This morning the book club (who have been participating in the Leeds Book Awards since January) accompanied Miss Whiteley and Mrs Glazer to Pudsey Civic Hall to attend the Awards Ceremony.

It was all very exciting, there were over 400 children attending from Primary schools across Leeds. The ceremony was hosted by poet Craig Bradley who told lots of silly jokes and performed some poetry.

Six primary schools each did a performance based upon one of the shortlisted books and then the winner was announced…..

Everyone held their breath.

The winner of the 2014 Leeds Book Awards was –

Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones!

After the ceremony the group had the opportunity to meet the authors (5 of the 6 authors had attended) and have their books or notepads signed.

Everyone left the Awards Ceremony having had a great morning.

However, the exciting day didn’t stop there, at Leeds train station the book club were extremely fortunate to meet Olympic cyclist, Jason Kenny!

The group rode bikes and then had their photograph taken with Jason. What an amazing ending to an already fabulous day!

The voting has now closed for this year’s Leeds Book Awards. Having thought carefully about the books that they have read over the past few months, deliberated very hard, this I how the group from ACE have voted:

The Great Ice-Cream Heist by Elen Caldecott           0 votes

Battles of Ben Kingdom by Andrew Beasley              0 votes

Ways to See a Ghost by Emily Diamand                   0 votes

Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill         0 votes

The Childs Elephant by Rachel Campbell-Johnston  1 vote

Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones                                     7 votes

Looks like Wild Boy was greatly enjoyed by the group!

I wonder who will win????

The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony at Pudsey Civic Hall on Thursday 20th May.

The group has been reading the six short listed books and we have been swapping our thoughts on them.

With the Easter holidays looming and only one group member, Hannah, who has read all six books so far, the rest of the group will be doing lots of reading over the holidays so that they can cast their votes (each person can vote for their favourite shortlisted book)before the voting deadline on Friday 25th April.

Come back soon to find out which book/s ACE have voted as their favourite/s.

To find out more about the Leeds Book Awards or to read the group’s book reviews please visit www.leedsbookawards.co.uk

Would you like to take part in this years Leeds Book Awards?

All you have to do is:

• Read 6 books from January to April
• Write 6 short reviews
• Meet once a week to talk about the books/do a fun activity/read your book
• Vote for your favourite book
• Attend the Award Ceremony

Simple!

Miss Whiteley will be talking to Year 5 & 6 in their library sessions this week but if you want to find out more or have any questions please see Miss Whiteley.

This year’s shortlisted titles are:

The Battles of Ben Kingdom: The Claws of Evil  – Andrew Bleasby

The Great Ice-Cream Heist – Elen Caldercott

The Child’s Elephant – Rachel Campbell-Johnston

Ways to see a Ghost – Emily Diamund

Osbert the Advenger – Christopher William Hill

Wild Boy – Rob Lloyd Jones