World Book Day Blackpool: 25 fantastic pictures as youngsters transform into their favourite characters

Each World Book Day, the Blackpool Gazette celebrates your little bookworms' literary costume efforts and this year is no different.

Today is World Book Day, a charity event held annually on the first Thursday in March to foster a love for reading amongst young people.

This morning, we asked readers of the Blackpool Gazette to share their little one's brilliant costumes and they did not disappoint!

From mini monsters to pocket size princesses, take a look below at some of the fabulous World Book Day costumes from across the Fylde Coast...

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