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Book Week 2024 — Reading Is Magic
Get ready for Children's Book Week 2024 with printable worksheets, activities, crafts and more ideas to celebrate the joy of books with your students! This teacher-created resource collection has hundreds of fresh ideas designed to be used in the primary classroom to encourage students to get hooked on a book.

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Book Week 2024 — Reading Is Magic
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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game
Get your students writing magical stories during Book Week 2024 with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.
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Reading Is Magic! Word Search
Download this differentiated Book Week word search based on the 2024 theme, “Reading Is Magic”.
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Book Review Template
Encourage your students to share their thoughts on a story with this simple book review worksheet.
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Reading-Inspired Bookmarks
Foster a love of reading in your students with this set of 4 reading-inspired bookmarks.
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My Book Week Character – Template
A template to use to display a photograph of students' costumes for Book Week.
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Book Review Bunting - Template
Share your students' favourite books during Book Week with a printable book review template in the shape of bunting.
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Generic Reading Response Templates
Get kids talking about the books they have read with these printable book review templates.
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Magical Story Starters Task Cards
Get your students writing magical stories with this set of story starter task cards.
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Reading World Scavenger Hunt
Get your students reading with this set of 20 reading tasks for your class to complete as part of a reading challenge.
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Book Report Mini Book
Have students write about their favourite literature with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Reading Is Magic! Bookmarks
Celebrate Book Week 2024 with a set of four bookmarks inspired by the theme, “Reading Is Magic”.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Upper Primary
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Build a Magical Story Interactive Activity
Use this “Build a Magical Story” narrative writing interactive activity to model the purpose, structural elements and language features of narrative texts.
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Magic-Themed Book Review Template
Create a display of student book reviews during Book Week 2024 with this magic-themed book review template for lower years students.
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Inspiring Author Flipbook
Research and celebrate an inspiring author with this hands-on flipbook.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Template
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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Book Review Chatterbox Template
Help your students review a book using this hands-on chatterbox.
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Book Hunt Image and Task Cards
Use this gorgeous illustration with task cards to match to explore different story books.
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Reading Is Magic! Crown Templates
Celebrate the 2024 Book Week theme, “Reading Is Magic”, with a set of crown templates that students can make and wear!
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Reading Challenge: 10-100 Book Challenge Reading Logs
Start the 100-Book Challenge with a fun reading log!
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Book Tasting Placemat and Brochure Templates
Expose your students to new books, authors and genres with this student-centred book tasting activity.
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Fun With Nonfiction Task Cards
Solidify your nonfiction reading response lessons with this set of 12 comprehension task cards.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Primary
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Reading Is Magic! Book Review Brochure Template
Download this book review brochure template based on the 2024 Book Week theme, “Reading Is Magic”.
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