We’re huge fans of Maverick’s Early Readers which have been designed to help support young children on their early reading journeys and these Maverick Non Fiction Early Readers are perfect for children who may prefer reading non fiction to fiction. We join our alien tour guides, Finn and Zeek, as they take us through the books which are full of easy to read, bite sized facts and amazing colour photos.…
The little boy on yesterday’s Story Snug Advent Calendar has just been on a magical Christmas Eve ride on The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express was chosen by ReadItDaddy and Charlotte for our 2015 #StorySnugAdvent Calendar.…
Lottie and Jack are the two little mice who have cat trouble in Jingle Bells by Nick Butterworth. We are very lucky to have a signed copy of the story which Jane Hissey also chose as a favourite Christmas book for our 2015 #StorySnugAdvent Calendar.…
Yesterday’s Father Christmas relaxing with a glass of wine is Raymond Brigg’s Father Christmas. Emma Graham, Maudie Smith and Mat Tobin all chose this as their favourite Christmas picture book on previous Story Snug Advent Calendars.
The Story: We follow a grumpy Father Christmas as he goes about his work on Christmas Eve.…
Yesterday’s Father Christmas is on the cover of My Naughty Little Sister and Father Christmas by Dorothy Edwards and Shirley Hughes.
The Story: My Naughty Little Sister loves everything about Christmas but she doesn’t like Father Christmas. At school my naughty little sister admires all the decorations that the children have made and falls in love with a blue doll on the Christmas tree.…
Yesterday’s house belonged to Scrooge from Search and Find A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Louise Pigott.
The Story: On Christmas Eve Scrooge refuses an invitation to spend Christmas with his nephew Fred and his employee Bob Cratchit goes home to his family.…
Yesterday Winnie the Witch posted a letter to Santa in Winnie and Wilbur meet Santa by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.
The Story: Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur are busy with all their Christmas preparations and once they have baked and decorated they write and post their letters to Santa.…
Yesterday’s image showed Mia riding a reindeer in Last Stop on the Reindeer Express by Maudie Powell-Tuck and Karl James Mountford.
The Story: Mia has made Daddy a card but he’s away and Mum says that he won’t get it in time for Christmas.…
Yesterday’s image came from a book recommended by Book Monster Ally on our 2017 Story Snug Advent Calendar – The Christmas Truce by Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey.
The Story: This is a historical non-fiction story taking us back to the trenches in World War One. We…
Yesterday’s stamp came from a very important letter that a brave little mouse called Winston needed to deliver to Father Christmas. Winston is the main character in How Winston Delivered Christmas – An Advent Story in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters by Alex T Smith.…