4 March 2021 is World Book Day and we have £1 book tokens to give away. Families can pick up their tokens (one for each child) and/or a children’s book bundle of library books to borrow from Central Library. To do this you need to make a click and collect appointment by ringing 024 7683 2314 or by going to www.coventry.gov.uk/libraries
£1 books are currently available from supermarkets and some local booksellers e.g. WHSmith.
World Book Day £1 books are a gift from booksellers, who fully fund the cost of the £1 book token redemptions. Bookshops are offering new ways to make the £1 books available, and bookshops will welcome families when they open again (the tokens will be honoured beyond 28 March – while stocks last)
Once libraries begin to open again, we will make the tokens available in local libraries.
There are some fantastic £1 books by a range of brilliant authors on offer during World Book Day this year.
Find out more about World Book Day.
You can try some other great books by these authors for free on e-books.
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The Julia Donaldson Collection on e-audio - for younger children | A special collection of three delightful stories from this well-loved author; Follow the Swallow, The Wrong Kind of Bark and The Quick Brown Fox Club | To find out more about Julia and her books go to www.juliadonaldson.co.uk |
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Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari on e-audio for children 8+ | As her beloved Nana Josie's health declines, Mira begins to discover the secrets of those around her, and also starts to keep some of her own. She is drawn to mysterious Jide, a boy who is clearly hiding a troubled past and has grown hardened layers - like those of an artichoke - around his heart. As Mira is experiencing grief for the first time, she is also discovering the wondrous and often mystical world around her. | You can find out lots more about Sita on her website www.sitabrahmachari.com/ |
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The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell on e-book for children 10+ | Vita set her jaw and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight. Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan. |
To hear Katherine read from her book go to https://youtu.be/cafJndkRBXc |
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Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy on e-book for teens | Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. | Hear Derek Landy talk about his famous Skulduggery Pleasant series. |
