Tollins Competition

It's Peter Pan with attitude as Conn Iggulden, creator of the phenomenal bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys, introduces an explosive and magical new fictional world. "Tollins are not fairies. Though they both have wings, fairies are delicate creatures and much smaller. Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word 'fragile' can't really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick!" In these three tales, Conn Iggulden introduces the explosive, magical and adventurous world of the Tollins, all beautifully illustrated in full colour by Lizzy Duncan. Complete with thrilling stories of danger and derring-do, glorious drawings, maps and diagrams, this is more than a fantastic fiction debut for children - it's also the definitive guide to these remarkable little flying creatures. Just don't ever call them fairies!

We have five copies of Tollins to give away. Just email me (editor-at-activityvillage.co.uk) with your name and address, and tell me why some people confuse Tollins with fairies (answer in the paragraph above). UK visitors only please!

Deadline 5th November 2009. We will pick five winners out of hat and notify them by email that they will be receiving a copy of the book.

9-Year-Old Activist Campaigns to
Ban Bonfire Night and Save Rare Species

Chorleywood schoolboy Ollie Collins wants to ban Bonfire Night, and has set up his own website, www.SavetheTollins.com, to encourage others to join him in his quest.
The extraordinary 9-year-old is convinced that small creatures called ‘Tollins’ are being abused by humans to create the bright colours inherent in fireworks. He wants to help save them from unnecessary harm by banning Bonfire Night altogether.

He writes on www.SavetheTollins.com: “I first found out about Tollins completely by mistake when one day I was researching snail slime at the bottom of my garden. To my surprise, I found a blown-up Tollin, took him inside and nursed him back to health. That day I swore I would do something to help.”

Visitors to the extraordinary website are able to follow home-made videos of his campaign, and can even support the cause by ‘donating a click’ and adopting their own Tollin. Ollie’s campaign is already garnering significant support from around the globe. Remarkably, Conn Iggulden, well-known author of bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys, has spoken publicly about is admiration for Ollie’s work.

“Ollie’s campaign is particularly important at the moment, because of course the 2012 Olympics are coming up,” said Iggulden, “There are going to be greater stocks of fireworks used than, I think, the 1952 coronation, which means that some Tollins, even in this day and age, will I’m afraid be sent up into the sky and blown, temporarily, to pieces.”

Ollie goes out into the field to look for evidence of Tollins:

NB Children should not browse videos sharing sites unsupervised

Iggulden has controversially revealed that he is a Director of little-known organisation The Institute of Tollins, and has posted a number of videos in support of Ollie’s campaign to YouTube. In one video he says:

“Ollie has sent letters to the Institute almost every single month. He is an absolute lynchpin in the campaign NOT to use Tollins in the 2012 Olympic fireworks. He’s the kind of kid we want to encourage because he has the right sort of attitude. Well done Ollie.”

Ollie is already causing quite a stir in the online community, and the Save the Tollins campaign has raised eyebrows in his home village of Chorleywood, where sightings of Tollins are rare, and opinion is divided as to whether they actually exist.
With the backing of Iggulden, the campaign looks set to snowball into a fiercely debated issue, and Ollie is hoping other celebrities will sign up to donate a click and offer their support. One thing is for sure – if Ollie Collins has his way, Tollins will be on the tip of everyone’s tongue this bonfire night and, with any luck, not on top of the bonfire.

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