:00:12. > :00:13.Good morning, I'm Leah and this is your live Newsround
:00:14. > :00:28.Lots of your celebrating world book Day today. It has been running for
:00:29. > :00:30.19 years. Events are taking place in over 100 countries. Ricky has been
:00:31. > :00:38.along to one book event here. You don't need Justin Bieber
:00:39. > :00:41.or Little Mix to pull in the crowds. These authors here today have got
:00:42. > :00:44.hundreds of kids really When my mum gets me a book, I go,
:00:45. > :00:51."Wow, Mum, thanks a lot!" And I've got, like, maybe 130 books
:00:52. > :00:57.at home on a shelf. Why is World Book Day
:00:58. > :01:01.so important, do you think? Because it celebrates books
:01:02. > :01:03.and I don't think books get Most people go on their
:01:04. > :01:09.phones and things. As Harry Potter ?
:01:10. > :01:12.Yeah. I used to dress up as Hermione
:01:13. > :01:15.from Harry Potter and sometimes Chris Riddell is a writer
:01:16. > :01:26.and illustrator, the current Children's Laureate and promotes
:01:27. > :01:31.reading among kids. For any author or illustrator,
:01:32. > :01:34.there's a very special day and it's today, when you actually walk
:01:35. > :01:37.into a school and look at this great crowd of kids who love books so much
:01:38. > :01:40.that they've dressed And then the best bit,
:01:41. > :01:47.I have lots of friends of mine who do what I do and love this,
:01:48. > :01:51.when you spot one of your own characters in the sea of faces.
:01:52. > :01:58.And that's really special. We'd love to know who YOU'RE
:01:59. > :02:05.dressing up as for World Book Day. Lots of you have
:02:06. > :02:07.already been in touch. Divina in Sheffield is dressing up
:02:08. > :02:10.as Lisa from The Boy in the Dress. Innes in Sunderland
:02:11. > :02:12.is doing a Roald Dahl 'Revolting Rhymes'
:02:13. > :02:14.performance at school today. And Mia in London has been in touch
:02:15. > :02:17.to say she's already met one author yesterday and she'll be seeing
:02:18. > :02:19.another today. She says she loves the Harry Potter
:02:20. > :02:22.books and that JK Rowling So, we're going book-tastic
:02:23. > :02:30.on Newsround today because aside from it being world book day today
:02:31. > :02:33.we can also reveal the winners After much debate the judges
:02:34. > :02:37.whittled down their favourite children's book reads to six
:02:38. > :02:55.brilliant reads, across two Yes. How difficult was it to whittle
:02:56. > :03:00.it down? It was so tricky. Two categories, best storybook and the
:03:01. > :03:04.best book with facts. There are three judges. We had 20 books in
:03:05. > :03:12.each category, so a lot of books to read. Different themes and stories,
:03:13. > :03:17.so we had to decide the best three in each category. Each one of us has
:03:18. > :03:21.their own dislikes and likes as well. We spent the whole day at
:03:22. > :03:25.Liverpool Central Library and talked it through. We were really happy
:03:26. > :03:31.with the final three in each category. We did the short list.
:03:32. > :03:35.Then those three books went to different schools across the country
:03:36. > :03:40.and it is really the children who decided who has won the Blue Peter
:03:41. > :03:46.Book Awards. They have said this is what we like. This is what we want
:03:47. > :03:51.to win. So, I can't wait any longer. Please reveal the winners! The
:03:52. > :03:56.winners of the Blue Peter Book Awards are, for best storybook, Ross
:03:57. > :04:08.McKenzie with the nowhere in Tory and for best book of facts, the epic
:04:09. > :04:15.book of Epicurus, by AB Adam Frost. This book captured my imagination. I
:04:16. > :04:20.knew straightaway it should be a winner. The characters are strong,
:04:21. > :04:25.the theme is brilliant. I was just transported to a fantastic world.
:04:26. > :04:29.For the best book with facts, it has a fact about everything! When you go
:04:30. > :04:34.to a party or you are with friends, you just want the best fact. You
:04:35. > :04:42.will get it from this book. What does it mean to win this award? For
:04:43. > :04:46.any author, you know, I was a CBBC presenter, and it was a massive deal
:04:47. > :04:50.back then. Peter is a fantastic brand and anyone who wins this knows
:04:51. > :04:52.they have made it. They get a badge as well. Packs for joining us.
:04:53. > :04:57.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.