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A NORTH Yorkshire children’s author said he was left “truly flabbergasted” after winning a Blue Peter Book Award live on the show. Mike Barfield who lives in Helperby near Easingwold, has been named the winner of the BookTrust Blue Peter Book Award 2021 for his book, A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You, alongside its illustrator Jess Bradley. The result, voted on by 200 schoolchildren across the UK, was announced live on the long-running children’s programme. Past winners in the Best Book with Facts category include Sir Tony Robinson, Terry Deary, and former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell.