If you know this blog well, you will know my penchant for picturebooks which promote books, shared reading and reading for pleasure; you might even be aware I am writing a MA dissertation about this right now, though I won’t bore you with those details. So, as you can imagine therefore, I loved The Snatchabook (see my review …
Helen Docherty
GUEST POST: Helen Docherty on the inpiration behind The Snatchabook
The Snatchabook is one of my favourite reads of 2013, a wonderful feel-good story about the power of books and stories (you can read my review here). It was created by husband and wife team Helen and Thomas Docherty, who had already collaborated on the wonderful Ruby Nettleship and the Ice Lolly Adventure (you can …
The Snatchabook
Helen Docherty (text) & Thomas Docherty (illustrations) (Alison Green Books) In every house, in every bed, A bedtime book was being read … But suddenly the story books begin to disappear. There might just be a book thief on the loose! Eliza Browne is keen to solve the mystery and hatches a plan to catch …