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IT’S nearly time to set aside mobile phones and tablets and embrace the joy of reading real books.
World Book Day is taking over Glasgow schools and nurseries on March 2 with pupils urged to dress as their favourite literary hero or heroine.
The celebration is marked in 100 countries around the world and there will be dozens of special activities to show how reading can be life-changing.
One of the most well known of these is to have children go to school dressed as their favourite character.
Competition is fierce for youngsters to be wearing the best costume.
And with the internet the pressure is even more intense for a dress-up idea that will go viral, such as the boy last year who dressed as Roald Dahl’s BFG.
On World Book Day children are also given the chance to buy a book of their own on the day.
Each school pupil from five to 18, is given a £1 token they can redeem against paperbacks or audio books. Fun fact: World Book Day is on March 2 in the UK and Ireland but in other countries it is marked on April 23 – the day William Shakespeare’s birth.