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Most popular blogposts on Story Snug in 2018
I can’t believe that this year is nearly over and before I start a new year of blogging I decided to take a quick look back at the most popular blogposts on Story Snug in 2018. It was a busy year and Story Snug had several visitors – thank you to all those of you…
Picture Books About Birds
We’ve been listening to a very noisy dawn chorus every morning which has prompted us to reread some of our favourite picture books about birds. We’ve already blogged about the picture book penguins on our bookcase but we also have lots of favourite picture books about other birds! Is your favourite bird picture book on…
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Story Snug’s 10 most viewed posts in 2017
Before I start a new year of blogging I thought I’d take a quick look back at Story Snug’s 10 most viewed posts in 2017.
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The discovery of a Monkey Puzzle sticker book in a bookshop led us to pull an old favourite off the bookshelf and read it again. We love this cleverly written story which intertwines humour and learning in a fun way. It was definitely one of the most well read stories when my daughter was younger and there’s…
Story Snug’s 2016 top ten most viewed posts!
Happy New Year to you all! Before we start a new year of blogging curiosity led us to take a quick look back at the 2016 top ten most viewed blogposts. Only one is a blogpost that was written this year and several are our learning activities posts where we have linked arts, crafts, science and other activities to…
Story Snug Advent: W is for When It Snows
W is for When It Snows by Richard Collingridge
Book inspired baking for #NationalBakingWeek
Happy National Baking Week! Founded in 2007 the aim of National Baking week is to get people baking. We love to bake and often get our inspiration from stories. Several books have inspired us to get creative in the kitchen, we’d love to hear about any book inspired baking that you may have done. Elmer by David McKee This was…
Picture Books for National Zoo Lovers Day
April 8th is National Zoo Lovers Day! Many picture books provide children with their first introduction to zoo animals, in stories animals often take on human qualities and can do almost anything. Picture books, fiction and non fiction, can help to initiate discussions about animals who live in a zoo or safari park, endangered species and conservation. Whilst many of us…
Which stories will you be telling on National Tell a Fairytale Day?
Which fairytale will you be reading on National Tell a Fairytale Day? Fairytales and folk tales are an integral part of a country’s traditions and provide a basis for many other stories that we know and love today. We have introduced our daughter to fairytales using books, magazines and other activities but there are still many…
The 2015 top ten blogposts on Story Snug
Happy New Year to you all! Before we start a new year of book recommendations we’re looking back at the ten most viewed blogposts of 2015. They aren’t all blogposts that were written last year and they include several of our learning activities posts where we have linked different arts, crafts, science and other learning activities to some of…
