List of World Book Day books

2001

• The Gruffalo Song by Julia Donaldson
• Cloud Wolf by Paul Stewart with illustrations by Chris Riddell
• Little Wolf's Postbag by Ian Whybrow
• Shop Dead by Kate Cann

  2002

• Room on the Broom Song by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
• Jungle Jingles by Dick King-Smith
• Viking at School by Jeremy Strong
• Stealer of Souls by Diana Wynne Jones
• Where Your Wings Were by David Almond

  2003

• Duck's Day Out by Jez Alborough
• Tough it Out by Jenny Oldfield
• Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse
• Showstopper! by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Secret Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
• An Eye for an Eye by Malorie Blackman

  2004

• by Eoin Colfer
• Cool! by Michael Morpurgo
• Felicity wishes: Fairy fluster by Emma Thomson
• If I was Boss by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt
• Molly Moon's Hypnotic Holiday by Georgia Byng
• The Magnificent Mummies by Tony Bradman with illustrations by Martin Chatterton

  2005

• Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows by Lara Jones
• Night Flight for the Little Red Train by Benedict Blathwayt
• Horrid Henry's Bedtime by Francesca Simon
• The Flying Feeling by Hilary McKay
• Roald Dahl's Incredible Chocolate Box by Roald Dahl
• The Creature in the Case by Garth Nix

  2006

• Here Comes Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
• Hannah The Happily-Ever-After Fairy by Daisy Meadows with illustrations by George Ripper
• How to train your Viking by Cressida Cowell
• The Mum Surprise by Gwyneth Rees
• The Stone Pilot by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
• Koyasan by Darren Shan

  2007

• Astrosaurs: Teeth of the T-Rex by Steve Cole
• Diamond Brothers: I Know What You Did Last Wednesday by Anthony Horowitz
• Horrible Science: The Seriously Squishy Science Book by Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles
• Let the Snog Fest Begin!: Georgia Nicolson's Guide to Life and Luuurve by Louise Rennison
• My Sister's Got a Spoon Up Her Nose by Jeremy Strong with illustrations by Rowan Clifford
• The Code of Romulus in The Roman Mysteries series by Caroline Lawrence
• Sharing a Shell Song Book by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
• The Selfish Crocodile Counting Book by Michael Terry
• The Tiara Club: Princess Megan and the Magical Tiara by Vivian French with illustrations by Sarah Gibb
• Vampirates: Dead Deep by Justin Somper

  2008

• Paddington Bear: Paddington Rules the Waves by Michael Bond
• Princess Poppy: The Fancy Dress Party by Janey Louise Jones
• Magic Kitten: A very Special Friend by Sue Bently
• Adventure According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney
• Where's Wally? by Martin Handford
• Jane Blonde: The Perfect Spylet by Jill Marshall
• Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey
• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
• by Robert Muchamore

  2009

• The Tyrannosaurus Drip songbook by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts
• Flip book containing Winnie to the Rescue! by Laura Owen and Korky Paul and Yuck's Rotten Joke by Matt and Dave
• Flip book containing Mr Gum and the Hound of Lamonic Bibber by Andy Stanton and Beast Quest: Sephir the Storm Monster by Adam Blade
• Flip book containing Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades by Rick Riordan and Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks by Terry Deary with illustrations by Martin Brown
• Flip book containing Interception Point by Mark Walden and The Spook's Tale by Joseph Delaney
• Flip book containing The Secret Story by Cathy Hopkins and Ten Stations by Jenny Valentine

  2010

• Thomas & Friends: Thomas to the Rescue
• Flip book containing The Medusa Project: The Thief by Sophie McKenzie and Walking the Walls by Chris Higgins
• Flip book containing Jamie Johnson: Born to Play by Dan Freedman and Young Samurai: The Way of Fire by Chris Bradford
• Flip book containing Grubtown Tales: The Great Pasta Disaster by Philip Ardagh with illustrations by Jim Paillot and Pongwiffy and the Important Announcement by Kaye Umansky with illustrations by Nick Price
• Flip book containing Magic Ballerina: The Magic Dance by Darcey Bussell and Kitten Chaos by Anna Wilson
• Flip book containing The Charlie Small Journals: Valley of Terrors and Dinosaur Cove: Battle of the Giants by Rex Stone

  2011

• Dr. Seuss on the Loose Dr. Seuss
• Flip book containing Gargoylz Make Some Noise by Burchett & Vogler and S.W.I.T.C.H Bug Battle by Ali Sparkes
• Flip book containing Humphrey's Tiny Tales: My TreasureHunt Trouble by Betty Birney and Winnie-the-Pooh World Book Day Special Edition by A. A. Milne with illustrations by E H Shepard
• Flip book containing The Great Pet Shop Panic by Katie Davies and Spy Dog's Got Talent by Andrew Cope
• Flip book containing Do Bugs Have Bottoms: and other important questions from the Science Museum for World Book Day by Glenn Murphy and Evilution: The Troof – A Jiggy McCue story by Michael Lawrence
• Flip book containing Traction City by Philip Reeve and A Tale of Terror: A World Book Day Story by Chris Priestley
• A bilingual book available only in Ireland for €1.50: Fiacla Mhamó/Danny's Smelly Toothbrush

  2012

Books

• The What the Ladybird Heard Song a songbook by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
• Winnie Flies Again a Winnie the Witch story by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
• Where's Wally? Now by Martin Handford
• Magic Molly: The Clever Little Kitten by Holly Webb
• Roald Dahl's Fantabulous Facts by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake
• The Day of the Dreader a How to Train Your Dragon story by Cressida Cowell
• The End of the World a Skulduggery Pleasant story by Derek Landy
• Big Day Out by Jacqueline Wilson with illustrations by Nick Sharratt

  Short stories

• Callum by Malorie Blackman
• Orange by Neil Gaiman
• The Enemy: Geeks vs Zombies by Charlie Higson
• A Taste of Death by Anthony Horowitz
• Acting Friends by Sophie McKenzie
• My Soul To Lose by Rachel Vincent

  2013

• Giraffes Can't Dance: Colouring and Puzzle Fun by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
• Horrid Henry's Guide to Perfect Parents by Francesca Simon
• Weird World of Wonders: Funny Inventions by Tony Robinson
• Alfie's Shop by Shirley Hughes
• The Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet by Cathy Cassidy
• Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever! by Liz Pichon
• Hang in There Bozo: The Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide for Some Tricky Predicaments by Lauren Child
• The Diamond Brothers in...Two of Diamonds by Anthony Horowitz
• Tony Robinson's Weird World Of Wonders: Funny Inventions

  2014

• Hello, Hugless Douglas! by David Melling
• Little Book Day Parade by Emily Gravett
• Barry Loser: I Am Not Nit a Loser by Jim Smith
• Fun with the Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
• The Midnight Picnic: A Laura Marlin Mystery by Lauren St John
• Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
• Middle School: How I Got Lost in London by James Patterson
• Jack Pepper by Sarah Lean
• Rock War: The Audition by Robert Muchamore
• The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson

  2015

• The Dinosaur That Pooped A Lot! by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter
• Elmer's Parade by David McKee
• A Pirate's Guide to Landlubbing by Jonny Duddle
• Magic Animal Friends: Lucy Longwhiskers Finds a Friend by Daisy Meadows
• Goth Girl and the Pirate Queen by Chris Riddell
• The Diary of Dennis the Menace: World Menace Day by Steven Butler
• Best Mates by Michael Morpurgo MBE, contains the six short stories: It's a Dog's Life, Snug, Didn't We Have a Lovely Time?, Dolphin Boy, This Morning I Met a Whale
• Dork Diaries: How to be a Dork! by Rachel Renée Russell
• Geek Girl: Geek Drama by Holly Smale
• Killing the Dead by Marcus Sedgwick

  2016

Nursery

• Kipper's Visitor by Mick Inkpen
• Supertato: Ha-pea ever after by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet

  KS1

• Daisy and the Trouble With Jack by Kes Gray
• The Great Mouse Plot by Roald Dahl

  KS2

• Welcome to the World of Norm by Jonathan Meres
• Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape by Cavan Scott
• Harper and the Sea of Secrets by Cerrie Burnell
• The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked by David Baddiel

  KS3

• Spot the Difference by James Dawson
• Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell by Rainbow Rowell

  2017

Pre-School

• Peppa Loves World Book Day
• Everyone Loves Underpants by Claire Freedman

  KS1

• Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey by Martin Handford
• The Famous Five: Good Old Tim and Other Stories by Enid Blyton
• Horrid Henry - Funny Fact Files by Francesca Simon
• Princess Mirror-Belle by Julia Donaldson

  KS2

• Butterfly Beach by Jacqueline Wilson
• Blob by David Walliams

  KS3

• Island by David Almond
• Dead of Night by Michael Grant

  2018

• Oi Goat! written by Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field
• My Book About Me By Mr Silly written by Adam Hargreaves
• Paddington Turns Detective and Other Funny Stories written by Michael Bond, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
• Nadiya's Bake Me a Story written by Nadiya Hussain, illustrated by Clair Rossiter
• The Baby Brother From Outer Space! written by Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Thomas Flintham
• Terry's Dumb Dot Story: A Treehouse Tale written by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton
• Brain Freeze written by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Shane Devries
• The Bolds' Great Adventure written by Julian Clary, illustrated by David Roberts
• The Girl Who Thought She Was a Dog written by Clare Balding, illustrated by Tony Ross
• Marvel Avengers The Greatest Heroes

  2019

• The Hundred and One Dalmatians: Cruella and Cadpig written by Peter Bently, illustrated by Steven Lenton
• Ten Little Bookworms written by Mike Brownlow, illustrated by Simon Rickerty
• Hubert Horatio: A Very Fishy Tale written by Lauren Child
• LEGO Minifigure Mayhem written by Helen Murray and Beth Davies
• Bad Mermaids Meet The Witches written by Sibéal Pounder, illustrated by Jason Cockcroft and Laura Ellen Anderson
• Claude: Best In Show written by Alex T Smith
• Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo written by Rick Riordan
• The Great Rocket Robbery written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton
• Diary of Greg Heffley's Best Friend written by Jeff Kinney
• Everdark written by Abi Elphinstone
• Snap written by Patrice Lawrence
• Nought Forever written by Malorie Blackman

  2020

• Bing
• Supertato: Books Are Rubbish! written by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
• Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang written by Laura Ellen Anderson
• Dog Man written by Scholastic
• Evie in the Jungle written by Matt Haig, illustrated by Emily Gravett
• The Day We Met the Queen written by Onjali Q. Rauf
• Kid Normal and the Loudest Library written by Chris Smith and Greg James, illustrated by Erica Salcedo
• The Case of the Drowned Pearl written by Robin Stevens
• Alex Rider Undercover: The Classified Files written by Anthony Horowitz
• My Awesome Guide to Getting Good At Stuff written by Matthew Syed, illustrated by Toby Triumph
• Split written by Muhammad Khan
• The Kissing Booth – Road Trip! written by Beth Reekles