You have clearly been putting hours of work to create wonderful costumes for World Book Day as these pictures of your kids show.

We have been receiving photos alreadt of what your children have dressed up as for the 25th annual celebration of books and reading. Scroll down this page to enjoy them.

Whether you’ve spent hours making a costume for your child or bought an outfit from a shop, we want to see as many pictures as possible of your kids in their costumes to celebrate World Book Day 2022.

Send them to us via the link at the bottom of this page to be in with the best chance of appearing on this page or in our forthcoming special World Book Day supplement.

Community answers

Have your kids dressed up for World Book Day?

"Send us your best photos of your child(ren) dressed up for World Book Day 2022 and we'll feature as many as we can online and in the paper.What"

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From Shahnaz Manzoor

What is your child's name?Safa Zaynah Hussain

How old is your child?7

What school do they go to?Oak Hill Primary

What did your child dress up as?The queen of hearts ♥️

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: The Queen of Hearts ??The Queen of Hearts ??
East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Me Along with my sister Alia 5yrs old as little Red Riding HoodMe Along with my sister Alia 5yrs old as little Red Riding Hood
East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Evil Queen of hearts ??Evil Queen of hearts ??

From Nicola Faint

What is your child's name?Bobby

How old is your child?8

What school do they go to?

What did your child dress up as?Wizard

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Our dog Bobby got involved with world book dayOur dog Bobby got involved with world book day

From Nicola faint

What is your child's name?Madeleine and Caleb

How old is your child?11 and 4

What school do they go to?Buxton School

What did your child dress up as?Hermione and Harry Potter

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Both big Harry Potters fans and love to dress upBoth big Harry Potters fans and love to dress up

From Sandra Tuc

What is your child's name?Aiden Tuc

How old is your child?8

What school do they go to?Larkswood primary chingford

What did your child dress up as?Diary of a wimpy kid

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Diary of a Wimpy KidDiary of a Wimpy Kid

From Emma Salmon

What is your child's name?Kiera Salmon

How old is your child?10

What school do they go to?Lime Academy Larkswood

What did your child dress up as?Banana DJ

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: Banana DJ from the book Kitchen DiscoBanana DJ from the book Kitchen Disco

From Natasha Lambert

What is your child's name?Sophia-Rose Lambert

How old is your child?6

What school do they go to?Oakhill Primary School

What did your child dress up as?Hermonie Granger

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East London and West Essex Guardian Series: I put a spell on youI put a spell on you
East London and West Essex Guardian Series: You're in troubleYou're in trouble