World Book Day is almost here (Thursday 6 March, people. Time to shine!). If you’ve been blissfully unaware that it’s this ...

thousands of Brummie schoolchildren dress up as their favourite book characters. You can purchase World Book Day costumes from Amazon and Argos also offers some great costume ideas. However ...

Other money-saving strategies include handing costumes down from older ... an idea on how to dress up for World Book Day with your child, the following characters from children’s literature ...

“The cost and the time and effort, can still add up, even if they are not book characters,” she said. “I don’t think costumes make any difference in making children read and they are often ...