World Book Day 2025
6 March 2025.
World Book Day is over for this year but it's never too early to start planning your costume for next time. Enter our wardrobe of fantabulous fancy dress! It’s bursting with fan favourite costumes, from Dahl to Disney and lots of colourful characters in between. Whether you’re picking your next World Book Day theme, or need a last minute costume for your little bookworm, you’re sure to be inspired in our library of dress-up.
Kid's fancy dress costumes
Toddler and reception costumes
Pyjamas
Fancy dress accessories
Books & E-readers
E-readers
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Children's books
Discover new worlds and light up their imagination with stories for everyone.
Tonies
Say hello to the Toniebox. The magical, musical storybox that brings songs, stories and joy to every moment of the day.
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There’s no better time than World Book Day to get your kids excited about reading. On Thursday 6th March 2025, children all over the UK and Ireland celebrate books and reading by dressing up as their favourite book characters and enjoying fun reading activities.
What is World Book Day?
World Book Day is a charity that promotes reading for pleasure by giving every child and young person the opportunity to access a book of their own whilst raising awareness of the positive impact reading has on children's lives, especially those who are growing up in disadvantaged backgrounds.
Every year there is a World Book Day event where children join in with fun activities around reading including dressing up as their favourite book characters. The charity also distributes £1 book tokens that children can exchange for a free £1 World Book Day book giving more children access to books and helping to encourage a life-long love of reading.
World Book Day costumes for kids
Enter a magical world of fun with our range of Harry Potter costumes. Place the Sorting Hat upon your head and see where your path will take you, then represent your house pride with a house robe costume. For something a little more regal look at our range of Disney princess costumes. Our range features costumes ranging from classic princess to more recent royals. And our range of Barbie costumes is ideal for dressing up like the iconic doll.
Check out our fun range of Disney costumes and dress your little ones up as their favourite characters. From Mirabel and Minnie to Woody and Buzz, our range will have something for every little Disney fan. And for budding superheroes, look at our range of Marvel costumes. Take your pick from Captain Marvel, Spiderman, Hulk, and plenty more besides.
Be sure to finish your costumes with our range of fancy dress accessories. We’ve got wigs and princess slippers, tiaras, and wands to help complete the look.
World Book Day ideas
Whether it’s at school or at home, there are a variety of activities for making reading fun on World Book Day. For school kids, why not add some literary-themed toys for a fun addition to their reading? Kids never really stop learning so spark their imagination and creativity with our range of science toys. From microscopes, and telescopes to science lab sets, we’ve got something for all kinds of curious minds.
For days they’re not celebrating World Book Day, a smart school uniform is a must-have in their wardrobe. Browse through our smart selection of shirts, trousers and skirts, along with school bags and other essentials.