World Book Day celebrated at schools across Scotland

The celebration is a chance to put children in the centre of their favourite books

Children all across Scotland have been dressing up as their favourite fictional characters for World Book Day.

It’s become one of the most popular dates in the school calendar with pupils given a free book voucher and encouraged to get creative with costumes, in a bid to make them fall in love with reading.

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