This year's World Book Day (March 4) wasn't quite on the scale it normally would be.
As with most occasions over the last 12 months, it was restricted in its celebrations, especially with schools still not back to normal.
But that didn't mean people didn't get into the spirit of things.
Some schools and Leader readers, shared photos of their own way of marking the fun day.
Check out our gallery of characters brought to life straight from the pages of some favourite books.
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