For years on World Book Day, children have turned up to class dressed as their favourite book characters. But this year, an ...

World Book Day is an annual event that celebrates authors, illustrators and our favourite books and characters. Children in the UK attend school dressed as their favourite book characters.

Can you spot Harry Potter, Where's Wally, hundreds of Disney princesses and more in these adorable World Book Day pictures ...

“I started blubbering like a baby making World Book Day costumes,” Chelsea, from Nottingham says. “Everyone else was asleep and I was still up trying to make sure my eldest two kids had the ...

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Gordon Ramsay's wife Tana reads book with son Oscar Celebrities have taken to social media to show off their creative costumes for this year's World Book Day. Every year, social media is flooded ...

While the royal family (including King Charles) celebrated Commonwealth Day, Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson paid tribute to another ...

World Book Day 2025 is just around the corner and schools across the nation are gearing up to celebrate some of the best children's literature with a non-school-uniform day where youngsters can ...

To top it off, students visited Bristol’s beloved bookshops, Foyles and Waterstones, to exchange their World Book Day tokens ...

For World Book Day 2025, we were joined by award-winning author, Lauren St John to discuss her life as a writer, her ...

For Ashley Manor Prep School in Charlton Kings, this year’s World Book Day revolved around the theme of sharing—not just stories, but also the books themselves. The school’s pupils gathered an ...

WORLD Book Day went down a storm in the county this year, we many of our readers sending us their photos celebrating the day.