BOOKWORMS got stuck into piles of pages during World Book Day yesterday.

To mark the worldwide celebration of reading, staff at Chester-le-Street Library placed about 1,000 books in haphazard piles to encourage readers to throw caution to the wind.

The library's Joan Robinson explained: "Instead of having the books in alphabetical order on shelves, we decided to pile them high to say to people, 'Get stuck in'."