the winners!
What brilliant answers as to how many mice in the picture! I really loved them all – thank you so much to everyone who took part.
There were guesses from eleventy billion and 98 trillion down to 1. But extraordinarily the rest were bunched very closely around the right number…
I double checked and triple-checked,
and the answer is 624.
We only have winners here at Sunny Side Up, so a signed copy – complete with a personalised drawing of a Tiny Mouse – of Lucky Wish Mouse Starting School
is on it’s way to:
Tom, Livia, Mabel, Ronnie, Rosie, Nikki’s son, Di’s son, Damyanti’s son, Helen’s son & daughter, and Elli’s Child3.
Meanwhile, you might like to hop over to Playingbythebook to find the mini-books Zoe & I have made for you to print out and make, on the subject of starting school.
And last of all, I said I had a secret to share…
when I was doing this book, drawing those 624 mice took longer then I thought it would and I ran out of time. So I gave my daughter Martha (who I call the REAL Martha, not my Bunny Martha!) a spare pink pencil and we coloured in the ears and noses together!
But sshhh, don’t tell my publishers. How lucky the internet is so private…
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Wow 624 that’s a lot of mice, am glad you got some help colouring in & a huge thank you
Thank YOU very much too, for joining in the fun! X
A huge thank you from me and my two as well! I hope all that counting didn’t take too long, it makes me ready for a sit down and a cup of tea just thinking about it.
Thank you too, very much indeed! It certainly kept me quiet for a bit, much to everybody’s relief…
That is a LOT of mices! Thankyou so much, my son (Ryland!) will love this!
Yes, a LOT of mices! Delighted to hear, I do hope Ryland enjoys the book – thank you! X
How lovely! And timely – it’s Rosie’s 4th birthday next week, and she starts school a week or so after! Thank you.
How brilliant! A VERY happy birthday to Rosie, and all good luck wishes and cheering for starting school! X