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Story Snug Advent: P is for The Princess and the Christmas Rescue
P is for The Princess and the Christmas Rescue by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton
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…
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…
The Princess and the Giant by Caryl Hart & Sarah Warburton
The Princess and the Giant is one of our favourite picture books from those that were published last year. Not only does the story have a very independent minded, helpful and determined heroine but it also advocates the enjoyment that stories can bring and the joy of learning to read.
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…
Dec 24th: Emma Perry chooses Refuge
The Story: Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher – a retelling of the Christmas story, with an important new angle.
Dec 22nd: Anne Booth chooses King John’s Christmas from Now We Are Six
I would like to propose one poem from the book by A.A. Milne ‘Now we are Six’. ‘King John’s Christmas’.
Book Tree Advent Calendar
A few months ago our daughter discovered that our two little men, Christmas and Snowy, had help with the book Advent Calendars that Story Snug has done for the previous two years so now it’s time for something different – a book tree Advent Calendar.
Fictional Best Friends
What would we do without a best friend? June 8th is National Best Friends Day in the USA and we had great fun looking through our book collection to find some of our favourite fictional best friends.
Book inspired Valentines Day crafts
With Valentines Day coming up we decided to get crafty and some of our favourite books provided us with inspiration. We didn’t need to buy anything new for these crafts, we already had everything we needed at home – biscuit cutters make great heart templates!
