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| 20 November 2008 |
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Making cards and decorations is a great way to keep little hands busy in the exciting days before Christmas. Usborne Christmas Activity Books are packed with fun ideas for Christmassy things to make and do, including cards and decorations, scrummy things to cook, wrapping paper ideas and lots, lots more. See the complete range of Usborne Christmas activity books. 
To get you in a festive mood, we have three fantastic sets of Christmas activity books to give away in our Christmas competition. Each set includes a copy of Christmas Fun, Christmas Art Ideas, and the fabulously creative Christmas Colouring Book. For your chance to win, enter the Christmas competition on the Usborne Website. 
We're thrilled to announce that Tamburlaine's Elephants by Geraldine McCaughrean has been nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal. Set in the war-ravaged lands of fourteenth-century India, Tamburlaine's Elephants is a breathtaking tale of friendship, destiny and revenge. "beautifully written and unreservedly recommended" Books for Keeps Read an extract on the Usborne Website. Win a signed hardback copy of this book in the Newsletter Prize Draw - we have five copies to give away! See other Usborne award-winning titles. Send an Usborne Christmas eCard 
Take a look at our selection of Christmas eCards. They're quick and easy to send, and a fun way to keep in touch with friends this Christmas. For each eCard that is sent, we'll make a donation of 10p to the children's charity Coram which works to help support vulnerable children. Send a Christmas eCard now! 
Enjoy the magic of baby's first Christmas with Usborne Christmas cot books and touchy feely books, and the delightful Baby's first Christmas book and CD. Listen to a tune from Baby's First Christmas CD. See the complete range of Usborne Christmas books for babies. 
Books make perfect gifts - and they're easy to wrap, too! See all the Usborne Christmas titles on the Usborne Website, including the award-winning Wind-up Tractor Book and Wind-up Train Book, and classic stories for boys and girls. You can read or listen to extracts, "See inside" and buy online, too. Win a Wind-up Tractor Book in our Christmas Special Prize Draw. Christmas colouring competition 
And finally, because we love to see readers' colouring pictures, we have a children's competition to win an Usborne Christmas Colouring Book. To enter, children should take a look at the Christmas Colouring Book on the Usborne Website, then draw a picture of a decorated Christmas tree, a jolly snowman, or a letter to Santa. Send the drawing to: We'll display the most beautiful entries on the Usborne Website, and the overall winner will receive a copy of the Christmas Colouring Book. (Please state age - only under 12s are eligible for the competition. Competition closes 12th December.) Happy Christmas! |
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