We received some fantastic entries to our contest for young writers inspired by the ever-popular tales. Now it is time to reveal the winner …
Earlier this year, we asked our favourite illustrators and artists to reimagine a scene from The Jungle Book. The results were so wonderful that we asked children to reimagine their favourite characters from the ever-popular tales in an original short story – our only prerequisite was that the story be as original and interesting as possible.
The runners-up were four lovely pieces of writing, so it was very hard to pick a winner. We also really liked Lola’s story about the Bandar-log, with its clever twists at the end.
But we think the overall winner is Katie, because the fish village, with all its funny little details, is such a thoughtful and original idea. We’d love to see some illustrations of it!
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