As every parent, teacher, bookseller and librarian reading this blog will undoubtedly know, yesterday was World Book Day – and it was truly wonderful to see so many outfits inspired by characters from Nosy Crow books! Here are some of our favourites, posted on Twitter:
Here’s a SPLENDID Sunny from The Grunts books by Philip Ardagh and Axel Scheffler:
This young lady is dressed as Sunny from THE GRUNTS with a bun for Fingers the elephant! Via rosamundjenkins</a>: <a href="http://t.co/pu6JZoeg3K">pic.twitter.com/pu6JZoeg3K</a></p>— Philip Ardagh (PhilipArdagh) March 7, 2014
You can read the first chapter of The Grunts all at Sea, the second book in the series, here:
Here are two marvellous costumes-in-waiting for Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, from the picture book by Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton:
Happy world book day, my girls costumes ready for their dress up day tom 2dScrumptious</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy">TraceyCorderoy NosyCrow</a> <a href="http://t.co/mz2n0R1eAD">pic.twitter.com/mz2n0R1eAD</a></p>— Jo Byatt (JoanneByatt1) March 6, 2014
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Here’s a simply brilliant Princess Lily-Rose May, from The Princess and the Peas by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton:
Splendid #WorldBookDay costume! (cc carylhart1</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahWarbie">sarahwarbie) RT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrixtonBeck">BrixtonBeck: Princess and the Peas NosyCrowBooks</a> <a href="http://t.co/p3Ce2JNV10">pic.twitter.com/p3Ce2JNV10</a></p>— Nosy Crow Books (NosyCrowBooks) March 6, 2014
Take a look inside:
Here’s a swashbucklingly-good Captain Beastlie, from Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party by Lucy Coats and Chris Mould:
An AMAZING Captain Beastlie #WorldBookDay costume! RT TeriSmyth</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/lucycoats">lucycoats chrismouldink</a> tada! <a href="http://t.co/Jz3TZk4I4B">pic.twitter.com/Jz3TZk4I4B</a></p>— Nosy Crow Books (NosyCrowBooks) March 6, 2014
Take a look inside:
And here are the author and illustrator themselves! First, Chris Mould:
Gerrup out o' yer beds yer scurvy shipmates. It's World Book Day and it's Pirate O' Clock. #wishIhadaproperjob pic.twitter.com/jodpy5HnVC
— Chris Mould (@chrismouldink) March 6, 2014
And here’s Lucy Coats – a very convincing pirate, I think you’ll agree:
Here I am in full Pirate Queen Lucy kit for #WorldBookDayUK Let me hear you say AHOY, me hearties! Also AHARR! pic.twitter.com/ALdVRs4vEA
— Lucy Coats (@lucycoats) March 6, 2014
Please do share your World Book Day costumes with us (especially if they’re from one of our own books!) – we love seeing them!
