Geronimo Stilton, Emily Orr's favourite book character, and his sister Thea would probably approve of the cheese content of Emily's cheese and ham pizza.
Emily (8) received the pizza as a reward for completing her "pizza wheel" by reading a set number of books and telling the team at Stratford Library all about them.
Emily's brother Samuel (6) says he has recently enjoyed reading The Lion Sleeps Tonight and also likes books about Hairy Maclary. He chose a cheese and bacon pizza for his reward, provided by Hell Pizza, sponsors of this year's Lianza Children's book awards.
Hell's sponsorship of the awards included distributing 100,000 8-Book Pizza Wheels to schools and libraries nationwide. Children needed to read eight books and have them recorded on their wheel to be rewarded with a healthy 333 Kids Pizza.
With no Hell Pizza branch in Stratford, the Hell Pizza caravan came to town on Tuesday to reward young readers like Emily and Samuel with lunch.