I have a wonderful giveaway for anyone who loves books today. HarperCollins Children’s Books have generously given me 4 of the latest titles to offer as a giveaway to one lucky reader of the gingerbread house.
My Henry
Through charming verse and glowing illustrations, Judith Kerr takes us on a magical and moving journey that proves love really does conquer everything. A truly special picture book destined to be loved and treasured by children and adults alike for years to come.
“It’s things we’ve never tried before That are the greatest fun, Like riding on a dinosaur, Which I had never done.”
Married couples are used to little trips together. Henry’s wife can see no reason why they should stop just because one of them is no longer around. In fact she can’t help going a little bit over the top, imagining all sorts of wonderful outings, including dinosaur rides and dolphin drawn water ski sessions. In the end however, even the most magical and exotic daydreams can never quite compare to their past everyday life together.
Up and Down
The hotly anticipated follow up to the award winning Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers is Up and Down. It revisits the story of a boy and penguin who enjoy spending time together until the penguin starts to dream of flying. Running away, the penguin visits place after place, searching for a chance to get his feet off the ground. But will flying be everything he had hoped? And is the boy missing him as much as he is missing the boy?
An unforgettable story about friendship, love and reaching for your dreams.
The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man
Meet Awesome Man, who flies straight as an arrow, smiles like a toothpaste advert, and sports the most amazing quiff! Pulitzer prize-winning author, Michael Chabon’s first picture book is out of this world and his superhero is, as he says himself “just basically awesome.”
He battles with his arch nemesis, The Flaming Eyeball, who generally gets away, and this can make Awesome Man angry. Very angry, actually. And when he gets angry, things could get out of control. “See, the thing is, I’m super strong,” he rationalises, with typical superhero vanity. “I can’t start hitting stuff or kicking stuff or throwing stuff around, even though that’s what I want to do so badly. I might hurt somebody, or destroy a city or something.” Lucky for us, he retreats to his Fortress of Awesome and puts himself in an Awesome Power Grip to calm himself down.
Back in the Fortress of Awesome, his secret identity mom is waiting for him. He’s so happy to see her, he throws a power grip around her too. She says it feels … Awesome.
The Lorax 2012
“Mister! He said with a sawdusty sneeze. I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.”
The Lorax is the original eco warrior and his message rings loud today. In this fable about the dangers of destroying our forests, he tries to save the Truffula trees from the greedy once-ler’s axe. The Once-ler, who narrates the story, is too busy getting rich selling his Truffula-tuft knitted Thneeds to listen to the Lorax’s pleas. Blinded by greed, soon enough the Once-ler has built a factory that is polluting the air, land and water, and is chopping down every Truffula Tree in sight.
This paperback edition in the new “Essential Seuss” range will help kick start New Year’s resolutions to save the world.
Giveaway
Thanks to HarperCollins Children’s Books I have one copy of each book to giveaway to one lucky reader of the gingerbread house.
To enter
In the spirit of Up and Down let me know if you could fly where you would go and why.
For an extra entry simply tell others about this giveaway using the Retweet button below. If you don’t use Twitter feel free to share on Facebook – just let me know in a comment below!
The Rules: the competition closes at midnight on March 28th and is open to UK residents only. The winner will be selected at random and contacted using the email address or twitter name supplied. If the winner does not reply within 3 days the competition will be redrawn. Good luck! The winners’ name will be announced on this blog post.
***** The giveaway is now over and the winner is Wendy Tyler *****
my son has told me we need to fly to krypton to go & visit superman 🙂
@emmav6
i would fly to heaven and bring my daughter back
tweeted too 🙂
@emmav6
I’d fly to Thailand- always wanted to! And desperately need some fun, sun and good time with my family.
Tweeted! @pandcands
I’d fly down to Cornwall and have a few days by the sea. I’d need to have a flying family, or be able to carry passengers though as it would be no fun on my own. @RedRoseMummy
I have tweeted @RedRoseMummy
I would love to fly with the birds rather than anywhere. I would love to learn what it’s like to be that free.
I’d fly over the rainbow and look down on the world through every shade of colour!
I have tweeted @tracyknixon Thank you x
Id fly to Tokyo, I love Japan and think its Beautiful.
Somewhere I’ve always wanted to go too! Thanks for entering.
I’d love to fly to New Zealand, seems like an awesome place to visit,
Following and tweeted – Karen2105
My son has always wanted to visit San Francisco, he saw the golden gate bridge on tv one day covered by mist and would love to stand there and ‘be in the clouds’ as he said 🙂
I would go to Egypt, because I have always wanted to see the pyramids/sphinx
I’d fly to Australia to see family members that I’ve not seen for a long time
I’ve tweeted
@hoops120
I would fly my children to the moon so we can taste what sort of cheese it is made of
I’d fly to the coast and spend the day sunbathing by the beach in this lovely weather x
I’d fly to the moon, to see if the Lunar buggy is really there
To never land!
OVER THE YORKSHIRE DALES SO BEAUTIFUL
If I could fly I’d do a tour of the Peak District where I live because I’d love to see it from the air. It looks so amazing when I’m out walking and on top of some of the hills its almost like flying!
following and tweeted! @WrightyH
I’d fly to the moon, everywhere else in the world I could take a plane, but realistically I’d never be able to visit the moon, so.. definitely the moon.
I’d fly to Cadbury World in England LOL where could possibly be better ?! xxx
I would love to fly over the Great Wall of China. Swooping down. what an amazing sight and such a wondrous view.
I would fly to the Arctic Circle… always wanted to go there, and see the northern lights 🙂
Id fly to Disneyland with my husband and children on my back 🙂 lots of things for us all to do and such a lovely sight 🙂 jlnorris2010@gmail.com
I have tweeted on twitter @Jlnorris2010
I have tweeted – @slbhill42
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If i could fly anywhere it would be to heaven to see all the loved ones ive lost 🙂 x
I’d fly over the North Pole, just to say you’ve been there
I would fly to India and see the beautiful temples from a wonderful height!
If we could fly we would fly to Disneyland 🙂
Id fly to Disneyland with my 2 year old son.
we love lost and found so cant wait to read this. I would fly to disneyland or lapland with the kids and my husband!
i have tweeted as @ashlallan
I would fly to Australia so I could prove to my son that the people there aren’t really all upside down!
The moon – look for aliens (and cheese!)
To work – to avoid the M25!
The moon to get away from it all
I would fly to cornwall when im having a bad day, to escape. Would also like to fly back to japan as its an amazing place.
Have retweeted @magical2727
I would fly to Australia to see a friend I last saw 40 years ago. If that’s too far for my poor wings to carry me I’d just fly up to my daughter’s house because I’m always exhausted when I have to walk there.
Have tweeted @cherry271949
to the moon ,an experience of a lifetime
I think I’d just fly around town to the shops, the doctor, the post office, etc. The traffic’s always so bad that I could zip through my chores and buy myself more time to spend at home with the family.
the moon would be cool
I would fly to Italy for pizza just because I love Italy and pizza 🙂
I have tweeted! @vickyd4v3
I would fly to Hong Kong, used to live there and would love to go back @UptonAndrea
Tweeted too @UptonAndrea
To York and revisit all the wonderful places my husband I visited on our honeymoon!
My grandson would like to fly over a volcano so he could see it but be safe
retweeted @RuthMarianna
I would fly to work so less time commuting and spending with the family
We’d fly to nursery and back each day as my car has just died and it takes us 45 minutes to walk each way 🙁
My son and i were having this conversation the other day, we would love to fly over the area (and our house) where we live, to have a birds eye view of it and see it how the birds see it. My son thinks all the roads would look like giant spider webs. xx
Have tweeted. @mattalex2008 xx
We would fly to the moon 🙂
hawaii without a doubt! have always wanted to go!
I,d love to fly to the moon and dance amongst the stars (maybe vist Jupiter & Mars)
id fly to usa and take my 5 year old with me, see the world together
I’d fly to Maldives for a sneaky holiday
I have retweeted @muslimahi
If I could fly, I’d take my toddlers to the moon as they’re fascinated by it.
my daughter says would fly to Disney land then wouldn’t have to wait formummy to take her
I’d love to fly to New Zealand, looks amazing
If I could fly I would go to Australia to give my cousin a massive congratulary hug. She has just been given the all clear from cancer after a 4 year battle, and I’m so pleased for her! 🙂
re-tweeted @lastkiss5
I’d fly to the Canada/USA Border to see Niagara falls.
If I could fly, I’d go to Egypt to stand on a pyra mid as I’d never be able to climb all those steps to get to the top!
Afternoon, if i could fly?, to Canada, to see our friends, have you seen the price of tickets to Toronto?
tweet ontwitter and facebook as oldwalshy
i would fly to the moon. x
i would fly to lyme regis on the south coast, i love it there
I’d fly to the moon, have a couple of hours floating around by myself for some peace and quiet then come back down once my husband has tackled bedtime routine on his own……….lol (just for one night though….lol)
I would fly to an undiscovered sunny island with my husband and baby boy, we’d relax, rewind and recharge before returning to this crazy, busy World.
Tweeted @robynlclarke
@needaphone I would fly around the house ( dull I know) but I am a woman therfore I can multitask dust and fly…
@needaphone I have tweeted this x
If i could fly i would fly to heaven to spend whatever time i could with my Nanny
have tweeted @bbdiva1977
anywhere that is hot and has a beech so i can build sand castles and teach her to swim in the sea
new zealand because its a beautiful place i would stop by australia get a koala and bring it to new zealand! (no chance of this ever happening but i like to immagine 🙂
have tweeted @handbag2000
I’d fly over the Maldives before they vanish forever below rising sea levels.
I’d fly to Hawaii. Watching The Descendents made me reeeeally want to go there!
To the moon my little girl loves all things space!!!!
I’d take my boys to Thailand. The youngest will be coo’ed at by all the friendly Thai people whilst we teach the eldest how to snorkel!
I would fly to narnia, just so I could have tea with Mr Tumnus
Id love to be able to fly my family to disneyworld as my little girls face lights up whenever she sees adverts so would be simply magical. 🙂
retweeted @cwillmer
i would fly to lanzarote to visit my mum and dad x
I would fly anywhere warm and sunny!
I have tweeted (emmathebradshaw)
I’d take the kids to Australia to meet my side of the family they have never met their grandad and my grandparents 🙂
I would fly to planet krypton, and find myself a super man.
I would fly to Tsilivi-a little village in Greece. it is where we got engaged and holds such fond memories. We’ve been abit strapped for cash to re-visit since we got engaged so id love to fly there and just sit on the beach and soak up the atmosphere and calmness.
i have reteweeted as @mariajkknight
if i could fly I would fly to the moon – I can’t imagine a more peaceful place to visit 🙂
I would fly to Canada, I always wanted to see the Rockies
to the moon to see if its really made of cheese 🙂
tweeted @lillyfer85
I would fly to the top of the magic far away tree and explore all the different lands up there.
overlooking the mountains at sunset
i would fly to south africa
@bumps_2_babies
would fly anywhere!! after 11 years together me and my other half havent been away as he wont fly! so id be happy for a fly to anywhere nice!! preferably somewhere hot and sunny! or disney land as our little boy would love that! x
I would love to fly over New Zealand, somewhere I’ve always wanted to travel to.
Retweeted and shared on Facebook too : )
I would fly to DisneyWOrld with my 3 kiddies
@olivia280177
tweeted as @olivia280177
I would fly me, my hubby and our 5 month old daughter to Cyprus where we got married in 2009 and do it all over again with our little girlie as our bridesmaid. 🙂
To Australia to see sharks on the barrier reef and be a deep sea diver
I would go to Fiji to soak up a bit of sunshine in paradise.
i would fly to disneyland as i have always wanted to go there but i have been unable to x
tweeted @nikkij301
I’d fly to the moon!
I would love to fly to Australia to visit my aunt and three cousins who emigrated in 1969. We were children then and I missed them very much. Sadly my uncle has died – I would have loved to see him again too. My cousins now have children and grandchildren. It would be a wonderful reunion to see them all again.
i would fly to the maldives and get some much needed relaxation time @esthermate
tweeted @esthermate
I would fly to Sark. I love the idea of a car free island.
i would love to fly to the moon and look down at the earth
retweeting as @tldoddster
I would fly to Disneyworld with the kids. That would be so cool.
I have tweeted @lucyrobinson3
I would fly to heaven to see my dog, Slinky, that died a few years ago. I know everyone says it but he was the best dog in the world.