You can still keep things affordable if you’re a parent feeling the pressure on World Book Day 😰 Parents are expected to spend an average of £19 per child on World Book Day costumes in 2025 ...

There's an online guide to making the costume here ... Probably Roald Dahl's most emulated World Book Day character is Matilda - the little girl with special powers and a love of books.

Today is World Book Day and here are our favourite costumes (Picture ... who she would be… ‘P.S she’s not sad, just “in character”.’ My niece Sophie, has been watching Philosophers ...

Alice In Wonderland The little girl who ... for World Book Day here could make use of any skeleton costumes previously worn at Halloween. There's a big and little brother character and the elder ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Parents are expected to spend an average of £19 per child on World Book Day costumes in 2025 Over a ... the following characters from children’s literature should be easy to replicated with ...