Thursday, March 5, marks World Book Day so children across the borough have been getting dressed up as their favourite characters.
From Harry Potter to The Cat in the Hat, there is a wide variety of costumes on display this year.
We’ve been inundated with pictures so here is our first batch of pictures sent into the Shields Gazette Facebook group.
Take a look through as these great World Book Day costumes.
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8. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Four-year-old Lucie as 'There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly'. | Caitlin Swinbanks