The Leicestershire Children's Book Prize

Now is YOUR chance to be part of the first-ever Leicestershire Children's Book Prize and help us find the most popular book across the county.  

VOTE for your top three favourite books from the longlist, so that we can have a final shortlist for early next year.

Below is the longlist of 25 books.  Read as many as you can before voting.  You have until 13th December to choose!

Watch the video of the book prize launch below.

Tell us about your favourite book by filling in a review form (and be entered to win a prize!)

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The books are all available in your local library.  If you can't find them there, you can request them for free.

The first-ever book prize selected by children in Leicestershire.

We've selected a longlist of 25 books with something to appeal to everyone, especially if you're aged 10 - 13.  

Read as many of the books as you can and vote for your favourite three; either online, at your local library or at the Leicester (Grove Triangle) branch of Borders.   If your favourite book is not listed, you can let us know.

Your shortlist of the 6 most popular books will appear in early 2009, and you can vote for your favourite from this list by 3^rd April 2009.

The winning book will be announced in the summer term of 2009 and there will be a prize-giving ceremony at Borders.

You can help your school to win £200 worth of Borders books by voting and by encouraging your friends to vote. All schools which have children voting will be entered into a prize draw and children from the winning school will also be invited to the prize-giving ceremony.

You could win your own prize by writing a review of your favourite book.   There will be 3 individual prizes of Borders books for children who submit the best review of a shortlisted book.

For further details please contact your local library or contact the Reader Development Team, Tel. 0116 2678031  e mail: rdt@leics.gov.uk

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