Month: August 2024

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The Week Junior Sufiya Ahmed Competition Terms and Conditions

THE WEEK JUNIOR SUFIYA AHMED EVENT COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

These terms and conditions together with any specific rules set out in a competition apply to competitions run by the Little Tiger Press Limited (including The Week Junior Competition in Issue 460), unless otherwise expressly stated. By entering a competition, entrants agree to be bound by these rules. 

Rules specific to each competition will be displayed. In the event of discrepancy between the main terms and individual competition conditions, the individual competition conditions will prevail. 

  • Only one entry per school. 
  • We require the entrant’s name, email address, and full school postal address. 
  • Applicants must be resident in the UK or Eire (competitions are not open to anyone outside the UK and Eire). 
  • Every entry will be considered fairly. 
  • By entering the competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you is true, current and complete. 
  • Unless otherwise specified in the competition rules, prize winners will be chosen at random from all qualifying entries within 30 days of the closing date specified in the Competition Notice.
  • Prize winners will be notified in the manner and within the time frame specified in the Competition Notice. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable or failure to reply as specified in the notification within the time stated therein may result in disqualification and selection of an alternative winner. If more than one prize is awarded only one prize per entrant will be awarded. 
  • The decision on winners by the Little Tiger Press Limited is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 
  • Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. Little Tiger Press Limited reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time. 
  • All taxes, insurances, transfers, spending money and other expenses (including meals or personal expenses, upgrades, etc.) as the case may be, unless specifically stated, are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. 
  • Competitions are not open to employees of Little Tiger Press Limited and their immediate family or any company involved in the competition. 
  • Proof of posting cannot be accepted as proof of delivery. Little Tiger Press Limited cannot accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes outside its control. 
  • Little Tiger Press Limited reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if it has reasonable ground to believe the entrant has breached any of these terms and conditions. 
  • In the event that any entrant is disqualified from the competition, Little Tiger Press Limited in its sole discretion may decide whether a replacement contestant should be selected. In this event, any further entrant will be selected on the same criteria as the original entrant and will be subject to these rules. 
  • By entering the competition entrants agree to receive messages by email, SMS or post from the Little Tiger Press Limited. Entrants may unsubscribe from these messages at any time. 
  • Little Tiger Press Limited reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition, the competition rules and competition period at any time without prior notice. 
  • In the event of any dispute regarding the competition rules, conduct, results and all other matters relating to a competition, the decision of Little Tiger Press Limited shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into. 
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Unlocking the World of Stories by Barry Timms

My new picture book Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books is all about possibilities. It’s about the magical worlds that open wide when we reach for a book or enter a bookshop.

This was exciting to me as a child, and remains so deep into my adulthood. It motivates me as an author – the opportunity both to open up new worlds for young readers and to entertain myself by exploring worlds of my own making.

Of course, when I’m writing, the idea has to be ‘right’. It needs to speak to me in some way, chipping away at an unanswered question or filling me with an infectious sense of What if…? Without this, either writer’s block or boredom will hit. My mind goes into a knot or floats off elsewhere. It’s much the same for children, I think, when they haven’t found the book that’s right for them.

Picture books are primarily stories to be shared. Parents and carers round off a youngster’s day by performing a little theatre show, weaving story-time magic from funny voices, join-in moments and goodnight cuddles. But what about when the child is older and must create this booky magic for themselves?

What if the child doesn’t feel sufficient passion for the story in front of them? What if facts about the Ancient Egyptians just aren’t their thing and they’d rather geek out over monster trucks? Perhaps they need someone to direct them towards a more appropriate book. Or to put their passion into words and say that yes, of course, there’s a book about that too!

The internet helps, of course, but it wasn’t there when I was growing up. I’m so grateful to the patient teachers, librarians and booksellers of my childhood who empowered me to seek out the books I wanted and needed. These opened up not just whole new worlds, but new chapters in my life.

There’s a feeling I still get today when holding a book that feels full of promise. Here we go . . . Buckle up for a whole new chapter! Learning to read is the key that unlocks it all. The key to the world, perhaps. Each and every child has a right to it.

It’s no accident, perhaps, that Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books begins with our young hero Henry finding a key in the street. And — oh — what a journey he’s in for!