On Tuesday 21st May, Niah, Shams, Isaac, Sehansa and Shaza attended the Leeds Book Awards Ceremony at Pudsey Civic Hall.

Waiting for the awards ceremony to begin

The children had been participating in the awards from January and had read the six shortlisted books and had voted for their favourite one.

Author, Jason Beresford entertained the children with his funny antics before announcing the winner…….

Dragon Daughter by Liz Flanagan

 

Posing with the wining author

The children then met the authors and were filmed by Leeds TV News which they appeared on that evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being interviewed by Leeds TV News

 

 

 

 

 

After the ceremony the children visited Waterstones in Leeds before returning to school.

Traveling by train from Pudsey to Leeds Station

 

 

 

 

 

Browsing at Waterstones