World Book Day - Live Lesson

Watch our World Book Day 2026 – Live Lesson on this page.

Share a story and help save the fate of World Book Day!

Children of the UK - we need your help! The Anti-Word League has launched a super-evil plan to steal all of the words from our books, and only your combined efforts can help us save books everywhere.

This Live Lesson, hosted by CBBC's Ben Shires, ties in with the curriculum for English and literacy at KS2/2nd Level.

The programme challenges students to share stories and complete fun reading and writing activities to help Ben to save World Book Day.

It features famous World Book Day authors and illustrators Malorie Blackman, Rob Biddulph and Cressida Cowell.

This programme was first streamed live to schools in March 2019. Please note that we are no longer reviewing emails and messages from schools for inclusion in the lesson.

How to use this resource

Check out our lesson guide for teachers and print out the student activity sheets below.

• Download our teacher guide

• Download our activity booklet - to be printed double-sided

• Download our single-sided activity booklet

Supporting resources from Twinkl

This Live Lesson is supported by free teaching resources from Twinkl. Download today using the links below:

• Upper Key Stage 2 resources

• Lower Key Stage 2 resources

Visit the Twinkl Blog to see headteacher Simon Smith’s suggestions about how this Live Lesson can support your students’ learning.

Find more fun World Book Day resources from Twinkl here.

External links:

• World Book Day - Celebrate stories, love reading.