Children have ditched their school uniforms in favour of their favourite characters to celebrate World Book Day. The international event, now in its 28th year, celebrates reading and books.

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Schools across London are ditching the dress-up plans this World Book Day, asking children to wear pyjamas or dress as a word to try and help reduce the costs for families. It is traditional for ...

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Every year, World Book Day celebrates the joy of reading, inspiring a new generation of budding book worms to read for fun. This year, World Book Day 2025 falls on Thursday March 6, which means ...

Lottie, who's 10 and from Totton in Hampshire, 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 ...

Today, Thursday 6 March, millions of adults and children around the country will mark the annual horror that is World Book Day, celebrating books, authors, illustrators and the power of the ...