Celebrating the Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography, Sam’s daughter dressed as Red-era Taylor Swift, with a t-shirt that read ‘We are never getting back together like ever.’
Celebrating the Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography, Sam’s daughter dressed as Red-era Taylor Swift, with a t-shirt that read ‘We are never getting back together like ever.’ (Sam)

World Book Day has arrived, and with it comes school children dressing up as their favourite literary characters.

Celebrating the Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography, Sam’s daughter dressed as Red-era Taylor Swift, with a t-shirt that read ‘We are never getting back together like ever.’

Kirsty’s daughter dressed as Batgirl. Jade’s children celebrated by dressing as Willy Wonka and Harry Potter.
Kirsty’s daughter dressed as Batgirl. Jade’s children celebrated by dressing as Willy Wonka and Harry Potter. (Kirsty / Jade )

And Kirsty’s daughter dressed as Batgirl, famous from the DC Comics series. Kirsty said she had visions of sending her daughter to school dressed as a princess, but her daughter had other ideas.

There’s no Unknown here! Jade’s children celebrated by dressing as Roald Dahl’s famous creation, Willy Wonka, and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter character.

Over at Aber Farm Shepherd’s Hut, their son dressed up as a soldier carrying a chicken, while Theo leaned into his family ties of local Brecon firemen by dressing as a fireman, celebrating his love for Fireman Sam.
Over at Aber Farm Shepherd’s Hut, their son dressed up as a soldier carrying a chicken, while Theo leaned into his family ties of local Brecon firemen by dressing as a fireman, celebrating his love for Fireman Sam. (Aber Farm Shepherd's Hut / Casey)

Over at Aber Farm Shepherd’s Hut, their son dressed up as a soldier carrying a chicken, saying: “There must be a book about a soldier and his sidekick chicken somewhere out there.”

Theo leaned into his family ties of local Brecon firemen by dressing as a fireman, celebrating his love for Fireman Sam.

Kirsty’s children both dressed as famous characters from Paw Patrol, while Lorna’s children went as Lionel Messi and Prince Charming.

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Lorna’s children went as Lionel Messi and Prince Charming. .png (Lorna)

Kirsty’s children both dressed as famous characters from Paw Patrol
Kirsty’s children both dressed as famous characters from Paw Patrol (Kirsty Anne)

World Book Day’s mission is to promote reading for pleasure, by offering every child the opportunity to have a book of their own. They aim to encourage children to read, with research suggesting that kids are more likely to continue to read when they have books at home and in school, have a fun time reading, and are being read to regularly. They say that reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success.

World Book Day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. World Book Day is in over 100 countries around the globe. The first World Book Day in the UK and Ireland took place in 1997, encouraging young people to discover the pleasure of reading. As World Book Day founder, Baroness Gail Rebuck, recalls “We wanted to do something to reposition reading and our message is the same today as it was then – that reading is fun, relevant, accessible, exciting, and has the power to transform lives.”