Age 2
This is Owl by Libby Walden and Jacqui Lee
This is Owl is ‘A flapping, tapping, clapping interactive book’ which engages young readers by encouraging them to interact with Owl. It’s a fun story to read aloud and, by following a sequence of actions, the child becomes really involved in Owl’s story.
Spring reading! Picture books about gardens, birds and insects
We’ve chosen some of our favourite picture books for spring reading! They include books about insects, birds & a fabulous activity book.
A QUIET QUIET HOUSE by Georgiana Deutsch & Ekaterina Trukhan
A QUIET QUIET HOUSE by Georgiana Deutsch & Ekaterina Trukhan gets noisier & noisier as mice get together to play their musical instruments.
Toto by Ximo Abadía
Toto is a quirky, inspiring story which conveys an important message – follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up! We love the story of a donkey who leaves his small town to travel to the big city to fulfil his dream of becoming an astronaut.
Alphabet Street by Jonathan Emmett and Ingela P Arrhenius
We love the way that Alphabet Street introduces children to the alphabet using colourful characters and rhymes.The sturdy lift the flap book folds out into a fabulous play scene, it really makes learning the alphabet a fun and interactive experience.
Skeleton and monster picture books to read at Halloween…
We’re creeping closer and closer to Halloween so light the candles, turn out the lights and curl up for a spooky storytelling session with some of our favourite skeleton and monster picture books…
Pip and Posy Jigsaw Building Blocks with a Book by Axel Scheffler
We are huge fans of Pip and Posy and are very excited about the new Pip and Posy Jigsaw Building Blocks. Pip and Posy played a huge role in our daughter’s early reading journey and we had a lot of fun putting the building blocks together and reading some of the stories that they came…
Happy 6th Birthday Story Snug
I really can’t believe that we’re celebrating Story Snug’s 6th birthday! I had no idea when I started Story Snug that it would become such a big and important part of our life but we’re still having lots of fun blogging and we’re nearly up to 600 blogposts. We have read so many wonderful books, old…
Ooooh! Arrrr! Pirate Picture Books: #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay
Pirate picture books have long been popular with young children and as a child I regularly borrowed the Captain Pugwash books from the library as well as watching him on television. Cartoonist John Ryan, who created the Captain Pugwash stories, died in 2009 but several of his Captain Pugwash books have been reprinted by Quarto.