Fearne Cotton and Laura Hamilton will be amongst the judges judging the entries. As well as representatives from The Book People, Little Tiger Press, Ada Grey and an ambassador from Action for Children. That’s not all, the judging panel will choose five shortlisted entrants to attend a very cool event in London on 3rd November, where the winner will be announced. The winner will also receive £250 in books for themselves and £250 for their school. I bet they’d be popular with the teachers for this. You child still has plenty of time to enter submit their story online by 24th October.
It’s a great way to encourage your child’s imagination, writing skills and love of a good story. Don’t forget to keep reading and fuelling their imagination with bedtime stories. We love The Book People and get a lot of great books from them. My oldest Lucas is also enjoying his first taste of audio books and listening to the Michael Morpurgo books. These are a lovely set from The Book People and my youngest boy Tyler is enjoying the Roald Dahl collection. Books are something I love getting as gifts too, you really can never have too many books.
What are your reading habits? And I’d love to know your thoughts on reading to or with older children? And what books your children love? I’m always on the look out for a good book.
Disclaimer:- I was sent some lovely book sets from The Book People, but I was under no obligation to mention this, I just think it’s a great competition and I love books.
This is amazing, I’m going to ask Oliver if he wants to submit tomorrow, thank you darling. Loved reading about your love of books and your childhood xx
Wishing your boys good luck with the competition. i read with my kids until they were older (and developed a love of YA fiction in the process).
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Good luck with the competition!
I have just ordered a set of books from the Book People for Grace for Christmas. What a great competition. Good luck to your boys x
I loved Nancy Drew and Sweet Valley High too! I so wished I was an American high school girl. This is a great competition! Love the book people too. My eldest read all the naughtiest girl story from a set this year
I still read to my daughter at bedtime and she is 10. I read to my eldest right until he left primary school. I stopped reading to my younger son at 8, just because he shared a room with his brother! My kids don’t read quite as much as I’d like them to and certainly not as much as I used to when I was a kid, but I’m pleased to say they do read from time to time and my daughter reads a few pages every day.
I think many bloggers were avid readers and diary writers throughout their childhoods. i certainly was! I hope Erin keeps hold of her love of reading.
I was always jotting down stories from a young age. Sadly I haven’t read a book for myself for a long time but I do enjoy reading with my girls and seeing how much they are growing to love books. Great competition and I think when mine are old enough I’ll be egging them on to enter 😄
Ah I loved Sweet Valley High! My other favourites were the choose your own adventure books. You just jogged my memory too – my eldest boy’s favourite book as a toddler was One Ted Falls Out of Bed – I read it to him so often that I could recite the words 🙂
Bedtime stories are vital. We have read them since our eldest was just five weeks old and they are pretty much non negotiable – sometimes we have the eldest read to the younger two. He has just discovered the joy of Roald Dahl.
ooh this sounds like a fab competition. I wonder if I could do this with Sylvia.? Thanks for linking up with #KLTR
What a brilliant idea for a competition! Fingers crossed for your littles! My son is 15 months and I always have his books to hand wherever he plays. He’s just starting to independently choose to look at them which is great! I hope to cultivate this as he grows. #kltr
Our eldest’s (12) school recommended that we read to them occasionally at bedtime still. I hadn’t thought of it but it’s a great time to bond when the hormones are getting turbulent. Good luck with the competition x
Oh you even liked the same books as me as a girl I love Judy Blume and Sweet Valley too 🙂 I hope my children want me to read to them for as long as possible and this is a great competition.
Thanks for linking up to #kltr