Ellinors Ice Cream could be seen this weekend providing ice cream for the Get Reading Event held at London’s Trafalgar Square.

Trafalgar Square was transformed into a book lover’s paradise as thousands of people turned out to celebrate the joy of reading.

The Get Reading festival took over the London landmark and saw celebrities giving live readings while children read along in the sun.

The crowds were treated to a host of famous faces, among them actors Hugh Grant, Rupert Everett and Warwick Davis. Grant, wearing white jeans and a shirt, read the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. He revealed that his favourite children’s book is The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Model Lily Cole (below) delighted the crowds with a reading from Winnie the Pooh. Speaking afterwards she revealed her favourite book is Ada or Ardor by Nabokov.

The event – the first of its kind – was organised in partnership with NOOK. Jim Hilt, managing director of Barnes & Noble International, owners of NOOK, said: “We believe literacy is not just about education but also access. That’s why we’ve partnered with the Standard’s pioneering campaign. It has demonstrated a peerless commitment to tackling literacy.”

Dick & Dom enjoying the Sunshine with Markes Ices just before Mayor Boris Johnson opens the event.