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We’ll be coming live from Bradford, 2025 UK City of Culture to primary schools across the UK on World Book Day 2025!

What is World Book Day and when is it?

World Book Day will take place on Thursday 6 March 2025 and is a global celebration of books and reading. Designed in partnership with and featuring special guest authors, the programme is aimed at 7-11 year -olds.

What will happen in the World Book Day Live Lesson?

We'll be collecting book recommendations and celebrating reading for pleasure with fun, curriculum-linked activities in this World Book Day 2025 Live Lesson.

We'll be giving live shout-outs to as many schools as we can. Email us at live.lessons@bbc.co.uk with World Book Day as the heading for a chance of a mention for your school.

The 30 minute Live Lesson will be available to watch live at 11:00 on Thursday, 6 March on this page and on the C����ý channel.

Curriculum links: English/Oracy/Language and Literacy for 7-11 year-olds.

How to get involved:

• This programme is live and will be accompanied by a live website commentary feed for schools on this page. We’ll be updating it with your comments and shout-outs live throughout the broadcast.

• Email your shout-outs to live.lessons@bbc.co.uk with World Book Day as the subject, or get in touch using #����ýLiveLessons.

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