Upload picture of your children's favourite animal (either photo or drawing) for chance to win a signed, limited edition Eric Carle print

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Everybody has a favourite animal; Lucy Cousins' is a leopard, Jon Klassen's is a duck, and Eric Carle? He loves cats! In the brand new picture book What?s Your Favourite Animal by Eric Carle and Friends, Eric asks some of the best children's book illustrators of our time to each draw their favourite animal. The result is a colourful parade of animals from giraffes with their heads in the clouds to fuzzy dogs to squishy snails!

To celebrate What's Your Favourite Animal? we are offering Mumsnetters the chance to win an amazing limited edition print of Eric Carle's favourite animal, signed by Eric Carle himself, plus a copy of the book. Five runners up will win a copy of the book. All you have to do is upload an image of your DC's favourite animal to this thread (either a photo or your DC's drawing).

The competition is open until Friday 18 April and we'll announce the winner of the limited edition print and book shortly after on this thread.

This competition is sponsored by Walker Books.

DD (four next month) adores horses and is also a prolific artist. This is one of her latest pictures. I love it :)

These are drawn by my two daughters, aged 8 and 5.....

Robin

My DD doesn't know two many animals yet put her favourite by far is dogs. She's fascinated by then especially Grandads dog Lily.

Meerkats are the favourite in our house- check out these cuties.

My son with his favourite... His cat.

DD's favourite animals have been anteaters since she was about 18 months old. Here is a picture of her favourite animal, taken by DH, and a picture of her face the first time she saw one 'in the flesh' at our local Wildlife Park.

A sloth! Ever since we read Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth by Eric Carle. She is fascinated by them! :)

Dd's favourite animal (and pillow) by far... Fortunately the adoration is mutual!

We went to the zoo this week and DS was most taken with the magnificent flamingoes - what a colour!

The favourite animal of my son (aged 4) is a diplodocus. Unfortunately, it is extinct. As posting watching Andy's Dinosaurs. He keeps asking if the dinosaurs are real or not.

Here's a rather large-tongued snake from my six-year-old girl. She definitely prefers 'spooky' creatures to fluffy ones.

My DC1 loves "Po-po-tams" (hippopotamus) like this one he persuaded his grandparents to buy for his little brother!

Cats, including our two fat cats, come a close second and a favourite book is Eric Carle's "Have you seen my cat?" Beautiful book.

Livvy loves almost every animal, bug and monster but she especially loves doggies :)

My DD's favourite animal is the tiger! She headed straight for the tiger at Dudley zoo when we visited before Christmas and then stood transfixed for ten minutes, enchanted by the experience. She turned 5 last month... here is her latest tiger drawing.

I'm currently sharing the house with a "friendly lion" AKA DS1. He was running round on all fours chasing a toy lemon this evening

Should also say - some of the pictures are amazing - especially those of the 4/5 yr olds. DS1 is miles off drawings that look like anything (but then can lions draw?!)

My little boy loves his bunny rabbit

My ds with his best friend, Nico, who has just recovered from meningitis

Tap dancing fox by dd2 (6)

Hungry caterpillar by dd1 (7)

Polar bear by dd2

Dolphin by dd1

Ok I'll stop now!