World Book Day Design a Book Cover

World Book Day Design a Book Cover template

World Book Day Design a Book Cover is a simple classroom activity that encourages pupils to think about books as both readers and authors. Pupils design a new front cover for a favourite story, or create an original cover for their own book idea.

This is a lovely World Book Day task for KS1 and KS2, combining creativity with reading and writing discussion.

How teachers use this resource

• As a quick World Book Day worksheet activity during the day
• For a classroom display of pupils’ favourite books
• As a follow-up writing task about characters, setting and plot

You can also pair this with our other World Book Day templates and resources for a full day of book-based activities.