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World Book Day
I like the whole concept of World Book Day (which was just held on 7th March 2024). Having said that, judging by the writers I know and this goes for me too, there isn’t a day ever when a book doesn’t feature in it somewhere. Often it is more than one book too!
I like the way children are encouraged to think of/dress up as their favourite characters. Books are meant to be interactive in that they draw you into their worlds. It’s one of the aspects of reading I love most. You really can lose yourself in a good book.
I should imagine the most difficult comes from deciding which character is your favourite, which is the one to dress up as this year etc.
I was never into dressing up but books have been a major feature of my life since very early days. I have my late mother to thank for encouraging that love of reading.
She taught me to read before I started school. She was moaned at for “doing it the wrong way” but I’ve never felt her way of doing it was wrong, far from it.
She herself read everything from history to science fiction (H.G. Wells in particular for that) so she can’t have been doing too much wrong!
I don’t know which favourite character I would dress up if I was the right age for this. Mind you, given I am not endowed with a great height, I suspect I would end up dressing as a hobbit! (Before you ask, I don’t have hairy feet. Just want to be clear on that point!).
I hope everyone taking part had a fabulous World Book Day and it enthuses all ages for reading more until the next one comes around again.
I like the way children are encouraged to think of/dress up as their favourite characters. Books are meant to be interactive in that they draw you into their worlds. It’s one of the aspects of reading I love most. You really can lose yourself in a good book.
I should imagine the most difficult comes from deciding which character is your favourite, which is the one to dress up as this year etc.
I was never into dressing up but books have been a major feature of my life since very early days. I have my late mother to thank for encouraging that love of reading.
She taught me to read before I started school. She was moaned at for “doing it the wrong way” but I’ve never felt her way of doing it was wrong, far from it.
She herself read everything from history to science fiction (H.G. Wells in particular for that) so she can’t have been doing too much wrong!
I don’t know which favourite character I would dress up if I was the right age for this. Mind you, given I am not endowed with a great height, I suspect I would end up dressing as a hobbit! (Before you ask, I don’t have hairy feet. Just want to be clear on that point!).
I hope everyone taking part had a fabulous World Book Day and it enthuses all ages for reading more until the next one comes around again.
