Exciting newsflash!
It is almost time to roll up our sleeves and get started on a whole new year of OBP – and we can’t wait!.
However, before we move on to OBP21, we still have one commitment remaining from OBP20 that we need to fulfil.
As part of the prize’s Terms and Conditions, each shortlisted publisher agrees to supply copies of their shortlisted book to give away to schools and nurseries. This means that a whopping 50 schools or nurseries now have the chance to get their hands on the full set of the shortlist - AKA these fantastic titles:
A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd Stanton (Flying Eye Books)
Alphonse, There’s Mud on the Ceiling by Daisy Hirst (Walker)
I Am A Tiger by Karl Newson and Ross Collins (Macmillan Children’s Books)
The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willlmore (Simon & Schuster)
The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Nosy Crow)
Tad by Benji Davies (HarperCollins)
These special books are great to read together, whether at home or in an educational setting. To highlight how to get the best out of them, the wonderful team at CLPE have produced a fantastic pack of teaching resources for each shortlisted title, which you can download or read here:
About CLPE:
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is an independent UK charity dedicated to raising the literacy achievement of children by putting quality children's literature at the heart of all learning. It is a charity with a national and international reputation for excellent literacy training and resources. Visit www.clpe.org.uk for further information.
How to Enter:
Please email laura@oscarsbookprize.co.uk (or direct message @oscarsbookprize on Twitter or Instagram) to request a set for your school, remembering to include the head teacher’s name and contact email and the school’s full address. For preschools or nurseries please include the nursery manager’s name as well as the address.
The smallprint:
We can only provide one full set per school.
We will allocate the fifty sets at random, once we have enough schools to choose from.
We will confirm that your school/setting has been chosen in writing. Please note that due to COVID-19 there may be a short delay in receiving the books. Each set will arrive in an OBP stickered package to allow you to quarantine the books if you wish.
