In Pics: Schools across Northern Ireland celebrate World Book Day 2022
Our listeners have been sending us pictures all day 📚 📸
Today we’re celebrating World Book Day – the day your social media feed is filled with children dressing up as their favourite book character.
The first World Book Day took place in 1997 to encourage young people to discover the pleasure of reading.
As each year passes, it feels like the campaign grows and grows.
Here’s some of the brilliant outfits our lovely listeners sent us in this morning…
Isla aged 4 as Mary Poppins
Chelsy aged 9 as the Queen of Hearts & Thomas as Captain America
Finlay as Ryan from Ryan's world and Millie-Rose as Alice from Alice in Wonderland
Bailey Shields aged 11 as a golden ticket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Brooke aged 7 as the Cat in the Hat
Miss Trunchbull, a policeman and farmer
Princess Belle, Loki and a T-Rex
Malachy (5) as The Big Bad wolf, Miley (11) Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, Michael (9) Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Maeve (7) as Ballerina from Darcey Bussels Magic Ballerina
Gangster Granny and Alice in Wonderland
Reuben as Horrid Henry
Little Miss Princess
Jackson aged 6 as Fantastic Mr Fox
Stick man
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Evelyn aged 6 as The Girl Who Wanted To Become An Astronaut
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