World book day - superheroes, disney princesses and film characters

[BeyondTellsEveryoneRealFacts]

We'll just start by me acknowledging that i know i abu!! I also know it has been done before, probably on this day last year and the year before that, and the year before that

But its annoying me, so there. It probably wouldnt bug me if only a few did it, but it seems to be nearly everyone

Its not an effort thing, the costumes i have used required zero effort, nor is it only cost when there are people in books who wear normal clothes!! And if its that people want to pick up a costume in asda, they have book related costumes there!

So, unanimous iabu thread?

I would also argue most Disney were films way before they were made into "books".

Okay, I haven't actually counted everything produced by Disney, but I think a high proportion of them are indeed based on books and oral tradition recorded by the brothers Grimm.

I know, having like, read, the brothers Grimm, albeit not in German.

Dd would say they are not comics they are graphic novels.

Both st secondary now do no dressing up but mine always went as worthy book characters

However what people didnt realise was that they were no better than film/comic characters. Ds was obsessed with Thomas the tank for years & his Thomas tabard was all his aspie mind could cope with in terms of non uniform.

Charlie Bucket & Matilda came from their complete obsession with Musical Theatre.

I saw two Pink Ladies this morning!
I don't know whether I judged more on the fact they were from a film, not a book. Or that these were 10 year old girls

Think you're being a teensy bit U.

My daughter is taking this book www.amazon.co.uk/DC-Super-Heroes-First-Power/dp/1941367038/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457001921&sr=1-1&keywords=girl+power

She has hundreds of books, is an advanced reader in the gifted group in her class, but she chose this one because it makes her feel confident as a girl, and she wants to go to school with the message that girls can be whatever they want.

Yes, it has its roots in comic book characters, but I'm still proud of her choice. Also, they have a t-shirt with the identical cover image on in Primark, so zero crafting required.

It doesn't matter what the book is, fostering a love of words and reading can comes from anywhere, and celebrating that and the inspiration it brings to small people for their whole lives is what's important.

DiscoGlitter, Yep, there is a Grease book

I stand corrected then.
Although I still maintain it's a film rather than a book...

DD1 had her first world book day... she wanted to go as "something spooky" so we decided on a burglar character from one of her favourite books. I was happy that she basically just had to wear normal clothes - they're very active in nursery and I knew she'd want to be racing around with the boys in their Spiderman costumes rather than tipping over / worrying about spoiling her Elsa dress (she is just 4 and a massive fusspot atm!) Next year when she's a bit more coordinated and a little less sandpit-obsessed, it'll probably be a Disney princess outfit. Not worth arguing over!

I wonder if DiscoGlitter has a child at the same school as mine
Or young Pink Ladies are more popular than I thought

If you count Frozen (I wouldn't), we have at least two Hans Christian Anderson based animations

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I'm glad secondary don't dress up now as dds current favourite graphic novel characters can be slightly age inappropriate!

She's currently working her way through Ms Marvel & I guess Peggy Carter could have been ok.

I think, using the grease example (if you missed the post scarlet, there is a grease book), that the trouble is that anything can count as book-related if you try hard enough. Literally anything that is aimed at children will have an annual or spin-off book in some form. Which then makes making the costumes have to be 'from books' pointless.

I think often arguments like this arise because book lovers and avid readers are plonked in the same camp but are in fact quite different (seen this on threads about e readers too).

With book lovers it seems to be more about the physicality of books such as feel and smell as well as some of the history and tradition hence all about traditional actual books

With avid readers it's less about the media and more about the communication, therefore more engraving of kindles, comics, blogs etc as equally worthy as books.

I may of course be overthinking, I'm off sick today so...

I don't think you're being unreasonable, OP. Yes, some kids do read comics and disney books - but I've seen two separate Facebook post with girls dressed up as Elsa today, just because 'they loved the film'. Nothing mentioned about books, just seemed they wanted to do yet another bloody Frozen theme for the sake of it. The whole point of books is to use one's imagination, and instantly jumping to 'Disney Princess' shows a huge lack of it. I may be a huge snob as well though .

Do non-fiction books count?

*embracing, not engraving.

Can't see why the wouldn't beyond.

I can see, for eg, fernando torres autobiography on the shelf in front of me (may i point out that this is not mine )
Would that be an acceptable costume?

(My favourite book when i was younger was a world history book)

My DD's school doesn't allow superheroes or disney characters

Ds doesn't wear a costume because he has no interest in dress up and I won't dress him as something that is meaningless to him. Instead he wears a t shirt decorated with things to do with a book he likes.

Recipe book? "i have come as lamb moussaka"

I say again; it's just another way for parents to judge each other.

I've seen a FB post of a boy dressed in Jeans, checked shirt and casual suit jacket holding a copy of a Top Gear book - apparently he is dressed as Jeremy Clarkson. I thought it was brill!

I had two superheroes, aged 6. I do understand your point OP, and did suggest other options, but they wanted to go as those characteristic and do read books about them. Since they enjoy a wide variety of books, I happily let it go. Plus we already had the costumes.

When we were in Australia they expressly banned any disney or superhero or film characters. It had to be a book that they had read at school or from the school library. They had to all parade and talk about the book they had read.

DS went as James from James and the Giant Peach and we had huge orange balloon to represent the peach.

Beyond that is funny, next time DS can go as Quorn lasagne!