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WORLD BOOK DAY COMP!!!!

Are you dressing up to celebrate World Book Day this year? If you are dressing up as a fave character from one of my books… Scarlett, Cat, Ginger, Joey, Dizzy, Indie or Jude… send me a photo of you in costume. I will post the best pics on the website and send a goody bag to the five best photos… what are you waiting for?!!!!

Send your photos by clicking here only.

Have you got your entry in for the fab MBFR comp 2009? Click this MBFR link for all the details and tell me why YOUR best friend rocks!!!

Are you in Australia or New Zealand? You may not be eligible for the fab MBFR comp but you can enter a special comp to meet me when I tour Australia & New Zealand in May… click here for more details of how to enter!

And don’t forget to tell me how you’re celebrating World Book Day….


83 Comments on WORLD BOOK DAY COMP!!!!

Anna says...

what’s world book day?

Jade Kemp says...

are you writing any new books. who is your idle and what is your favourite book of yours. what is you favourite book of another author who is your favourite author and what is there best book

prudence sperryn says...

when is angel cake coming out???? looking forward to it heaps!:):):):):)

leonii says...

will you give me some character ideas ??

Alex says...

When is world book day????

Abby Kay says...

My favourite book at the moment is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. It’s amazing!

taylor says...

what is your next book called

*emz* x says...

hi x i don’t think we’re doing world book day at my school this year, but i dressed up as Indie from Indigo Blue when i was in year 5 =] no one knew who i was though lol! x

annastersia says...

will i go to harris school@

Olivia says...

Answering to the previous question, World Book Days is a Day encouraging people to read books. Every year, several million school children receive a special £1 World Book Day token to receive £1 off a book at any UK book seller. some schools even dress up for the day!

Sarah says...

I love world book day because I love to read.

mollie says...

me and friends are all coming as characters from ur books for world book day!!! i cant wait! i am dressing up as joey!

louise says...

for world book day I’m going to be Scarlett Murray.I cannot wait to send a photo!

Amber says...

Talking to Olivia, not just school kids get tokens, Home Educated ones (like me) get them too through the post. I love World Book Day, I look forward to it every year! I’m going to dress up as…Scarlett. She’s my favourite character! Amber :)

hannah says...

i love world book day. it rocks :-) cuz i love reading. i think i’ll like to be emily from gingersnaps. it’ll be fun! there might b before and after! r u writing a world book day book?

Natalie says...

I love world book day cuz I love Reading! Are you writing a world book day book and when is your next book coming out? I’m going to dress up as joey cuz I hate school uniform soooooooooo much! Natalie x

Sophie Ikin says...

I am dressing up as joey i think shes well cool

*emz* x says...

hi me again lol! just saw Abby Kay’s comment – i totally agree with you, Twilight is AMAZING ! as well as all Cathy Cassidy’s books, of course =]

Lils says...

Its soo unfair – I wanted to dress up as Scarlett Murray, but my school is coming in PJs this year. I LOVE my PJs though, so its not too bad. Can I just dress up outside of school??? xxx

suzy says...

I would enter my best friend rocks but i have two best friends! i am dressing up as ginger

Livia says...

Are you allowed 2 dress up as one of the lads for the competition? ive got a gd idea but its froma sad part in one of the books

x*klara*x says...

I cannot wait till world book day!!! I think i will dress up az Scarlett from SCARLETT coz she is a cool and fun and exiting like meeeee!! lol x but i will probs have to die my hair red coz at the mo it is blond :( mi mum will have a fit lol x!!! When is the next Cathy Cassidy book coming out? I just luuuuuuuuuuuv them!!!! :D:D xklarax

Cathy Cassidy says...

Lils, the main character from my next book Angel Cake does have a pj moment… lol!!! Yes, it’s fine, dress up and take your pic after school, that will still be fine. Livia, sure, you can dress up as a boy character! Kiara, I have books coming out in june and also July… there’ll be more on the website about them soon! xx

Lottie says...

I am dressing up as Joey From Driftwood! x

Georgie says...

My school isn’t doing anything special for World Book Day but I love it when we get to share our favourite books at school! I don’t know why we aren’t though.

mollie says...

hi, i cant wait for ur new books to come out!!! the rest of ur books are GREAT !!! i can never put them down!! how many new books have u written? i wanna enter the my best friend rocks comp but are u only allowed to enter one friend cos i have 3??? wat does hannah out of driftwood look like and wear cos my friend hannah is comin as her but she doesnt no wat to wear?

Milly Mackenzie says...

World Book Day is awesome… I have a One Pound Token off some books and I will probably spend on one of urs (CATHY CASSIDY ’S) Or Jackqueline Wilson’s. I do not dress up for World Book Day usually, but I may get my friends round and dress up! I will probably dress up as Cat or Jude if anyone. And I am REALLY looking forward to your next books. Sounds cool. :)

Bronteeee says...

i lurvvveee world book day. is it still to late to enter the comp on saturday cuss me and my m8s r doing it then?

Erin says...

i am dressed as Indigo Collins

Emily says...

I LOOOVE your books and i think you rock, i love your style and the way you view life, to enjoy it! Thanks for your books you are my favorite author. Keep up the awesome work!

Alex says...

I dressed up as shannon from ginger snaps

Stacey says...

Hi! World Book Day isn’t very popular in Australia, but I think my school is doing something like that in September… I’m gonna be Scarlett-red hairspray, clip-on tongue stud, red wedge sandles, the lot!

julie says...

YOU ROCK THE WORL AND UNIVERSE

emiily :P says...

Hiyah, i dressed up as Joey last year wearing a black top with silver skulls on it wit a silver belt, a small black skirt and long stripy socks with small shoes!! lol we didnt dress up this year thouh but i got one of those tokens ! :D cyah

Nia says...

Unfortunately, we don’t get to dress up at my school any more, but if we did I would be going as Joey. I think Driftwood is a really lovely story – my friend was reading it the other day and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed it xx

Sophie xx says...

My school never did anything for World Book Day and I was soooo upset as i was going to dress up as Indigo- all in blue!!! i got soooo excited and then they said we weren’t doing anything.

Emma says...

My school haven’t done anything to celebrate world book day! =0(

I was wondering if anyone was doing anything for comic releif. As at my school we are doing a whole range of things.

Aisha says...

i luv world book day but we didnt get to dress up at our school in the end!!!

louise says...

I was Scarlett Murray for world book day. I had great fun dressing up.I dyed my hair bright red,put a gold sticker on my tongue to make it look pierced and i wore gothic punk clothes.It was a blast.

Rosie xx says...

World book day was so awesome-but we didn’t dress up as characters. Instead we wore or pyjamas and brought in our favourite teddy and bedtime reading book! It rocked!

bilqis says...

this is the first time i’ve actually heard of world book day. The school I attend Doesn’t even mention world book day :/ Doesn’t stop me from reading though :) you know what (lol!) I’m going to dress up anyway, probably someone from driftwood, or luckystar. :] I’ll send you photo’s of my friends& I. It’ll be fun _ when is world book day?

Zara says...

it good that we have world book day because I can read Cathy Cassidy books

Niamh says...

i love all your books i got all of them at christmas and i brought ginger snaps on the 7/3/09 im on scarlet and my fave book was indgo blue but i loved joey in driftwood and i love scarlet in scarlet

Jessica says...

I am going to dress up as Joey from Driftwood. Can’t wait!

anna says...

I came as joey from driftwood can’t show you my picture coz my camras broke :(

Roohi says...

I brught Gingesnaps at the world book day sale in borders…its great so far. Sadly, we didnt get to dress up in our school but we did celebrate it :)

roshane says...

i like world book day, because i like reading.it’s a shame we can’t dress in our school.

Zoe says...

I dressed up as scarlett i can’t take a photo of me soz !!!!!

Taylor Ellie and Becky says...

Can you write a book about 4 besties called Becky Ellie and Taylor ohh and Rachael Because we are the best of friends oh ye a cant forget that u rule and we meet a girl called Kerry at the end x

Maddie says...

I got a bag of Cathy books for my 10th birthday (in January), and my friend got it for her 11th birthday aswell (in March)! She has just started reading dizzy, and is really enjoying it! I’m gonna lend her Gingersnaps when she finished all the others!

claire says...

I LOVE DRESSING UP CHARACTORS FROM MY FAVOURITE BOOKS MY FAVOURITE IS INDIE FROM INIGO BLUE

lauren says...

when does the competition close?

Suzy says...

At my school we are coming in pj’s so i will be ginger in pj’s!!!

Cathy Cassidy says...

Lauren, the comp won’t close until March 31st as some schools stretch out their World Book Day celebrations for the whole month… also, that will allow readers lots of time to get their photos emailed in! So… still time to enter!!!!

Emily says...

Are you coming to Manchester to tour?

mollie says...

when will the competition be judged? can u send a pic in of u with other people aswell?

Cathy Cassidy says...

Mollie, see my comment above… the closing date is March 31st. And yes, there can be other people on the photo. Emily, not plans yet to come to Manchester but lots more dates yet to be decided for the July tour… keep an eye on the CAMPER page of the website for all the latest tour dates. xxx

Rezwana says...

elow! Cathy i have a question to ask you when do you think your newest and latest book will come out! and when do you think you will be visiting London bye takecare loving every one of your books and got the whole collection of them! xoxo

Cathy Cassidy says...

Rezwana, there are two books to look forward to! Daizy Star is out in June and is aimed at the 7-10 age group… it’s all about Daizy, who is in Year 6, and her crazy friends… great for my younger readers and also for my older readers as a mini-read! Angel Cake, for my usual age-group, is all about Polish girl Anya who comes to settle in Britain and finds it’s not quite the way she imagined! Pretty soon, she settles in… and falls for the school bad-boy! Oh, and there’s a bit of a cake theme going on, too!

I have just done several public events in london, including the Imagine Festival at the Southbank Centre, so may not be back now until July… keep an eye on the CAMPER page of my website for all my latest tour dates so you don’t miss out next time around.

andi says...

do you bass any of ur books on your self??????

Katie says...

I love all the Cathy Cassidy books. They rock! Katie x:)

e says...

Hey cathy… i wanted to ask you a question… when will there be information on your top secret book out in oct?

Cathy Cassidy says...

Andi, no, the books are fiction, not fact, though little bits of real-life do sometimes sneak their way in.

E, there will be more news about the ‘secret’ book coming soon… watch the website for info! I think you’re going to like it…

Rosie xx (again) says...

Cathy, when will you write a mini book for World Book day? I would totally buy it! It could be like a mini sequel to one of your books!

Emma says...

Hiya everyone!

I was wondering if anyone had raised any money for comic releif as my school has done an event every day this week!

Emma =0)

Stacey says...

Oooh, the secret book sounds SO mysterious! Cathy, do you have any more details about your tour in Australia? When will you be visiting Melbourne?

Jane says...

I wasn’t able 2 dress up ‘cause book day was on the same day as my running comp + we had to wear tracksuits =<.I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvv all ur books Cathy.My fave’s Gingersnaps.Jane x

Rosie xx says...

(To Emma) We raised money for Comic Relief by wearing non-school uniform! I wore my red nose day t-shirt with the Beetles on it! Anyone else?

Anya says...

I love all your books they are all soooo good! My fav is Lucky Star, When is Angle cake coming out? Mwa ( an imaginary kiss) xoxo

Kim says...

How many books have you wrote so far? What inspires you to write them?

I love your writing, I have only read Dizzy and Lucky Star… so far, but I plan to read all of them by the Summer :)

Mollie says...

hi me and my friends sent in our pic to the competition and it is on the photo page!!! we were shocked when we saw it!!! the other pics are cool! we took our pic at school; in tha classroom! i cant wait til the new books come out! :-) x x x

sopy poo says...

nice!!!

Hannah says...

when is World book day!? im gonna dress up as joey from driftwood!

Scarlett for the day says...

I did! I dressed up as Scarlett Murray, i dyed my hair pinkish-red and wore a red check mini and leggings. I painted my nails black & red and got everyone to call me Scarlett. It was wa-a-a-ay fun ‘coz when i got in trouble i said that i was being Scarlett and they let me off with it!!!!!! Ha ha haaaaaaa( Evil Genius Laugh) Cathy, can you please write a book that is aimed to be a diary from someone becoz i reckon they are the best books ever. Watch out Louise Rennison, Cathy writes better books but isn’t as well known, because you need a book of Cathy’s made into a FILM to make her wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y popular. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Scarlett for the day 
            aka Dani Wilson
rebecca galloway age 11 says...

i know its hard being bullied as i have been it a couple of times. the second time driftwood helped me through it so THANKS for writing it. your my ace favourite author, i even started reasearching you for one of my school projects. i go to langside primary and are in primary 6. yours sincerely rebecca galloway age 11

Chloe says...

For world book day my school did a quiz about the books in the libary and authors, there was one on you cathy;) it was one where you had to choose which book out of 5 that were wrote down that you didn’t write;) it was the easiest question on the quiz!! lol but i won the quiz;) me and 2 of my friends and my ex-friend won:D hehe we got to choose a free book from the book fair and get a free poster:P i wanted one of your books but they only had Ginger Snaps but i already had it:L lol

rachel says...

i wrote a book review on Scarlett at school and its still up on the wall

DANI says...

MY ABSLOTE FAVE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WORLD IS DIZZY

Kate says...

what is world book day and when is it

aqsa says...

cathy u ar the best book writer when is world book day? catch u later bye

fiona fessey says...

hello Cathy i adore English therefore on world book day i shall write story’s and read,read,read,until my little eyes practically plead to do this no longer.lol!preferably your books if my visit to whsmith i soon.happy book day! love fifixx p.s when is world book day i am not sure when it is:)

mia says...

Are you ever going to get one of your books turned into a movie?

Beth says...

Hi Cathy, I just wanted to say that your an amazing author and in some of your books i even got a sudden attack of hayfever (which makes my eyes water), and trust me, that never usually happens to me!!! P.S- Please reply, pretty please with a cherry on top!