While plenty of schools encourage kids to dress up to celebrate their favourite book characters on 6 March, it doesn’t mean ...

Parents can cut costs by browsing supermarket aisles for costumes ... on how to dress up for World Book Day with your child, the following characters from children’s literature should be ...

But it "needs a shake-up". What if children recommended books to one other, like a Secret Santa? Not just fiction, either: the emphasis on costumes has "skewed" WBD towards imaginary worlds ...