06/03/2014 Newsround

Hello, I'm Jenny, live with your last Newsround on this World Book

Day, a global celebration of writers, illustrators and everything

brilliant about reading. You've been sending us amazing pictures today of

you guys dressed as characters from your favourite books. But earlier,

we sent Leah on a quest to find out what makes a really good story.

Check this out. Earlier this morning, in a brightly

lit studio in Salford, I met the winner of Blue Peter's best story

award, Katherine Rundell. And it got me thinking what goes into making a

really good book. Well, I met up with Katherine once again to find

out from her what goes into making a fantastic read. Of my three top

tips, the first one would be character. You need a character who

you feel strongly about. It doesn't matter if you love them, it just

matters that you care what happens to them. The type of characters I

like are ones with a kind heart. I kind of like them starting off to be

shy and then when they come to the end they're a person that stands up

for themself. They're not selfish, and they share. My second tip would

be a story, a great story that makes you want to keep turning the page

and stay up late at night to finish it and really, really makes you

care. There's a mystery, like they go into a big hole. You get into the

middle and it starts to get interesting. Like, something that

shows courage. But the most important thing is you just pick up

a book, get reading and writing your own stories because who knows, one

day you could end up picking up a top prize on World Book Day.

You can see more of your brilliant World Book Day costumes over on the

website. And check out three top tips from Children's Laureate,

Malorie Blackman. The Paralympic Winter Games start in

Sochi tomorrow, and 15-year-old Milly Knight will be team GB's flag

bearer at the grand opening ceremony. Milly is Great Britain's

youngest ever Winter Paralympian and will compete in the Alpine skiing

event next week. She spoke earlier about how she found out she would be

flying the flag. So, this morning I was told that I had a meeting. I

wasn't sure what it was about at all, so I was, like, "Have I done

anything wrong? Am I in trouble?" And then I was in the meeting, and

they were, like, "So, as you might be aware, the opening ceremony is

tomorrow, and we'd like you to be our flag bearer." And I was, like...

It was amazing! And join us in the morning, when

we'll have a full preview of the Winter Paralympics.