Book Week 2023 Mackay Whitsundays pictures | Vote for your favourite costume

Kids across Mackay and the Whitsundays dressed up as their favourite character to celebrate the joy of reading, and here are the top 10 as voted by you.

Heidi Petith

@HeidiPetith

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August 29, 2023 - 5:00AM

It’s the coveted Book Week and students across the Mackay and Whitsundays are getting into the literary spirit. Pictures: Contributed

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This year’s Book Week was incredible to witness across the Mackay Whitsundays with thousands of children excitedly bringing their favourite literary characters to life.

It went to show that even with today’s technologies, nothing beats a good book for sparking imagination, wonder, and joy.

With creations made from cardboard, paper mache, moveable parts, and more, every costume was magical for the child who wore it.

We asked our readers to help choose their favourite and so without further ado, here are the costumes you voted as your top 10.

5. Queen of Hearts and Macca the Alpaca

Fifth position was a tie between Olivia who dressed up as the Queen of Hearts and Noah who was inspired by Macca the Alpacca.

Noah was inspired by Macca the Alpacca and Olivia gave her best Alice in Wonderland Queen of Hearts look.

4. Titanic, Anemone, Mad Hatter

The title for fourth best Book Week costume was split three-ways between Miss T who went all out as the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, Tayla who found inspiration from the book Anemone is Not My Enemy, and

A three way split for fourth place went to a pink anemone, Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter, and an Titanic inspired.

3. Crayons, Just Disgusting and Bumblebee

Coming in at number three was a twin-share between Helena who did her very best not impressed face to illustrate The Day the Crayons Quit and a transformer come to life with an impressive cardboard configuration of Bumblebee.

A shared third place had a yellow dress code, with Transformers’ Bumblebee, an Andy Griffiths’ duck and a costume based on The Day the Crayons Quit.

2. Jack in the Box

Also donning a 3D costume was our second place Book Week costume winner, Jhett, who was Jack in the Box.

Jhett dressed up as a Jack in the Box as part of 2023 Book Week celebrations across the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region. Picture: Contributed

1. Green Sheep

Could it have been cuteness of a baby dressed up as an animal, or was it the wooly resemblance to Mem Fox’s sheep? Whatever it was, young Mimi was voted as having the best Book Week costume for the Mackay Whitsundays for her adorable version of the green sheep from Fox’s classic, Where is the Green Sheep?