Dundee Picture Book Award 2013

On Wednesday I was delighted to attend the Dundee Picture Book Award Ceremony for 2013.  This is a great award which is decided by a combination of Primary Six and Primary One pupils in the city.  It is important to promote reading in the city.  The ceremony on Wednesday was hosted by Hillside Primary School and they did a great job hosting the ceremony.

 Each of the books was read at the event and they were all excellent.  The winner was a book called Orange Juice Peas  by Lari Don, illustrated by Lizzie Wells.  It must have been a close run contest but well done to the winner.  You can see the video above of Lari Don reading her book.  The other books in the running were Christopher's Caterpillars  by Charlotte Middleton, Silly Doggy! by Adam Stower and Love Monster by Rachael Bright.

Well done to the staff of Leisure and Culture Dundee and the City Council's Education Department for their work on this award.