0:00:03 > 0:00:07'Coming up on a very special Blue Peter, the wait is over.'
0:00:07 > 0:00:11'We uncover the winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:17'And, your favourite children's book of the last ten years?'
0:00:17 > 0:00:22'Reading to the extreme, a battle between tradition and technology.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:25'And, he's already worked with the likes of Wretch 32.'
0:00:25 > 0:00:30'Angel's here with a performance you won't see anywhere else.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- (Hello.- Hello.- Hi. Welcome to a very special Blue Peter. Hang on a sec.)
0:00:53 > 0:00:55(If you're wondering why we're whispering,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58(we're in the John Rylands Library in Manchester.)
0:00:58 > 0:01:01(We're doing a special show for World Book Day.)
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Barney!- Sshh! - Just because we're in a library,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07we can still make some noise, can't we?!
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- ALL:- Yeah!
0:01:09 > 0:01:14Oh, yes! Not just noise but the angelic voices of Angel at the back.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15He's here today.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18CHEERING
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Please welcome Brett Domino!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23CHEERING
0:01:23 > 0:01:26They look surprised to be here but they have become legends,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29because they wrote a song to help you choose
0:01:29 > 0:01:33your favourite children's book of the last ten years.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We've been singing it for weeks. We'll play it for you later.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40It's not just about special guests. It's a special location.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44This is the John Rylands Library, dedicated to his memory by his wife.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48She took ten years to build it, and gave it as a gift to the city.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52All the materials used to make it were the best around at the time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Then she invested in the books. Some of them are just incredible.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Take this one, for example. This is the First Folio of Shakespeare.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Comedies, histories and tragedies.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08A copy of this book recently sold for £1.5 million!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Hence the reason I'm not touching it. To keep a close eye on me,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Shakespeare is looking down, and not too impressed
0:02:14 > 0:02:18because he knows I've got destructive oils in my fingers.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In a matter of seconds, that book will be whipped away from us.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23As it's World Book Day,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26you may have been given one of these by your teacher.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It's a book token. If you take it to a book shop,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33you will be able to choose from one of these.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37All you have to do is hand over the token and pick one of these books.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41If you're at school in the UK, you're eligible for a book token.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43That's great news.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47If you think about it, some books can be very, very expensive.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'Stranded in the wild?'
0:02:55 > 0:02:57'Hungry and penniless?'
0:02:59 > 0:03:02'You need the first edition of John James Audubon's
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'Illustrated Birds of America.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08'This twitchers' treat is the most expensive book in the world
0:03:08 > 0:03:12'fetching an amazing £7 million at auction a few years ago.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18'That's enough to buy you 700,000 takeaway pizzas.'
0:03:18 > 0:03:21'Now all you need to do is choose your toppings!'
0:03:23 > 0:03:25CHEERING
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Now, this is a copy of the Canterbury Tales.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35This book is over 500 years old.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39It's the third edition, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1492,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44about 100 years after he wrote the original manuscript.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48That is why I'm wearing gloves. I'm not about to do a mime.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I can't touch the pages in case I damage them.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53What I love about the book is,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56you can see that somebody's made notes in the side.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00If I turn to the back of the book,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02there's actually a little doodle of a horse.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06For me, I can picture someone reading and enjoying that book.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08You'd get in trouble writing in a school book.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13It's 500 years old, so it's fair to say this style of reading stories
0:04:13 > 0:04:17has been around for a long time. But things are changing.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20The recent invention of the e-reader has changed that.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23We're going to see which is the best. The e-reader or book.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Books!- Definitely e-reader.- Books!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I don't think you can beat a real book.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Even if you get it wet, or spill a cup of tea on it,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35you can just dry it out and still read it. You can't with an e-reader.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I do love a good book but these paper ones are as ancient as dinosaurs.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42You might be able to take one in the bath
0:04:42 > 0:04:45but I can store 3,500 books on this bad boy.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48This is the future of reading. Check this out.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52OK, it does have its merits, I get that.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56But, with a proper book, I can swap them with friends, doodle in them,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I can make notes and give someone a personalised gift.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And I don't need battery power!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You have to charge it before using it,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08but then the battery can last up to a month.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Let's face it, hi-tech gadgets can make you look cool!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The latest gizmo might get you street cred
0:05:14 > 0:05:17but I like people to know what I'm reading.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19There's no cover on an e-reader
0:05:19 > 0:05:24so how can you let people know how smart and on-trend you are?
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Oh sorry. Oh, it's you! Got to be honest, e-readers are the future.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Yeah, but I don't think they'll ever replace a good old-fashioned book,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- the smell and feel of it. - We have to decide.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40There's only one way to settle this.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Yeah, three challenges to find the ultimate winner.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Yeah, that would probably do.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53'Who can get their hands on a great novel the quickest?'
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Which book shall we pick? - Alice in Wonderland.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Not a new one but a classic, easy to find.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- OK. Challenge starts now! - I wasn't ready!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06'This shouldn't be too tricky for me.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10'All I need to do is find a Wi-Fi signal for the e-reader to log on to,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12'track down the book in the online store,'
0:06:12 > 0:06:15and download it straight to this.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17'I've further to go, but in most towns
0:06:17 > 0:06:20'you'll come across a good book shop.'
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Travel, no. History, no. I need children's fiction.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'In the square, I was having a few issues with signal.'
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Come on! Ugh. Still connecting.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34'But, I have the advantage. When I'm connected,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36'my download will take seconds.'
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Unless she buys a book in the next five minutes,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41this is in the bag.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Fiction. History... Classics!
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It's got to be in classics, surely.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Alice in Wonderland...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52..Alice in Wonderland!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Connect to Wi-Fi, yes! Please, connect.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57What I've been waiting for.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Brilliant, thanks! - Thank you!- Cheers.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03The little thing's gone round the corner. We're in business.
0:07:06 > 0:07:12- Harwood!- Ah-ha-ha...- Do you have it? - I'm still on the set-up page.- Ha ha!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It's not fair, I thought I'd trounce that one.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Well, more challenges still to come.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22'Without a good connection, I couldn't show off the download speed.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27'It's 1-0 to the book, but can the e-reader battle back?'
0:07:28 > 0:07:33'The beauty of reading is you can do it any time, whatever the weather.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35'We want to test the book and e-reader
0:07:35 > 0:07:38'to see if they can stand the worst of the British climate.'
0:07:38 > 0:07:41We've chilled our books in a domestic fridge
0:07:41 > 0:07:45because, on your way to school in the morning, that could happen
0:07:45 > 0:07:47and we want to be thorough with our tests.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Mine, as you can see, is working perfectly well.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52And mine is absolutely fine.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55So, I think that we should supersize this experiment
0:07:55 > 0:08:00because I'm not convinced this all-singing, all-dancing gizmo
0:08:00 > 0:08:02can cope with extreme temperatures.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05'Temperatures plummeted to minus 15 this winter,
0:08:05 > 0:08:11'so the book and e-reader have spent the night in a frozen food warehouse
0:08:11 > 0:08:14'where it's even colder, minus 25, to be precise.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16'But will they still work?'
0:08:16 > 0:08:21It's so cold that it hurts to breathe in.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- My book is intact.- Can you open it? - Yep.- Oh-ho-ho.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31I'll try and turn this on. The button won't even move because it's solid.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Hang on!- That's not turning on.- No, it is, look, the green light's on.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- No. Can you read it now? - Yeah, it says, um, model number...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Can you read a book on this e-reader now?- No!
0:08:43 > 0:08:48A victory for the humble book, my gadget-loving friend!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50'The e-reader's batteries still work
0:08:50 > 0:08:54'but the microparticles in the liquid display seem to be frozen.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57'That's 2-0 to the book.'
0:08:59 > 0:09:02'Carrying a book around means it's likely to get sat on,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04'dropped, or even worse.'
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Three, two, one...
0:09:07 > 0:09:11'So, we tested which type of book can take falling down the stairs.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15'They were pretty good with small scrapes, and still totally readable.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20'I reckon it's time to make this a little more interesting. Helen?'
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We've come to a field in Blackpool
0:09:25 > 0:09:29to see if our books can still be read once they've been run over...
0:09:30 > 0:09:32..by this monster!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37'This is the 432-30 tank. I want one!
0:09:37 > 0:09:41'At 15 tonnes, it's 88,000 times heavier than my e-reader
0:09:41 > 0:09:44'which weighs just 170 grammes.'
0:09:44 > 0:09:50But I think I've got a chance because this is 8.6mm thick, that's tiny.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54The tracks on the tank seem to be off the ground more than that
0:09:54 > 0:09:57so, with any luck, it'll just glide over it.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02'This is the e-reader's last chance to score a point. But I'm confident.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06'You've heard of David and Goliath, right?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11'Despite being run over by the tank's massive treads,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13'it looks like it's still working!'
0:10:15 > 0:10:18You know what? You know what?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I heard some crunching sounds then.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Please still work. Please still work...
0:10:26 > 0:10:27It doesn't work.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30'As the tank gets ready for another run,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34'I've got one more go at breaking Helen's book.'
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- Oi, come on!- All right.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Do your worst, Harwood!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Wa-hoo!
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Oh, it's muddy, it's crushed, but ultimately,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59this book is readable so it survived.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The book wins this challenge, definitely.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Let me read the end of Alice in Wonderland.- Give my hat back.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Thanks very much, OK, yeah, very good, you win!
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Humpty Dumpty took the book and looked at it carefully...
0:11:12 > 0:11:15'After a crushing victory for the book,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19'I guess the world of reading isn't going completely digital just yet.'
0:11:19 > 0:11:22CHEERING
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Hang on a minute - can I draw your attention to this, please?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28You might recognise it from the film.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33This is the frozen e-reader from the film, and look at it. Still working.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- But it didn't work at the time! - It works now, that means I win.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39No, that would have made it 2-1, Barney.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42It's not about me and you now, it's about making noise in the library!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- AUDIENCE:- Yeah!
0:11:47 > 0:11:51'Still to come, even more noise: The hottest new act on the music scene.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56'Angel is here to perform his new single, live in the library.'
0:11:56 > 0:11:58And we reveal which children's book you have voted
0:11:58 > 0:12:01as your favourite from the last decade.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Now for our first award, the Blue Peter's Children's Book of the Year.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Very exciting. We announced the nominations a few months ago
0:12:11 > 0:12:15and a top panel of experts put them together. There they are down there.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games by Simon Hart.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22The Considine Curse by Gareth P Jones.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Discover the Extreme World is our third book.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28And A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Now, from those four books, we asked over 200 children
0:12:33 > 0:12:38from ten different schools to select their favourite.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40They did. We have a winner.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Before we tell you who it is, here's a bit more about the contenders.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49If you could see into the future, would you look?
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Jenni Green doesn't have a choice in Liz Kessler's A Year Without Autumn.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Autumn is Jenni's best friend. Funny, smart, perfect.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02They share everything, including family holidays.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06What starts as a standard novel about teenage friends
0:13:06 > 0:13:11takes a time travel twist when Jenni stumbles across an old disused lift.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15The lift takes Jenni on a ride one year into the future
0:13:15 > 0:13:18where she discovers that a terrible tragedy has struck Autumn.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23The time-travelling lift is Jenni's only chance of putting things right.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26But, in trying to change the future,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Jenni is in danger of making things much, much worse.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The whole universe and everything in it
0:13:33 > 0:13:36is the subject of our next Book of the Year candidate,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Discover the Extreme World.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43It tests human knowledge with amazing facts about the natural world,
0:13:43 > 0:13:48machines, science and history, all illustrated with amazing pictures.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Find out the temperature at the very centre of the Earth.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The fish with a bite 60 times stronger than a human.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58And the most dangerous jobs on the planet.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Over 200 pages of the fastest, hottest, coldest, wildest,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05scariest, teeniest, screamiest everything.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08If it's extreme, it's in this book.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Ever thought your family is a bit strange?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18They're probably normal, compared to the family in The Considine Curse.
0:14:18 > 0:14:2214-year-old Mariel and her mum return from Australia to the UK
0:14:22 > 0:14:24for her grandmother's funeral.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27She hasn't been back since emigrating as a baby.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31So stays with her extended family of long-lost cousins.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Cousin Amelia is drenched in perfume.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Angry Oberon is always hungry.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Elspeth speaks only in rhyme.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Mariel tries to fit in,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45but is met with a steely, "Go away, you're not one of us."
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Gareth P Jones' novel is a darkly comic story
0:14:48 > 0:14:51that taps into the experience of growing up.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53It's also a gripping mystery.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Why did Mariel's mum leave all those years ago?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58How did Grandma really die??
0:14:58 > 0:15:04And, most important of all, what is the secret of the Considine Curse?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06We can't all be athletes,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09but The Official Countdown to the London 2012 Games
0:15:09 > 0:15:13will let you boff up on Olympic and Paralympic info
0:15:13 > 0:15:15and win a gold medal in fact-spouting.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18From the Games' origins, to the latest stars and stats,
0:15:18 > 0:15:23this book has all the facts lined up and under starter's orders.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Did you know London is the first city in the world
0:15:26 > 0:15:28to host the Olympic Games three times?
0:15:28 > 0:15:33Or Britain has won a rowing gold medal at every Olympics since 1984?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37And mascot Wenlock has a headlight inspired by the London black cab?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39After this Fact Olympics,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43you'll need a tin-foil blanket and energy drinks to recover!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48CHEERING
0:15:48 > 0:15:52MUFFLED: As you can see, the four contenders are on stage.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Sorry, I've got some technical problems. As you can see...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58He likes being on stage, like a pop star!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Let's do karaoke! No, moving on! Four contenders on the stage.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04We are now about to announce the winner.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- It's tense.- Don't breathe in like that, it feels worse.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13We can reveal that the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2012 is...
0:16:13 > 0:16:15You are good at that...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18The Considine Curse by Gareth P Jones!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20CHEERING
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Whoo!
0:16:22 > 0:16:25That's how you make an entrance, everybody, perfect.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Gareth, not only the best entrance, but the best book.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- How do you feel?- Congratulations.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I feel like I stepped through my book, fantastic. Oh! Yes, amazing.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm on Blue Peter, I've won an award, thank you so much
0:16:38 > 0:16:40to everybody who voted for it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42There's a lot in the book, a lot happens.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44How did you come up with the ideas?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48It is complicated. It's difficult to condense.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52It's about a girl called Mariel who grows up in Australia.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55She comes over to England to her grandmother's funeral.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59A grandmother she doesn't know. She meets her seven cousins.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- The cousins are sinister. - Creepy, isn't it?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06I have seven cousins, but mine are all lovely, sweet and nice.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11It's no coincidence she has the same number of cousins that I do.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Mine are lovely!- We have some questions from the audience.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Do you want to step up on to the stage?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- What's your name, fella?- Mohammed. - What's your question?
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- What is your next book going to be about?- My next book?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Um, well, I've got a series of books coming out this year.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- There's a few already out there. About Ninja meerkats.- Oh, genius.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39So, a few more coming out. My next full-length book is a ghost story.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I can't tell you the title yet. It's a ghost story with a difference.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46It isn't the ghosts who are scary, it's the living people.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- You heard it here first. - What's your name?- Lorray.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Your question? - How did you start writing?
0:17:52 > 0:17:56I started writing when I was about your age. I'd write short stories.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I'd begin ambitious long books which I'd never finish.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02It took me a long time to finish a book.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04It took longer to get published,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07a book called The Dragon Detective Agency.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10It took me a long time to get there.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Congratulations, Gareth, thanks for coming.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16To meet the nominated authors, head to a Blue Peter session
0:18:16 > 0:18:19at the Oxford Literary Festival, on 1st April.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Blue Peter badge holders may get in for free. Check the website.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24- Can I do karaoke now?- No.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33At 1m 78 cm tall, and just over 1m wide,
0:18:33 > 0:18:37the 350-year-old Klencke Atlas is the largest book in the world.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Not the handiest thing to carry in your rucksack,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42but perfect for surviving on a desert island.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Its massive bulk could provide ample shelter from the weather.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52And, for a quick escape, you could turn it into a handy raft!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56At least you'd have an in-built map to guide you home.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00CHEERING
0:19:02 > 0:19:06So, moving from the largest book to the smallest book you've ever seen.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Take a look at this.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12If you look really closely, on top of this stand, you can see something.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16That is one of the smallest books, mechanically printed.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19The only way to see this is to use a microscope like this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23If you were to shine it over the top and use a computer,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25you would see an image like this.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28There you have it, the Lord's prayer, 6mm x 6mm.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Isn't that the coolest book you've ever seen?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- That is pretty cool, isn't it, Amos? - Yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- You definitely need your glasses to read that.- Yes.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41This year, we have a new category to the Blue Peter Book Awards.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44It's your favourite children's book of the last ten years.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48To give you some clues as to what you should select,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52we asked Brett Domino to write a song especially for you. Here it is.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I didn't tell you. Blue Peter are doing this thing
0:19:54 > 0:19:56where they get people to vote
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- for their favourite children's book of the last ten years.- Oh, right.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- And they've asked us to do a song about it.- Cool.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Do you think we should do that now? - Um, yeah.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I was thinking of making it dramatic
0:20:09 > 0:20:11like the song they use on the Apprentice, like...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13"MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS" BY PROKOFIEV
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Yeah? You start singing the tune.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20# What's your favourite children's book of the last ten ye-ars?
0:20:20 > 0:20:25# I've got the nominations on this piece of paper he-ere.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27# Have you read any?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29# Yes, I've read them all.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34# I'll tell you about them, give me a beat on that keyboard.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37HIP-HOP VERSION OF "MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS"
0:20:37 > 0:20:38# Huh.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41# So there are ten nominations for your favourite book
0:20:41 > 0:20:43# Of the last ten years, let's take a look
0:20:43 > 0:20:45# Obvious ones, like Lemony Snicket
0:20:45 > 0:20:48# Only one of the series. How'd they pick it?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50# I don't know, but the nominee is number five
0:20:50 > 0:20:53# The one where Coach Genghis is Olaf's disguise
0:20:53 > 0:20:55# The book's title is The Austere Academy
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- # Next?- Harry Potter. - Wonder which that'll be
0:20:57 > 0:21:00# The one they've gone for is Order of the Phoenix
0:21:00 > 0:21:01# Again, the fifth book of the series
0:21:01 > 0:21:04# It's the one with... you know, Sirius
0:21:04 > 0:21:06# Won't give it away, I'll remain mysterious
0:21:06 > 0:21:08# It's the one with 12 Grimmauld Place
0:21:08 > 0:21:10# Voldemort and Dumbledore come face to face
0:21:10 > 0:21:13# I could talk to you all day about Harry P
0:21:13 > 0:21:15# I'm conscious of time Let's speed up the nominees
0:21:15 > 0:21:17# Candy Floss by Jacqueline Wilson
0:21:17 > 0:21:20# The UK's fourth Children's Laureate - for children
0:21:20 > 0:21:22# Alex Ryder, Skeleton Key
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# Saving the world from nuclear catastrophe
0:21:24 > 0:21:26# Theodore Boone, the pint-sized lawyer
0:21:26 > 0:21:29# Only 13, but in the courtroom he'll destroy ya
0:21:29 > 0:21:32# Five nominations before you start your discussion
0:21:32 > 0:21:34# Let's have a break I want to hear some percussion
0:21:34 > 0:21:36DRUMBEAT SOLO
0:21:36 > 0:21:38# OK, let's proceed
0:21:38 > 0:21:40# Next is Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend
0:21:40 > 0:21:43# You like football. Have you read that, Steve?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45# No, only Horrid Henry Meets the Queen.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47# How about Silverfin by Charlie Higson
0:21:47 > 0:21:50# About James Bond as a teenager when he went to Eton
0:21:50 > 0:21:52# There's one by David Walliams, Mr Stink
0:21:52 > 0:21:54# I think I've read that one... I think
0:21:54 > 0:21:56# Two more nominees to get your head spinning
0:21:56 > 0:21:59# There's Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
0:21:59 > 0:22:01# About a kid by the name of Gregg Heffley
0:22:01 > 0:22:03# And his time at school. He has to tread carefully
0:22:03 > 0:22:06# Last up, a novel about the First World War
0:22:06 > 0:22:08# It's already won a Blue Peter Book award
0:22:08 > 0:22:10# Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
0:22:10 > 0:22:12# That ends the nominations and this concerto
0:22:12 > 0:22:16# BOTH: What's your favourite children's book
0:22:16 > 0:22:17# of the last ten ye-ars?
0:22:17 > 0:22:22# They were the nominations, yeah, you heard them he-ere
0:22:22 > 0:22:26# So who's the winner? Which one will you choose?
0:22:26 > 0:22:31# Cast your vote now and find out soon. #
0:22:32 > 0:22:34APPLAUSE
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Only one word, really - genius.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Brett Domino, everybody. Thank you very much.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41CHEERING
0:22:41 > 0:22:45The time to find out, though, is right now.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47We can reveal that you have selected
0:22:47 > 0:22:51as the favourite children's book of the last ten years...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I'm building the tension.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It's Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, everybody.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01CHEERING
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Brilliant. Thank you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Jeff lives in America
0:23:04 > 0:23:07so couldn't be here to accept his award or give a speech
0:23:07 > 0:23:10so instead, he recorded us this lovely message.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Wow! I cannot believe Diary of a Wimpy Kid was chosen
0:23:15 > 0:23:19as the best book of the past decade by fans of the Blue Peter show.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Thank you so much to every kid who voted.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I can't believe you voted Diary of a Wimpy Kid the winner.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I saw the other books on the list and said, "I don't stand a chance."
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Ten years ago, I was a failed cartoonist.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist but I couldn't break in
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and I'm so surprised that today
0:23:35 > 0:23:38I'm talking to you in the UK and you've embraced my books.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Thank you so much.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42I've been to the UK twice. I can't wait to come back
0:23:42 > 0:23:46and meet as many fans of the Wimpy Kid series as I can.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Thank you, Blue Peter, and thank you to all fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54There's more from Jeff on the Blue Peter website.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56We've still got a performance by an R&B singer
0:23:56 > 0:23:58but first, a bit more of this:
0:24:04 > 0:24:08At 23,675 pages long,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10this Danish monster is officially
0:24:10 > 0:24:12the thickest book in the whole world.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16It's perhaps not suitable for a bit of light holiday reading.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19But why not take it into battle?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21This fantastic breastplate
0:24:21 > 0:24:25could save your life from spears, arrows or even a pesky sword.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29But be warned, this mammoth work is all about Danish unemployment law
0:24:29 > 0:24:31so it might save your life
0:24:31 > 0:24:33but reading it could bore you to death.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38We've all read a book like that, haven't we? I have.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I once tried to read War and Peace. It's about that big!
0:24:41 > 0:24:45That's almost it for today. We've had a brilliant time in the library.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Thank you for joining us, everybody.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Now get ready to dance. We've a performance brewing.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52There's just time to say what's happening next week.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54We'll be making a Mother's Day make.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58We've got some vintage jewellery.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00It's a make that won't break the bank
0:25:00 > 0:25:04and trust me, it's a funky piece of jewellery you'll end up with.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07But now it's time for a superb performance. It's the soundtrack
0:25:07 > 0:25:10to the new Streetdance 2 movie. Everybody, it's Angel!
0:25:10 > 0:25:12CHEERING
0:25:14 > 0:25:16# When I go in, when I go hard
0:25:16 > 0:25:19# There's nobody else on my level
0:25:19 > 0:25:22# When I go near, when I go far
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- # It's over- (o-o-over)
0:25:25 > 0:25:27# Always remember those days
0:25:27 > 0:25:30# When I couldn't go play I was singing all day
0:25:30 > 0:25:33# No pain, they say there's no gain
0:25:33 > 0:25:35# Wasn't given on no plate
0:25:35 > 0:25:36# I had to work hard
0:25:36 > 0:25:39# I was frustrated, I made mistakes and
0:25:39 > 0:25:42# They hated, so I prayed
0:25:42 > 0:25:44# And I know it's gonna come my way
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- #- (I know)- I'll be singing to the world someday
0:25:47 > 0:25:49# Can't give up the fight
0:25:49 > 0:25:51# I know wrong from right
0:25:51 > 0:25:53# I'ma keep it tight
0:25:53 > 0:25:55# Through the darkness I can find
0:25:55 > 0:25:58# Light is shining bright, cos I know
0:25:58 > 0:26:01# When I go in, when I go hard
0:26:01 > 0:26:03# There's nobody else on my level
0:26:03 > 0:26:06# When I go near, when I go far
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- # It's over- (o-o-over)
0:26:10 > 0:26:12# Cos I came to shout it out
0:26:12 > 0:26:14# Until there ain't no trace of doubt
0:26:14 > 0:26:18# When I go in, when I go hard
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- # It's over- (o-o-o-over)
0:26:21 > 0:26:23# Always remember those days
0:26:23 > 0:26:26# When I wanted to stay But I've been on my way
0:26:26 > 0:26:29# No trace, I've been in this game
0:26:29 > 0:26:32# I've been doing the right thing I had to work hard
0:26:32 > 0:26:35# I was frustrated, I made mistakes and
0:26:35 > 0:26:38# They hated, so I prayed and
0:26:38 > 0:26:40# I know it's gonna come my way
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- #- (I know)- I'll be singing to the world someday
0:26:43 > 0:26:45# Can't give up the fight
0:26:45 > 0:26:47# I know wrong from right
0:26:47 > 0:26:48# I'ma keep it tight
0:26:48 > 0:26:51# Through the darkness I can find
0:26:51 > 0:26:53# A light that's shining bright
0:26:53 > 0:26:54# Cos I know
0:26:54 > 0:26:56# When I go in, when I go hard
0:26:56 > 0:26:59# There's nobody else on my level
0:26:59 > 0:27:02# When I go near, when I go far
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- # It's over- (it's over)
0:27:05 > 0:27:08# Cos I came to shout it out
0:27:08 > 0:27:10# Until there ain't no trace of doubt
0:27:10 > 0:27:13# When I go in, when I go hard
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- # It's over- (o-o-over)
0:27:16 > 0:27:19# They keep telling me what they want me to be
0:27:19 > 0:27:22# But I know I made a bigger promise to me
0:27:22 > 0:27:25# And I put in the work so I'ma get what I deserve, yeah
0:27:25 > 0:27:28# One day, I know
0:27:28 > 0:27:32# O-oh o-oh o-oh
0:27:32 > 0:27:34# (G-g-get what I deserve, yeah)
0:27:34 > 0:27:37# O-oh o-oh who-oa
0:27:39 > 0:27:41# When I go in, when I go hard
0:27:41 > 0:27:44# There's nobody else on my level
0:27:44 > 0:27:46# When I go near, when I go far
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- # It's over- (It's over!)
0:27:50 > 0:27:53# Cos I came to shout it out
0:27:53 > 0:27:55# Until there ain't no trace of doubt
0:27:55 > 0:27:58# When I go in, when I go hard
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- # It's over- (over!)- #
0:28:02 > 0:28:05APPLAUSE
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd