By Danielle Kutchel
The three winners of the Casey Cardinia Libraries Book Week dress-up competition have been announced.
Officer local Smaran took out first prize for his creative rendition of a famous scene from one of his favourite books, Gulliver’s Travels.
Berwick resident Zach was second for recreating the cover of one of his favourites, Lost and Found.
And Emily took out third place for her glamourous Fancy Nancy costume, winning a $25 Robinson’s Bookshop voucher.
Smaran’s mum Arpitha said the whole family was “delighted” to find out he had won.
Smaran picked up a $100 Robinson Bookshop voucher for his creativity and immediately decided he would use it to buy some Paw Patrol books.
Arbitha said Smaran planned to share the books with his older brother.
She said Gulliver’s Travels is one of Smaran’s favourite books, and he especially enjoys the “concept of Lilliput” with its little people.
The whole family got involved in creating the costume using a blanket, skipping rope and Lego figurines.
For Zach and his mum Lina, the competition was the perfect boredom buster during lockdown.
They recreated the cover image of one of Zach’s favourite books, Lost and Found, using cardboard boxes to create the iconic suitcase, umbrella and penguin.
Zach loves reading books, and Lina said she was happy to encourage him.
“It fosters their imagination and gets them to be creative,” she said.
Zach hasn’t yet chosen what to spend his $50 Robinson’s Bookshop voucher on, but his mum said they are looking forward to seeing what they can choose from.
