The Reading Room

Charlie & Lola Competition

We gave away a special set of goodies to the lucky fan of these storybook siblings who sent us a wonderful colouring in.

Congratulations! Your prizes are on their way to you!

Siobhan Dowd Competition

In February 2009 we put together a very special selection of books to give away, by the amazing author of Bog Child, Siobhan Dowd.

We gave away three sets of books, with four books in each set, to these lucky winners.

Congratulations! Your prizes are on their way to you!

Scare Anthony Horowitz Competition

We went Halloween crazy last year! And to celebrate the spooky celebration, the awesome master of horror, Anthony Horowitz wrote a spine-tingling story especially for Red House readers (See Featured Author page) which certainly got our hearts pounding. So in return we asked you to write a spookilicious story that would be even more scary, so scary in fact that it would actually scare the pants off Anthony Horowitz himself! The first prize included not only a signed copy of Anthony's latest book Necropolis but also (just incase you weren't scared enough) a fab spooky goodie bag, with runners up receiving a selection of books.

We had some fantastically spooky stories, which were absolutely terrifying, but we eventually decided...

The lucky winner was:

Lucas Sutherland, aged 9

With runners up

Isaac Strickleton, aged 9 and Katherine Eakin, aged 14

Congratulations Guys, your prizes are on their way to you!

Bridget Fidget Signed print!

Here at Red House we were very lucky to get our hands on a signed Bridget Fidget print, and we were crazy enough to give it away in a competition!

We asked you to tell us the name of the author of Bridget Fidget.

This was one of our most successful competitions as we had loads of entries!!

The answer was:

Joe Berger

The lucky winner is:

Teddy Salisbury, aged 4

Congratulations Teddy, your print should have now reached you!

Michael Morpurgo at the Bath Festival

Red House were giving the chance for one lucky bookworm to see Michael Morpurgo at the Bath Festival on the 20th September 2008. We had so many entries it was unbelievable but we have come up with one lucky winner, who has won not one, but two tickets to go and see Michael Morpurgo.

We asked you to correctly finish the title of one of Michael's books.

The answer was:

A) Cool as a Cucumber

The lucky winner is:

Lorna Hughes, Weybridge

Congratulations Lorna and your tickets are on their way to you!

Book Muddle Competition

Here at Red House we had got into a bit of a muddle and the book titles that we had as prizes were all mixed up. So we asked you to un-muddle them and let us know what they were! We had loads of entries but we have below the lucky winners names.:

The answers were.....

1) Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

2) Skulduggery Pleasant

3) My Sister Jodie

4) Mammoth Academy

The lucky winners were:

• Megan Jones, Norwich.
• Jake Cheung, Notts.
• Paige McFadden, Essex.
• Luke Williams, Preston.

One of these lucky winners also receives the bonus prize, which is a Skulduggery Pleasant T-Shirt!

Congratulations to you all and your book is on it's way!

Guess Who Signature Competition

We asked you to identify which famous authors signature we have displayed on the competitions page.

The answer was:

Anthony Horowitz

The winner was Ryan Carraro from Twickenham who has won 4 signed books including Snakehead from Anthony Horowitz himself.

Congratulations!!

Ottoline Goes to school book competition

We asked you to send in your answers to the following question:

Who is Ottoline's long haired best friend...?

The correct answer was:

B) Mr Munroe

Well Done to:

• Hannah Watson, York
• Adrian Crook, Cheshire
• Lisa Walker, Milton Keynes
• Iain MaCiver, Isle Of Lewis
• Abigail Dale, Suffolk

Congratulations to you all and your Ottoline books are in the post!!

The DFC Comic Book Competition

We posted a 'quick' competition in the Red House Message Boards and asked you to let us know the new characters names in the newly released DFC Comic. We have three sets of DFC Comics and pin badges to give away but only two people managed to answer the thread:

Name one of the characters due to be featured in DFC.

Well Done to:

• Izzy Bowen, Manchester
• Aldoggett (Message Board Name), Kent

Congratulations!

James Patterson Book Competition

We asked you to send in your answers to the following question:

What is the name of James's latest book?

The correct answer was:

B) Final Warning.

Well Done to:

• Zak Neville
• Callum Bridge
• James Penfold
• Joanne Hamling
• Matthew Brasier

Congratulations to you all and your James Patterson books are on their way!

Signed Jacqueline Wilson Book Competition

We asked you to send in your questions for Jacqueline Wilson to answer.

Well done to:

• Mai Smith
• Kalli Mortimer
• Olivia Marshall
• Danielle Culpon
• Holly Russell
• Niamh Simpson
• Jessica Erb
• Jessica Noble
• Faith Bowman
• Aaron Hastings

Congratulations to you all and your signed Jacqueline Wilson books are on their way!

Red House Children's Book Award Competition

We asked you to send in a poem, story or piece of creative writing as your entry to the Red House Children's Book Awards Competition. The response was amazing and we have picked a winner (which believe me was a very tough decision!).

• An invitation to the Red House Book Awards ceremony
• The chance to interview one of the short-listed authors
• The chance to have a booked signed by one of the short-listed authors
• And if that isn't enough then we also threw in dinner for the winner aswell!!

Well done to...

• Esther Hodges from Powys

Congratulations to everyone who entered, we had great fun reading through all your entries and I am sure we have some budding authors and poets amongst all the Red House readers.

Mr Gum Competition

We asked you to complete the following sentence: Mr Gum was a fierce old man with a red beard and two bloodshot eyes that stared out at you like an octopus...

The answer was:

B) coiled up in a bad cave

All these people won a collection of signed Mr Gum books.

• Jessica King, Aylesbury
• Paul Watkinson, Warrignton
• Liam Hill, Edinburgh
• Jean Day, Batley
• Peter Oliver, Childswickham

Congratulations to all of you.

Jacqueline Wilson Competition

We asked you to answer the following question...

Which illustrator has become well known for his work with Jacqueline Wilson?

The answer was of course:

Nick Sharrat

Well done to...

• Hannah Prosser from Rotherham who won a whole stack of Jacqueline Wilson books.

Congratulations!

Anthony Horowitz Competition

We asked you to answer...

What is Anthony Horowitz's teenage super spy called...?

The answer was of course:

Alex Rider

The winner was:

• Aaron Hastings from Tyne and Wear who won a whole stack of Anthony Horowitz books.

Red House Reader Reviewer Competition

We gave you the chance to win the prestigious title of 'Red House Reader Reviewer'.
Thank you to everyone who entered - you made our decision a tough one!

After much contemplation... here is the list of our new Red House celebrities!

Age 5+ Category:

• Hayley Merrick
• Izzy Bowen

Well done to all of you.

Lauren Child Competition

We asked you to answer the following question...

Lauren Child writes a popular series called Charlie and ??

The answer was of course:

Lola

The winner was:

• Caroline Cleaves from Cambridgeshire who won a whole stack of Lauren Child goodies.

Dr Who Competition

We asked you to answer the following question...

What is Doctor Who's mechanical dog called?

The answer was...

K9

The winner was:

• Thomas Pratt from Swansea who won a whole tardis full of Dr Who goodies.

Congratulations Thomas!

Fancy Dress Competition

We asked you to send in a picture of yourself dressed as your favourite book character?

Well done to...

• Madison Heath, aged 6, who dressing up as Charlotte from Charlotte's web

Madison won £50 worth of books from the site.

Danny Champion of the World Competition

We asked you the following question: Danny the hero of the story lives with his Dad in what type of unusual home?

All these people won family tickets to see the theatre production of 'Danny the Champion of the World'.

• Anna Maher (age 10)
• Hayden Evans (age 7)
• Katherine Payne Ware (age 10)
• Daniel Gray (age 7)
• Katie Spinks (age 6)
• Alex Woodruff (age 8)

Well done all of you.

Finish the Story Competition

We asked you to continue our spooky story...

'She made her way up the dusty wooden stairs, the aged wood creaking and groaning with each step, not knowing what she would find...'

The winner was:

• Danny Ward, age 13, who wrote the following...

'Her feet were numb. She was woken up earlier by a scratching sound, and built up the courage to investigate. As she turned the corner, her blood ran with adrenalin as she stared at the silhouette against the window. The bat like monster screeched a deafening sound and burst through the window. She ran to the window, eager to see were it had gone. Something in her told her she had met that monster before... a long time ago... "Ill catch you some day..." she whispered.'

Danny won a stack of books and an inspirational writing kit.

The Roald Dahl Competition

We asked you to invent a Roald Dahl style word…

The winner was:

• Thomas Davies, age 6 who made up the superb word:

Furfluffasqueaky - Which is another name for a guniea pig.

Thomas won a stack of Roald Dahl goodies, including: a collection of books, a diary and a set of CDs.

The Inside The Cage Competition

We asked "Who is the main character in Inside The Cage?"

All these people won a signed copy of 'Inside The Cage' by Matt Whyman!

• Christine Waterworth (age 12)
• Colin Hindley (age 12)
• Charlotte Waite (age 12)
• Izzy Bowen (age 14)
• Alex Taylor (age 14)
• Roger Owen (age 11)
• Chris Beard (age 14)
• Sarah-Jane Knight (age 15)
• Perran Fletcher (age 15)
• Rebecca Ramsdale (age 14)

Well done all of you.