Surviving this year's Book Week Parade
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Wed 24 August 2016
10 mins
It’s National Book Week, which means parents across the country will be gathering all sorts of random items from the backs of cupboards to create some form of parade costume.
Jo Walsh is a veteran of Book Week Parades... She's been through 11 years of them! Coinciding with our Screen Free Challenge theme this week of READ, she gives Shevonne her best tips on how to get your kiddy to school in book-style.
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