The Beast from the East wreaked havoc earlier this month, with travel delays and widespread disruption causing many World Book Day events to be cancelled. Kirklees' 6th annual World Book Day Quiz was finally held earlier this week at Huddersfield Town Hall, with plenty of high spirits and laughter despite a two-week wait to find out who would lift the trophy in 2018. The quiz event has become a much-anticipated fixture in Kirklees schools' calendar since its inception in 2013, the brainchild of booksplus, the schools library service. Forty-three teams of Year Five, Six and Seven students from 27 local authority schools took part, answering questions from a book list of twenty great reads. There was something for everyone, from poetry (Kate Wakeling's 'Moon Juice'), award-nominated fiction (Lissa Evans' Carnegie Medal-shortlisted novel 'Wed Wabbit'), and picture books ('A Child of Books' and 'The Wooden Camel'). Students rose to the challenge during six rounds of questions. Quizmaster, local poet and Patron of Reading Conrad Burdekin, presided and sponsor publisher Walker Books provided book prizes for the winners of each quiz round. There were also book token prizes for the best teacher and student costumes: an array of Harry Potters, Snow Whites, Alice in Wonderlands and Cruella de Vils were on hand to enjoy the fun. When the dust settled, Birkby Junior School triumphed, repeating as quiz champions for the fourth straight year, with Hopton Primary School in second place and St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School (Huddersfield) in third place. A great afternoon for students, staff, parents and volunteers from the schools library service, Kirklees Council and Kirklees College. What better way to celebrate reading for pleasure than bringing schools together for World Book Day - well done to all the students who read, enjoyed and took part!