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The Lollies 2018 shortlist has been announced today!
Huge congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators on the Lollies 2018 shortlist! The shortlist has been published today and you can already start voting for your favourite funny books 🙂
SPYDER The world’s smallest secret agent! by Matt Carr
Spyder, the world’s smallest secret agent, is a fabulous, feisty heroine and we love this action packed adventure in which she is assigned to protect a birthday cake from a hungry fly…
Goodnight Sleepy Babies by Janet Bingham & Sebastien Braun
Today is World Sleep Day, ‘an annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep’ which makes it the perfect day to think about picture books that can be read as part of a bedtime routine. Goodnight Sleepy Babies with its soothing rhyming text and beautiful illustrations has the quality of a lullaby, it’s a…
Fictional characters who love books and reading!
We’ve chosen some of our favourite fictional characters who love books and reading to share with you on World Book Day. World Book Day is held in the UK on March 1st and many children will be celebrating reading and books by dressing up as their favourite book characters and holding book related events in…
Story Snug’s 2018 International Book Giving Day Giveaway!
We are so excited about our 2018 International Book Giving Day giveaway and would like to say a huge huge thank you to all the authors and illustrators who are helping us to celebrate by generously giving books.
Harper and the Fire Star by Cerrie Burnell & Laura Ellen Anderson
Harper and the Fire Star is a beautifully written story full of mystery, secrets and musical magic. We were quickly drawn into Harper’s adventure, captivated by the colourful characters in The Circus of Dreams and intrigued by the mysterious Fire Star. We couldn’t stop reading until we got to the end of the book!
Picture Book Gifts for Fathers Day
June 18th is Fathers Day in the UK and in previous years we have given Daddy a picture book as a gift. We’ve already written a blogpost about some of our favourite picture book fathers but there are so many more that we’ve written another which includes some more recently published picture book dads.
The 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards (Lollies) shortlist
Huge congratulations to all of the authors and illustrators on the Lollies shortlist! The shortlist for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Awards (Lollies) has been published and you can start voting for your favourite funny books now!!
Author Janet Bingham talks about Daddy’s Little Star illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
Last week Daddy’s Little Star, originally published as My Little Star, was reissued to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its publication. We’re delighted to welcome the author of Daddy’s Little Star, Janet Bingham, to Story Snug to tell us more about the inspirations behind the story and her work as a picture book author.
The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop and Ashley King
The Bookshop Girl is a fabulous mystery for all book lovers. Property Jones and her family win The Montgomery Book Emporium in a raffle and it sounds absolutely amazing, an out of this world bookshop experience that leads you to discover books on any topic.
