Competition 2024
The Children's Bookshow is running a competition for the chance to win a trip to London to visit the Discover Story Centre, in Stratford.
The winner will spend the day in the centre exploring two floors of magical Story Worlds and a Story Garden. These are play spaces where children and their imaginations can roam free. They can creep through caves, find hidden ships and perform in a puppet castle. There is even a tree house with chicken legs to visit! At the Centre they will also have the opportunity to meet writer Michael Rosen who will give the winner a signed copy of his latest book!
The prize is for two adults and one child sharing a hotel room for one night on a bed and breakfast basis and return train travel to London.
We'll also give £200 of free books to the school library of the winning child.
Six runners up will win a copy of writer and illustrator Sam Usher’s latest picture book Zoom.
Our Competition Judge, Sam Usher
Writer and illustrator, Sam Usher, whose books include Zoom, and Free will be waiting to judge your entries!
What do I have to do?
What we would like you to do is to write something very short about birds and draw a bird picture made with pencils, coloured pencils, crayons, paint or felt tips, you choose.
Which birds do you know about? Which birds do you see in your garden if you have one, or on your walk to school? Perhaps you have a bird table you could draw? Perhaps you’ve seen exotic birds in a zoo or a friend has a pet budgerigar?
Think hard about all the possibilities and then draw your picture, caption it, and send it to us. Sam Usher will look at your pictures and judge your entries!
How to enter
You must be resident in the UK and be 11 years old or under.
You must include the following information:
- Your name
- Your age
- The name and address of your school
You can send your entry to competition@thechildrensbookshow.com
OR
Send your entries to:
The Children's Bookshow
9A Peploe Road
London
NW6 6EB
Closing date:
Wednesday, 18th December 2024
Entries received after this date will not be accepted.
Terms & Conditions
Instructions form part of the rules. The winning entry is the one judged to be the best and the judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
The winner will receive a trip to London to visit the Discover Story Centre, in Stratford, plus a signed copy of a book by each of the writers and illustrators in our autumn programme plus £200 of books for their school.
