Some people like to read books, and some people like to eat books.  Of course, not all books are edible, although the entries in the sixth annual Edible Books Contest at the Hays Public Library certainly are.

The challenge–depict your favorite book, using your cooking and decorating skills, and it must be comprised of all-edible ingredients.

Two fifth graders at Roosevelt Elementary School took honors in the youth category.

Tony Malleck read “Triumph on Everest,”  using lots of Rice Krispies cereal to create the mountain top which was surrounded by frosting clouds and complete with struggling climbers  who strained against their licorice ropes.

Classmate Alexa Morell read “The Star Fisher.”  She and her kitchen crew also used Rice Krispies to create the story’s family-owned laundry facility, with their living quarters in the back of the building.

“Edible Landscapes” by Ellis County Master Gardener Linda Stahlman was selected as the adult category winner by the judges,  Hays artist Kris Kuksi  and Beau Dealy, a Hays food writer.

All the winners were awarded cookbooks, and after the judging, the crowd got to eat the literal literary entries.