Harry Potter is out and the kings and queens of Narnia are in, if a costume parade at one of Auckland’s book-loving primary schools is any indication.
Children at Randwick Primary School in Manurewa dressed up as their favourite book characters and showed that the C.S. Lewis books that spawned this coming summer’s Narnia-inspired movie were the flavour of the day.
Witches, princesses, lions and fawns, and knights in armour turned out.
Other classics showed up at the decile 2 school in the form of children and staff dressed as Mary Poppins, Rapunzel, and Wendy from Peter Pan.
Acting associate principal Andrea Bleakley said the children were just as excited about the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as they were about the movie version of it.
Library manager Marleen Maxwell, who introduced Book Week four years ago, said reading was a powerful tool in a school such as Randwick.
