Reviews

Review Competition

The winners of the Review Competition have been chosen!

0-7 Category

Winner: Rosanna, 6, George Heriot’s School, for her review of Billy Monster's Daymare

2nd Place: Victoria, 10, Struthers Primary School, for her review of Tyrannosaurus Drip

3rd Place: Molly, Sandford Primary School, for her review of Goat and Donkey in Strawberry Sunglasses

8-11 Category

Winner: Matthew, 10, Banchory-Devenick Primary, for his review of DarkIsle

2nd Place: Nicola, 11, St Brigid's Primary School, for her review of Hox

3rd Place: Sarah, 11, Dykesmain Primary School, for her review of The Robe of Skulls

12-16 Category

Winner: Danny, Fiona, Harriet, Jean, Morna and Tim, 12-15, Dunbar Library Teenage Book Group, for their review of Crusade

2nd Place: Sophie, Greenock Academy for her review of The Witness

3rd Place: Cameron, Greenock Academy for his review of Bunker 10 

 

The Review Competition is now closed. You can still  submit reviews but they will not be eligible for the competition.

Click here to send a review 

To see reviews that have already been submitted click on the book covers below.

Early Years 0-7 years

Billy Monster's Daymare by Durant & Collins Goat and Donkey in Strawberry Glasses by Simon Puttock Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson

Younger Readers 8-11 years  

Dark Isle by DA Nelson Hox by Annemarie Allan The Robe of Skulls by French & Collins

Older Readers 12-16 years

Bunker 10 by JA Henderson Crusade by Elizabeth Laird The Witness by James Jauncey

If you are involved in one of the reading groups judging the shortlist for the 2008 Royal Mail Awards, then why not submit a review of one of the shortlisted books? We are running a competition to find the best reviews of shortlisted books. The best review in each category will win a visit, for their class, of one of the winning authors or illustrators and YOU will win a £25 worth of Waterstone's book vouchers which will be presented at the Royal Mail Awards ceremony on 18 November.

What should your review include?

How would you describe your favourite book on the shortlist to get a friend interested in reading it? There are no strict guidelines but here are some suggestions: you might like to include in your review what you liked about it, what you didn't like about it, what your favourite part was, and, if you are going to vote for it, why you think it should win.

English, Gaelic and Scots reviews welcome!

Reviews may be written in English, Gaelic, or Scots, although if you are a Gaelic speaker, or a teacher of a Gaelic medium class, you may be interested in our Gaelic Prize ...

Deadline

Please submit your reviews by 24 October. Winners will be notified by 10 November. If you are a winner you will be invited to attend the book awards ceremony, where you will be awarded your prize.                                      

Terms and conditions

Reviewers must be aged 16 or under and must be registered as judges for the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books. Reviews can be posted to Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House, Trunk's Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR or submitted online using the form below.

Your review may be written in English or Gaelic but it must not exceed 200 words. We regret that we cannot return entries. Scottish Book Trust's decision is final and we will not enter into any correspondence.

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