Puffin Books
Halloween Book Quiz
What will you be reading for Halloween? We have quite a collection of witches, pumpkins and monsters on our book shelf and thought it would be fun to create a quick Halloween book quiz. Most of these books were published several years ago. How many of the characters and their stories do you remember? How…
Picture book dragon quiz to celebrate Chinese New Year!
The Chinese New Year starts on February 10th. 2024 is the year of the dragon. So many picture books include dragons, all brought to life in unique ways by their illustrators. We’ve included some of our favourites in this post but do you know the titles of the picture books they appear in?
Books about Books, Stories and Reading
During World Book Day week many children will be celebrating books, stories and reading by dressing up as their favourite characters and holding book related events in school. Many authors and illustrators visit schools or do Skype visits – the week is a real celebration of books. You can find out more about World Book…
Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski
We’re sad to hear of the death of Jan Pienkowski – his colourful characters, Meg, Mog and Owl were some of the first picture book characters that I was introduced to. I remember reading them in my infant school classroom and we frequently borrowed the books from the library. Our copy of Meg and Mog…
Story Snug’s most viewed posts in 2021
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 –…
National Insect Week: Picture Books about Insects
June 21st to 27th is National Insect Week which encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects. We’ve learnt lots of fascinating facts about different kinds of insects through reading non fiction picture books but also by doing our own research after reading stories with insect main characters.
The Magic Crayon by Amy Sparkes & Ali Pye
When Chloe’s silver crayon starts sparkling she draws a picture and is unexpectedly thrown into a magical adventure in a fairytale wood. She must rescue her brother, Jack, but she also needs to keep her wits about her so that she can bring him home safely…
Uma And The Answer To Absolutely Everything by Sam Copeland & Sarah Horne
Uma And The Answer To Absolutely Everything is a quirky, moving and very original page turning adventure. Uma Gnudersonn has lots of unanswered questions and her school summer holiday is plunged into excitement as well as danger and intrigue when she finds a mysterious bluetooth earpiece called Athena who has the answers to everything!
