14th February is fast approaching.
Elys Dolan, official illustrator for #BookGivingDay2018 has created a wonderful bookmark and bookplate.
These are FREE to download, print and tuck into the books you gift on #BookGivingDay.
Tag us – @bookgivingday & @elysdolan – on Social Media so we can see what you’re up to!
{Click to download printable version (PDF file) }
{ Click to download printable version (PDF file) }
Ta-da!!! The official Book Giving Day illustrator is none other than…
Elys Dolan, is an author and illustrator based in Cambridge where she studied children’s book illustration. The creator of Mr Bunny’s Chocolate Factory, Nuts In Space and most recently Knighthood for Beginners, and now…
the official International Book Giving Day poster for 2018.
{Click here to download printable version (PDF file)}
Download, print and display this poster… EVERYWHERE, ready to celebrate and participate in #BookGivingDay on 14th February.
Tweet us your pics of the poster in the wild using #BookGivingDay
Coming Soon:
Plans are very much underway for #bookgivingday 2018.
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#bookgivingday was bigger than ever this year – thank you so much for spreading the love of reading on 14th February. A huge welcome to both Pakistan and Gibraltar who’ve participated for the first time this year. We continue to be heartened by your wonderful stories of book giving across the globe. Social media is chock-a-block full of amazing examples, here are just a few…
#bookgivingday reached Gibraltar for the very first time this year thanks to The StoryTeller. They distributed books to places such as Varyl Begg Preschool, John Mackintosh Hall Library, Women’s Refuge, PC Dental Clinic, PC Child Health Clinic, & Jellybabies Nursery.
Sarah Cox, told us of her charity bookshop in Danham Market Norfolk, UK, spreading the book love…
Sinking Springs Elementary in York, Pennsylvania had great fun leaving book surprises around their school…
Another country new to #bookgivingday this year was Pakistan – More than 200 books were distributed in Transworld School Rawalpindi Pakistan. A Story Telling Session was also held in which Ms. Ailya Khan and Mr. Ahmad Shah mesmerized the students with amazing stories. Story Telling Sessions were also held in ROOTS School System DHA Islamabad Pakistan where students donated books for poor students.
Author Zehra Hicks took books along to her local libraries in the UK…
The lovely school librarian, Book Lover Jo, chose four organisations to donate of these book bundles to in the UK…
Nektaria gifted books in Greece… we hear that #bookgivingday has really taken off here!
Giving free new and used books to children and adults at Edmonton,Canada. Thanks to the support from students, parents and teachers of Grandview Heights School…
Have we included your plans? Comment below, or post your pics on social media using #bookgivingday and we’ll find you!
Come with us for a fabulous trip around the globe, and delight in the wonderful #bookgivingday preparations that are taking place.
My Wonder Box in the Maldives are collecting books from their customers, for the Fiyavathi shelter in Hulhumale.
Cielo, is collecting books in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Kate Eccles (Along Came Poppy) in the UK, making great use of Marianne Dubuc‘s bookmarks.
Kim (BookBairn) will be hiding 24 books across their town, UK. Watch our for clues on her Facebook page.
Kasingkasing Press and #HubonManunulat, in cooperation with Book Latté, will lead a book-donation campaign in celebration of International Book Giving Day on 14 February 2017, the Philippines.
Publishers Book Island will be supporting UK reading charity Readathon.
Preparations are underway at The Montague Rotary Library, Canada.
Books On The Bus, New Zealand, are planning a special children’s book drop on #bookgivingday
Have we included your plans? Comment below, or post your pics on social media using #bookgivingday and we’ll find you!
