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School children dress up for World Book Day

News | Rhys Williams | Published: 17:28, Thursday March 5th, 2020.
Last updated: 10:03, Friday March 6th, 2020
Rio, Danny, Iestyn, Lacey, Imogen and Tommy dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz for World Book Day

School children across Caerphilly County Borough have dressed up to celebrate World Book Day, which took place on Thursday, March 5.

Now in it’s 23rd year, World Book Day is celebrated in around 100 countries.

The event is organised by the World Book Day charity, which aims to give every child a book of their own.

Here are photos of children from across Caerphilly County Borough dressed up as characters from their favourite books for World Book Day, sent in by Caerphilly Observer readers:

  • Two-year-old Charlie dressed up for World Book Day
  • Two-year-old Demi in her Peppa Pig outfit and Logan, 4, as the Gruffalo
  • Dylan, 6, dressed up as Harry Potter
  • Eight-year-old Harvey in his Barcelona kit and four-year-old Rubi dressed as Snow White
  • Frankie, 3, dressed as Spiderman
  • Frankie, 3, dressed as Spiderman
  • Two-year-old Joshua celebrating World Book Day
  • Emily, 6, as leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Liam, 8, dressed as Cristiano Ronaldo and Emily, 4, dressed as a witch
  • Leo, 2, looking very snappy
  • Hollie, 10, dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz
  • Lilli, 8; Taylor, 9; Mark, 6 and Oscar, 5
  • 10-year-old Gethyn as Slappy the Dummy from Goosebumps
  • Six-year-old Leilani dressed up for World Book Day
  • Mia, 11, and Ava, 7 celebrating World Book Day
  • Eight-year-old Osian as Luke Skywalker
  • Preston-Jerome, 5, as the Gruffalo
  • Rhys, 8, as Dr Seuss’ Cat in the Hat
  • Seren, 4, as Star Wars’ Princess Leia
  • Summer-Louise, 4, as Cinderella
  • Taylor, 7, as Horrid Henry and Poppy, 3, as Jessie from Toy Story
  • Thomas, 5, as the Cat in the Hat
  • Tylo, 10, as Harry Potter
  • William, 4, as Mr Strong from the Mr Men books
  • Jack, 7, as Harry Potter and Ryan, 11, as Wade Watts from Ready Player One
  • Gracie, 7, dressed as an Oompa Loompa from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Lily, 7, as the titular character in Alice in Wonderland
  • Lola, 6, as David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny
  • Mason, 2, as Toy Story’s Woody
  • Gracie, 4, dressed as Goldilocks
  • Cocker-spaniel Sandy, 2, joining in with the World Book Day fun
  • Oliver, 5, dressed as Willy Wonka
  • Mali, 6, and Dafydd, 8, celebrating World Book Day

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To mark World Book Day, new books were donated to Bedwas Infant School’s library by the Morrison’s store in Caerphilly.

Jan Goodswen, community champion at the store, presented the books to the pupils and said: “It’s a pleasure to be able to donate these new books to a local school. There’s a great selection of books, so every pupil will be able to find a story they will enjoy.”

Pupils at Bedwas Infant School with Morrison’s staff members
Morrison's

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