Mad about books Encourage children to read with a little help from Asda and World Book Day
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Reading is one of life’s great pleasures. Do you remember the excitement you felt when you first read a fantastic story? Or the look of pure enjoyment on your child’s face when reading their favourite book? World Book Day on 7 March is celebrated in more than 100 countries and aims to get children of all ages reading and discovering new stories and authors. One of the best ways to encourage kids to read is to make it part of family life – why not spend five minutes reading together before bed or on a weekend afternoon? At Asda you’ll find loads of books in store. Little ones will enjoy snuggling up and sharing short bedtime reads – we love
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My Treasury of Farmyard Tales, Bedtime Stories and Stories for Boys, £3 each. Older kids will be enchanted by traditional tales – try a collection of stories, such as My Treasury of Fairytales, £3, or see in store and online at ASDA.com/direct for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of books. And those little princesses will simply adore
Princess Stories, the classic Sleeping Beauty and The Disney Princess Storybook Collection, all £3 each. Thanks to World Book Day, all schools are giving out £1 book tokens to schoolchildren, which they can put towards a book in participating stores. See worldbookday.com for more details.