Nurseries denied Book Day tokens

Children in private nurseries and playgroups have been denied free £1 book vouchers issued to schools throughout the UK to celebrate next week's World Book Day, despite the organisers' claims that 'every schoolchild is entitled' to one. Linda Pirie, owner of the Croft Pre-School Nursery in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, said she was shocked when the World Book Day helpline said her nursery was ineligible because it was in the private sector, even though she had received the tokens for the past three years.