I Really Want To Win

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.

Our heroine is determined that she’s going to win all the events at school sports day. The problem is that winning isn’t as easy as it looks. She doesn’t win the running race or the tug of war – and she can’t even win a game of hide-and-seek. But maybe winning isn’t really the point?

Illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti

Published by Templar Books, June 2019

ISBN: 9781787414112

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Reviews

“Another joyful story from Simon Philip with an important message.”

— BookTrust

“An important life lesson told with great humour and vivacity…Resilience triumphs in this completely relatable story which will prompt useful discussion as well as laugh out loud moments.”

— LoveReading4Kids

“There is so much to enjoy in this engaging picture book… the sense of youthful exuberance and optimism, the delightful illustrations, and the important messages about learning to be both a winner and a loser. Great stuff!”

— Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Evening Post

“It’s not just the fabulous rhythm and rhyming that makes this book great…although these attributes are impeccable. The illustrations are faultless too…There is so much to love about this book – the other classmates, the mass of trophies, the utter frustration of the little girl wanting to win, and the incremental detail of her small dog offering comfort, support, and sympathy as the book progresses. An absolute winner.”

— MinervaReads