World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on April 23rd, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

The original idea was of the Valencian writer Vicente Clavel Andrés as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes, first on 7 October, his birth date, then on 23 April, his death date. In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors. (In a historical coincidence, Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same date — 23 April 1616 — but not on the same day, as at the time, Spain used the Gregorian calendar and England used the Julian calendar; Shakespeare actually died 10 days after Cervantes died, on 3 May of the Gregorian calendar.)

Freestyle celebration for this by partners

Lozova Secondary School № 12

Activities:

1. Presenting the history and traditions of celebrating

   World Book Day-2019.

2. Easter Fair (charity activity).

3. Workshop for making bookmarks.

Osnovna šola Litija, Slovenia

Reading marathon

Primary school Zlatar Bistrica

Pupils were participating in reading and sports activities...Read and move!

J.Raina Daugavpils 6.vidusskola, Latvia

World Book Day we celebrated in City's library Pārdaugavas bibliotēka. 

Our school's librarian together with one of the City's library libraria made a common activity for our school's 3 and 4 Form students. They competete in fast reading, story telling and doing the quiz. 

Petroupoli

Literature class

Reading Shakespeare aloud (one play-book for each students, free choice of the abstract to be read)

Working in ICT Class on Shakespeare

Our work in a summary

Reading some lines from "Romeo and Juliet":

Częstochowa, Poland (Renata)

On May 14, 2019. (Tuesday) on the occasion of the World Book and Copyright Day and the Week of Libraries, the X PARADE OF LITERARY CHARACTERS was held