Before I start a new year of blogging I’m taking my annual look back at Story Snug’s most viewed posts in 2021. It was a quieter year on the blog as homeschooling and lockdown made other demands on my time but we read lots of fabulous books and Story Snug still had several visitors – thank you to all those of you who invited us to be part of your blog tours and answered our interview questions.…
Autumn is my favourite season – running through leaves in the woods, throwing leaves up in the air and collecting all sorts of autumn goodies – bark, acorns, leaves, conkers. When I was teaching in Early Years I would go out every weekend and come back with bags of treasure for classroom crafts – leaf rubbing, collages, sorting.…
Freddie’s Amazing Bakery: The Great Raspberry Mix Up tells the story of Belville‘s first baking competition. Residents of the town are competing against each other to win £500 but the competition doesn’t run smoothly for baker Freddie who is competing against Bernard Macaroon.…
Teaching colours and colour mixing is one of my favourite learning activities, there are so many different ways you can learn about colours and colour mixing. When our daughter was younger a variety of wonderful picture books inspired our colour learning activities which included crafts, science and baking.…
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 Christmas book character was a tricky one – It was Mouse from The Mouse That Cancelled Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy which was recommended on our 2017 Story Snug Advent Calendar by Jo who blogs at Library Girl and Book Boy.…
THE TREE THAT’S MEANT TO BE is a heartwarming festive story full of love and caring. It portrays a wonderful celebration of Christmas in the natural world but more importantly it shows the joy and happiness that friendship brings to a character that feels different to all the others.…
Halloween is nearly here and maybe you are looking to read a story about a witch to get you in the mood. We have several fictional witches lurking in chapter books on our bookcase but would love to add some more!…
The Last Spell Breather is a magical, action packed adventure which had us turning the pages until the end of the book. Mam is a spell breather, her spells keep the village of Penderin safe, and Rayne is her apprentice. But Mam has kept secrets from Rayne, secrets that Rayne uncovers when she is forced to make a dangerous journey out of the village to The Great Library.…
What will you be reading this Easter? Do you buy Easter books in the same way that you buy Christmas stories? We always give books at Easter – they last a lot longer than chocolate!
We’ve chosen our favourite books to read in the Easter Holidays, some of them aren’t specifically Easter books but it’s the perfect time of year to read them.…