First ever Children's Booker Prize looking for young judges aged 8-12

Do you love reading? Have you ever wanted to be a judge on a panel? If so, there's a job that you might want to get your hands on.

The nationwide search for child judges for a prestigous book award has started.

The Children's Booker Prize is a new annual prize that celebrates the best modern fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old.

To select the best books, there will be three adult judges and three child judges.

If being a judge sounds right up your street, there's a few things you should know.

You'll need to be between eight and 12 and based in the UK.

There's also an online form you'll need to fill out, all about books, reading, and of course, why you want to be a judge.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce says on the judging day the panel will "argue and laugh and eat loads of snacks and decide which is the very best".

This is the first time there has been a Children's Booker Prize, but the adult version has been running for more than 55 years.

The winning writer will take home the award along with £50,000.

A children's version of the famous award has been created to inspire a new generation of readers by celebrating the best fiction books from writers around the world.

It comes at a time when research by the National Literacy Trust says the percentage of children and young people who said they enjoyed reading, is at its lowest level in 20 years.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce hopes the prize will make it "easier for children to find the book that's right for them".