Children have ditched their school uniforms in favour of their favourite characters to celebrate World Book Day. The ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. World Book Day has come around again, and as ever, we love to see pictures of your children dressed as their favourite characters.

Love it or loathe it, World Book Day is back. For the 27th year, nurseries, schools and libraries are taking part and youngsters across the region are dressing up as their favourite characters.

Today is World Book Day, and children all over the country are dressing up as their favourite book characters. News Shopper readers were asked to send us in pictures of what their kids are going ...

But there's a huge selection of ready made World Book Day costumes that you can buy on Amazon and many have been reduced in price. Ideas include Twig Boy reduced from £11.99 to £10.19 ...

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But the thing about World Book Day is that it misses one target: the grown ups. While children are dressing up as the Wizard of Oz, the adults are reading not very much at all.

It comes as a new survey of 2,000 people indicated parents are spending nearly £20 per child on average on costumes to celebrate World Book Day. Research commissioned by cashback service Rakuten ...

We asked and you delivered some INCREDIBLE World ... amazing costumes below. And it's not too late to submit your picture. Image caption, Chocolatebutton1234 says: "I have dressed as a bear from ...

went to school as Fantastic Mr Fox from the Roald Dahl novel Children have ditched their school uniforms in favour of their favourite characters to celebrate World Book Day. The international ...