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Create a cartoon character and you could win a trip to Pixar Studios in San Francisco!

Booktrust is inviting young writers aged 11 to 16 to enter a short story competition.  The four best short stories will win their authors a place on the judging panel.  

At the launch of National Smile Month 2008 - 18 May to 17 June - the UK’s leading independent dental charity has criticised claims that fruit smoothies could be twice as healthy as first thought – warning that if consumed too frequently they could cause an “erosion epidemic”.

PWT celebrates its first anniversary on 29 May and to mark this event we have ten pairs of tickets for the London International Music Show to give away. Tickets are worth £15 each.

Fans of the award-winning Little Princess pre-school show and best-selling international picture books can join their heroine and award-winning author and illustrator, Tony Ross, for an exclusive storytelling session on Friday 30 May at the John Lewis store on London’s Oxford Street.

Book by 26 May at one of 34 selected sites across Europe and Eurocamp Independent will reduce the campsite supplements by 50 per cent.

To mark the start of Sun Awareness Week (5 to 11 May) the British Association of Dermatologists warns that parents are still confused about the need to protect children and teens in the sun.

New advice from The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths during their fundraising Save a Baby Month urges every new mother to breastfeed their baby.

To celebrate ten years of a family-orientated dining experience Barcelona Tapas y Restaurante in Dulwich invites ten year olds and under to eat for free on Bank Holiday Monday, 5 May.

Follow the safe cycling tips from Bikability, sponsored by Pom-Bear.

Lianne Miller and her team at young & pure have devised an easy-to-use Chemical Checklist: a list of the "bad" ingredients and how to spot them on labels, encouraging and helping teenagers to look at and understand what's in the products they use.

From the end of April to June, nine sponsored walking events, supported by Sanex, will raise money for the British Skin Foundation - and you can join in!

The Daycare Trust is inviting children to participate in a book cover and creative writing competition during National Childcare Week and the National Year of Reading.

Five museums have made the grade for the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award 2008 organised by Kids in Museums, a campaigning charity – and PWT invites readers to nominate and write about their own favourites.

Daycare Trust has a new website, a one-stop shop to guide parents through the maze of finding help with childcare costs.       

Congratulations to Alex and Jon Bell on the birth of baby Pippa - on 14 March 2008!

Bookstart, run by Booktrust, an independent national charity, has a new book pack for children with hearing impairment to complement the pack for blind and partially sighted children.

Bella magazine is looking for real mums to talk about a mothering experience glamourised by a celebrity.