Children's books

We’re thinking about the summer coming.
We’re hoping for tigers creeping and flowers growing in our summer garden.

The last story-time before the summer break is at eleven o’clock, Saturday 9th May at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Tiger Tom by Mary Green, illustrated by Stephen Gulbis
• Doing the Garden by Sarah Garland

How many words can you rhyme with ‘spoke’?

Quentin Blake finds 11 in his book about Daisy Artichoke.
How many places can you read a book?
How about in a coconut tree or on a potty?

Stories and jokes at eleven o’clock, Saturday 25th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

Zac built a beautiful house.
A fly arrived and the trouble started.

Meanwhile Mr Magnolia has only one boot and no trouble at all.

Stories of joy and near-miss disaster at eleven o’clock, Saturday 11th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• The house that Zac built by Alison Murray
• Mr Magnolia has only one boot by Quentin Blake

A Viking who is scared of going to sea.
A teddy bear who is depressed.
A moon that is scratching the sky.

Puzzles and paradoxes for your entertainment and delight at 11 o’clock on Saturday 28th March at the English Bookshop, Uppsala.

• Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon by Chris McKimmie
• Cheer up your teddy bear, Emily Brown! By Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton
• How to be a Viking by Cressida Cowell

Dogs are the stars of this week’s stories:

• a yappy sausage dog that sounds scary but isn’t;
• a sombre dog that cares for a whole family;
• a dog that surfs.

Come and howl with delight at the dogs’ antics!

Eleven o’clock, Saturday 14th March at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Seb and Hamish by Jude and Niki Daly
• Courtney by John Burningham
• Mrs. Armitage and the Big Wave by Quentin Blake

Have you heard about Mary who had a lamb? It was quite little. And its fleece was white. As snow. It followed Mary about. Plenty.

And what about Bear? All he wanted was bedtime. A peaceful one. But then Mouse arrived.

All this and more at eleven o’clock, Saturday 28th February at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Mary had a Little Lamb. Kate Willis Crowley.
• A Bedtime for Bear. Bonny Becker and Kady MacDonald Denton.

Everybody loves something.

Some love fluffy cats.
Some love to beat a drum.
Some love throwing their lunch on the floor.
But we mostly love stories.

Come and celebrate Valentine’s Day with some lovely stories!
Storytime at the Uppsala English Bookshop, 14th February, 11 o’clock

I love cats by Emma Dodd

Boom, Baby, Boom Boom! By Margaret Mahy and Margaret Chamberlain