Picture by Dean Belcher

There were more than 5000 entries. She won £100 cash, 4 children's poetry books and a premium membership for the school to the Children's Poetry Bookshelf which entitles the school to 9 books for the library over the course of the next year.

Anna also came joint first with the same poem in the Under 16 section of a competition organised by all the Reading Borough Libraries to celebrate National Poetry Day.This year's theme was dreams. Anna was presented with a certificate and book token for £15 at a ceremony in Reading Library.

My Dreams by Anna Seall

I dream in black and pink
Of Mummy turning in a zigzag
The Gelth creep into my bedroom and my heart goes wobbly
A fairy wriggles and whispers in my pocket
Oscar, the purple dog, sings opera, elegantly
A boyfriend is squeezed in my jewellery box
And I twirl and squiggle into an ugly puppet
Collecting diamonds in a world of spikes and jammy dodgers
Or flamenco dancing on a thunder cloud
Then Mummy cuddles me as tight as a knot