For World Book Day 2021, National Book Tokens and World Book Day challenged young bookworms across the UK and Ireland to make their mark on their very own National Book Tokens gift card.
The National Book Tokens panel judged thousands of imaginative designs and whittled down the entries to the final six.
The winner and runner-up in each of the three age categories has won up to £450/€505 of National Book Tokens for themselves and their school – just think of all those beautiful new books. At National Book Tokens, we know that books aren't just important for academic achievement. Reading for pleasure also improves children's wellbeing – something our children need now more than ever before.
Overall Winner
Designed by Maia, age 15, Thetford Grammar School, Thetford
Maia's design will be made into a real National Book Tokens gift card, available in bookshops in time for Christmas. The judges love Maia's creative digital art, which captures some of the fantastical adventures that stories can take us on. The design is also emblazoned with a term all booklovers can all relate to: 'abibliophobia (uh-bib-li-uh-fo-bee-yuh). The fear of running out of things to read'. Congratulations, Maia!
Winners in each age category
Up to 8 Years
Winner: Preksha, age 8, Presentation Junior School, Mullingar, Ireland
Runner-up: Reagan, age 8, Invicta Primary School, London
9-12 Years
Winner: Juthika, age 12, Presentation Primary National School, Drogheda, Ireland
Runner-up: Aasiyah, age 12, Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya School, Bolton
13-16 Years
Winner: Maia, age 15, Thetford Grammar School, Thetford
Runner-up: Zahra, age 15, Camden School for Girls, London
Congratulations, everyone!
View previous winners: 2020, 2019, 2018
WINNER
in each age range wins:
£250/€285 National Book Tokens for the school
£100/€110 National Book Tokens for the child
£100/€110 National Book Tokens for the teacher*
RUNNER-UP
in each age range wins:
£150/€170 National Book Tokens for the school
£50 /€60 National Book Tokens for the child
£50 /€60 National Book Tokens for the teacher*
*If the entry was submitted by a teacher.
About National Book Tokens
National Book Tokens have been inspiring booklovers since 1932. We work with our charity partners at World Book Day, Book Aid International and Read for Good – and through the thousands of people who give National Book Tokens as gifts and rewards each year – to encourage a lifelong love of reading among children everywhere.
Accepted in hundreds of local bookshops across the UK and Ireland, and online, National Book Tokens are the perfect way to reward and inspire.