E: 05/01 ADVENT Waterstones

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http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-win-a-signed-copy-of-stephen-hawkings-my-brief-history/

Happy Christmas! Over the next twelve days, we’re bringing you competitions, extracts, short stories, activity packs and lots more to delight you.

Today, we’re starting with an extract from Stephen Hawking‘s memoir, My Brief History, and a chance to win a signed copy of the book…

Answer: 1988 (source)


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Boxing Day: http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-colour-in-one-direction-and-more/


Each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, we’re bringing you gifts of recipes, stories, activities and competitions for the whole family. Today, we’ve a children’s bumper activity pack to download and enjoy…
Can you find the penguin? Or maybe you’d prefer to colour in One Direction? We’ve plenty of fun activities in this activity pack. Just download and enjoy!

gerturdeanna

No prize today -

Each day throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas, we’re bringing you gifts of recipes, stories, activities and competitions for the whole family. Today, we really pleased to be able to bring you a short story from Edith Pearlman…
Edith Pearlman has been variously compared to Alice Munro, John Updike and even Chekhov and her short story collection, Binocular Vision, was a highlight of the Waterstones Book Club list this year.
For a limited time, we’re able to share one of our favourite Edith Pearlman stories, Granski. Click here to read it now.

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Saturday: http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-drunken-cookery/


No prize - "Today, a recipe from The Drunken Cookbook offers a perfectly delicious way to sober up the festively sizzled…"


EDC x

Kailua

Sunday http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-fun-with-asterix-and-win-an-exclusive-print/#more-15953

12 Days of Delight – fun with Asterix and win an exclusive print

What is Obelix's dog called?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelix

Obelix has a little dog named Dogmatix (Fr. Id!fix), whom he adores.

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A story for you today:
"Today Essie Fox, author of The Somnambulist and Elijah’s Mermaid has given us a short story to share. So sit back and enjoy, The Dreamer…"

http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-a-short-story-from-essie-fox/#more-15614


EDC x

Kailua

Tuesday - http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2013/12/12-days-of-delight-win-an-aurora-of-polar-bears/

Today, we’re celebrating A Compendium of Collective Nouns with some of our favourites and the chance to win a beautiful print of an Aurora of Polar Bears…

What is the collective noun for a group of owls?

think it is parliament off to check

Confirmed here - I assume it's the same worldwide and that a library would know for sure.

http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/animals/groups/

Ke11iott

I agree kailua, its a Parliament :-)

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Wednesday 1st: An activity pack to download.


http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/01/12-days-of-delight-vintage-christmas-fun/


Today we’ve got a collection of quizzes, crosswords, activities and more based around some children’s classics to keep your little ones occupied…

Kailua

Thursday 12 Days of Delight – read Sue Monk Kidd’s The Invention of Wings

http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/01/12-days-of-delight-sue-monk-kidd/

Today, you can read an extract from bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd‘s new novel The Invention of Wings, enjoy an interview with her about the book and win copies of it for yourself and your reading group…

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Friday: http://www.waterstones.com/blog/2014/01/12-days-of-delight-poopy-fun/


Today’s delightful treat is an invitation from McFly band members Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter to some interstellar fun – courtesy of The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet…


Download The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet activity pack for space facts, a wordsearch, a poopy pairs card game and lots more…


EDC x