NOW CLOSED: Calling all parents of children aged 1 to 7. Do you want to join Pearson's Book Review Panel?

[AnnMumsnet]

You may know Mumsnet have been working with Pearson to provide some special learning-related content for you.

Linked to the site is a Pearson shop where you can buy educational books for children ? Pearson say, "There are touch & feel books for your littlest learners, brilliant fiction and non?fiction for your early readers, science and history books for 9?11 year olds and much more besides ? all at great prices and with free UK P&P on all orders over £24.99".

They have now asked us to find 80 Mumsnetters to join a special book review panel. To take part you must:

~ live in the UK
~ have a child aged from 1?7 - in KS1/p2 (If you have more than one child aged 7 and under please choose one child to take part in this review with)
~ be willing to review (and keep!) up to 5 packs of books before the end of the year

[Please note at some stage we will be recruiting parents of children aged 8?11.]

Each reviewer will be sent up to 5 packs of books before the end of the year for review. You'll be asked to take a proper look at the pack, read the books with your child, maybe get together with a group of mums to see what they think, and then submit your review on a special review thread on Talk. Panellists will be asked to submit their reviews within 2 weeks of receiving their review packs. You must review each book pack you receive. If you want to opt out of the project you can at any stage by emailing MNHQ.

If you are selected to take part, MN will email you to let you know. We will then pass on your name, age and gender of your child, and address details to Pearson for them to dispatch your books.

Each panellist will be able to keep the packs they review. Pack values vary from around £7.00 to around £30.00 and contain up to 24 titles. As a thank you for taking part there will be a monthly prize draw (on the last day of each month) for all those who have submitted a review in that month. The prize each month will be £50 of John Lewis vouchers.

The reviews will be used by Pearson to help promote the books to other Mumsnetters ? they will link to the feedback thread from the book shop pages and will feature the reviews you send in on the site. Pearson also say "we want the reviews to help us refine and improve our selection of packs for the shop, so if a particular programme is receiving rave reviews, we'll add more titles into the shop and if something isn't being received well, we'll use this feedback to refine our offering."

So if you and your child would like to take part please add your details here.

The first packs will be sent out in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks, MNHQ

Did mine get in there AnnMumsnet? Or should I give it another go? Thank you!

ElectricSoftParade - yep!

Done
Thanks

OOohhhh Ann Have you got mine? When I clicked finish survey, it brought me back to this page.......

Hurrah! Thank you!

SilveryMoon - yes and am closing this now as we have loads and loads apply! thank you.

Will keep my fingers crossed :)

Thanks AnnMumsnet.

Another one here requesting that the next one is re-defired as 7-11, since DS1 is also going into KS2 in September, but will still be 7, then.

DS2 is 5 and officially going into year 1 in September, but is being disapplied from KS1 and staying on the EYFS curriculum, since he's non-verbal and can't read yet, so these books might not really be relevant to him at the moment. Is it worth me applying for this one?

Scratch that - missed it anyhow!

® just ignore this!

Huh? Is this not going to happen then?

Or were you referring to the post?

i was trying to see if I could post a registered mark! (which I can!) - it's happening don't worry...just ignore me!

Sorry, realised I sounded a little arsey in my post Would love to be involved whatever books it includes, I imagine that the question would make more sense for kids aged 3+, I was just expressing a longstanding frustration at even publishers falling into gender stereotypes for babies nowadays. :o

please, Anne, when will emails be sent out? thanks.

oops - 'Ann'

Thanks for confirming that the form is in :)

would have loved this but DD will be KS2 in Sept ...... she is a real bookworm and reads everything

I think there will be another one at some point for KS2 children.

Thanks MNHQ Just got the email to say I've been selected to take part
Very pleased and excited, can't wait!

:(

WooHoo, I'm in!

Count me in too. Thanks Ann! DH and I are looking forward to reading the books with DD.

Yay! Im in, really looking forward to this product test, thanks! :)

Oh ive name changed since i filled in the form, will that be ok?