The Donut Diaries of Dermot Milligan: Revenge is Sweet

Calling all Children's Reading Groups! Are you fans of the gloriously funny and disgusting Donut Diaries or you new to the series? Or do you just love DONUTS?! Email Harriet at hvenn@randomhouse.co.uk to get a Donut Diaries' activity pack, including how to host your very own Donut Olympics, donut recipes, donut decoration sheets and more. You can even send in your donut designs for your chance to win a set of the books!

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Sunny

Looking for something to help turn story time into a great art lesson?

We have two copies of Sunny to give away along with these great activity sheets (enough for a class of 30)

A mixture of black and white and colour, these are great for cutting out, sticking and collage work!

Please e-mail ellen.john@hachettechildrens.co.uk with your details!

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Win a copy of Blood Red Road

The Telegraph called it "a splendid, stylish debut"

The Times said it was a "shot of pure adrenalin"

The Herald thinks it "grabs you in its claw on the first page and refuses to release you until the last"

Now it's your chance to read the book everyone is talking about - Blood Red Road. Scholastic Children's Books are giving you the chance to win a copy of this critically acclaimed debut novel from Moira Young. Saba lives in a broken world - her only joy comes from spending her days with her twin brother, Lugh. But when he's kidnapped, Saba sets out on a perilous rescue mission where death waits at every turn...

The first 20 people to email publicity@scholastic.co.uk will get their hands on a copy.

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COMPETITION! How Super Is Your Pet?

COMPETITION!
How Super Is Your Pet?
Take Part in our Super Pet competition by telling us all about your special pet.

What makes your pet super?
How did they get their name?
Why are they special?
What super powers would they have?

To reward you for all your ideas and sharing your creative minds, your Super Pet will be entered into a DRAW to WIN an exclusive author visit from Michael Dahl, author and creator of Dragonblood and Library of Doom Series.

For more information please visit: www.raintreepublishers.co.uk/content/superpet

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Dragonese Day

To celebrate the release of the 9th title in the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon series; How to Steal a Dragon's Sword, Hodder Children's Books are launching Dragonese Day on 6th October 2011!

To mark this exciting national event, we have created a downloadable teacher's pack full of fun and educational activities. The activities included in this pack are suitable for cross-curricular teaching for children between the ages of 5 and 11, covering topics such as Vikings and Dragons and curriculum links including History, Geography, Drama, Art and Literacy.

The objectives and curriculum links for each resource are clearly laid out in each section and the pack is suitable to be used for a full half term of lessons!

Register for your pack here

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Free Mills & Boon Book

Read and rate this FREE book and you could win £500!

Mills & Boon are offering a FREE BOOK to everyone in your reading group! Go to www.datemillsandboon.com/library. Each reader can request one of two FREE BOOKS by Heidi Rice from Mills & Boon's fabulous new RIVA line. Choose between a book sent to your front door, or an eBook you can download straight away.

You also have the chance of winning £500 if you go back to the website and leave your feedback before 31st July 2011!

And if you recommend a friend, you could also win a luxury spa break worth £500!

There is limited stock so make sure you request your free book today!

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Buttercup Mash facebook page and trailer

The glee-themed, laugh-out-loud new novel from best-selling Rachel Riley author Joanna Nadin has its own Facebook page: www.facebook.com/buttercupmash.

Buttercup has ISSUES. Her family's dysfunctional, her best friend's a drama queen and she doesn't know who her dad is! What's a girl to do?

Isn't it obvious? Join the school glee club, embarrass the hell out of yourself singing rock ballads and dancing like a demented giraffe on a sugar rush and write a diary for an internet shrink about your messed up life.

Visit the Facebook page for information about the book, news, reviews, a hilarious video trailer, and downloads.

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