They have been donning costumes of their favourite characters to celebrate Book Week. 

A Ninja Turtle, Rapunzel, a wizard and prisoner are just some of the personas Hume Public School students have taken on.

Student Jordyn Wiles-Heffernan, 8, or should we say SpongeBob SquarePants, said she reads five books a day. 

“I like chapter books,” she said.

“They have more pages in them so are more interesting.”

Other book worms are Lincoln Schneider, 8, dressed as Harry Potter, and Alexandra Zahrooni, 10, turning heads as Ghostgirl. 

Hume Public School students kicked off Book Week at the Albury Library Museum and teacher Rhiannon Dolahenty said it was part of the school’s language experience. 

She kept her identity as a teacher but transformed herself into Ms Frizzle from the Magic School Bus. 

“We are providing learning opportunities that we can make accessible for all students,” Ms Dolahenty said.

“Students learn an immense amount during Book Week – we have an art display to coincide with the week and get a depth of knowledge from researching a range of books during this time.”

Students say getting lost in stories improved their spelling.

“I have also learnt about what has happened in the olden days,” Jordyn said.

The theme for Book Week 2015 is “books light up our world”. 

And that is something that certainly rings true for students as they light up when talking about the mystery in wizard Harry Potter’s world or SpongeBob SquarePant’s pet snail. 

Book Week is in its 70^th year, organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. 

Albury City learning outreach officer Janien Ferguson said the library backed the event every year.

“It’s a lovely way to highlight all the terrific Australian books that are coming out,” she said.

“There are so many excellent Australian stories that need to be told.”

Ms Ferguson said it was vital to get young people involved in reading for their development and understanding of the world around them.