The Feet First Picture Book Competition is designed to get schools (Years 1-8) thinking about active travel. To enter the competition, a class (or group within a class) had to write and illustrate a picture book based on active travel.

The winner was Room 2 from Otanga School in Rotorua with their book Lucky Pancake. You can view their story and read the judges comments here.

A professional picture book writer/editor and illustrator will visit the class to workshop their book and help prepare it for publication.  Every student at Otanga School will receive a free copy of the book when it’s published and Feet First will host a book launch party at school. A copy of the book will also be sent to every primary school library in New Zealand.

There were five additional highly-commended entries:

• Thorndon School Enviro Group - Mr Grey's New Way
• Te Puru School (Pohutukawa Room Years 3 and 4) - Who Made the Footprints?
• Nelson Central School (Room 9) - Kowhai's Travel Decision
• Mornington School (Room 6, Years 3 and 4) - The Imagining Game
• Gate Pa School (Room 9, Year 3) - Alien Goes to School

You can view the highly-commended stories and read the judges comments here.