And the winner isCongratulations to our Int. Children's Book Day Competition Winners!

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The votes have been cast and counted for our first-ever International Children's book day short story competition!
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As many of you already know, Saturday was International Children’s book day. A few weeks ago we sent out a call to all authors and aspiring authors, asking for original short stories- and boy did y’all deliver.

We received a plethora of charming and heartwarming short stories written by readers and listeners of RTL Today!

Since the stories were written by You, we decided it was only fair to let You pick the short stories extra-worthy of recognition.

The results are in! Scroll down to see the top 3 winners along with all the other stories submitted by our readers and listeners.

A huge thank you to all who participated, voted and shared their stories with us!

And the winners are...

It was close, but RTL Today readers and listeners have spoken!

First prize goes to Henri The Hairy Caterpillar written by Rebecca Dallas!
Coming in close in second place is When Marshall Grows Up by Wendy Winn.
Rounding off our top 3 winners, in third place is The Broken Cup by Monika Bonicka.

Congratulations to our top 3 authors and to all of the readers and listeners just like You who cast your vote!

1st place: Henri the Hairy Caterpillar by Rebecca Dallas

Henri the Hairy Caterpillar Rebecca Dallas

Read by Iris Dudek

2nd Place: When Marshall Grows Up by Wendy Winn

When Marshall Grows Up by Wendy Winn

Read by Sasha Kehoe

3rd Place: The Broken Cup by Monika Bonicka

The Broken Cup by Monika Bonicka

Read by Melissa Dalton

Read the runners-up right here

While there can only be 3 winners, we’ve still got loads of reader-submitted stories that were just as heart-warming! You can peruse the reader-written stories below! Happy reading!

The Apple Tree by Monica Rossi
Albert the Pirate by Karolina Cubonova
The Frog Prince by Katarina Cubonova
The Sky Let Go by Mirela Krstic
Dear Earth by Sarah Giddons
Grandma’s Magic House by Autumn La Lievre
Leila by Conny Gengler
Balloons by Neil Hatfield
Kids’ Play by Javier Reyes
Super-sneezy Furtado by Artur Furtado
Lu, Bu and a Super Important Case by Alicja Gniewek
Curious by Mak Wolven
The Discovery by Merle Krstic-Egbers
Lhea by Debolina Mukherjee
The Squirrel of Bambësch Amelie Wadoux
Matilda and the Rain by Wendy Winn
Being Maxwell by Wendy Winn
The Mole Mounds by Wendy Winn
Shae and Dae by Oluwabusola Akomolede
Image accompanying The Discovery.
Image accompanying The Discovery.
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