Your little one (with a raggedy oversized t shirt and tights) can be transformed into King Arthur, or Sir Lancelot, or Prince Charming, or Queen Guinevere, or Brienne of Tarth with just a few snips of those scissors. Use clothes from their wardrobe That's why we've rounded up everything you need to know for World Book Day 2023 and all the costume ideas that come with it. When is World Book Day 2023? Harry now carried a large cage that held a beautiful snowy owl, fast asleep with her head under her wing." In 2019, we also published a book called New Class at Malory Towers containing four short stories by different authors (Narinder Dhami, Patrice Lawrence, Lucy Mangan and Rebecca Westcott). The book Malory Towers: Darrell and Friends (by Narinder Dhami, 2020) is a novelisation of the CBBC TV adaptation of Malory Towers. Let's be real, while it's all fun and games for the kids - who get to ditch their uniforms and go to school in fancy dress, the experience can be slightly less fun for you the parents, who have to actually create the costumes.

We are always so impressed with the number of Enid Blyton themed costumes we see every year, and this year we thought we’d lend a helping hand to time-pressed costumiers. From cardboard box crafts to repurposed school uniforms and a million ways to use a stripy t-shirt, we've got you covered. Don't forget to rifle through your drawers for old Halloween and birthday party costumes too. Heroine Darrell Rivers (named after Kenneth Darrell Waters, Enid Blyton's second husband) arrives at Malory Towers at the age of twelve, excited and eager. Impressed by Headmistress Miss Grayling's inspiring words of welcome, she determines to be one of Malory Towers' successes. Because, obviously you and your kids absolutely love World Book Day - and all the amazing literary costumes that come with it. But, it can be hard to know where to start with so many ideas out there...Charlie and Lola - perfect for a blonde brother and sister, normal children's clothes are all that is necessary, although Lola has distinctive small bunches Enid Blyton’s six books about Malory Towers were published one a year from 1946 to 1951. There are six additional books, now considered as books 6-12 in the series, written by Pamela Cox in 2009. These were reissued alongside the original books in 2019. When the books were reissued with new covers in 2019, minor editorial amendments were made where necessary (to correct errors, to restore original text that had previously been changed, or to bring the text in line with the editorial standards above).

Thomas or other favourite engine - make Thomas out of a large cardboard box which child wears with straps over shoulders! It’s that time of year once again where the world comes together to celebrate the magic and importance of books. Alex Rider - cool kids clothes with a gadget or two! Kids could make their own gadgets using boxes, kitchen foil etc. Dressing up is so much fun when you're a kid, you can be whoever you want to be. Dressing up as your favourite Roald Dahl or Jacqueline Wilson character seems like a dream come true.Angelina Ballerina - pink leotard, pink or white tights and ballet shoes. Add a pink ribbon in the hair The Malory Towers series has been enormously popular with girls — and no doubt many boys too! — ever since the publication of the first book in 1946. Katniss Everdeen - wear dark trousers and polo top or T-shirt. Make a quiver from a kitchen roll tube and string, and sling it over one shoulder. Carry a toy bow.

Take a long piece of thread or string and tape down across the length of the paper, leaving a long piece trailing at one end roll blue paper/felt sheet into a cone, measuring the circumference of the wide end with the width of your head, making sure the thread trails out of the pointy end, and fix tape on the inside to hold its shape One of Britain's greatest loved children's author is Enid Blyton. From a young age, her life events inspired many of the adventures inside her books and as they have passed through generation. All of her characters are still remembered with books including noddy in toy land and the famous five. Uh oh! World Book Day is right around the corner and you still haven't nailed down your kid's costume! Never fear, we've got a ton of easy last-minute costume ideas for you to try – and you can make most of these outfits using clothes and other items that you already have in your cupboards.

Peter Perfect - normal boy clothes, but perfectly tidy. Button up shirts, polish shoes, and be extra-polite and perfect in every way. With this in mind, for World Book Day 2023, we want to help you win at parenting with the best World Book Day costumes. Famous Five characters - wear 50s children's clothes, perhaps shorts and jerseys. Carry a picnic basket and a bottle of ginger beer! Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund - 50s clothes; or "royal" outfits of simple robes, crowns (as for Prince Caspian), swords, bow and arrow etc