Book Week 2019 is almost upon us and yes, that means organising a costume for your child/children.
Running from August 17-23, it’s time to get a Book Week 2019 costume sorted because you’ll need to allow enough time for glue to dry and highly flammable children’s costumes to arrive in the post.
The perfect Book Week costume has to be a few things: not a dud, age appropriate, obvious enough people will recognise it and not too much of a time suck. Oh, and it’d be great if it didn’t cost more than a family day at the movies.
Side note – if you need a laugh to get you through Book Week prep, here’s a video of things mums never, ever say. Post continues after video.
Thankfully, this year’s theme is on your side. The Book Week 2019 theme is: Reading is My Secret Power. This is truly excellent news for you because… superhero costumes.
If you’re time-strapped and would rather be doing anything else than protecting your child’s social standing by ensuring their Book Week costume is not lame, we’ve sorted 19 Book Week costume ideas to suit the 2019 theme.
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God I hate book week!!!!!! I do the sports, bake for the fair, attend assembly etc etc while working full time...... BUT book week nearly break me every year!
Seems this is rapidly evolving into just a fancy-dress day at school, rather than "Book Week". Or do comics count as "books" these days?
Comics I think can have a bit of leeway (especially for some kids who aren't big readers, at least they're giving it a go), but the baby shark one is pushing the limits isn't it?
"Giving it a go" or "lowering the bar to the point that there might as well not be a bar at all"?
Depends on a lot of factors, I suppose. Families are busy, kids can be stubborn and picky, sometimes parents have to pick their battles. If letting a kid wear an Iron Man costume gets them out the door with a minimum of fuss, I don't judge parents for taking the 'easy' option.
Don't be a book snob, CBWA is about encouraging a love of reading and celebrating our authors, not about judging children on their level of reading or what costumes they wear.