April Competition

AnonyMouse_64 · 2009-04-01T10:10:55+0000

Our April competition is inspired this month by the Big Read. Books are obviously very dear to your hearts, as demonstrated by Maz’s recent thread on favourite children’s books. So for this competition we are asking you to pick a favourite book (just one, sorry! :unsure: ) and write a review on it. It could be a children’s fiction book, an information book or a book to inform your own practice and provision but it does have to be childcare related! We only want one review per book, so if your favourite has already been chosen you will need to choose a different book. When you have picked the book you are intending writing a review on, please post in this thread to let everyone know before writing it, so that no one else writes one on the same book and posts it before you get the chance. There are no stipulations as to the length of the review or the format of it, but obviously it will need to be long enough to really sell the book but not so lengthy that we all fall asleep before getting to the end. Please also make sure that it makes reasonable sense and will be understandable to others. (No txt spk pls! ) Please write the books title and author at the top of your review so that it is clear which book you have chosen. Then you need to really sell it to the rest of us, as to why it is such an excellent book. The closing date for submitting a review will be 22nd April, after which all the books chosen will be put to a poll to determine which the favourite book is. (Depending on the number of reviews received we may need to find some way of coming up with a shortlist.) The one with the most votes at the end of the month will be the winner. So it is up to you to put forward a really good review in order to convince others that it is worthy of being the all time favourite. Once the competition is finished all of the reviews will be put together in the book forum to form a useful resource for future members. Steve thinks this is our way of being more environmentally friendly by recycling. He even suggested we have car bumper stickers that say 'FSFers Do it Ecologically!' :wacko: If the winner is also agreeable, the book in first place will become our ‘product of the month’ and the review (with author’s name) published on the site alongside existing product reviews. If you really wouldn’t want this though, don’t worry, Steve won’t make you! In fact, if you are a little shy and would like to submit a review but want to remain anonymous then that is fine too. Just send Steve a private message and he will post it on your behalf. Please don’t send them to me, as I am moving house this week and may not have computer access next week. As an added incentive to get you writing, Steve is offering up £20 as a first prize, alongside our usual runners up prizes of mugs, badges and pens. Peggy thought it would be a good idea to have a few hints on what you could put in your review. Some of her suggestions were: Suitable age Curricular area / areas best suited for Type of text i.e. rhyme Comment of illustrations, such as; real photo's, cartoon, lots to look at, (like where's Wally) etc Suitable for self read or adult supported Reference, fiction, other etc Size Theme Maybe even rate it out of ten for quality You may find some inspiration looking at existing book reviews. There are some available here on the forum, here's one example or you may find inspiration elsewhere. This is a good site for instance. However, this is your review so please include your own ideas and thoughts. :rolleyes: If you would like to hold a Big Read event yourself between the 20th to 26th of April there is more information on The Big Read website. There is also more information and free resources on the UK’s Send My Friend to School Campaign website. Good luck!

By AnonyMouse_64
April 1, 2009 in Books forum, Book reviews, Book recommendations

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