I had the absolute pleasure this morning to be the mystery reader at my little boys school! I had to take one of his favourites which has to be Steve Smallman Poo in the Zoo, it certainly got lots of smiles and giggles! #readingforpleasure 📚 🤩

We love that this year @worldbookdayuk is championing children’s reading choices, encouraging everyone to Read Your Way! We couldn't agree more with them that every reader is different, and there’s no right or wrong way to enjoy reading 🙌 #WorldBookDay

One of the best days of the year!! 🙌 I dropped a mini Paddington Bear and a Policeman off this morning who was very excited about the day ahead! Thank you World Book Day UK 📚 for encouraging this love and enthusiasm for reading in so many 📚 #WorldBookDay

🤩 #WorldBookDay

📷 Nick Degg, our city’s centenary poet laureate, is holding up his favourite book to mark World Book Day. He was appointed last year and will be writing several poems this year to celebrate the 100th year of Stoke-on-Trent becoming a city.

#WorldBookDay #SOT100 🫶

#worldbookday2025 #sot100 📚

What an awesome event taking over all SoT Libraries to celebrate #worldbookday2025 thank you National Literacy Trust #librariesareawesome 🤩

🫶 #WorldBookDay #ReadYourWay

📣 There's still time to get your application in for a Centenary community grant! The Let's Celebrate: SOT 100 Community Grants Fund can support your voluntary or community group to celebrate 100 years of city status. For more information go to: orlo.uk/nWzfw

📣 Have you seen the Throw Down pieces at Gladstone P Museum? 🐦 Bird baths crafted by the potters in episode 7 of The Great Pottery Throwdown are on display until 24 October. 💯 The potters were challenged to design and create pieces that honour the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent.

Do you know someone who should be celebrated in the ‘100 Years, 100 Faces’ mural being created in our city’s centenary year? This is a fantastic project that needs you to nominate those people!

Your #WorldHappinessDay to-do list…

We are excited to welcome the community to our FREE 'Skills in the Park' Open Day on Saturday 10 May 2025! ⛲🌲 To celebrate Stoke-on-Trent's centenary year, we have partnered with Stoke-on-Trent CC to bring you a fun-filled activity day at our Cauldon campus! 🥳 Come along and

Not everyone has time or confidence to read. That’s where #QuickReads come in: short, powerful books by bestselling authors. Today on #WorldBookNight, discover how a Quick Read could change your story. 👉 bit.ly/4lArFFG

🧱 Our Centenary logo has had a brick-tacular makeover. 👇 Neil Walker aka StokieLEGO unveiled his creationm at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery today alongside Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Steve Watkins and the logo's designer Becky Smith. ➡️ Read more: orlo.uk/TMWLg

It’s the culture, it’s the ambition, it’s hardworking, it’s the amazing people and places, it’s creative, it’s caring and it’s home! 🫶 Happy #SOTDAY #SOT100 #Proud

Are you going to the Big Centenary Tea Party? ☕ Today, over 14,000 people will take part in what we’re hoping will be the biggest cream tea party the world has ever seen. Show us how you’re celebrating.

What a treat, cake and cuppa 😋 Well done to SoT Libraries and the Stoke-on-Trent CC Customer Sevices Team, an amazing effort as always! Thank you!! #SOT100