Catherine Davidson, Acting Principal at Ballysillan Primary School and Nursery in Belfast, says there has been a "real buzz". "I know children reading books is at its lowest in 20 years and I'm not ...

My son, Leo, was insistent that he didn’t want to wear a costume for World Book Day last year. In year two at the time, he felt self-conscious and hated the attention that a costume brings. While I ...

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

Children across the country are going into school dressed as their favourite literary characters to mark World Book Day. The annual event, which was started in 1995, has become one of the most ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“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 ...

World Book Day is almost here (Thursday 6 March, people. Time to shine!). If you’ve been blissfully unaware that it’s this week and are now panicking because your kid’s school lets them dress up as ...

World Book Day is about loving the characters so much you want to throw yourself into their world (Picture: Getty Images) I have discovered the key to enjoying World Book Day (WBD) as a parent ...

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 ...

My son, Leo, was insistent that he didn’t want to wear a costume for World Book Day last year. In year two at the time, he felt self-conscious and hated the attention that a costume brings.