Children across the country are going into school dressed as their favourite literary characters to mark World Book Day. The annual event, which was started in 1995, has become one of the most ...

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One of the more reassuring aspects of getting older is the realisation that some things never change. And one of those things is that children will always love fancy dress parties. This month marks an ...

From Gandhiji’s khadi to a charkha of change, here are creative 15 August fancy dress ideas for kids that celebrate history, spark curiosity, and inspire pride. (Image: Pexels) From dressing up as ...

SHOPPERS are scrambling to get their hands on cut-price children’s fancy dress costumes from Sainsbury’s. World Book Day is less than a month away – March 2 – and luckily for many parents, the popular ...

In a bookshop last week with my nine-year-old son, we stopped to look at a little model house kit. My eyes lit up as I told him that this was exactly the kind of thing I used to love doing when I was ...