World Book Day 2026

Four children's books by author Sarah Ann Juckes are displayed on a counter, with a large collage of classic book covers decorating the wall behind them.

Academy staff wore fancy dress as Leigh Academy Wilmington celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 5th March.

Here are some of the pictures from the day.

A large group of adults wearing diverse, colorful costumes poses together on a staircase inside a building.
A group of students sitting around a table in a library, proudly holding up pencil drawings of animals they have created.
A speaker holds a copy of the book The Night Animals while presenting a slide about the story to a group of students in a classroom.
A speaker stands at the front of a classroom reading aloud from a book, with a projector screen behind them showing the text "Alice's Point of view".
A speaker presents a slide titled "A little about me," featuring author Sarah Ann Juckes and a list of her books, to a classroom of students.