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Dear Zoo Read and Play Days

party JUL-AUG

Dear Zoo Read and Play Days
I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet...
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Dear Zoo®, a classic lift-the-flap book by Rod Campbell, has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike for almost forty years.

With bright, recogniseable artwork and a whole host of favourite animals, no child's bookcase is complete without a well-worn copy of Dear Zoo®. Young children love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet?

To celebrate this pre-school family favourite, we’ve teamed up with Macmillan Children's Books, to offer families and their little ones the chance to hold a Dear Zoo Read and Play Day at home with their family. 

100 lucky people will be selected and receive a free pack full of everything they need to have the ultimate fun Dear Zoo Read and Play Day at home with the family!     

 

If you’re selected, this is what you’ll need to do: 

•  Hold a Dear Zoo Read and Play Day for your family household (no external guests invited to your house) any time between 27 July - 2 August 2020  

•  Take part in the fun activities for chances to win even more goodies! 

•  Create content and post it across your social channels using the #DearZooDay hashtag

•  Complete a post-campaign survey  

 

Good luck!

Dear Zoo Read and Play Days Activity T&Cs

1. This promotion is administered and run by Come Round Limited whose registered office is at 32 Mulberry Way, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 3UE (Company No: 07295031) (“Come Round”, “we”, “our” and “us”).

2. Entry to all aspects of this competition is open to all legal residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 (eighteen) years or over at the time of entry who are resident in the UK but excluding employees of Macmillan Publishers International Limited (trading as Pan Macmillan), Cromwell Place, Hampshire International Business Park, Lime Tree Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8YJ (“Macmillan Children’s Books”) and Come Round and their respective families or other persons professionally connected to the promotion (“Entrants”, “you”, and “your”). Dear Zoo® is a registered trademark of Rod Campbell, managed by Macmillan Publishers International Ltd.

3. This competition is open to hosts of a “Dear Zoo Read and Play Day” (each, a “Read and Play Day”) selected by Come Round and taking place between 27 July-2 August 2020.

4. No purchase is necessary.

5. The closing date for entering each competition is 23:59 on Sunday 9 August 2020 (the “Closing Date”). 

6. The winners of each competition will be notified by e-mail no later than 1 (one) week after the date on which the winners were chosen (as specified below).

7. The winner must acknowledge this notification by no later than 2 (two) weeks after receiving such notification by emailing support@comeround.com.

8. Failure to acknowledge the notification will be regarded as a forfeit and the prize will be redrawn. We shall not have any liability to winners in such eventuality.

9. In our discretion, we may elect to verify an Entrant’s age and require the Entrant’s reasonable co-operation in providing that verification.

10. All prizes are non-transferable and no cash or other alternatives will be offered.

11. All details are accurate at the time of publication.

12. All components of the competition prizes are subject to availability. In the event that any component of the prizes is unavailable for any reason, we reserve the right to substitute that competition prize component with another prize of equal value and the prize winner will be notified accordingly.

13. It is your responsibility to ensure that we receive your entry.

14. We do not accept responsibility for lost, damaged, illegal, illegible, misdirected or late entries.

15. By entering each competition you are assumed to have accepted these Competition Terms and Conditions.

16. All entries must be made in accordance with these Competition Terms and Conditions.

17. Our decisions in relation to all matters connected with each competition are final.

18. Prize winners may be required to participate in publicity without additional compensation, however, reasonable expenses will be paid for provided we have given our prior written consent to the Entrant.

19. We may cancel or amend the terms of this competition and promotion at any time by publishing notice of the relevant details.

20. We shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform due to any event beyond our control.

21. Proof of posting will not be proof of delivery.

22. You may not transfer or otherwise deal with any of your rights or obligations acquired under or in connection with these terms and conditions.

23. These terms and conditions will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

24. The decision of the judge shall be final and unchallengeable and in their absolute discretion, they may declare any entry void. No reasons will be given for any decision made by the Judge. The Judge comprises a panel of employees and/or representatives of Macmillan Children’s Books and Come Round.

25. We will have the right, at our discretion, to change the rules of this competition while they are running if it is fair or appropriate to do so, including extending the closing date, in which case we will place a notice on this section of our website to this effect. No correspondence will be entered into or comment issued on any matters relating to each competition.

26. Please note that no prizes will be awarded as a result of improper actions by or on behalf of any Entrant. “Improper actions” includes, without limitation, any improper manipulation of voting using social media or other websites including improperly incentivizing voting/liking and/or any activity leading to a person casting more than 1 (one) vote (or like) or votes (or likes or shares) turning out not to have been genuinely cast by real people. An entry which receives more Facebook shares than Facebook likes will be deemed to have been the subject of “improper action”. 

27. The first names and cities of winners will be made available to those enquiring up to 31 August 2020 by contacting Come Round.

28. All Entrants grant to Come Round, to Macmillan Children’s Books and to any brand partners (whose product is included in packs sent to Read and Play Day hosts) (“Partners”) a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce and exploit for the purposes of advertising this competition, Macmillan Children’s Books, Partners products, Dear Zoo Read and Play Days across media all materials supplied in their entries, and to sub-license these rights to others. We will not be required to obtain Entrants’ further consent to such use. All Entrants agree that Come Round shall be the owners of the copyright in and to any such materials created at Read and Play Days which comprise your name, likeness, image, words, quotes, photographs, recordings, and other personal attributes. Accordingly, by entering this competition you agree that Macmillan Children’s Books, our partners and we can use all such materials supplied in their competition entries (including, without limitation, photographs and videos) as they and we wish, including, for example, for promotion of Come Round and future Come Round parties and events.

29. We are not liable to you or winners if, due to circumstances beyond our control, the competitions cannot be fulfilled, winners cannot be chosen or the prize cannot be used or enjoyed by the winners.

30. Come Round excludes any liability (to the fullest extent the law permits) for any costs, claims, losses you or any third party connected to you suffers or incurs due to your entering this competition.  By participating in these parties, you agree not to sue Come Round or its affiliates.

 

COMPETITION 1 : COLOURING COMPETITION

31. Using the Colouring Competition sheet in your Read and Play pack, ask children at your Read and Play Day to colour in the puppy and the lion from the Dear Zoo® book. Once done, cut them out and place it inside your Dear Zoo® picture frame (also provided in your Read and Play pack). Tell children to be as creative as possible.

32. Take a photo of each child’s colouring-in (inside the Dear Zoo® picture frame) and upload it to Instagram, Twitter or Facebook using the #DearZooDay hashtag.

33. Make sure you upload your photograph to social media before the Closing Date, which is 23:59 on Sunday 9 August 2020.

34. There is no limit to the number of photographs each person can submit for this competition and each counts as 1 (one) entry. 

35. All entries must be original and owned by the person submitting the entry (i.e. not, for example, taken from an existing source).

36. On or around Monday 17 August 2020, the Judge will pick their 5 (five) favourite colouring-in entries (based on quality and creativity) as the winners.

37. 5 (five) winners shall each win a bundle of Rod Campbell books with a combined retail value of over £50 (fifty pounds).

38. This prize is awarded to the parent who uploaded the winning colouring-in in accordance with the above.

COMPETITION 2 : REVIEW & FEEDBACK

39. We would love to know what you honestly think - good or bad - of the Dear Zoo® book.

40. Write your honest book review at waterstones.co.uk You will need to have a Waterstones account to write the review. This is the link where you can leave your review bit.ly/dzreviews

41. Reviewers are entirely free to choose the content, length, tone, language used in their reviews. 

42. After leaving your review at waterstones.co.uk, you should then visit bit.ly/dzquestions to complete the post-campaign feedback survey to answer some questions about you and the Dear Zoo Read and Play Days marketing campaign you were involved in.

43. Please ensure you leave your review and complete the post-campaign feedback survey before the Closing Date, which is 23:59 on Monday 17 August 2020

 

44. Of all those people who submitted their review and completed the post-campaign feedback survey before the Closing Date, the Judge will pick 5 (five) people at random each to win a bundle of Rod Campbell books with a combined retail value of over £50 (fifty pounds). We will use an online random name selector to pick those winners e.g. http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker/

 

Host Application T&Cs 

You must be at least 18 years old to apply to host this party on behalf of your child. 100 applicants will be shortlisted as party hosts based on how well each applicant's' demographic information matches the demographic profile we require for this marketing campaign. Those hosts will be required to host a party for their family household (no external guests due to the current stay-at-home situation) in order to be eligible to receive a free party pack. Each host is required to carry out activities including creating and sharing content on social media using the #DearZooDay hashtag. The homeowner’s prior permission where you plan to hold your party must be obtained. No more than one application to host may be submitted by each person and no more than one application to host may be submitted per household. UK mainland households only. Come Round is the marketing agency running this marketing campaign on behalf of Macmillan Publishers International Limited. Dear Zoo is a trademark of Rod Campbell.

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