I Really Want to Win

by Simon Philip, Lucia Gaggiotti (Illustrator)

Overview

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?

A joyful picture book with an important message from the author and illustrator of I Really Want the Cake.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338787887
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/04/2021
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	62 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Simon Philip (Author)
Simon was born in Chichester in 1988 and has lived there ever since. After studying History at Exeter University, he decided to become a primary school teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of children's books, so much so that he decided to have a go at writing his own. He is the author of I Don't Know What to Call my Cat, You Must Bring a Hat, and the I Really Want series: I Really Want the Cake (2017) shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, I Really Want to Win (2019) I Really Want to Shout (2020) and I Really Want to Share (2022).
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Lucia Gaggiotti (Illustrator)
Lucia Gaggiotti is a London and Italy-based illustrator and graphic designer. She graduated from NABA (New Accademy of Art) in Milan with a BA in graphic design and a specialisation of illustration. She moved to London in 2005 and has been working freelance since then for many clients including Carluccio's, Jamie Oliver, Pizza Express and M&S. She is the illustrator of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted I Really Want the Cake.



Simon was born in Chichester in 1988 and has lived there ever since. After studying History at Exeter University, he decided to become a primary school teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of children's books, so much so that he decided to have a go at writing his own. He is the author of I Don't Know What to Call my Cat, You Must Bring a Hat, and the I Really Want series: I Really Want the Cake (2017) shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, I Really Want to Win (2019), I Really Want to Shout (2020) and I Really Want to Share (2022).

Editorial Reviews

"A great conversation starter about the frustrations of competition and the search for a personal passion." — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for I Really Want the Cake:

"This diva of cake snatching commands every page, with her proclamations of entitlement (rendered in sprawling handwritten type), her extensive repertoire of operatic expressions, and a hairstyle that seems to have a life of its own-especially after she's laid waste to the kitchen. In more ways than one, she really does take the cake." — Publishers Weekly

"A child and a dog fight a losing battle to resist a tempting-but forbidden-chocolate cake. Each step in this hilarious struggle is narrated by the child in a three-line rhyme that culminates in an increasingly emotional refrain (in fun type to match) as the battle for self-control escalates... This humorous struggle for self-control also models apology and restitution." — Kirkus Reviews

"Cake lust wins out over parental command, as it all too often does. Faced with a huge, luscious, forbidden chocolate cake, a child struggles to stay away but ultimately caves as one lick becomes a feeding frenzy that leaves only crumbs. Well . . . how hard can it be to make another? Rhyming verse accompanies a winning young gourmand with wild black hair and a big personality, and Gaggiotti proves a dab hand at depicting fantastically smeary disaster areas around the cake plate and in the kitchen. Nonetheless, the extravagantly decorated jumble she dishes up at the end has a stylish flair that hints at a bright future as a pastry chef." — Booklist

From the Publisher

2021-03-17
It’s not about whether you win or lose; it’s whether you find your passion.

On Sports Day, the same girl who earlier starred in I Really Want the Cake (2020) is convinced of victory in every event. In the first race, the narrator is way ahead with “so much speed, / my victory is guaranteed…” until a stone sends her sprawling while another girl crosses the finish line. And although the narrator tugs until her skin turns green, the same opponent also wins the tug of war. Moving on from sports, this hypercompetitive kid loses the school spelling bee thanks to ventriloquist. Both frustration and desire to win grow as the protagonist proceeds to lose other contests to the same girl who won on Sports Day. Just when the protagonist despairs, she witnesses her nemesis lose and graciously congratulate the winner. The good loser’s philosophy? “You cannot always be ahead. / Enjoy the things you love, instead!” Together, the two girls explore the protagonist’s love for baking—but, in a rather mixed message, the protagonist enters her magnificently decorated cake in a bake-off and wins. Charming illustrations in a bold color palette capture the protagonist’s emotional roller coaster and the energy of the rhyming text. The protagonist has pale skin and straight, black hair while her nemesis has brown skin and a pouf of red hair.

A great conversation starter about the frustrations of competition and the search for a personal passion. (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews