BookCrossing is a new craze for readers everywhere. If you've enjoyed a book and you think someone else might like it you can leave it in a public place for someone else to pick up. You can then find out who took it and what they thought of it through the BookCrossing website. More details below...

Introduction

BookCrossing

Book Quiz

Quiz Answers

Eating Words for Breakfast

Like a message in a bottle or tagged balloon, bring BookCrossing into your classroom and make a great classroom project! Fun for kids of all ages, parents and teachers. Check out www.bookcrossing.com for more information and start to "Read and Release" today!

The links below take you to handouts for Librarians and Teachers. They show you how to implement BookCrossing in your classroom or library.

Bookcrossing in the classroom

Bookcrossing in the library

Philip Pullman, Tracy Chevalier and Benjamin Zepheniah all released books into the wild for Book Aid International on 18th April 2005. Each has one of our Book Aid International bookplates inside the front cover. New readers are finding these book-crossed books everyday. Will Harry Potter and Eating words for Breakfast journey round the world? Find out more at www.bookcrossing.com.