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World Book Day 2026: Wacky and whimsical costumes donned by our West Midlands pupils to celebrate literature - from Harry Potter to Where's Wally

Students across the country have shown their creativity by dressing up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day 2026 - and your imagination has blown us away.

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By Daniel Walton
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You have sent us your children's most creative costumes this World Book Day, and we were blown away!

What is better than sitting down to read a good book? Well, dressing up as your favourite book character, of course!

World Book Day sees young learners across the country lose their boring uniforms and don creative and colourful homemade outfits, all for the love of reading.

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Well, to celebrate World Book Day 2026,  and the creativity of our young learners, we asked you to send us your children's most fantastic outfits as they raced to school to celebrate the world of literature, and we couldn't believe how brilliant everyone looked.

From Luna Lovegood and SpongeBob SquarePants, to an amazing hungry caterpillar, the creativity of our West Midlands families never ceases to astound us. 

See your wonderful costumes in our colourful World Book Day 2026 list below:

Mickayla Danks' family looked fantastic in their mix of costumes this year, in one picture we have Spongebob Squarepants, Paddington Bear and magical looking Harry Potter!
Mickayla Danks' family looked fantastic in their mix of costumes this year: in one picture we have Spongebob Squarepants, Paddington Bear and magical looking Harry Potter!
Young Layla looked amazing in her homemade Hungry Caterpillar outfit. She's ready to soar above the competition with those wings!
Young Layla looked amazing in her homemade Very Hungry Caterpillar outfit. She's ready to soar above the competition with those wings!