BRADFORD City will mark World Book Day today with an exciting live stream of the ‘Bantams Big Read’ - broadcast from Valley Parade.

Presented by Bradford City Community Foundation’s health and wellbeing lead, Gareth Davis, the live stream aims get as many youngsters in Bradford reading at the same time.

This comes after more than 700 books were this week delivered to schools across the region, in preparation for World Book Day.

The event, premiered live across the club’s Facebook and YouTube channels at 2pm today, will include an appearance from City winger Ollie Crankshaw, who will take part in an interactive reading session with schoolchildren who will tune in live.

Crankshaw will offer reading, predictions and reflections for those following along, before taking part in an interview about his career.

Go to youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSt2SFKphg to watch from 2pm today.