Book day minion and power ranger

[louise5754]

Hi my daughter wants to go to school dressed as either of the above.

Last year she was little red riding hood and the year before goldilocks.

I can buy a book related outfit and wouldn't send her in a disney dress up dress but are the above lazy / not really obvious book related?

I'd rather not buy an outfit that would only be worn once.

Thanks.

I've just seen a Paddington one in Asda I really want for myself

My ds (7) always struggles with these days, he has additional needs and wants to fit in, but has odd ideas about dressing up (when I said he could dress up as a book for world book day, he said 'Julia Donaldson?.....she is his favourite!)

He doesn't like reading, he has a speech disorder, phonics are incredibly hard for him. Apart from his beloved Julia Donalfson, the one book he loves is about Batman, and he has a batman top, so this is what he will wear.

Anyone thinking I am a lazy parent can fuck off.

You mean to not respect their thoughts and wishes and devalue their opinions so much that you force them to change their mind

So because my son and I chatted about literature, looked at World Book Day and other children's costumes online and he decided to dress as a different character, I devalued his opinions and don't respect him? Ahahaha, OK He actually is in complete control of what he wears, how he has his hair (long and blue) and what he does with his body. His opinions are his own and you don't know me, or him.

Hazeyjane - why not a Julia Donaldson character?

Because he doesn't want to go as a Julia Donaldson character...he wants to go as Julia Donaldson.

Not buying a new outfit just for some pointless school dress up isn't 'lazy'!

Why would you care about impressing the teachers? Most won't care. Most children will be Spiderman or Elsa anyway.

We have decided not to have dress up for world book day and instead focus on books rather then costumes. Unfortunately some parents are disappointed ...it seems we can't win.

Ahh OK hazeyjane! That's pretty awesome

Depends on the school Marcine. One of my previous schools really cared. They took it extremely seriously. The one I'm in now is a bit more laid back, but it certainly isn't pointless to celebrate World Book Day.

It seems to be a whole week of stuff here (2 different schools) - selfies reading in odd places, a book swap day,stop and read day (not sure wtf this is, I think it's something where a bell goes off and you have to stop and read a book.....this will give ds a whole day of heebie jeebies) and dress up day. Just some extra reading support and better books in the library would be nice.

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/author-maz-evans-sets-book-buddy-scheme-schools-733726

Yes, there's no point in going all out if the schools aren't supporting reading well.

Really caring about and supporting reading doesn't (shouldn't) mean pressuring parents into buying costumes.

OP, are a parent who reads to their kids when possible and encourages reading and books at home? If so, I think you've earned the right to put your kids in whatever damn outfit you like. Who cares if teachers think it's "lazy parenting"? Personally, I think that making parents buy pointless costumes so that the school can get brownie points for "supporting reading" looks rather like lazy school management. But hey, what do I know?

I'd be happy if schools got rid of the costume bollocks and just spent a day reading out loud to the kids, and having the kids read in small groups and alone and then perhaps write some original material about a book they have read. Clicking the Amazon Prime button on some stupid mass produced costume has nothing to do with supporting reading.

"I'd be happy if schools got rid of the costume bollocks and just spent a day reading out loud to the kids, and having the kids read in small groups and alone and then perhaps write some original material about a book they have read" unfortunately not all parents feel this way and many schools feel under pressure to have these dress up events to please parents. We've taken the decision again this year not to ask children to dress up and to focus on books not costumes and already there are grumbles.
As I said damned if you do and damned if you don't

Haha, I remember the outrage the year we tried to skip the dressing up

"his wits, a pair of underpants and a paper clip"

That sounds like some costume @MiaowTheCat !

In the majority of children's books the characters are in normal clothes so for most World book day events at school the children can just use their every day clothes. Perhaps an accessory such as a book, rucksack, bucket of dinosaurs, hat, glasses, cuddly toy etc can be added for extra effect.