At Mostly Books, in Stert Street, there was a book reading, and children had dressed up for the event.

At the Bookstore, in Bury Street, children from different years at Thameside School have been coming every day of the week to exchange their World Book Day vouchers, either: for a book from the special display, or they could use it towards another book.

One book in the shop was created with the help of children from Thameside School, Abingdon.

Children worked with artist Korky Paul to make bug pictures for the start and end leafs of his new book ‘Winnie the Witch – Bug Safari’.

Pictures by 28 children are featured in the book.

Next door, W H Smith had 3 for 2 on lots of children’s books for World Book Day.

Abingdon Library are currently running a reader’s challenge, called Bloomin’ Good Books.

Readers of any age are invited to fill in and return a postcard, about a favourite book, to be entered for the prize draw. You can write an account of the book and why you like it. That might inspire somebody else to read that book and reading will grow.

There are six (soon to be seven) charity shops in the town centre that sell second hand books.

The British Heart Foundation had a window display for World Book Day. On the top shelf is fiction, next down is children’s books, next down is adult fiction, and bottom is media. The display changes as people often ask to buy what is in the window.

Abingdon County Museum also sell books – all of them about Abingdon.

Poundland also sells books, as does Waitrose.

So by my reckoning there are twelve shops that sell books in Abingdon Town Centre this World Book Day.