Happy 10th birthday Story Snug!
I can’t believe that I’m celebrating 10 years of blogging! Over the last ten years we’ve read hundreds of wonderful books, old and new, including a variety of picture books, fiction and non fiction, chapter books and middle grade.…
Dot and Duck are back in a new story – HOW MESSY! We love this duo whose opposing views cause them to come to blows before solving their problems in an innovative way. All readers will be able to identify with one or other of the characters – depending on whether you are messy or particularly tidy!…
It’s just a week until International Book Giving Day which takes place on Monday February 14th. It’s one of Story Snug’s favourite days of the year. Books last much longer than chocolates and flowers!
What is International Book Giving Day?
On International Book Giving Day you are encouraged to give a book to a child.…
Over the years we’ve enjoyed various story themed Advent Calendars to help us count down the days until Christmas. We always put our Christmas books away during the year and get them out around the end of November, it’s such a lovely treat to rediscover old favourites and forgotten stories.…
June 21st to 27th is National Insect Week which encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects. We’ve learnt lots of fascinating facts about different kinds of insects through reading non fiction picture books but also by doing our own research after reading stories with insect main characters.…
Pippa’s Passover Plate is a fun, rhyming story that takes place at the beginning of Passover. It’s a story of friendship, caring and also overcoming your fears. Pippa is an adorable, industrious little mouse, we enjoyed reading her story and love the way that she overcame her fears as she looked for her missing Seder plate.…
We were really intrigued to find out how I Really Really Need A Wee could be the subject of a whole picture book but Bush Baby’s search for a toilet had us turning the pages to see whether s/he could find a toilet before it’s too late!…
Congratulations to Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar on the publication of their new picture book, While We Can’t Hug. This beautifully illustrated picture book with its simple text shows the different ways that two friends practise social distancing but still show their affection for each other without physical contact.…
We are delighted to be joining Caryl Hart and Tony Neal’s Mini Monsters Can I Play? blogtour! The Mini Monsters, Scout, Sparkle, Arthur and Tiny, are four adorable pre-school characters who are learning valuable lessons about friendship and how to get along.…
I am VERY EXCITED that Clare Helen Welsh has asked us to reveal the cover of her newest picture book. Many of you will be familiar with Clare’s characters Dot and Duck who appeared in How Rude!, a wonderful picture book that looks at the importance of treating others with respect.…