideal way to sample their work.

Title: The Great Mouse Plot [WBD edition]
Author: Roald Dahl , Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Date Started: 06/03/16
Date Finished: 06/03/16
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Thoughts and Quotes:  
"When I was seven, my mother decided I should leave kindergarten and go to a proper boys' school." With this, so begins the great mouse plot, and the tale of the prank involving a dead mouse (the mouse was found dead) and four other boys that Roald Dahl had made friends with during his two years at Llandaff Cathedral School.
The Great Mouse Plot tells of a practical joke played by an 8 year old Roald Dahl on a shopkeeper with very dirty hands indeed. I won't say more because of spoilers, but I'd recommend it to any mischievous children (or adults!)
Great short story taken from the childhood memories of Roald Dahl himself, with a chapter sampler and activity page at the back, featuring the BFG in this World Book Day 2016 edition (£1 rrp)