Age 5

  • Christmas Colouring from Nosy Crow

    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…


  • Blogtour: Favourite Scary Books by Hyde and Squeak author / illustrator Fiona Ross
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    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
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    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…


  • Happy 10th Birthday Sticker Dolly Dressing
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    Happy 10th Birthday Sticker Dolly Dressing

    Happy 10th Birthday to the Sticker Dolly Dressing Books!


  • Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph

    Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph

    We were very lucky to win a signed copy of Odd Dog Out in a Twitter giveaway (thank you Rob Biddulph!). As big fans of Blown Away we were eager to see Rob’s latest picture book with its eye-catching cover. It’s a really fun story that conveys an important message about being who you are and…


  • Dotty Detective Super Secret Agent / The Paw Print Puzzle by Clara Vulliamy

    Dotty Detective Super Secret Agent / The Paw Print Puzzle by Clara Vulliamy

    As soon as Dotty Detective Super Secret Agent came through the letterbox my daughter whisked away this cute little book with its sparkly, spotty cover and started to read. She was hooked and couldn’t put the book down, “This is so interesting Mummy,” she said more than once and after finishing the first book she immediately asked if…


  • Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape by Izy Penguin

    Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape by Izy Penguin

    We giggled our way through Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape. As a snake lover my daughter particularly enjoyed this very funny story and the humorous pictures supporting the text made us laugh. It’s a very funny first chapter book to encourage independent reading.


  • Happy Birthday Old Bear by Jane Hissey

    Happy Birthday Old Bear by Jane Hissey

    Happy Birthday Old Bear! Old Bear is celebrating his 30th birthday this year and Jane Hissey has written Happy Birthday Old Bear to commemorate the occasion. As huge Old Bear fans we’ve been eagerly awaiting this new story and we absolutely love it. Jane’s familiar playroom characters are joined by a new friend, Elsie, a very cute…


  • Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
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    Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

    Zog is one of my daughter’s favourite Julia Donaldson stories and she was delighted to find the newly published sequel, Zog and the Flying Doctors, at The Edinburgh Book Festival. We had tickets for Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s show which included watching Axel draw pictures of Zog and his friends plus characters from the new…


  • Otter Goes to School by Sam Garton

    Otter Goes to School by Sam Garton

    We were surprised when we heard that Otter was planning to be a teacher. Although it is a very enjoyable and fulfilling job, teaching can be stressful at times so we were eager to see how she would cope in the classroom.