Thousand Year Tree Competition Winners Announced and book now available to purchase

 

We are delighted to have announced the winners of our ‘Thousand Year Tree Endpapers Design Competition’ which was launched during the summer through Surrey’s Library Network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Saturday 19th October the 24 shortlisted winners were invited to an awards ceremony, where the winners of each age category were announced by multi-award-winning children’s author Kes Gray. The shortlisted children were then invited to stay for Guildford Book Festival’s event with Kes Gray featuring his Oi Dinosaur! series.

Over 600 children entered the competition across Surrey and a huge thank you to Surrey’s Libraries and Surrey County Council’s Environment Team for helping to promote the competition and collate the entries.

The book will be on general sale shortly* and as soon as we have the details, these will be shown on our website at www.surreyhillssociety.org.
This may take 2/3 weeks, but we will do it as soon as we possibly can.  Keep your eyes peeled for the opportunity to purchase the book – a perfect Christmas gift!

* Now available click here to get straight through to Waterstones to purchase your copy for £8.99.

The Thousand Year Tree is a stunning new picture book, created by the children of Weyfield Primary Academy Guildford to celebrate the ancient yew trees at Newlands Corner, Surrey!

An incredible journey through time, from seed to fragile giant – step inside the fascinating world of ancient trees to discover the wonders these age-old giants have witnessed, and how we can protect them for millennia to come.

The Thousand Year Tree has been created through an exciting collaboration led by the Surrey Hills Society, together with the Guildford Book Festival; Weyfield Primary Academy; author, Lucy Reynolds; illustrator, Katie Hickey; Old Dungate Press; Surrey County Council; Surrey Libraries; and Surrey National Landscapes. The project has been funded by the DEFRA Access For All Fund, administered by the Surrey National Landscapes Board.