HUGLESS DOUGLAS IS LOOKING FOR A HUG ON
NATIONAL HUG DAY 2013, MONDAY 21st JANUARY
Get your diaries out Sniffers because Monday 21st January 2013 is National Hug Day, lets face it who doesn't love a good squeeze!
To add to your excitement the REAL Hugless Douglas, will be out and about in London looking for a big bear hug. *hastily grabs barber jacket*
According to top sciency boffins It’s been scientifically proven that hugging decreases blood pressure, heart rate, and levels of the stress hormone cortisol; and it increases the happy hormone, oxytocin. So for your health's sake you must take to the streets and track Hugless Douglas down.
Want to know where you can grab a real giant sized Hugless Douglas bear hug?
His schedule takes him to Kings Cross Station in London to hug early morning commuters (lets face it, they need it), to Buckingham Palace looking for a royal hug (let's hope Phillip leaves his hunting riffle on the wall), to a London primary school to give away FREE books as well as bonus hugs to heaps of lucky tiddly peeps, then Douglas will be hot footing it to Waterstone's Piccadilly where you will have the chance to meet his creator, sublime author and illustrator David Melling.
The wonderful peeplepods at Hodder Towers have kindly donated a fabulous prize just for you Sniffers so here's your chance to WIN a limited edition pair of snuggly Hugless Douglas slippers AND a signed set of Hugless Douglas books! What larks!
How to enter: Simply email your name and address to the following email emma.booksniffer.odonovan@gmail.com
Tell us about the best hug you've ever had OR send us a picture/photo/drawing of your favorite bear.
Closing Date : 25th January 2013
A winner will be picked at random, some entries may be featured on the Book Sniffer blog / Facebook gallery / Twitter
Douglas's SCHEDULE:
If you fancy a real life hug OR getting your mitts on a signed copy of Hugless Douglas then here's where you can catch Huggy D and his creator David Melling on MONDAY, 21st JANUARY 2013
08:00 - Kings Cross Station
10:00 - Buckingham Palace 11:00 - Waterstones Piccadilly, 203-206 Piccadilly W1J 9LE (David Melling book signing)
14:00 - Netley Primary School
16:00 – Watermark Books, Kings Cross Station - Book Signing
WHAT A DAY! I expect he'll need to put his feet up after all that!
You simply MUST follow David on Twitter - check him out
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* In 2012, One Poll, on behalf of the National Literacy Trust, surveyed 1,000 parents of 0 to 16-year-olds in the C2DE social bracket, which refers to the three lowest social and economic groups. The survey revealed that, “nearly 1 in 7 parents do not spend any time at all on a daily basis helping their children develop literacy and communication skills, for example by telling nursery rhymes to their baby, reading with their children or discussing school work.” Further information on the work of the Nation Literacy Trust can be found by visiting their website www.literacytrust.org.uk
Awesome, thanks! I've entered. :D
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