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Story Snug Advent: W is for When It Snows
W is for When It Snows by Richard Collingridge
Story Snug Advent: L is for Lucy & Tom At Christmas
L is for Lucy & Tom At Christmas by Shirley Hughes
Story Snug Advent: C is for A Christmas Story
C is for A Christmas Story by Brian Wildsmith
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…
Stories to prepare children for their first day of school
The first day of school can often be a stressful experience for both a parent and a child. We would definitely recommend reading picture books about starting school to introduce children to this new experience, it’s a huge milestone in their life! If you start reading now you will have plenty of time to talk to your child about their first…
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’.
Dec 18th: Colin West chooses Once in Royal David’s City
I’m choosing a real oldie as my favourite, Once in Royal David’s City, published in 1956, it’s almost as old as me!
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.
Storybook Witches
Halloween is just over a week away and many of you will be reading Halloween themed stories. We have thought of as many fictional witches as we can but we’re sure that we have missed lots! Do you have a favourite fictional witch to add to our list? Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul – Winnie is…
Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
Rambling Isles, shipwrecks, sarcastic seaweed, posh hairdos and nasty villains all add to the adventure in Oliver and the Seawigs. It’s a very amusing, action packed, first chapter book that would be perfect to pack for a seaside holiday.
