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Amanda Holden leads the celebrity tributes to World Book Day


‘It’s a Tinker Bell kinda day!’ Amanda Holden gets into character as Peter Pan’s fairy sidekick while Rochelle Humes’ daughters dress as their favourite fictional figures for World Book Day

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Amanda Holden led the way on Thursday morning as celebrities celebrated World Book Day across social media. 

Famed for her youthful looks, the Heart Radio presenter paid tribute to evergreen children’s character Peter Pan by dressing up as Tinker Bell. 

Sporting the character’s lime-green outfit and fairy wings, Amanda struck a pose after making her way into the radio station’s central London studio.  

Make me a wish: Amanda Holden led the way on Thursday morning as celebrities celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as fairy Tinker Bell from J.M Barrie's Peter Pan

Make me a wish: Amanda Holden led the way on Thursday morning as celebrities celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as fairy Tinker Bell from J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan 

The presenter, 49, added to her look with a pair of flesh coloured tights and silver stiletto heels, while her hair was pulled into a messy bun.  

Sharing a playful snap with Instagram followers, she wrote: It’s a #Tinkerbell kinda day.’ 

Getting in on the act, co-host Jamie Theakston embraced a similar theme by dressing as Captain Hook, the antagonist from J.M Barrie’s 1904 play and its series of bestselling books and film adaptations. 

Here we go: Getting in on the act, co-host Jamie Theakston embraced a similar theme by dressing as Captain Hook, the antagonist from Barrie's 1904 play and its series of bestselling books

Here we go: Getting in on the act, co-host Jamie Theakston embraced a similar theme by dressing as Captain Hook, the antagonist from Barrie’s 1904 play and its series of bestselling books

Lovely: Rochelle and Marvin Humes' children Valentina and Alaia-Mai also joined in the fun on Thursday morning

... the pair celebrated by dressing as animated bunny Bing (L) and popular children's character Matilda (R)

Lovely: Rochelle and Marvin Humes’ children Valentina (L) and Alaia-Mai (R) also joined in the fun on Thursday morning by dressing as animated bunny Bing and popular children’s character Matilda

Rochelle and Marvin Humes’ children Alaia-Mai, six, and Valentina, two, also joined in the fun by pulling on costumes dedicated to their favourite characters. 

Taking to Instagram. Rochelle, 30, posted two snaps of her daughter dressed respectively as popular children’s character Matilda and animated bunny Bing.  

Elsewhere Loose Women star Stacey Solomon ensured son Leighton celebrated World Book Day by dressing him up as one of one of English fiction’s most iconic creations.

Taking to Instagram, Stacey, 30, shared a snap of her second son clad in a Harry Potter cape and spectacles, and effect created with a special filter.

Former TOWIE star Amy Childs also joined the celebrity tributes on Thursday morning, with daughter Polly, two, getting into character as Beauty And The Beast character Belle.

He'll cast a spell on you: Elsewhere Loose Women star Stacey Solomon ensured son Leighton celebrated World Book Day by dressing him up as one of one of English fiction's most iconic creations, Harry Potter

He’ll cast a spell on you: Elsewhere Loose Women star Stacey Solomon ensured son Leighton celebrated World Book Day by dressing him up as one of one of English fiction’s most iconic creations, Harry Potter 

Captioning the shot, the 29-year old reality star admitted the celebration was all the more special because it was her oldest child’s first.  

She wrote: ‘Belle. Awww my darling princess… her first ever #worldbookday2020 how beautiful does she look… please stop growing polly.’ 

Joining in the fun, retired Olympic swimmer delighted fans by sharing a shot of daughter Summer dressed as legendary Frozen character Princess Elsa. 

Captioning the image, Rebecca, 31,  admitted the four-year old – her only child with ex-husband Harry Needs – had a hard time deciding which character to choose because she’s an avid reader. 

She wrote: ‘World Book day!!! Summer dressed up on Tuesday at school and the hardest part was finding her favourite book. 

‘She loves so many and didn’t really understand when I asked her to choose just one. A princess came out on top every time though!! I’m so glad she loves books and i love reading to her every night.’ 



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