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Nemo, from 'Finding Nemo'

by Elliott

It’s a fish.

Diamond, from 'Diamond'

by Jennifer

She’s sweet.

The Doctor, from 'Doctor Who'

by Don

He is cool.

Image: Child's drawing of Anne of Green Gables

Anne, from 'Anne of Green Gables'

by Sam

Life never gets her down and she has an amazing imagination.

Jane Eyre, from 'Jane Eyre'

by Nancy

Jane Eyre embodies the selfless woman alone on her journey through a difficult life. Few shards of joy enter Jane’s world but she always is strong and ready to face… Read more

Willy Wonka, from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'

by Ollie

I chose Willy Wonka because he is very creative and a bit magical. He made a chocolate room and you could eat the trees, the grass, mushrooms and even drink… Read more

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Skye

Dressed as Dorothy, from 'The Wizard of Oz'

She meets loads of characters.
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Amelia

Dressed as Olaf, from 'Frozen'

He’s funny.
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Iola

Dressed as Anna, from 'Frozen'

She’s interesting and brave.
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Luella

Dressed as The Mad Hatter, from 'Alice in Wonderland'

He is so bonkers and funny, and completely and utterly mad.
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Freya

Dressed as Cat, from 'Worst Witch'

Because it is about magic.
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Annabelle

Dressed as Hermione Granger, from 'The Harry Potter Books'

She’s relate-able and strong.
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Elliott

Dressed as Nemo, from 'Finding Nemo'

It’s a fish.
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Jennifer

Dressed as Diamond, from 'Diamond'

She’s sweet.
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Don

Dressed as The Doctor, from 'Doctor Who'

He is cool.
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Sam

Dressed as Anne, from 'Anne of Green Gables'

Life never gets her down and she has an amazing imagination.
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Nancy

Dressed as Jane Eyre, from 'Jane Eyre'

Jane Eyre embodies the selfless woman alone on her journey through a difficult life. Few shards of joy enter Jane’s world but she always is strong and ready to face… Read more
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Ollie

Dressed as Willy Wonka, from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'

I chose Willy Wonka because he is very creative and a bit magical. He made a chocolate room and you could eat the trees, the grass, mushrooms and even drink… Read more
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Sam

Dressed as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, from 'How to Train Your Dragon'

Hiccup is my favourite character because he is so brave and he got an arrow in his shoulder and he is the future chief of the village. I like the… Read more
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Felix

Dressed as Emily, from 'Adventure Island series'

My favourite character is Emily because she is very brave and adventurous. The author of the book is Helen Moss. In the text it says how Emily is always looking… Read more
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Jannvi

Dressed as Mr Pinkwhistle, from 'The Adventures of Mr Pinkwhistle'

I like this character because he never lets anyone get sad and he always finds a solution for every problem. He is really kind and helpful. Fascinating, clever and magical,… Read more
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Hannah

Dressed as The Little Wooden Horse, from 'The Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse'

My favourite book character is the Little Wooden Horse. I chose this character because he is a good inspiration to everyone. I like The Little Wooden Horse because he is… Read more
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Katie

Dressed as Rachel Walker, from 'Rainbow Fairy books'

Rachel Walker is my favourite book character. Rachel looks after her friends and she is very beautiful. She is also thoughtful because she helped her friend when she fell over…. Read more
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Charlotte

Dressed as Sky, from 'Sky the Unwanted Kitten'

I chose this book because there was a little cute kitten and my favourite animal is a kitten. She is really adventurous because she first went outside she explored the… Read more
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Grace

Dressed as Max, from 'Max the Missing Puppy'

The book is about a fluffy puppy and my favourite animal is a puppy. I like Max because he is soft. He goes off and the girl who owns him… Read more
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Meera

Dressed as Sapphire Battersea, from 'Sapphire Battersea and Hetty Featherby'

Sapphire is my favourite character because she has exciting adventures and does amazing things, like going to rich men’s houses. Sapphire is sneaky because her mum is the cook so… Read more
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Ben

Dressed as Tom Gates, from 'Tom Gates series'

My favourite character is Tom Gates because he is funny. He has a band called Dog Zombies. He also has a really annoying sisted called Delia.
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Sam

Dressed as Toothless, from 'How to Train Your Dragon'

I chose Toothless because he is an exciting character and he has lots of fun adventures. Toothless is very protective about other dragons and Hiccup. For example, when Trader Yohan… Read more
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Mia

Dressed as Violet, from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'

I have chosen Violet as my favourite character because she is a bit like me because I like blowing bubbles. Also I like fashion and Violet does too. Sometimes she… Read more
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Archie

Dressed as Mr Gum, from 'Mr Gum books'

I chose this character because he has really funny plans that never work properly. He has a curly red beard. I think he is mischievous because he keeps making up… Read more
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Bob

Dressed as Horrid Henry, from 'Horrid Henry books'

My favourite character is Horrid Henry because he is funny and rude. The author is Francesca Simon. Henry has a brother Peter and Peter is very perfect.
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Evie

Dressed as Hermione Granger, from 'Harry Potter books'

I like Hermione because she is brave, helping Harr and Ron find the mysteries of Voldemort. She is intelligent and keen to learn.. I look up to her because, when… Read more
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Zachary

Dressed as Greg Heffley, from 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'

My favourite character is Greg Heffley. I like him because he is funny and lazy. Sometimes he is jealous of friends. He is obsessed with video games. He is my… Read more
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Isidore

Dressed as Legolas, from 'The Lord of the Rings'

Legolas can do anything and whenever there’s a problem, he manages to sort it out. I really like his relationship with Gimli and I love his bow and arrow. He’s… Read more
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Aphra

Dressed as Sally Lockhart, from 'The Ruby in the Smoke'

She is the brains behind an operation of frequently bumbling boys and eventually combines it all with a romantic interest (or two) and a daughter. Furthermore what could be cooler… Read more
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Clement

Dressed as Zaphod Beeblebrox, from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

He is ‘one hoopy frood’ with two heads and the best remarks known to man – or alien. I can’t wait until I’m old enough to drink a pangalacticgargleblaster which… Read more
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Tessa

Dressed as Tiny Clanger, from 'The Clangers'

How do we find ourselves through the stories we tell and are told? ‘This world of ours, this cloudy planet warmed by the sun, is a cosy place to live…… Read more
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Suzie

Dressed as Nancy Drew, from 'The Nancy Drew Mysteries'

I jumped at the chance to think about fictional characters that inspired my childhood – the ones who lifted me away from my everyday and joined me at playtime. I… Read more
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Sue

Dressed as The Pied Piper, from 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'

‘If we’ve promised them aught, let us keep our promise!’ Picture me as a nine-year-old weighing up what it means to break your word, pondering how serious the consequences can… Read more
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Sophie

Dressed as The Tiger, from 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea'

It’s Sunday. It’s around six o’clock. I’m sitting cross-legged in front of the gas fire in the sitting room, and I’m about to tuck into a crumpet, saturated with butter…. Read more
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Sara

Dressed as Heidi, from 'Heidi'

I was a weird kid, there’s no getting out of it. My mother tells a story about waking me for school one morning and instead of just getting up, I… Read more
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Rebecca

Dressed as Anne Shirley, from 'Anne of Green Gables'

She is a feeling. A bitter-sweet flashback of childhood, warmth and home. Anne Shirley was 11 when I first ‘met’ her: a mail-order orphan with long, red braids awaiting collection… Read more
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Pip

Dressed as Miffy, from 'The Miffy books'

I have little recollection of my first ten years, and asked Mum to stir up some memories. “Which was my favourite bedtime story?” I tempted, intrigued as to which character… Read more
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Philippa

Dressed as Fatty, from 'Five Find-Outers and Dog'

I’ve always wanted to be a detective; not a spy because I talk too much, and probably wouldn’t respond well to torture. Sleuthing is much more my thing. It all… Read more
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Neil

Dressed as Robinson Crusoe, from 'Robinson Crusoe'

My favourite literary character from childhood was Robinson Crusoe. I knew him not from the Daniel Defoe book but from television. Specifically, I’m talking about the black and white Franco… Read more
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Michelle

Dressed as Aravis, from 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and his Boy'

Books are doorways. As a child, an open book would close me off from adult conversations or the clamour of a younger brother and sister, and set me free from… Read more
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Lin

Dressed as Puddleglum the Marshwiggle, from 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair'

Our local library smelt like a church. Housed in a tithe barn, something about its arching roof timbers and silence made browsing in the Children’s Section an almost reverential act…. Read more
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Laura

Dressed as Tracy Beaker, from 'The Story of Tracy Beaker'

When I was ten years old my favourite place was Rossington Community Library on McConnel Crescent. It’s an unassuming grey concrete building, but at the time it was as impressive… Read more
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Kirsten

Dressed as Mildred Hubble, from 'The Worst Witch'

I could never relate to powerful heroes in fiction. As a kid, I was scatty, scruffy and forgetful, so reading about strong, saintly and powerful characters was a source of… Read more
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Justina

Dressed as Bee, from 'Ant and Bee'

Imagining Bee on his own is too sad so I’m slightly fudging the ‘pick only one character’ rule. Bee belongs with his best friend, Ant, and Ant belongs with Bee. From… Read more
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Julie

Dressed as Bilbo Baggins, from 'The Hobbit'

In September 1973, aged ten, I emerged from a blinding rage to find myself facing the corner in Mr Scully’s classroom. It was the fourth school I’d been to in… Read more
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John

Dressed as Mole, from 'The Wind in the Willows'

I fell in love with Mole the first time I heard about him. He definitely entered my ears before my eyes because Mr Whitfield read the story to us in… Read more
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Jo

Dressed as Sophie, from 'Sophie's Snail'

Reassuring me that it was okay to wear grass-stained dungarees, and have messy hair and dirt under my fingernails, Sophie was the mirror image of my seven-year-old self. We even… Read more
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Gillian

Dressed as Magwitch, from 'Great Expectations'

“No school for at least a month, Mrs Colhoun.” My mother narrowed her eyes at the GP’s edict, turned and glared a seething threat that whispered, “don’t you dare smirk,… Read more
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Faye

Dressed as Prince Caspian, from 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'

Prince Caspian is the hero of a book, the second in the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. My aunt gave it to me as a parting gift after… Read more
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Elise

Dressed as The Cheshire Cat, from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

I remember an English test at primary school. One task was to tweak words in order to create their antonyms. I got stuck on sense. “What word is the opposite?”… Read more
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Elena

Dressed as Ramona, from 'Ramona the Pest'

Growing up, I loved Ramona. She was so exuberant and spunky; full of beans. Her older sister, Beezus, called her a pest, but I knew she wasn’t one, at least… Read more
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Elen

Dressed as A Wild Thing, from 'Where the Wild Things Are'

Arthur, my son, is four-years-old. My sister gave him a wolf suit for Christmas and he won’t take it off. He wears it in bed, he wears it for breakfast,… Read more
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Daniel

Dressed as Flat Stanley, from 'Flat Stanley'

Flat Stanley is the character that moved me as a child. This kid could do things that others couldn’t. He could slide under doors, become a kite or post himself… Read more
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Chris

Dressed as The BFG, from 'The BFG'

‘Just because we happen not to have actually seen something with our own two little winkles, we think it is not existing’ The BFG is a story which tells the… Read more
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Chris

Dressed as The Cat in the Hat, from 'The Cat in the Hat'

Hats off to Dr Seuss! When I was quite little I’d hang by the gate Of the primary school ‘Cos I just couldn’t wait To join my big sister: See,… Read more
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Alya

Dressed as Grandmamma, from 'The Witches'

If you have a child, remember what it’s like to be one or you still are one, perhaps you can answer this: Why do children and their grandparents have such… Read more
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Beverley

Dressed as Kizzy, from 'The Diddakoi'

Dear Kizzy When I first read about you in Rumer Godden’s the Diddakoi back in 1972, I was nine. Just a year or two older than you were in the… Read more
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