Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books

Four Form IV pupils recently represented Dollar Academy at a prestigious awards ceremony held in Edinburgh.

The ceremony, the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books, was held to announce the winners of a competition organised by Braw (Books Reading and Writing), the Scottish children's books arm of the Scottish Book Trust.  Nearly 3,000 children from 160 schools across the country voted for their favourite books written by Scottish authors.  

The four Dollar pupils, David Croxford, Lewis Crosbie, Patrick MacDonald and Chris Ritchie, were part of a group of eight pupils invited to speak at the ceremony which was held in the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. 

The boys spoke in front of an audience of distinguished guests which included MSPs and authors, reading extracts and reviews of the short listed books, and were interviewed by Radio Scotland.

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