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Past competition winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our competitions and congratulations to the winners!

Arctic Hero
Joseph (16), Joshua (12), Hatice (14), Joshua (10) and Richard (10) were the lucky winners of our latest book give away. Congratulations!
Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
Grace (10) has won a copy of Sharks and Other Sea Monsters by telling us about a creature called Pentahorntrap. Click here to learn more about Grace's fascinating creature and to see what a Pentahorntrap looks like...
Mummy's Tomb
The winner of our Mummy's Tomb competition was Franklin (10). Franklin told us that his treasure is buried 6 steps forward and... Well, we shouldn't really say as only Franklin and his dog Eddie know where the treasure is hidden...
Chips, Beans and Limousines
Congratulations to Shannon (13) who won a copy of Chips, Beans and Limousines with her hilarious diary entry posing as Batsheba. Click here to read what she thought Batsheba would have to say the morning after the big party.
Leonardo the Terrible Monster
The RIF team loved looking through all your fantastic entries to the Make a Monster competition. We chose Kundie (7) as the overall winner, and Kundie wins a copy of Leonardo, The Terrible Monster. Click here to see Kundie's monster (prepare to be scared!)
Hurricane Gold
Well done to everyone who knew that Ian Fleming produced 14 James Bond books and that Silverfin was the first book in Charlie Higson's Young Bond Series. The lucky winners were Gus (12), Joseph (12) and Jonathan (13).
December Boys
Sarah (10), Charlotte (8), Daniel (14), Matthew (10) and Sophie (15) were the winners of our latest book give away.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Well done to everyone who entered the quiz to win a copy of the amazing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. You all had the correct answers (author Brian Selznick is 41, and his first book was The Houdini Box) but the winning name drawn out of the hat was Joshua (11). Congratulations!
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror
The quality of entries to our Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror competition was incredibly high, and it was almost impossible to decide on a winner. After a lot of discussion, the RIF team decided that Lake Truesdale by Ben (12) was the most spine-tingling. Read Ben's winning story here.
The winner of our Beverley Naidoo competition was Alex (12). Alex correctly answered that the book which Beverley won the Carnegie Medal for was The Other Side of Truth. The other book award which Beverley has won twice is the Josette Frank Award.
French with Abby and Zak
The French with Abby and Zak book was extremely popular. The winner was Charlotte (7) who knew that the French word for Hello was 'Bonjour'. The Turkish word for Hello is 'Merhaba'. The winner of the Turkish with Abby and Zak book was Clare (10).
Charlie Bone

We received lots of entries to our Charlie Bone competition. The winners were Tom (10), Mohammad (9), Danielle (11), Roz (10) and Clive (9). Click here to see the answers.

Whole World
The winner of our Whole World competition was Lauren (9). Well done!
Night Rise Cover

The winners of our Night Rise competition were Elisabeth (8), Jason (14), Sophie (15) and Ellie (8), David (10). Not everyone who entered got the answers correct, click here to find out the answers that we were looking for.

Too Ghoul Builders Cover

Joshua, age 7, was the winner of our Too Ghoul for School compeition and won himself a set of six Too Ghoul for School books. We enjoyed reading all of your poems. Click here to see the winning entry.

Space Pirates
The winner of our Space Pirates competition was Laura (3) for her drawing and description of an alien she'd invented called Norfant. Thank you to everyone who sent in their drawings, we had some excellent entries and it was very difficult to pick out a winner.
Alfred Kropp

Daniel (8), Joel (9), Josh (10) and Lauren (10) were the winners of our latest book give away.

Zac Power
Congratulations to Sarah (10) and Ray (10) who were the winners of our Zac Power competition.
Kissing The  Rain cover
Cally (16) was the winner of our Kevin Brooks competition. We had a lot of correct entries, so well done to everyone who took part.
Toonhead
The winner of our Toonhead competition was Benjamin (8) for his drawing of himself as Cuckoo Crazy with his sidekick Sid.
The Selfish Crocodile cover
We had lots of very good entries to our The Selfish Crocodile competition and we enjoyed reading them all. The winner was Anthony (5). Click here to read his description of Mickey the cheeky monkey.
Dead Dudes cover

Well done to everyone who entered our latest Book Give-away.

Winners of the last Book Give-away included: Holly (12), Emma (13), Bill (11) , LW (12) and Sarah (11). We hope you all enjoy reading your new books.

Girl 2 Girl cover
Kyra (7), Sarah (12), Lucy (12), Nazia (10), Jane (13) and Kit (9) were the winners of our Girl 2 Girl competition. Click here to see some of the top sleepover tips!
Esperanza
Congratulations to Sascha (10) and Jade (16). They each won a copy of Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan.
Brind and the Dogs of War
Congratulations to Feargal (16), Sam (11), Lauren (15), Catherine (14), Sam (10) and Mark (14). They have all won copies of Brind and the Dogs of War.
Lizzie Mcguire Cover Just like Lizzie
Rae (9) was the winner of our Lizzie Mcguire competitionshe won a great set of Lizzie Mcguire books. Click here to see the entries.
Katie's custom Kart
Congratulations to Adam (11) who was the winner of our design a Go-kart competition. Click here to see all the great entries.
Jamaica cover
Congratulations to Jessica (6) who won a set of three Jamaica books in our competition. We asked you to describe your best friend to us. Click here to read Jessica's entry.
Jack Stalwart
In this Jack Stalwart Competition we asked you to design a gadget to assist Jack on his missions. The lucky winners were Samuel (8), Lucy (9) and Rhiannon (8). A set of Jack Stalwart books are on there way to you.
Fear and TremblingLove and Longing
Chantelle (16) won a set of great books in our First Line Wizard Quiz. Chantelle proved she was a real book fan by completing our tough quiz. Congratulations Chantelle!

Jane EyreTreasure Island

Congratulations to Jessica (12) who won a set of classic novels by rewriting the end of her favourite book. To read her great entry click here.
Sophie Makes a SplashHolly Takes a Risk
Francesca (8) is the winner of our Mermaid S.O.S competition and she wins a set of this fantastic new series. To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, we asked you to draw us a picture of the type of mermaid you might meet in the Coral Kingdom. To see the entries click here.
The Jolly Postman
For this competition we asked you to write a letter to a fairy tale character to be in with the chance of winning a a special anniversary edition of The Jolly Postman. Congratulations to Michaela (7) who was the winner. The competition was very popular and we had some fantastic entries - we really enjoyed reading all the letters you sent.

To read Michaela's winning entry and all the other entries to this competition, click here.
The Cat who wanted to go Home
Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry to The Cat Who Wanted To Go Home competition. We asked you where you would like to fly to in a hot air balloon, and you sent us in some great ideas. Some of the winning ideas included flying to visit Santa, around volcanoes, across the lake to visit the ducks and even to visit the Fairy Queen. Congratulations to: Rosie (2), Katie-Ann (7), Lauren (2), Charlotte (5), Steven (6), William (5), Jessica (6), Daisy (7), Owen (4) and Shane (7).
Click here to see the entries
Smiley Shark cover
Congratulations to Sophie, who won this fantastic book and CD set for telling us what she was most afraid of.
Book Fairy image
Congratulations to Brianne (5), Katie (3), Joe (3) and Holly (7) who all persuaded the Book Fairy to send them their favourite book last time by telling her what they did for their birthday. Winning answers included watching a magician, riding on a steam train, having a big party and visiting pizza hut!
H.I.V.E. cover
We had 5 signed copies of the book as prizes for the winners of our 'Design a Wanted Poster' competition. We are delighted to announce the winning entries were from Sam (9), Amy (10), Lauren (10), Antonia (10) and Joshua (10) Congratulations!
Click here to see the winners
Herb the Vegetarian Dragon cover

Congratulations to Peter (4) from Staines, who has won a fantastic Herb the Vegetarian Dragon book and toy set. His winning suggestion for a new vegetable for Herb to eat was a Debocho-Gillo, which is crunchy on the outside and sweet on the inside.
Click here to see some of our favourite entries

The Joke Machine cover
Congratulations to Elizabeth (4), from Crowborough, who has won a set of three Alexander McCall Smith books by telling us a very funny joke. Get ready to giggle: What is the difference between an elephant and a biscuit? You can't dunk an elephant in your cup of tea!
Abigail's Gift cover
We had five signed copies of Abigail's Gift, a new title by Stephen Potts, to give away to the winners of our author quiz. Congratulations to Chloe (13), Rory (12), Hattie (12), Curt (9) and Colin (12).
Toxic Toadburger image
We asked you to tell us if you'd had a particularly unpleasant meal in less than 100 words, and promised to put our favourite five stories up on this site for everyone to enjoy.
Click here to read them





 

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