Story Time: Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell by Sue Hendra

I love this funny silly story about donuts, fitting in and dubious fashion sense! The illustrations are electricly colourful and almost seem to leap off the page they’re so vibrant, which is exactly what has prompted this story time craft: Advertisements

Story Time: Pirates!

For this story time I used the latest paperback addition to the Claire Freedman Pants series but to be honest, any piratical story will work for this story time craft. I just chose this one for my story time because 1) I like the cover, 2) the story really is excellent rhyming fun and 3) I love saying the word

BooKa Uhu and Story Time sessions

I love story time. I’ve got very fond memories of it in primary school (in fact I remember being in Year 2 and hearing the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson and I loved it so much my Mum bought the book so I could read ahead of the class) and I’ve loved

Books and Craftiness

Following on from playing by the book’s Edible Books contest, I’ve have been pootling round the Inter Webs and it’s astonishing what books can inspire people to do or in this case, create. For example, I just found a great Pinterest site showcasing all the different items of clothing people have made , and to top it off, it’s mostly based