Are there well-read MNs who can help me with World Book Day?

[MorocconOil]

Last year it took me hours trawling the charity shops to find costumes for the DSs. I haven't got the time or the inclination this year, so I went to a fancy dress shop. It had some good roman centurion outfits and some soldier outfits. I can't think of a book character to fit these though, can anyone else?

TIA

Could you claim the roman centurian outfits are from the Horrible History series!

How old is your DS?

Could be from the Roman Mysteries series (fluent readers). And there is a series of books for early readers calld Rob the Roman, I think.

Oh that's a good idea especially as DS1 is doing the Romans in history at school. Perhaps if it has a sword with it he would accept the idea.

Asterix the Gaul. that was set in Roman times wasn't

Hero of Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth is an officer in the Roman Army...

Can someone help me please? I have a dragon outfit. Don't want to buy anything else, or make. Thankyou!

Yup, Horrible histories was my first thought! My kids love the Rotten Romans

He is 5 btw.

Asterix characters? (for the Romans)
Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff (Romans again)

Soldiers trickier ... Action Man annual??
or Biggles, I suppose

Cross-posts

Dragon - there is a brilliant dragon in The Land of Green Ginger

• or could be the dragon (not such a fabulous, indeed a rather out-smartable, dragon) in the lovely Paper Bag Princess

DS1 is 8
DS2 is 6
They are really fussy and competitive about it.
I don't think they've heard of Roman Mysteries or Rob the Roman.

Scorpio, how about one of the dragons from Harry Potter? A Green Welsh for example?

Or Cornelia Funke's Dragonrider

Also rather a good (but saddish) dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

ooh yes one from harry potter good idea!

x-posts - didn't see age

See this page for some ideas!

Asterix! Ofcourse.

Action Man

There are dragons in Candida Crewe's "How to train a dragon" etc series, and a splendid heroic one in Anne Forbes' Dragonfire

looks like puff the magic dragon

God, thanks loads!

Too young for Eagle of the Ninth, then.

The Asterix Romans are not exactly the heroes but some are better than others. Your sons are just the age to enjoy Asterix, so I'd go with that - get them Asterix in Britain or similar so they know what they're on about.

I'll have to go to a bookshop as well, and then read the book to them so they'll know what it's all about. What a drag Bloody WBD.

If the costume comes with a sword, they'd probably accept anything.

DD is going as "Woody" from Toy Story on DS's cowboy outfit..

That's a bit crap I know as Toy Story is not techinically a book. But I am too tired do intervene.

'Woody' won last year at the DSs school

Oh well ours isn't a competition. Can't have them being competitive And I would NOT expect a child wearing an Ebay bought cowboy costume dressed as a FILM character to win I have to say!

The children voted for the one they liked best, and I think they voted for the child they wanted to win. The competition bit of it is such a pain because my DSs are so competitive. They must get it from DH

While we are stressing about WBD (well I am, don't mean to imply anyone who is in fact all cool about it is being stressy ... ) does anyone have any further ideas for a nearly-nine-year-old who likes Sums & doesn't seem to be quite persuaded by my ideas of

• the Mathemagician from The Phantom Tollbooth
• Sigismund the Mad Maths Master from Molesworth (I thought that was brilliant, he dismissively said "I'm not mad")

(Last year he was Professor Branestawm (and he won ).)

As for dd, bright-eyed and intrepid, I wonder if I could persuade her to be Reepicheep. Not sure how to do that one though.