Whole-School 2025 Book Day Resource - I Want a Dog

What you will find here is a whole-school resource written to be used for the annual Book Day 2025 (or at any other time as required) and designed to give you a whole-school focus/theme based around the absolutely superb, hilarious picture book I Want a Dog by Jon Agee.

There are loads of activities to complete in all classrooms, with activities differentiated across KS1, LKS2 and UKS2.

After reading the book and discussing in detail, there are drama, writing, oracy and art activities to have a go at. These should lead to some beautiful outcomes including plays, stories and art inspired by the book!

There are then a number of whole-school activities, with the main ones being the creation of class books themed around a beautiful section of that book that will celebrate reading perfectly and an activity that marries architecture, art and imagination!

The pack also includes additional whole-school reading-themed activities involving the creation of bookmarks and the writing of book reviews for I Want a Dog!

There is a template available for the bookmark activity on our website – just search Book Day Bookmark!

The pack has been created by teachers who work across all ages and should be suitable to keep the whole school engaged, entertained and focused for the full day, leading to lovely end outcomes including poetry, artwork and book creation that would make for a perfect whole-school display and showcase on social media and school websites!

To make the most of this resource, you will need a copy of the book (one per classroom). This can be purchased from all good book retailers!