Author Philip Kavvadias has a MISSION for Key Stage 2 pupils everywhere!
Your pupils can WIN the chance to name a brand-new dinosaur species in Philip’s new book, plus a set of books and a virtual visit for their class!
Hi, I’m Philip Kavvadias, the author of Mission: Microraptor and Mission: Manta Ray – and I need YOUR help naming a new dinosaur species in my third book!
The details of my new book are top secret but I want to share with you, exclusively and with the utmost confidentiality, that Finn, Milo, Arty, Tasi and a super-skilled hacker, Ether, plan a heist in a castle in the middle of a lake. Something lives in that lake, though, and this is where you come in!
My mission to you is …
1. Come up with a new dinosaur species for the lake creature: for example, could it be an Aquasaurus, a Thundersaurus or even a Monstersaurus?
2. Come up with a special ability: does your dino perhaps have an electric charge, can it camouflage its skin, or maybe it has a poisonous bite?
3. And finally, come up with a name for your creature. In Mission: Microraptor, our dino is called Artemis, but yours could be Naira, Phoenix, Akaza … anything you want!
One (1) school will win: naming a dinosaur in book 3 of the Mission: Microraptor series, plus a 30-minute virtual author visit from Philip Kavvadias and a class set (30 copies) of Mission: Microraptor
Five (5) schools will win: A 30-minute virtual author visit from Philip Kavvadias, plus a class set (30 copies) of Mission: Microraptor
Ten (10) schools will win: A toy dinosaur plus signed copy of Mission: Microraptor for their school library
Instructions:
Download, complete and email your entry sheet to competitions@chickenhousebooks.com with the subject line ‘DINO DESIGN COMPETITION’. You can send individual entries from your class, or a single class/school entry. Competition open to KS2 pupils via schools in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands only.
Closing date: 31st January 2025
Terms and conditions:
Please read these carefully.
1. No purchase necessary to enter the competition.
2. Competition open to children in Key Stage 2 aged 7-11 and closed to employees of the Promoter or anyone else connected with the promotions.
3. Entries must be sent via email by an adult over 18.
4. Entries must be received by 31st January 2025.
5. No cash alternative will be offered to prizes.
6. The Chicken House team and Philip Kavvadias will choose the winning entries from the competition. The decision of the team is final and, due to the number of entries that will be received, no correspondence will be entered into.
7. Prizes may differ from images shown.
8. The winner will be notified of their prize by 28th February 2025.
9. Names of winners are available from Chicken House upon request up to one month after the closing date by sending an SAE to Chicken House of 2 Palmer Street, Frome BA11 1DS.
10. No responsibility will be taken for entries that are damaged, illegible, incomplete, lost or delayed in the post or otherwise fail to reach the Promoter by the closing date. Entries will not be returned to entrants.
11. The Promoter reserves the right to display entries in promotional material, social media channels and on the website.
12. The Promoter will only use entrants’ personal information in connection with this competition. All personal details will be destroyed once the winners are announced.
13. It is a condition of entry that all entrants agree to be bound by these rules and are asked to retain a copy of these rules for any future reference. The Promoter is Chicken House, 2 Palmer Street, Frome BA11 1DS.
14. For full competition T&Cs please visit: www.chickenhousebooks.com/terms