Celebrate the joy of reading for pleasure with this World Book Day 2026 Live Lesson and supporting teaching resources.

World Book Day, celebrated on Thursday, sees school children dress up as their favourite book characters, with schools also ...

Schools across London are ditching the dress-up plans this World Book Day, asking children to wear pyjamas or dress as a word ...

As World Book Day approaches, the financial cost of costumes to celebrate the event can be a concern to some parents. But some schools are letting children wear pyjamas to represent bedtime ...

In 2023, the National Literary Trust found that one in eight children aged eight to 18 who received free school meals said they did not even own a book. To celebrate World Book Day, every young ...

World Book Day, celebrated on Thursday, sees school children dress up as their favourite book characters, with schools also hosting other reading-themed events. Follow BBC Kent on Facebook , on X ...

I’ll be sending my kids to school in their uniform this World Book Day, you can judge but there’s a very good reason. Chelsea Leeland says she is sick of the 'yummy mummy' contest ...

The Echo's special World Book Day school supplement is on sale tomorrow (March 7). The pull-out includes photos of pupils (and a few teachers) in creative costumes from 49 south Essex schools.

Schools Celebrating World Book Day at schools across the North Coast Pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters while enjoying literacy workshops and fun reads. May 3, 2025.

For years on World Book Day, children have turned up to class dressed as their favourite book characters. But this year, an entire school in Essex was transformed into the Hogwarts School of ...

Voices Let’s end the performative hell of compulsory World Book Day costumes. I’m not saying social media is fetishising the act of reading as a nostalgic, middle class pursuit regardless of ...

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.