Faces lit up on World Book Day last week when two classes from Elm Park Primary School were given free books.

Romford Recorder: Elm Park Primary School's Birch Class with Miss McCleallanElm Park Primary School's Birch Class with Miss McCleallan (Image: Archant)

Publisher Random House gave out the children’s stories to Birch Class and Beech Class from the South End Road school at Sainsbury’s, The Brewery, Romford.

Although World Book Day was on March 7, the books themselves will not be on sale until March 28 – so the youngsters will be among the first to know how the stories end.