World Book Day📚

Category: Education
World Book Day around the world in 2024
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About World Book Day

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Dates of World Book Day
2025 Various Mar 3
IrelandMon, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United KingdomMon, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United NationsMon, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
2024 Various Mar 3
IrelandSun, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United KingdomSun, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United NationsSun, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
2023 Various Mar 2
IrelandThu, Mar 2Not A Public Holiday
United KingdomThu, Mar 2Not A Public Holiday
United NationsThu, Mar 2Not A Public Holiday
2022 Various Mar 3
IrelandThu, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United KingdomThu, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
United NationsThu, Mar 3Not A Public Holiday
2021 Various Mar 4
IrelandThu, Mar 4Not A Public Holiday
United KingdomThu, Mar 4Not A Public Holiday
United NationsThu, Mar 4Not A Public Holiday
Summary
World Book Day is a global celebration of books and reading that is observed in more than 100 countries.
Where is World Book Day observed in 2024?

According to the official website of World Book Day, the event aims to transform lives through a love of books and shared reading. Its mission is to encourage reading for pleasure and provide every child and young person with the opportunity to own a book.

This Day is to encourage young readers all over the world to discover the joy of reading, getting to love the characters, stores, facts and gaining knowledge from Books.

World Book Day is a charity event held annually in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the first Thursday in March. On World Book Day, every child in full-time education in the UK is given a voucher to be spent on books; the event was first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1995.

Wikipedia

  • Did you know? The distinctive smell of old books is caused by the breaking down of lignin, a complex chemical present in paper and closely related to vanillin.

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