Dec 23rd: Cath Jones chooses The Christmas Eve Tree
Author: Delia Huddy / Illustrator: Emily Sutton
The Story: A little fir tree, the runt of the tree plantation, is taken to the city to be sold as a Christmas tree.…
Polly Faber & Clara Vulliamy chat about Mango, Bambang, writing & illustrating.
Today we’re delighted to welcome Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy, the successful author / illustrator team behind Mango & Bambang, to Story Snug. We’ve really enjoyed reading the Mango & Bambang stories which have now been published in several languages including French, Italian and Japanese as well as an American version.…
Dogs don’t do Ballet by Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie
Biff is a small, plump pug with big dreams, he wants to be a ballerina but is met with the constant refrain ‘Dogs Don’t Do Ballet’.…
Elmer’s Photo Patchwork App
Age Range: 3+
Elmer’s Photo Patchwork App is linked to one of our favourite book characters. It’s an easy to use, fun app which encourages the user to observe and take pictures of their surroundings and stimulates discussions about colours, patterns and textures in the world around them.…
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Age Range: 3 to 8
With Book Giving Day taking place in just over a week we’ve been reading some of our favourite books about books. Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book is ten years old this year and the anniversary edition includes some of Axel Scheffler’s original artwork and an updated cover.…
The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water by Gemma Merino
Age Range: 2 to 5
The title of this story intrigued us, don’t all crocodiles like water?! We just had to read the story to find out why he didn’t like water. We love the surprise when we find out and now that we’re more familiar with the story we’ve found picture clues that indicate that the crocodile is different from his brothers and sisters.…
The unbelievable top secret diary of Pig by Emer Stamp
Age Range: 5+
The unbelievable top secret diary of Pig has a cast of crazy farmyard characters including Pig, Duck, a herd of sheep and Evil Chickens. It is a hilarious adventure which I read in one sitting. When I read it to my daughter she asked me to keep reading, she wanted to find out what was going to happen to Pig.…