Congratulations to our Tea Tree Gully Library Readers’ Festival, ‘Judge a Book by Its Cover’ competition winners!

This year we had over 125 amazing entries over three age categories- under 7 years, 8-12 years and 13-18 years. The winning entries were displayed at the Reader’s Festival over two big days on 1^st and 2^nd of July, 2011.

On Friday, 1^st July the City ofTea Tree Gully Mayor Miriam Smith presented each competition winner with a gift voucher and book prizes sponsored by the The Nile, Good Reading Magazine and South Kids.

Each age group was asked to re-design a book cover of a well loved children’s or youth book. We were looking for the best “new” cover designs which included the title, author, spine labeling, an interesting grabbing blurb, ISBN and eye-catching illustrations for these books:

The under 7 years: “Who Sank the Boat?” by Pamela Allen or “Where the Wild Things Are” By Maurice Sendak. The competition winners for this age group were:

1^st  ($50 gift voucher)                               Tyla Peters

2^nd  ($30 gift voucher)                              Joseph Snelling

3^rd ($20 gift voucher)                                Oliva Wyatt

Honorable Mentions:                               Amber Tilley

                                                                            Amelia Bain

The 8-12 years: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl or “The Cat on the Mat is Flat” by Andy Griffiths. The competitions winners for this age group were:

1^st  ($50 gift voucher)                               Sahar Hussaini

2^nd  ($30 gift voucher)                              Natahlya Eleftheriadis

3^rd  ($20 gift voucher)                               Danielle Kay

Honorable Mentions:                                Briannon Ross

                                                                             Maria Salcedo

The 13-18 Years: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by JK Rowling or “Stormbreaker” by Anthony Horowitz, or “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins.

1^st  ($100 gift voucher)                             Riley Mullen

2^nd  ($70 gift voucher)                              Joel Orn

3^rd  ($50 gift voucher)                              Dylan Bishop

The winners and their families enjoyed a presentation event at the Library with music by local musician Chloe Irvine, as part of the Readers’ Festival.

To see photos of the winners go to our Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/people/cttg/

For more information visit our website www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au or give call us on (08) 8397 7444.