To say that World Book Day should be about BOOK characters?!

[mrsbn1988]

This is lighthearted .

But AIBU for getting an irrational rage that there are kids dressed up as Elsa or Moana or Marvel someone every WBD?

This stems from the fact that I've just been looking for a WBD costume from a well-known supermarket and spotted a Bluey costume. Now don't get me wrong - I LOVE Bluey, but Bluey was created for TV. Same as Peppa Pig.

I KNOW there are story books around that feature these characters, but they were originally created for TV or film, so they don't count.

And yes, characters like Harry Potter do, because they were originally book characters before the film adaptions.

I'm interested to hear other's opinions. Is World Book Day just becoming an excuse for kids to dress up in their favourite fancy dress outfit without actually thinking about the book element?!

Totally agree with you - annoying to see girls dressed up as Disney princesses.

Quietly sniggering at Elinor M Brent Dyer being held up as an example of great literature.

Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of the Chalet School, but that's one hell of a stretch.

I sent my lad in as James from James and the giant Peach. We had no giant Peach, so all my lad wore was his normal clothing with a handmade sign round his neck cut out from a cardboard box of cornflakes saying
'MISSING! ONE GIANT PEACH!
IF FOUND PLEASE CALL JAMES ON 01234 5678910! lol. (And my kids love reading.) lol
He actually won first prize lol...that pee'd off some of the Harry Potter brigade that had spent a fortune on chocolate frogs for the kids lunches lol)
Yes, I know this was a book, but my point is some folk don't have access to the best costumes, or can be bothered to care whether Bluey came in written form first n foremost, we just want to get through the bloody day!

Why?