World Book Day is a big deal in schools across Merseyside.
Families, including both children and parents are known to go all out for the big day which aims to celebrate literature, stories and reading.
The annual national event will see school children from Liverpool, Wirral and beyond get dressed up as their favourite characters from books, nursery rhymes and fairy tales.
Last year, the ECHO was inundated with all your pictures of your children dressed up in their amazing costumes including Harry Potter, The Gruffalo with even a few more topical outfits including Donald Trump and Theresa May.
World Book Day can often mean rushing around at the last minute to cobble a costume together or sometimes even cheating by nipping the supermarket at 10pm the night before.
This year, we've got everything you need to know about the day so you can be prepared.
When is World Book Day?
World Book Day is usually held on the first Thursday of March and this year it falls on March 5, 2020.
Along with the day of dressing in costumes, World Book Day together with National Book Tokens encourage children to get involved with reading and this year more than 15 million £1 World Book Day book tokens will be given out to children and young people.
You can swap the book token for one of 15 exclusive, new and completely FREE World Book Day books or you can use your book token to get £1 off any full price book or audiobook instead.
This year's £1 books include Bing's Splashy Story, Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang and The Day We Met the Queen.
World Book Day costume ideas
In previous year's there have been themes like the special Roald Dahl World Book Day, but this year this is no official theme.
That means there is no stopping your imagination as long as they are loosely based on a character from a book.
Here's some looks from last year to give you some ideas and inspiration.
It's an oldie, but a goodie - you can't beat Where's Wally and it's such an easy costume to recreate.
You just need a red and white striped top which you easily make with a white top, a ruler and some red fabric paint, plus a pair of blue trousers and a white and red striped hat.
For the final touch, you need a pair of round-rimmed glasses, which you can make from cardboard or if you're struggling by from a costume shop.
Based on the David Walliams book and now a successful musical show, the Boy in the Dress tells the tale of 12-year-old boy Dennis who plays football but also enjoys cross-dressing, finding comfort remembering his mother's yellow dress.
This look is easy to replicate with a yellow dress, football boots or trainers, football socks and as an added prop you can use a football.
Harry Potter has to be a World Book Day favourite and because Harry is often dressed in his uniform for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - half the job is done.
For Harry Potter all you need is their school uniform and a scarf in Gryffindor colours - maroon and gold, plus a red lip liner to draw on a lightning bolt scar and some round glasses.
And for Luna Lovegood you can give your child wavy hair or use a blonde wig and add a pair of Spectrespecs - Luna's glasses, which you can buy online or you could make your own out of pink card and glitter.
Now this idea 'literally' turns the idea of a favourite book into the costume and you shouldn't have a problem doing this.
You just need some coloured card, felt tips and your favourite book to copy the front cover. The kids can even draw the images, colour them in, cut them out and glue them on.
Then all you need is some string to secure the costume around them.
If you need anymore ideas check out some of last year's costumes - we can't wait to see what you come up with.
