Book review competition

A book review competition for students of the Peninsula is being run by a Umina bookstore.

Local schools have been approached to take part in the competition and there are categories for all year groups.

Book Bazaar is running the competition in which students are asked to review a book from "The 2006 Books Alive Great Read Guide".

The guide has been published with funding from the Australia Council for the Arts to encourage Australians to read and buy books.

Students may pick from children's picture books, teen fiction, thrillers or any of the other books listed in the guide.

Reviews should be no longer than one A4 page in length for older children and may be a drawing for the Kindgergarten to Year 2 age group.

Many of the books in The Guide are also available at schools or in local libraries.

Winners in each category will receive vouchers to buy books and may have their reviews published in the Peninsula News.

Entry forms for the competition are available from Book Bazaar in West St, Umina, the Peninsula News office on Kateena Ave, Tascott, or from school libraries across the Peninsula.

Contact Mandi or Tracey on 4342 2482 for further details or contact your school librarian.

Press release, July 20 Book Bazaar