With many of us are in lockdown at home at the moment, and popping down to the shops not what it used to be and putting together a book week costume may fall into the too-hard basket. The good news is that there are plenty of no-fuss and stress-free options.

A look through the dress up box and craft cupboard and a bit of imagination will go a long way and may be just what you need to celebrate our favourite book characters and their creators… without the need for a sewing machine or a glue gun! Now that’s worth celebrating!

Happy Book Week, everyone!

GP x

BOOK LIST:

JUST ONE BEE | Written by Margrete Lamond and Anthony Bertini | Illustrated by Christoper Nielson | Published by Dirt Lane Press.

ARABELLA AND THE MAGIC PENCIL | Written by Stephanie Ward | Illustrated by Shaney Stone | Published by EK Books.

BUSY BEAKS | Written and Illustrated by Sarah Allen | Published by Affirm Press.

YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS THE BEST | Written by Maggie Hutchings | Illustrated by Felicita Sala | Published by Affirm Press.

THE BARK BOOK | Written by Victoria Mackinlay | Illustrated by Beth Harvey | Published by Harper Collins Children’s Publishing.

QUARK’S ACADEMY | Written by Catherine Pelosi | Illustrated by Kirby Armstrong | Published by Hachette.

BEAR IN SPACE | Written by Deborah Abela | Illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall | Published by Walker Books Australia.

RAIN SHAKER | Written by Elizabeth Mary Cummings | Illustrated by Cheri Hughes | Published by Big Sky Publishing.

RODNEY LOSES IT | Written by Michael Gerard Bauer | Illustrated by Chrissie Krebs | Published by Scholastic Australia.

A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL | Written and Illustrated by Freda Chiu| | Published by Allen and Unwin.

SECRETS OF A SCHOOLYARD MILLIONAIRE | Written by Nat Amoore | Illustrated by James Lancett | Published by Penguin Random House.

LUCY’S BOOK | Written by Natalie Jane Prior | Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini | Published by Hachette.

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR | Written and Illustrated by Eric Carle.

THE LION WHO CAME TO STAY | Written by Victoria Mackinlay | Illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh | Published by Scholastic Australia.

YELLOW, YELLOW Written by Frank Asch | Illustrated by Mark Alan Stamaty | Published by Drawn and Quarterly.

EDIE’S EXPERIMENTS | Written by Charlotte Barkla | Illustrated by Sandy Flett | Published by Penguin Random House.

WALKING YOUR HUMAN | Written by Liz Ledden | Illustrated by Gabriella Petruso | Published by Larrikin House.

POWER OF POSITIVE PRANKING | Written by Nat Amoore | Illustrated by James Lancett | Published by Penguin Random House.

And here are a bonus 27 dress up ideas from last year…