It’s that strange time of year in Australia when anxious primary school children pester their parents (or are pestered by their parents) about the often very tenuously book-related costume they should wear to school.
Should it be something lovingly homemade, but possibly also incredibly lame? Or something bought from the shop that displays a lack of parental effort but offers a more polished impression at the school gate? In recent years we have learned that both Hitler and blackface are poor options, but that still leaves the field wide open.
Popular choices this year have included the evergreen Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, classic superheroes and characters from the well-known book series Star Wars. Older readers may also be unsure which books are referred to by Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of the dead or alpacas with maracas.
Have you made a Book Week decision you regret this year? Or did you triumphantly come through at the last minute with a costume that delighted your child and their classmates equally? Please tell us in the comments below.
Snap! pic.twitter.com/MSJmjVVwkT
— Daisy Turnbull Brown (@MrsDzTB) August 21, 2019
Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god of the dead, who weighed the heart of the deceased against the Feather of Truth to see if they were True of Voice and could enter the Afterlife. He also rocks some mean leggings. #BookWeek pic.twitter.com/SfMGt8Giyv
— Virginia Trioli (@LaTrioli) August 20, 2019
my daughter Amelia's #bookweek costume #alpacaswithmaracas pic.twitter.com/UPTYX9hMiF
— Peter Scotney (@PeterScotney) August 21, 2019
Didn’t quite get the head shape right but it will do for school book week parade right? @theodd1sout #bookweek #theodd1sout pic.twitter.com/Y5k1DMXJyw
— Lainy Atkin (@Lainerz3) August 18, 2019
For every parent who has faced the histrionics of "What am I going to go as? What can I wear? This isn't right!!!" on Book Dress-up Day, I've decided to write a book that'll start. "He was an average kid, average height, average looks who just wore average clothes..."
— Scott Ellis (@blahblahellis) August 21, 2019
