"An important life lesson told with great humour and vivacity"
As the season of school sports day approaches this is a perfectly timed new outing for the irrepressible and hilarious cake loving heroine of the Waterstones Prize shortlisted I really want the cake! Cakes play an important part in this tale too, but first this little girl tries and tries to win. She really wants to win! It all starts with a race and she is in the lead but trips.
A calamity repeated across every school in the land and so this is very good preparation for little would-be athletes. Time and again her ambition is thwarted. Her friend wins everything. The sense of injustice felt is so perfectly captured in the bold expressive illustrations that reveal the little girl’s impulsive character and her constantly changing emotions.
But one day her friend does not win and very surprisingly for our heroine the friend does not mind at all and congratulates the winner. Our heroine is encouraged to forget about winning and just to do what she loves which is baking cakes of course! Then the loyal friend finds a Bake Off competition which our heroine approaches with proper humility having recognised how much she enjoyed the process.
She surprises herself by winning and the celebrations are genuine. Resilience triumphs in this completely relatable story which will prompt useful discussion as well as laugh out loud moments.
Today is Sports Day. I CAN'T WAIT! And as I know that I'll be great, I've planned how I will celebrate - because I'm going to win.
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Today is Sports Day. I CAN'T WAIT!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed I Really Want to Win and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
I Really Want to Win features in the following genres: Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Sporting Stories, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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I Really Want to Win was written by Simon Philip and published by Templar Publishing
I Really Want to Win has 40 pages
Yes it is part of I Really Want... series
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
