Book Character Parade

Our elementary school doesn't "do" Halloween. No costumes, no Halloween party, no real acknowledgement that the day occurs (well, they generally don't give homework that night). Instead, they hold book character parades soon after Halloween where the kids can dress up. The 1st, 3rd, 5th parade was Friday. Each kid who participates dresses up as a character in a book and carries that book with them and parades twice through the halls of the school.


A chose to go as Harry Potter, to no surprise. It was his Halloween costume and his favorite book character too. I would guess that many of the kids came in their Halloween costume. After all, you can get books about Transformers and Batman and Dis*ney princesses.