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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.
Dec 9th: Giles Paley-Phillips chooses The Jolly Christmas Postman
Author: Allan Ahlberg / Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg The Story: The Jolly Christmas Postman is delivering lots of gifts to a whole range of well known fairytale characters.
Dec 8th: Claire Zinkin (aka MinervaMoan) chooses The Snowman
The Story: A young boy builds a snowman in the garden. In the middle of the night he wakes, and sees that the snowman has come alive.
Dec 7th: Emma Graham chooses Father Christmas
Author / Illustrator: Raymond Briggs The Story: Picture based book telling the story of Father Christmas’ Christmas Eve.
International Cat Day – favourite fictional cats
Happy International Cat Day! Do you have a favourite fictional cat? We looked through our bookshelves to find cats whose stories we enjoy reading and after some discussion we came up with a top five list. We’re also curious to know which fictional cats you would add.
Our top 3 Charlie & Lola stories chosen in celebration of the new Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child
We were so excited when we heard yesterday that Lauren Child has been named as the new Children’s Laureate. Lauren is the tenth Children’s Laureate and succeeds Chris Riddell. You can read more about the Children’s Laureate’s role on the Children’s Laureate website. We are huge fans of Lauren Child’s work and I loved her…
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake
I loved Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes as a child and couldn’t wait to share them with my daughter. Unfortunately we missed watching Revolting Rhymes when they were shown on TV in the UK at Christmas but we love reading the book which includes Quentin Blake’s inimitable illustrations.
Burglar Bill by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Happy 40th Birthday Burglar Bill! Burglar Bill was a favourite of mine when I first started teaching and my daughter loves the story too. I was amazed when I discovered that Burglar Bill is 40 years old this year! Originally published in 1977 it’s fabulous that this humorous story has been read and enjoyed by several generations of children.
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…
The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake
We read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me in one sitting, the pace, the humour and the originality of the story kept us turning the pages until the end. A cast of colourful characters, a burglar and an amazing sweetshop feature in this amusing adventure.
