TOMORROW is World Book Day — a global celebration of reading that encourages kids to switch off from the screen and pick up a ...

Basingstoke boy Dalton Evans, inspired by Lou Treleaven's "Turns Out I’m an Alien", creates LED-lit UFO costume for World ...

The annual event aims to "encourage a lifelong love of reading" among children.

World Book Day is fast approaching. This year taking place on March 5th, the occasion usually means children can go into ...

The school has done away with getting children to dress up to ensure all children are included.

Mum of four Kate Skelton swapped buying brand new for shopping pre-loved, and saved money equating to half a week’s food shop ...

Need some inspiration for World Book Day? Newsround has been taking a look at some of the costumes you've dressed up as in ...

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Share your pictures with us online and help us highlight the fantastic imaginations and reading spirit in our community. The best photos will be published in the Basingstoke Gazette on March 12.

A whole day dedicated to literature, the written word, and the characters who bring stories to life. Whether it’s Matilda or the BFG, Alice in Wonderland or The Queen of Hearts, Gangsta Grannie or The ...

Mum-of-three Alison Perry is a big fan of encouraging children to read but thinks it's time to stop piling extra tasks onto ...

On Thursday, March 5, school pupils and their teachers dressed up as their favourite fictional characters to celebrate World Book Day ...