Story Explorers activities and prizes

Explore more fun activities to share and prize draws to enter.

Discover our Story Explorer activities

Kit 1

Kit 2

Kit 3

Kit 4

Kit 5

The contents of pack 5, including some animal masks and books.

Kit 6

The contents of pack 6, which includes two fuzzy puppet toys and some books.

Enter our prize draw!

We’re launching our Book Buddy Adventures challenge! 

Enter for a chance to win a selection of children’s books tailored to your child’s interests!  

We’re inviting families to enter our prize draw by sharing a photo of their Book Buddy on a reading adventure. Whether they’re diving into a story at the breakfast table, exploring tales under a tree, or enjoying a bedtime book fort, we want to see where your Book Buddy in action! 

Get creative and showcase your favourite reading spots, indoors, outdoors, or anywhere else – and share your snapshots to celebrate the joy of reading together. Each photo shared will be entered into our prize draw for a chance to win!

To enter, send a photo of your entry to [email protected] by July 31st 2025. Winners will be chosen at random.

Terms and conditions

  1. Participants must be at least 18 years old to enter.
  2. To enter the competition, you must be a resident of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
  3. The competition is not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of BookTrust.
  4. Only one entry per person.
  5. Entries must be submitted by 11pm on 31 July 2025.
  6. There will be one winner selected at random (from all eligible entries).
  7. If a chosen winner does not respond to correspondence within one week, a new winner will be selected.
  8. Our decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  9. The prize will not be transferable to another person.
  10. No part of the prize is exchangeable for cash or any other prize.
  11. The prize is run by BookTrust of No.1 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4PR. However, the prize will be sent out by a third party and by entering you acknowledge that your details will be passed on to them, solely for the purposes of administering this competition.
  12. Prizes will be sent out to winners by post. However, BookTrust cannot be held responsible for any prizes lost, damaged or stolen after they have been sent.
  13. Where a third party is supplying a prize, BookTrust accepts no responsibility for inaccuracy of any prize description, and the third party is responsible for prize fulfilment.
  14. By entering you are agreeing to the terms and conditions in our privacy statement.
  15. BookTrust reserves the right to amend the competition end date at any time.