Dressing up as book characters for Book Week

A DigitalNZ Story by Zokoroa

Which book character would you choose to dress up as to celebrate Book Week!?

Books, Characters, Book Week, Fancy dress, Costumes, Clothing, Dress-ups, Fancy dress, Reading

Which book character would you choose to dress up as!?

To encourage a love of reading schools and public libraries hold events like Book Week during which children, teens and adults dress up as their favourite book character. The following DigitalNZ photos illustrate that dress-ups as book characters have been popular over the years!  

Image: Book characters at the library

Book characters at the library

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Wizard of Oz characters

Wizard of Oz characters

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Storylines

Storylines

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Bo-peep and Boy Blue

Bo-peep and Boy Blue

Auckland Libraries

Image: book_week

book_week

Tauranga City Libraries

Image: Star Wars Day - Photo ops

Star Wars Day - Photo ops

Christchurch City Libraries

For some more inspirational ideas, you can check websites like Pinterest:  80 Favorite Book Character Costumes 

This DigitalNZ Story was updated in November 2023