Make a simple mask. Paper plates are great for making simple masks. You can turn your child into pretty much any World Book Day character they fancy with a little crafting. Burglar Bill is a picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, first published in 1977. There are a number of picture books about burglars who break into houses at night, one of a child’s greatest fears going to sleep. Burglars can be found all across children’s literature. (Enid Blyton loved burglars.) Many law-abiding and vital shift workers also work at night, but there is a long-established trope that bad things happen at night, and bad people operate under the cover of darkness. Burglar Bill was performed at a 2006 event in honour of the Queen’s 80th birthday, clear evidence that Burglar Bill is a British classic.

We've collected over 100 of our favourite costumes from all over the web, as well as from our Netmums members, to bring you the ultimate list of easy outfits for you to try with your kids.This book really has quite an intricate plot for a picture book - I'm pretty sure I would have loved it if it had been around when I was a kid. (Oh, by the way, here come some spoilers - stop reading now if you want to read this book and be surprised by the plot twists!) That night, Burglar Bill is awoken to the sound of someone in his house saying 'That's a nice umbrella - I'll take that.' We know by now that this is of course what all burglars say when they are burgling a home, so Burglar Bill realises he's being burgled and goes downstairs and sees a woman with a striped top and a mask over her eyes. The exchange between them is what had me laughing out loud: Those working for states are often skilled in how to keep their activities hidden. This Bill will bring forward search and seizure powers to replace the existing investigative tool to counter complex state threats investigations.

Customise an old summer dress, add a pair of red shoes and hey presto - your child is transformed into Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Children can tell the story as Bill, with a torch, a swag-bag over their shoulders and a cardboard box with a toy baby inside. Watch the storyBy coincidence, Betty is Baby’s mother. This is the sort of coincidence that only works in comedic picture books, but it also works because we can assume that in this cosy little world Bill and Betty are the only two burglars in town, and that fate has pulled them together. Bill’s struggle to look after the Baby is ostensibly because he is a single man. A single man can’t possibly know how to wash the baby’s clothes, fasten a nappy, or how to strap Baby into a pram (he uses a wheelbarrow). Bill realises he and Betty could get married and he could be a step-dad. The ‘I Understand You’ moment happens for the reader when we see Betty steals the exact same things as Bill. They are identical except for their gender.

Be sure to examine the pictures in this one as there are plenty of visual gags. I love that Burglar Bill hangs a mugshot of himself on the wall.Generally speaking, an offence will be made out when the specified harmful activity has taken place and where the foreign power condition is met. After spending the whole day together Bill puts baby to bed. Once asleep Bill hears a familiar sound, he creeps downstairs to find a burglar in his house. He confronts the burglar (Burglar Betty) and the pair hit it off instantly. Julian is an associate artist of Pied Piper Theatre Company. As well as music for Pied Piper he has composed music for lots of theatre shows for children and young people, includingCharlie and Lola's Best Bestest Play,Charlie and Lola's Extremely New PlayandGorilla(Polka Theatre, directed by Roman Stefanski),Up and Down(GaGa Theatre Company),The Paper Washi WishandLittle Sunshine,Little Rainfall(A Thousand Cranes Theatre), andA Christmas Carol(Lakeside Arts, Nottingham). He has written several musicals for young people includingBeauty and the Beast,Red Riding HoodandFlat Stanley(with Mike Kenny, Engine House Theatre) andRun! A Sports Day Musical(with Lisa Evans, Polka Theatre). I loved this as a kid and found it again recently. The story itself is gleefully subversive in depicting a life of crime and redemption without consequence. Taking it too seriously is probably not the point. Look at the illustration showing Betty and Bill walking through the streets. Use this to help you draw a ‘map’ of Burglar Bill and Burglar Betty’s route round the town.

Home Office in the media is the Home Office's blog on the latest topical home affairs issues. It features a review of leading media stories, responses to breaking news, rebuttal to inaccurate reports, and ministerial comment. Use the book’s illustrations to show Burglar Bill’s home, the police station, the bakery, the park and all the places where stolen goods were returned. Who's that creeping down the street? Who's that climbing up the wall? Who's that coming through the window? Who's that? ... It's Burglar Bill! So when we spotted it in the library last week, I think I may have did a little jig of delight. We read it last night, and the kid loved it so much that he insisted we read it again first thing this morning. I don't remember Burglar Bill being a Londoner when I read it as a kid, but I found myself doing a dodgy Ray Winstone impersonation here. Not that he's typecast. Burglar Bill is a typical working bachelor but for one thing: He works on the wrong side of the law. The storytellers flip only this part of him, and echo the mirroring in the setting: Burglar Bill works overnight rather than during the day.

Judges will be able to reflect any connection to state threats activities and harms when sentencing individuals convicted of other crimes. Sentencing can then recognise the seriousness of hostile activity done for or on behalf of foreign states. Catherine Chapman’s designs – flowers, snow, carrots, russet leaves, and more – underpin the seasonal progression, once Tortoise has emerged from hibernation and we await the famous race. Think about sleepwear - Pyjamas and nighties can work for all sorts of costumes, like The Darlings from Peter Pan or Sophie from The BFG.