World Book Day 2006, UK and Ireland
To celebrate World Book Day 2006 in the UK and Ireland on Thursday 2nd March, we are running a quiz where you have the chance to win 5 children's books from the site. All the answers can be found on the BooksfromScotland.com website. Email your answers to editor@booksfromscotland.com. No purchase is necessary.
The competition is now closed; the answers, which could all be found on BooksfromScotland.com, are listed below. The winner will be contacted by email shortly.
Questions
- Which dish features "Burnt Onions" in Catherine Brown's book of Scots Cookery?
- Clapshot with Burnt Onions features in Classic Scots Cookery
- What's the name of the private detective in Kevin Brooks' new book?
- Which author avidly read Agatha Christie as a child?
- Scottish crime writer Lin Anderson
- Which photography book on a Scottish region claims the region has a longer coastline than France?
- Argyll by Allan Wright
- Which Scottish novelist was given the Freedom of Inveraray in 1909?
The prize books are picked from Lindsey Fraser's Critic's Choice for March 2006, with something for children of all ages.
-
Add to BasketAiry Fairy's Book Of Magic - Paperback -
£5.99
In these three magical stories, Airy Fairy causes a fuss at the Fairy Olympics, tries to tidy up her bedroom (but makes a mess of her spelling), and gets trapped on top of a very prickly Christmas tree! -
Add to BasketFleshmarket - Paperback -
£5.99
Set in 1820s in Edinburgh, a city of cruel contrasts between the lives of the rich and poor, and home to the Resurrectionists - the notorious body-snatchers Burke and Hare, this is the story of a boy who must survive the pain of his mother's death, at the hands of the famous surgeon Doctor Knox. -
Add to BasketFlora's Blanket - Paperback -
£5.99
Flora can't sleep. 'No blanket,' she says. And so Mum and Dad and the whole Rabbit-Bunn family begin the long search for Flora's special carrot blanket. This story is perfect for reading at bedtime. -
Add to BasketNatasha's Will - Paperback -
£5.99
Natasha's story is set against the background of the Russian Revolution as she and her family flee persecution. Her story is linked with the present as her heirs search for her will. -
Add to BasketRun Zan Run - Paperback -
£5.99
Katie is being bullied at school. One day she is cornered by Ivy and her fellow bullies on the town dump when suddenly, a girl called Zan rises from the rubbish and leaps to Katie's defence. But Zan is not willing to talk to Katie - all she wishes is that Katie keeps her identity a secret.
Closing date
Friday 3rd March 2006
Internet Links
Congratulations to our winner, Mrs J Brown from Birmingham, who wins 5 children's books from BooksfromScotland.com