Here's how your child can get a free book at Preston North End FC for World Book Day

High street retailer WHSmith has teamed up with Preston North End FC in celebration of World Book Day.
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World Book Day is the registered charity behind the world's biggest celebration of children's books.

Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, World Book Day is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

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Every year, with a host of publishers and booksellers, World Book Day curates a list of bespoke £1 books for children across the UK.

WHSmith will be marking World Book Day this year with a pop-up book stall at Preston North End FC. ( Copyright David Dixon - geograph.org.uk/p/6181831)WHSmith will be marking World Book Day this year with a pop-up book stall at Preston North End FC. ( Copyright David Dixon - geograph.org.uk/p/6181831)
WHSmith will be marking World Book Day this year with a pop-up book stall at Preston North End FC. ( Copyright David Dixon - geograph.org.uk/p/6181831)

To mark the day each year, children are welcomed into bookshops and supermarkets across the nation where they can redeem their £1 World Book Day token to redeem for free a World Book Day title.

Working in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, and supporting the Premier League Primary Stars programme, WHSmith will be marking World Book Day this year with pop-up book stalls.

The stalls will be stationed at professional football club match days across the UK this February and March.

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A spokesperson for WHSmith said: "WHSmith is delighted to once again be supporting and celebrating World Book Day, now in its 23rd year.

"With the mission to give every child and young person a book of their own, World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland."

World Book Day tokens will be handed out on arrival to all children attending the match at Preston North End FC's home fixture on Saturday, March 7.

Children will be able to swap their £1 World Book Day token for one of the 12 exclusive 2020 World Book Day books to take home from the match.

The WHSmith pop-up stall will be located in the stadium for all children to redeem their free books.

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