Today (March 7) is World Book Day!
Held on the first Thursday of March every year, World Book Day has been celebrated in the UK and Ireland since 1998.
It is a unique day as, along with affording every child in full-time education a voucher to be spend on books, it also gives kids the chance to head into school dressed as their favourite literary character(s).
As always, schoolchildren across Peterborough – assisted, it has to be said, by some truly creative parents – got into the spirit of things with gusto, as did teachers, TAs, kitchen ladies and admin staff within many of our region’s schools.
We asked you to share your pics with us and boy you didn’t disappoint.
The images we have received so far have been truly wonderful; honestly, you should all be very proud of the incredible outfits you’ve created.
While it is impossible to share all of the photos we have been sent (so many photos!), we are doing our best to showcase as many as possible, and will endeavour to update this splendid gallery throughout the day.
So have a look now and see if you’re child (or their teacher) is amongst the fab pics we’ve already received.
And do please keep ‘em coming!
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Chelsea Foster made these Mr Bump, Little Miss Sunshine and '156 Storey Tree House' outfits from scratch! Photo: UGC
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One-year-old Arthur (left) looks cute as a button in his Paddington outfit, while Lucia (right) was snapped looking very happy indeed, flying off to Stretton Pre-School in Yaxley dressed as a unicorn princess. Photo: UGC
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Evelyn (6) and Harry (5) Burgess from Elton dressed as Thing One and Thing Two from 'The Cat in The Hat'; Millie (10) and her sister Poppy (8) as Alice in Wonderland and Mary Poppins. Photo: UGC
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Staff at Thomas Clarkson Academy donned specially designed tabards representing a favourite book title which students had to identify. Photo: UGC