LAUNCESTON Church Grammar School pupils put in a 12-hour day yesterday in the name of literacy.
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About 20 grade 3 to 6 pupils participated in the national Write A Book In A Day competition.
Exactly as it sounds, the competition, run by the Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation, calls on participants to put together a book in one day.
Grammar's gifted and talented student co-ordinator Doug Grubert said the project taught the outstanding English and literacy pupils the value of teamwork and time management.
``At 8am, the two teams of 10 received an email that contained the stimulous material: two human characters, one non-human character, a setting and five words that have to appear at least once in the story,'' Mr Grubert said.
The pupils then spent the next 12 hours working together and writing, editing, illustrating and publishing their children's book.
In addition to writing a book, the participating pupils raised funds for a children's hospital foundation.
The Grammar pupils have chosen to donate money raised to the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
