The Best World Book Day Kids Activities and Ideas 2026

Looking for World Book Day Kids Activities this March? We have spoken to some amazing kids activity providers and small businesses to tell us about their Best World Book Day Kids Activities. 

World Book Day – Mitchy Titch- Around the World

Mitchy Titch award winning baby and children’s yoga classes take families on an adventure through yoga poses and flows, stories and games – so what does this have to do with World Book Day I hear you ask?

Well… proud owner of Mitchy Titch, Avril O’Brien has taken her passion for yoga and created an exciting bestselling children’s book- ‘Mitchy Titch- All Around the World’, featuring beautiful illustrations by Helen Robinson MA.

The story takes you on an adventure as Mitchy and his friends head off on a trip ‘All Around the World’ having lots of fun practicing yoga poses to help build confidence and inner strength.

As you take each step on the Mitchy Titchy journey you have catchy rhyming phrases keeping little ones engaged alongside beautifully illustrated yoga poses for the whole family to try.

Avril said:

“I have loved yoga all my life and it has helped me through many a stressful day. I love my job with a passion and the best part of all, I get to spend my days with beautiful babies and children. So, I created Mitchy Titch- All Around the World to share my love of yoga with all my little yogis”.

Yoga can be an excellent form of relaxation for children, guiding them through controlled breathing, clearing your mind and focusing on your body. Combining this with a story can help children stay engaged and have lots of fun too.

Mitchy Titch Around the World is one World Book Day activity you will want to keep coming back to, again and again.

Order you copy of Mitchy Titch Around the World here: Mitchy Titch – All Around the World Book

Watch a reading from Avril here: (1) Mitchys Yoga Story – All Around The World – YouTube

Would you like to learn more about Mitchy Titch Yoga?

Mitchy Titch offer award winning yoga sessions for baby, toddler and school aged children providing them with a toolkit to help build calmness and resilience, strength & self-confidence. Many exercises are enjoyed together, some with the use of props such as scarves, hoops, gym ball, puppets etc. All using rhyme, songs, and music. Learn more at our website.

Bring Book Characters to Life with Pretend to Bee

Little imaginations are ready to take centre stage this World Book Day. With Pretend to Bee, dressing up as a favourite book character is more than just fun — it is a powerful way to support your child’s development. When children step into costume, they don’t just look the part; they begin to explore stories through play, helping bring stories to life in a way that truly sticks.

Our unisex costumes are made for messes, adventure, and years of play. They are machine washable, super durable and designed to help create magical, real-life childhood moments for curious little minds. Each outfit is hand-crafted from premium, comfortable fabric with simple. Child-friendly fastenings, so it slips easily over everyday clothes and is ready for fun
in no time.

This World Book Day, turn reading into an experience they will never forget with Pretend to Bee.

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World Book Day Kids Activities with Reading Eggs

Need some fun ideas for World Book Day this year? We’ve got you covered! Why not start out by asking your child to pick one of their favourite stories, and after you’ve finished reading it together try:

1. Re-enacting the story

Children love dramatic play, and when your child acts out or retells the stories you’ve read together, they’re demonstrating and enhancing their comprehension skills – an essential part of learning to read. Ask your child to act out a story in the right order and take on different roles. This will help them gain an understanding of narrative structure, and consider how different characters have different personalities and motivations.

2. Asking your child to draw what they’ve read

After reading a book, ask your child to draw a picture to depict the story and its main characters. Practice doing this with books which include little or no illustrations. This is a fun and creative way for them to think about what they’ve just read and & retell a story in their own way.

For more World Book Day activities you can do at home including hundreds of exciting reading games, over 2500 e-books to choose from for every reading ability and self-paced one-on one lessons that help teach your child how to read, try a 30-Day FREE Trial of Reading Eggs.

About Reading Eggs

Proven to help your child learn to read in just 15 minutes a day, the online award-winning learn-to-read program is designed by experienced educators to build your child’s essential reading skills. For ages 2–13, Reading Eggs has been enjoyed by over 20 million children around the world. Plus, they can explore 4000+ eBooks in the Reading Eggs online library! Kids love the fun characters and catchy songs and you’ll love seeing their confidence grow as they learn key reading skills.

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World Book Day Kids Activities with Mysteries in Time

Why Mysteries in Time is Perfect for World Book Day

World Book Day is about sparking a love of reading — and that’s exactly what Mysteries in Time does best. By blending a non-fiction history magazine with an illustrated adventure story, Mysteries in Time draws children in through storytelling while quietly building knowledge and confidence. Kids become absorbed in the adventure and before they know it, they’re reading, learning and asking for more!

Parents love Mysteries in Time because it:

• Turns reluctant readers into confident ones
• Makes reading genuinely fun
• Brings history vividly to life

• Screen-free fun

What is Mysteries in Time?

The award-winning Mysteries in Time brings history to life through stories for children aged 6–11.

Every time-travelling activity pack arrives through the post, packed with puzzles, activities, recipes, fun facts & more!

Children follow our characters as they travel through history solving mysteries, uncovering fascinating facts and exploring the past in a way that feels exciting, creative and fun!

Choose to subscribe monthly or buy from the shop.

www.mysteriesintime.com

World Book Day Kids Activities with Just Love Reading

While lots of schools around the UK will be holding their own World Book Day celebrations, families can still celebrate books and reading for pleasure in many ways from home! Dressing up can be lots of fun, but why not make it all about the books and reading with one of these activities that all the family can enjoy!

1. Share your favourite nursery rhymes with babies and toddlers. Your local library may host “Rhyme Time” sessions or you could arrange a play date with other parents / carers to create your own.
2. Young children can play bookshops or make their own library at home for their toys and teddies to visit. What books will they recommend for them to read for their bedtime story?
3. Create a Scavenger Hunt for the house and/or garden. Children can read the clues to find different books or even something specific within a book.
4. Baking! A great activity for children to use their literacy skills – especially for reluctant readers. The added bonus is that you all get to enjoy some yummy treats afterwards!
5. Do some puzzles! Whether its crosswords, wordsearches or even just following instructions for a game all types of reading count.
6. Host a family quiz! Children can find facts in their favourite books to create the quiz questions and read them out to friends and family members.
7. Read to a friend or relative that lives alone. Enjoying a story together and connecting with other people is so good for our mental health and wellbeing.
8. Create a reading den or find an unusual place to read. Grab your favourite book and find somewhere new to enjoy it – bliss!
9. Read a new book and write a review to share with friends. You never know, you could introduce them to their next favourite read!
10. Share a bedtime story – this will always be the very best way to end every day!

About Just Love Reading

After a twenty-year career in Banking, I wanted to do something where I could make a difference with the flexibility to still be at home for my family.  Running my own Usborne bookselling business enables me to do just that – by introducing families to engaging and award-winning books that will inspire a love of reading and build literacy skills for life.

My son showed a great interest in books from a young age and has now become a confident reader himself – I’m delighted to say that I’ve been able to support him every step of the way in his reading journey with my bookshop!

I love being able to make a difference in my community by helping families find the right books for their children, as well as running my book club and getting free books into my local nursery, preschools and schools.  By sharing the opportunity with others I’ve been able to support them in starting their own businesses and I’m proud of the difference we can make in reaching even more families together.

If you would like to find out more about how I can help you, why not follow me on Facebook or Instagram or visit my website:

Website: justlovereading.co.uk

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Bring books to life with HUE Animation Studio Pro

Looking for a new creative activity to inspire the little ones this World Book Day? Then why not challenge your children or students to create a stop motion animated movie of their
favourite story, poem or play?

HUE Animation Studio Pro (for Windows and macOS) contains everything that a budding animator needs to create time-lapse videos and stop motion movies like Shaun the Sheep and Coraline.

Recommended for children aged 7+, the kit includes a HUE HD Pro camera (currently only available in black), fully-featured animation software and the HUE Book of Animation which features step-by-step instructions for creating 20 hilarious stop motion videos and ideas for even more.

Children love the thrill of making stop motion movies and they can be totally absorbed for hours! It’s the perfect gender-neutral activity for creative play and a highly popular medium for digital storytelling projects in schools.
To help you bring reading to life this World Book Day, we have collated some of our favourite free resources for making animated movie masterpieces!

Free animation resources for World Book Day:

• Discover everything you need to know about how to create your first stop motion movie.
• Learn how to plan and manage an digital storytelling project with HUE’s free informative guide.
• Plan out your movie step-by-step with HUE’s free downloadable storyboard template.
• Download free stop motion backdrops from HUE’s Teachers Pay Teachers store.
• Supercharge your creative juices with HUE’s inspirational Arts & Digital Storytelling with HUE Animation YouTube playlist.

Visit huehd.com to learn more about HUE’s range of colourful, affordable products for creative learning, work and play.

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World Book Day – Free Trial of Dekko Home Video Courses

World Book Day is all about sharing the joy and love of reading. Since its foundation in 2016, Dekko Comics has dedicated itself to supporting a wide variety of learners and readers – especially those who are neurodiverse (dyslexia, ADHD, autism) – through engaging and accessible educational materials for ages 7+.

Dekko Comics transforms information and the KS2 school curriculum into comics, pictures, puzzles and other formats through the Dekko Technique – a method of turning wordy information into entertainment. Our comics feature colour coding, footnotes and dyslexia-friendly fonts that can help learners to overcome motivational barriers in education and beyond.

Whether learners are struggling with traditional text-based formats, learning something new or revising for an exam: Dekko Comics can help. We aim to make learning fun and accessible.

This World Book Day, Dekko Comics is offering Club Hub UK readers 20% OFF*  in our online shop. To take advantage of this World Book Day offer, visit the Dekko Comics shop at www.dekkocomics.com and enter CLUBHUBWBD at checkout.

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*Offer expires at midnight on 15 March 2026. Excludes Dekko comic collaborations and subscription services. 

World Book Day with Lingotot

World Book Day is one of the biggest celebration events in the educational calendar. Why not share some stories with your children in a foreign language? It is WORLD Book Day afterall! We can make it easier than you might think!

In our community classes, as always our youngest Lingotots will be enjoying story telling in a new language…some are even coming to class in costume, including children at Harriet’s classes in West Hove.

We’re also doing an awful lot in schools and nuseries up and down the country. Annfield Plain Junior School are having a French day all about The Hungry Caterpillar and we’re REALLY looking forward to meeting all of the children! We would love to come into school to lead a free MFL assembly in your school. Just get in touch to find out more!

Those of you who don’t attend our weekly classes don’t have to miss out…you can watch a range of storytelling videos on our YouTube World Book Day Playlist and you can download our FREE colouring sheets here.

Lingotot wishes you a wonderful day full of lots of multilingual reading fun!

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