Age 7
Story Snug Advent: B is for Best Christmas Book Ever
B is for Best Christmas Book Ever by Richard Scarry
Story Snug Advent: A is for Aliens Love Panta Claus
A is for Aliens Love Panta Claus by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
The Fairytale Hairdresser and the Sugar Plum Fairy by Abie Longstaff & Lauren Beard
The Fairytale Hairdresser and the Sugar Plum Fairy introduces characters from The Nutcracker, it’s a lovely story for the festive season. As with all the Fairytale Hairdresser stories we love spotting all the different fairytale and nursery rhyme characters in Lauren Beard’s illustrations.
Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas by Alison Uttley & Margaret Tempest
I loved the Little Grey Rabbit stories when I was younger and I still have my childhood copy of Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas, my edition is from 1978. The stories are now being republished for another generation of younger readers to enjoy and for the older generation to revisit!
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
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
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…
The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams & Sarah Massini
We all believe that our childhood toys are real and this is the question that The Velveteen Rabbit struggles with, how can he truly become real? Any child (or adult) with a special toy can relate to this magical story and this beautiful, newly illustrated hardback would make a wonderful Christmas gift. This edition has been illustrated by Sarah Massini…
Happy 10th Birthday Sticker Dolly Dressing
Happy 10th Birthday to the Sticker Dolly Dressing Books!
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…
