Dads and stories - Booksellers competition

Carol from Mangonui School invited dads to her Year 6 class to read stories and it was a great success for all involved - really special for the kids and for the dads too no doubt... What a great idea.
In relation to that initiative, here is a new competition announced from Booksellers NZ... (Maybe an idea for an activity for kids to do in school for a Father's Day card, if not actually entering the competition ? )
Father's day in NZ is the first Sunday in September - this year the 6th September.

"DAD, CAN YOU READ ME A STORY?" - What did your dad read to you?
From much-loved bedtime stories, to well-thumbed chapter books, over the years dads around the country have been patiently reading stories to their kids - over and over again! He has wholeheartedly re-enacted Red Riding Hood's high-pitched "What big teeth you have!", woofed along joyfully with Hairy Maclary, and has done his best to get his tongue around 'Green Eggs and Ham' after a beer and a long day at work. In celebration of Father's Day, we want you, your customers, workmates, neighbours, family & friends to tell us about a favourite book you remember reading with your dad.

WIN! 3 x $100 Book Tokens prizes. 3 winners will be selected and each receive a $100 Book Token (in time for Father's Day) 20 Award-winning books to be given away All entries will go into the draw to win one of 20 award-winning New Zealand books from the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards (books will be randomly selected - could be a glossy coffee table book or a gripping fiction read). All entries will be published on the Booksellers NZ website, and the 3 winning stories will be selected and published in the Capital Times in Wellington on Wednesday 2 September - in celebration of books and dads!
GET INVOLVED! You and your customers can all enter, by emailing us at ad@booksellers.co.nz by Wednesday 26 August with your dad-book memory (50 words or less). Please include your name, age and postal address in the email. Winning stories may also be distributed to media by Booksellers NZ for Father's Day.
Anna Hutchison, Promotions Coordinator, Booksellers New Zealand
Phone 04 478 5511 Fax 04 478 5519