World Book Day

[Anita Bensoussane]

On this evening's South Today, the presenters were talking about what characters they'd like to dress up as for World Book Day. One chose Ron Weasley from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, another chose the BFG from Roald Dahl's The BFG and the third chose Timmy from Enid Blyton's Famous Five series! Great to see Enid getting a mention!

[Fiona1986]

I saw a post on Facebook this morning from a page about reading, (can't remember which one now) and people were sharing their kids' costumes on it, and one boy was dressed as Dick Kirrin.

[Courtenay]

I had a good laugh at this boy's quite original and topical dress-up idea!

[Katharine]

Always good to hear of children wanting to dress up as something from Enid Blyton for World Book Day.

One of mine went as the Bumpy Dog.

I did mention dressing up to my youngest this week - but apparently it isn't done at 6th form.

[Katharine]

I had a good laugh at this boy's quite original and topical dress-up idea!

Ha ha - I saw that too.

Considering it sold so well to start with, there seem to be a lot of copies in the shops still.

I know I haven't read it myself, but from what I've heard about it, I'm not sure it's a book I would be encouraging a child to read.

[Viv of Ginger Pop]

I had a good laugh at this boy's quite original and topical dress-up idea!

In the report that I saw, he was holding the South Park version of the book, Waaagh

[jubei]

Are u guys familiar with the term cosplay?

I guess it will be quite ordinary costume to dress as one of Enid Blyton character. Is the '50s dress still available in English house hold?

[Anita Bensoussane]

I suppose "cosplay" comes from "costume play"? If a child wore "classic style" modern clothes teamed with a 1950s hairstyle, that would probably do for one of the Famous Five children.

I saw a post on Facebook this morning from a page about reading, (can't remember which one now) and people were sharing their kids' costumes on it, and one boy was dressed as Dick Kirrin.

It's good to hear of children dressing up as Enid Blyton characters. Bumpy Dog is a great choice, Katharine! Working in schools on World Book Days in recent years, I've seen a Saucepan Man and a Julian Kirrin but that's about it. J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter characters tend to be popular, along with characters from fairy-tales, Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, Disney, P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins, L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, Michael Bond's Paddington and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The Prince Harry costume is amusing, though I doubt the boy has Spare read to him at bedtime!

I did mention dressing up to my youngest this week - but apparently it isn't done at 6th form.

When my son was in the sixth form, his school asked pupils of all ages to dress up. He decided to play it for laughs and go as Mary Poppins, which won him a prize! I enjoyed helping him make a parrot-head handle for an old umbrella.

[jubei]

Yes.. It's costume play... Like in halloween..

[Anita Bensoussane]

Yes, except that Halloween costumes are scary or spooky, while World Book Day costumes are based on books (though they could still be scary or spooky, of course, depending on the book).