LONDON -- World Book Day is a special day for many kids in the UK.
It's a chance to go to school dressed as their favourite characters from a book, whether that's a Roald Dahl classic, one of The Hunger Games trilogy or - in the case of one child last year - Fifty Shades of Grey.
Social media was awash with pictures of happy children dressed as Goldielocks, Katniss and Robin Hood, among many others Thursday morning.
And here he is @caitlinmoran My son as Katniss because she is the hero and his fav character #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/1V3DOCqCb4— Jo Plesniak (@joplesniak) March 3, 2016
My son Ludo is going to school as Goldilocks #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/106U7egocO— Toby Young (@toadmeister) March 3, 2016
With Robin Hood (Oliver) and Tinkerbell (Trinity) on #WorldBookDay pic.twitter.com/tzzDrHNH8z— Christopher Stalford (@CDMStalfordDUP) March 3, 2016
The children of Joe Heenan, however, weren't so lucky.
Their dad apparently didn't get his act together with a costume so they were packed off to school as "pages 89 & 165 of the Argos catalogue."
His son clutched a hairdryer and his daughter went off bearing a toaster, while both appeared to be dressed in their usual uniforms.
#WorldBookDay
Forgot they had to be in costume, so they're going to school as pages 89 & 165 of the Argos catalogue pic.twitter.com/5JHnHlRbte— joe heenan (@joeheenan) March 3, 2016
Maybe someone at school can help them dress as Aladdin and they can wish for better costumes on the way home.