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Eric Carle books for your school and library

Enter your primary school and local library in the Prize Draw contest to receive an exclusive, signed artist’s proof from Eric Carle 

This autumn, 680,000 copies of Eric Carle’s wonderful story book “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth will be given to reception age children in England, as a gift from independent charity Booktrust and Pearson, the world’s leading education and technology company.  

To celebrate, Booktime are offering primary schools and libraries in England the chance to enter a prize draw to receive an exclusive artist’s proof from the book. Each vibrant, colourful spread from the book is signed by Eric Carle. 

The other day, quite out of the blue...

The other day, quite of the blue, a man emailed to ask if I would like to judge a competition! I have never been asked to judge anything before so was curious. Why me? I wondered. The people at sofa.com were at the final judging stage for a competition they had launched for children in  London, to design a fantasy sofa. They sent 4,000 A3 design template drawings to children at local schools and received an amazing 1,000 back. I agreed to go because I've never been a judge before and I actually need a new sofa as ours is eleven years old and so embarrassing that I even wrote about i in my Times column. I wanted to check out the sofa.com sofas as I've only seen them online before.

Heinz secret ability competition

Heinz is running a secret ability contest -- all you need to for a chance to win £1k is video your "secret ability" and enter it in the contest. If you don't have a secret ability, the fine print suggests you are allowed to make one up.

So far there are no entries so I'd say you'd have a darn good chance of winning if you entered.

Here's some inspiration if you need it:

This post is written by Susanna, a London Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog,A Modern Mother.

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Win a photo shoot with a celebrity photographer!

Surprise, surprise, spending time together during meal times is beneficial for your family!

Nutella knows this, and is holding a photo competition to celebrate their 45th anniversay. Just send in your favourite photograph of your family enjoying breakfast together and you could be eligible to win a family photo shoot with renowned family and celebrity photographer Ken Sharp or a family day-out in London. All submissions will also be included in a giant breakfast mural which will go live on the website in September.

Sample photos and additional information can be found here.

To enter the contest, visit nutella’s website.

Good luck!

This post was written by Susanna, a London Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.

British recipe contest

Have any good British recipes? Just send them in here and you may win some fab prizes including a luxury food tour in the Cotswolds.

It's all part of the Best of Britain & Ireland '09, which is a domestic travel event happening in London on the 26-29 March.

London Mums Blog readers can receive 30 percent discount on a double ticket. You can book a double ticket (two adults) for just £10.50 (30 percent discount on the full price of £15.) To take advantage of this offer, call 0871 230 5588 or visit www.britainandirelandevent.co.ukand quote BOBI30.

So come ladies, dig out those recipes.

This post was written by Susanna, a London Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.

Specsavers Christmas colouring competition for charity

ARTISTIC youngsters are invited to take part in a Christmas colouring competition with the chance of winning a spectacular digital compact camera.

The Oxford Journal, in association with Specsavers at Westgate shopping centre and Ox & Cross Publishing, is offering young Picassos and Rembrandts aged 6-13 a chance to show off their impressive skills by colouring in a festive picture.

The lucky winner will take home an extra special present to help capture their favourite festive moments – the Pentax Optio S12 digital compact camera worth almost £200.

Calling all creative parents ...

To celebrate the introduction of its new storytelling character 'Munch the Cow' Munch Bunch is offering SIX creative parents the chance to become the storytellers of the future and win an amazing prize in the first ever Munch Time Storytelling Competition.

All you need to do is write an original children’s story between 600 and 800 words, beginning with the line:
"Once upon a Munchtime, there was a cow called Munch..."

You can win an all expenses paid day-trip to Lapland for you and your family to visit Father Christmas and take a magical husky-led sleigh ride by a frozen lake; an overnight stay in a central London hotel for two and the chance to meet celebrity mum Gail Porter

So what are you waiting for. Check it out and get writing.

This post was written by Susanna, a London Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog A Modern Mother.