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BOOK CHARACTERS COME ALIVE WITH WORLD BOOK DAY

March 14, 2023
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CHILDREN and teachers across Frome have been dressing up as their favourite story time characters to celebrate World Book Day.

There has been lots of different costumes including; Harry Potter, Thing One and Thing Two, chickens, bumble bees, dinosaurs, and oompa loompas, with schools celebrating the importance of reading and creativity.

World Book Day is a charity event held annually, which sees all children in the UK being issued with a token to be spent on books.

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