Picture Books
Time to Move South for Winter by Clare Helen Welsh & Jenny Løvlie
Time to Move South for Winter is the beautifully illustrated story of a tiny black-capped tern’s journey to spend winter in a warmer climate. It’s a gentle introduction to the concept of migration and can stimulate discussions about the preparations that various species make to stay warm when the weather gets cold.
NOTHING SCARES SPIDER! by S Marendaz & Carly Gledhill
NOTHING SCARES SPIDER! is a story about bravery, friendship, support and a big adventure. It’s a great story to read in autumn when we often find more spiders in our homes. Even those readers who are afraid of spiders will love the main character, Spider, who is fearless and independent. She’s also a little naive…
Celebrating Story Snug’s 9th Birthday
I can’t believe that we’re celebrating Story Snug’s 9th Birthday! I haven’t blogged as much as I did before the pandemic but Story Snug is still a big part of my life. Over the last year we’ve read lots of wonderful books, old and new, including a wide range of picture books, fiction and non…
The BEAR and her BOOK by Frances Tosdevin & Sophia O’Connor
The Bear and her Book celebrates the brilliance of books – it’s the perfect picture book for bear lovers and book lovers! The Bear takes her ‘Bear’s Big Book of Being Wise’ on a long journey and as well as helping her to solve problems it helps her to make new friends along the way.
Favourite Autumn Picture Books
Autumn is my favourite season – running through leaves in the woods, throwing leaves up in the air and collecting all sorts of autumn goodies – bark, acorns, leaves, conkers. When I was teaching in Early Years I would go out every weekend and come back with bags of treasure for classroom crafts – leaf…
Never Mess With A Pirate Princess by Holly Ryan & Sian Roberts
Never Mess With A Pirate Princess has a feisty, determined heroine, page turning action and a bouncy rhyming text. It’s a fun and imaginative story with a main character who is not prepared to stay at home and wait for a gallant knight to rescue her beloved teddy bear. Princess Prue is a fabulous role…
Georgie Grows a Dragon by Emma Lazell
Georgie Grows a Dragon is a wonderful story about gardening, friendship and growing. Georgie loves growing things but she can’t remember planting the dragon that appears in her garden overnight. She’s determined to take care of it but what do dragons need to help them grow…?
International Dog Day – favourite fictional dogs
Happy International Dog Day! Do you have a favourite fictional dog? We looked through our bookshelves to find doggy stories that we enjoy reading and after some discussion we came up with a top five list.
This book is PANTS! by John Kane
This book is PANTS! takes us on a fun, colourful adventure that requires changing pants to suit different occasions. It’s an intergalactic story about friendship, accepting strangers and underwear – the main characters put on ten different pairs of pants throughout the story! The book’s innovative design makes it truly interactive – children can join…
Heartwarming Fictional Friendships – International Friendship Day
Friendship is an important theme in many children’s stories and familiar, endearing characters can help children to understand and deal with issues and difficulties that they may encounter in their own friendships. On International Friendship Day we’ve made a list of books that include heartwarming fictional friendships.
