Favourite Book Display is a creative and interactive way to celebrate reading and highlight student voice in your classroom. Designed to resemble an open book, this engaging activity allows students to reflect on and showcase their favourite books while building skills in comprehension, personal reflection, and communication. Whether you're celebrating Book Week or just looking to refresh your reading corner, this display is a meaningful way to build classroom community and foster a love of reading.

Students will enjoy the chance to personalise their “book” with star ratings, drawings, and written reflections, all while contributing to a collaborative classroom bookshelf filled with their most-loved stories. With two line-spacing options and simple fold lines, this resource is suitable for a range of year levels and abilities, making it easy to adapt to your classroom’s literacy goals.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Encourage thoughtful reflection on personal reading choices
• ✅ Promote comprehension through written responses and retells
• ✅ Support oral language development through class presentations
• ✅ Develop fine motor skills through folding, assembling, and decorating
• ✅ Foster a sense of pride and ownership in student reading achievements

What’s Included:

• 2 x ‘My Favourite Book’ template options (18mm and 14mm line spacing)
• Book-style foldable format with visual layout cues
• Sections for title, book cover illustration, star rating, best part, and student reflection
• Instructions for display assembly
• Suitable for Early Years through to upper primary

Materials Needed:

• Printed template (select preferred line spacing)
• Scissors
• Glue
• Colouring tools (pencils, markers, crayons)
• Backing card or construction paper
• Optional: student photos for display enhancement

How to Use:

• Select and print your preferred template; choose from 18mm or 14mm line spacing
• Have students complete each section, including reasons for their choice, favourite part, a drawing, and optional retell
• Students fold along the indicated lines to create a book-style shape
• Mount the folded template onto coloured backing card for added effect
• Add a photo of each student holding their “book” for a personal touch

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Create a class “Favourite Book Shelf” to display student work in the reading corner or hallway
• 💡 Use as a literacy station during Book Week or reading rotations
• 💡 Pair with a short oral presentation or “book talk” to build speaking confidence

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing their favourite book and adding creative touches like colour, drawings, or glitter
• 💛 Select the template line spacing that best suits your class, or enlarge to A3 size for younger students
• 💛 Send the completed displays home at the end of the term to celebrate each child’s reading journey with their family

Favourite Book Display is a meaningful literacy task that invites students to reflect, create, and connect. The final product makes a beautiful and bookish classroom display, and an even better conversation starter about the stories that have captured your students’ hearts.