THOUSANDS of children, teachers and administrators at schools across the Alpine Shire celebrated this year's Book Week by dressing up as some of their favourite literary characters last week.
The theme of this year's Book Week was 'reading is magic', with everyone who participated delivering on the magical costume re-creations from their favourite reads.
"Reading really is magic," Marian College English teacher, Bridget Goodyear said.
"It can take you to other worlds, explore new ideas and help you understand different people.
"This week we wish to honour the magic that authors and illustrators bring to the lives of readers.
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"At Marian, we had book quizzes and activities in the library all week as well as the traditional dress-up day, which was held on Tuesday, August 21."
Isobella Sommerville won the Best Dressed Individual Award with Nova Byrne as the runner-up.
In the Best Dressed Group category, the award went to Jaz Rossato, Lily Cuskelly, Isabelle Cooke, Maddison Pasqualotto and Genavieve Cusack who dressed up as '10 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed'.
The runner-up award for Best Dressed Group went to Helina Murphy, Adena Greig and Eliza Burke as they brought a trio of M&Ms to life.
Brad Carroll won the Best Dressed Teacher Award with Shannyn Vescio as the runner-up.
"Another activity we ran had students trying to match the teachers with their favourite books which were displayed in the library," Ms Goodyear said.
"The winners of ‘Match the Teacher/ESO to their Favourite Book’ were Edith Cafe and Lily Burton.
"Special mentions to the teacher helpers and ‘Book Week Committee’ for making the week so fun; Pam Boland, Ada Tracey, Olivia Cannata, Billie Prestage, Gemma Corcoran & Ella McMasters.
"Thank you all for such a wonderful Book Week!"
At St Mary's Primary School in Myrtleford, Book Week was celebrated with a parade and individual classroom activities, organised by administrator Lucia Southern.
"Each classroom selected a book and decorated their rooms with that theme," Ms Southern said.
"Working with that theme, they then participated in unique activities in each classroom."
A parade was also held at Mount Beauty Primary School in collaboration with the kindergarten children from Lakeview Children’s Centre.
"Book Celebration Day is always a highlight in the Mount Beauty Primary School’s calendar," principal, Carolyn Serpell said.
"The day is celebrated with a parade and lots of cross-age and book related activities throughout the day.
"The children from the children's centre also dressed up and joined our parade which was great fun.
"We really appreciate the support of our families in making this such a special day and it was so great to have so many families joining us."
