2016
Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal!
We’ve been reading the Knowledge Encyclopedia Animal! in preparation for National Non Fiction November.
Blogtour: Abie Longstaff talks about ‘How to Catch a Witch’
We’re delighted to join Abie on her How to Catch a Witch blog tour. We really enjoyed reading the story which seamlessly mixed magic and witchcraft into ordinary situations that are familiar to many children.
Christmas Colouring from Nosy Crow
It’s still early to be thinking about Christmas but not if you are thinking about doing some Christmas colouring in preparation for the festive season. This month Nosy Crow has published two beautifully illustrated Christmas colouring books, The Colouring Book of Cards and Envelopes CHRISTMAS and The Colouring Book of Beautiful Gift Boxes CHRISTMAS. The illustrations are absolutely…
Book inspired baking for #NationalBakingWeek
Happy National Baking Week! Founded in 2007 the aim of National Baking week is to get people baking. We love to bake and often get our inspiration from stories. Several books have inspired us to get creative in the kitchen, we’d love to hear about any book inspired baking that you may have done. Elmer by David McKee This was…
Blogtour: Favourite Scary Books by Hyde and Squeak author / illustrator Fiona Ross
Welcome to Story Snug Fiona! Fiona Ross is the author / illustrator of Hyde and Squeak, a very amusing picture book that is based on the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I watched as my daughter read the copy that Little Tiger sent us and a smile spread across her face as she…
My Encyclopedia of Very IMPORTANT THINGS
Before we had access to the Internet and search engines we used to use encyclopedias to help us answer our questions and learn new facts, a concept that I explained to my daughter when she asked me ‘how we found out the answers to our questions in the olden days’! My Encyclopedia of Very IMPORTANT THINGS has…
The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams & Sarah Massini
We all believe that our childhood toys are real and this is the question that The Velveteen Rabbit struggles with, how can he truly become real? Any child (or adult) with a special toy can relate to this magical story and this beautiful, newly illustrated hardback would make a wonderful Christmas gift. This edition has been illustrated by Sarah Massini…
Happy 4th Birthday to Story Snug!
Story Snug is 4 years old today and we’re still having lots of fun blogging, last month we published our 400th blogpost. We have read so many wonderful books, old and new, and I have enjoyed chatting with many lovely authors, illustrators and publishers in real life and on social media. There are lots of people that I would like to…
Chitra Soundar talks about Stories from India
We are delighted to welcome author Chitra Soundar to Story Snug. Chitra was born and grew up in India and has written a fascinating post about the books and stories that shaped her childhood. Chitra’s two newest books ‘A Jar of Pickles and a Pinch of Justice’ and ‘Pattan’s Pumpkin’ will be published this month and she…
Happy 10th Birthday Sticker Dolly Dressing
Happy 10th Birthday to the Sticker Dolly Dressing Books!
