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It's 'World Book Day' - a day created by UNESCO in 1995 to encourage more young people to discover the pleasure of reading.

It's a day marked in over 100 countries, when many schools also encourage pupils to head into school in fancy dress as a character from a much-loved book.

Catherine Lofthouse has some tips for parents who have may have left sorting a costume until the last minute.