The Evening News is joining forces with book store Waterstone’s and the Millennium Library for the 2008 Monster Children’s Book Festival which takes place from May 24 to June 13.

We had some fantastic entries for competition to design the official Festival logo, when we asked children to come up with a wacky, weird and wonderful drawing of a monster. The winning design, from Emily Munt, 12, of Drayton, will feature on all the publicity materials for the Festival.

The winner also receives a £50 gift card from Waterstone’s and there are three runners up prizes of a parcel of children’s books, one for each age category. All entries to the competition will form part of a special exhibition in the Millennium Library from May 1.

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Winners
Overall winner: Emily Munt, 12, Drayton
Winner 12-16 yrs Malachi Needham aged 14 from Little Snoring	Highly Commended 12-16 yrs Adam Turner aged 15 from Hingham
Winner 7-11 yrs Patryece Grothier aged 10 from Hoveton	Highly Commended 7-11 yrs Fiona Humphries aged 10 from Thetford
Winner 6 yrs and under Sara Dale aged 6 from Norwich	Highly Commended 6 yrs and under Emily French, 5, from Norwich

More about the festival

The festival, which starts during the May half term, ties in with the National Year of Reading and will include visits from leading children’s authors.

Some of the names confirmed so far who will be paying a visit include Sheridan Winn, Rowan Coleman and Mark Billingham, Michelle Magorian, Michael Cox and Johnny Catbiscuit, Graham Marks, Mark Walden and Justin Somper.

Some famous fictional characters will be dropping by to say hello too, including The Gruffalo, Maisy Mouse and Kipper the Dog.

Events confirmed so far:

The Gruffalo - May 24th

Maisy Mouse 27th & 28th May

M G Harris - 9th June

Justin Somper 10th June

Michelle Magorian - 13th June

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