Win a pet portrait by Kate McLelland!
Posted on 14/07/2017 in Competitions Isla & Pickle Kate McLelland
To celebrate the launch of Isla & Pickle: Best Friends, we’re giving you the chance to win a pet portrait by Kate McLelland plus a copy of this brand new book. Can you find some #PalsforPickle?
To enter, just post a picture of your pet with a Kelpies book on Twitter or Facebook, and use the tag #PalsforPickle. Entries will close on Monday 31st July, and we’ll announce the lucky winner of our prize on Monday 1st August.
The winner of our competition will receive a copy of Isla & Pickle, plus a pet portrait from a photograph you supply, created by the book’s illustrator Kate McLelland.
We can’t wait to see all of your #PalsforPickle!
“Hmm,” said Dad, “I was thinking of something a bit smaller. A rabbit, a guinea pig or maybe a goldfish?”
“But I really love Pickle, Dad. Please?”
Isla decided to show Dad what a wonderful pet Pickle could be.
About the book
Isla and Pickle: Best Friends is the first in a new series about a feisty little girl and her pet Shetland pony, who live on a Scottish island. Wee ones will giggle their way through Isla and Pickle’s light-hearted adventures.
Other Kelpies books illustrated by Kate McLelland include There Was a Wee Lassie Who Swallowed a Midgie and the My First Scottish… series.
Terms & Conditions
1. Entrants must post a picture of their pet with any Kelpies book by midnight on Monday 31st July 2017.
2. The winner will be chosen by Floris Books staff and Kate McLelland.
3. The winner will be announced via DiscoverKelpies social media channels on Tuesday 1st August 2017.
4. Prizes are not exchangeable.
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