World Book Day as a child was so exciting. World Book Day (March 8) is a celebration of books and reading that takes place worldwide and annually. Its purpose is to encourage a love of reading for ...

World Book Day is an annual event that celebrates authors, illustrators and our favourite books and characters. Children in the UK attend school dressed as their favourite book characters.

But the thing about World Book Day is that it misses one target: the grown ups. While children are dressing up as the Wizard of Oz, the adults are reading not very much at all.

For years on World Book Day, parents have been asked to dress their children up as book characters, and social media feeds have filled up with pictures of kids in costumes. But now some schools ...