Bookworms have been spending their time with their heads buried in the best reads of 2005.

Not bad - Jack Callender and Emma Oldfield, pupils at Holland Park Primary School, judge a book as part of a competition to decide the best children's read of 2005. Picture: TERRY WEEDEN (46377-2)

Pupils-turned-critics from Holland Park Primary School have helped to decide what is the top book for children this year.

Two classes from the Holland Road school were selected to make up a judging panel of 150 classes nationwide.

The Year 4 class chose The Whisperer by Nick Butterworth and the 10 and 11-year-olds from class 6L picked I, Coriander by Sally Gardner.

Their votes will help decide who wins the Nestle Children's Book Prize, which is announced on December 14.

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Published Wednesday, November 30, 2005

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