Purple and orange graphic with the words "Book Character Day" and a child dressed as a dinosaur

Ridgecrest celebrates Book Character Day

Kelly Gatzke

November 9, 2026

On October 30th, Ridgecrest celebrated Book Character Day for Red Ribbon Week. Students were allowed to wear costumes that were affiliated with a book, as long as they didn't have a mask or a weapon. We had such a great turnout! That morning we had a Book Character Parade to fun music and the students showed off their costumes. The parade has been a Ridgecrest tradition that all of our students really enjoy!

Kindergarteners walking in the Book Character parade.Students dressed as book characters walking in our school parade.Second grader waving as she walks by in the parade.Second graders in their amazing book character costumes walking in the parade.Mrs. Barksdale dressed up as Cruella Deville.Students dressed as book characters walking in the parade.Fourth grader dressed as Dog Man for the parade.Fourth grader dressed up as a Minion for Book Character Day.The Leadership team dressed as characters from the Jasper Rabbit Creepy Tales.Mrs. Barksdale's class dressed up as Cruella Deville and the 101 DalmationsMrs. Coleman dressed up as a nurse and a second grader was dressed up as a doctor.Our Kindergarten team dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters.Mrs. Hughes high-fiving a student after the paradeA student dressed up as a character from Monsters, Inc.A fifth grade student dressed up as Michael Jackson.A fifth grader dressed as the Enderdragon from Minecraft.Mrs. Beauford dressed as a witch and was so excited for our parade.