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International Dance Day
Happy International Dance Day 2024!
If you go down to the woods today…
If you go down to the woods today it’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day!
My Momma Zo by Kelly Allen, Zoey Allen & Tara O’Brien
My Momma Zo introduces us to a family with two mums, one of whom is trans. It’s the empowering story of a family that supports each other as they come to terms with Parent Zo’s transition. The story is told by Momma Zo’s daughter, Molly, who talks candidly about her parents and their family situation.
Autumn Moonbeam Dance Magic by Emma Finlayson Palmer & Heidi Cannon
Autumn Moonbeam Dance Magic is the first story in a magical new chapter book series. Dancing dreams are intertwined with friendships, rivalry and feelings of self doubt. The story sparkles with truly original characters, spell binding dance moves and has a likeable heroine whose road to achieving her goal is peppered with magic and mishaps.
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…
Clementine Florentine by Tasha Harrison & Mya Mitchell
Clementine Florentine is the amusing and poignant story of ten year old Clementine’s attempts to sabotage Dad’s relationship with his new friend Mel before they fall in love. Humorous but also heartwrenching the story sympathetically portrays a child’s attempt to deal with a threatened change to her family situation and the repercussions that her actions…
Celebrating Story Snug’s 9th Birthday
I can’t believe that we’re celebrating Story Snug’s 9th Birthday! I haven’t blogged as much as I did before the pandemic but Story Snug is still a big part of my life. Over the last year we’ve read lots of wonderful books, old and new, including a wide range of picture books, fiction and non…
The BEAR and her BOOK by Frances Tosdevin & Sophia O’Connor
The Bear and her Book celebrates the brilliance of books – it’s the perfect picture book for bear lovers and book lovers! The Bear takes her ‘Bear’s Big Book of Being Wise’ on a long journey and as well as helping her to solve problems it helps her to make new friends along the way.
Blog Tour: Finney’s Story by Alana Washington & Charlotte Caswell
Finney’s Story was written for a competition to write a story about Finney the Fox, UCLan Publishing’s mascot. We’re excited to be part of the Finney’s Story blog tour which takes place every day this week. Finney’s Story is written by Alana Washington and illustrated by Charlotte Caswell who has joined us today to tell us more about…
