Guest Bloggers
Emma Perry talks about organising International Book Giving Day
International Book Giving Day (IBGD) is an annual event that takes place on February 14th and it’s one of our favourite days of the year! Here at Story Snug we’re delighted to be part of the International Book Giving Day team and as well as helping to spread the word about the day we can’t…
Dec 24th: Emma Perry chooses Refuge
The Story: Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher – a retelling of the Christmas story, with an important new angle.
Dec 20th: Sally Poyton chooses The Tale of Jack Frost
Christmas is a time for woolly hats, scarfs, gloves and hot chocolate. Despite very few of my childhood memories of Christmas including snow, (as it never snowed during the festive season when I was small) Christmas is always synonymous with snow and frost. Certainly my own offspring have experienced more white Christmases then I ever…
Dec 15th: Jo Clarke chooses Jesus’ Christmas Party
The Story: ThJesus’ Christmas Party is is a hilarious retelling of the Nativity story told from the point of view of the Innkeeper. There was nothing the innkeeper liked more than a good night’s sleep but he keeps getting disturbed by constant knocks on the door. From shepherds, to kings, bright stars and angels a very…
Dec 11th: ReaditDaddy & Charlotte choose The Polar Express
The Story: A young boy who is fairly disillusioned by the upcoming yuletide season boards a mysterious train that magically appears outside his house one snowy night. Thus begins an amazing journey as the train is destined for the North Pole – and to Santa’s home! There, one special child will receive the first gift…
Dec 8th: Mat Tobin chooses Father Christmas
The Story: It’s Christmas Eve and for many of us this means going to bed positively brimming with nervous excitement about what tomorrow will bring. Have we been good this year? I hope so since there’s a new copy of Jansson’s The Moomins and the Great Flood that I am hoping to unwrap on Christmas…
Dec 5th: Melanie McGilloway chooses Olivia Helps With Christmas
The Story: Olivia Helps With Christmas starts on Christmas Eve. Olivia is helping her mum with preparations for the big day, with hilarious consequences, while impatiently waiting for Father Christmas. Why is Olivia Helps With Christmas your favourite Christmas book? We have always loved Olivia’s enthusiastic yet accident-prone approach to life in general but her…
Dec 2nd: Sarah Yewman chooses Olive, the Other Reindeer
The Story: Meet Santa’s newest helper, Olive. Olive is a dog getting ready for Christmas when she hears “Olive the other Reindeer. I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!” She jumps on the polar express and heads to the North Pole. While Santa and the other reindeer are a bit…
Authors, illustrators & book bloggers choose books to give to a Royal baby
Story Snug sends many congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate and William, on the birth of your little princess.
Book bloggers recommend starting school picture books (2)
For those parents who are looking for picture books that will help their child with the transition into school we have more picture book recommendations from book bloggers who have also experienced the first day of school as parents. Thank you to Phil (and his daughter Charlotte), Loll, Anne-Marie and Damyanti for recommending the picture books…
