Children's news

UPPSALA | Saturday 18th February at 11:00

Stories about puppies and pants. What’s not to like?

Story time at eleven o’clock, Saturday 18th February at The English Bookshop in Uppsala. No need to sign up, just show up and join the fun!

Hannah will read from Fred by Mick and Chloe Inkpen and More Pants by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt.

UPPSALA | Saturday 21st January at 11:00

Have you got a little sister?
Shirley has a sister called Doris.
Does your sister ever share your clothes?
Doris shares Shirley’s clothes.
Doris shares Shirley’s clothes while Shirley is actually wearing them.

More details at an over-sharing story-time at 11 o’clock on Saturday 21st January at The English Bookshop, Uppsala.

• We Love Bunk Beds! by Paula Metcalf

UPPSALA | Saturday 19th November at 11:00

Who is that elephant? Is she a lonely circus artist?
Or will he put you to bed tonight?
And how about trolls? Are they mostly misunderstood?

Answers to important questions at story-time at 11 o’clock on Saturday 19th November in the Uppsala shop.

• Elephant by Petr Horacek
• Bubble and Squeak by James Mayhew and Clara Vulliamy
• Troll by Julian Donaldson and David Roberts

No need to sign up, just show up at the shop and join the fun.

UPPSALA | Saturday 8th October at 11:00

Some things are just yucky, right? Your friend’s wobbly tooth hanging on by a string? Blergh!
Cleaning your room? Yergh!

Yucky story-time at 11 o’clock on Saturday 8th October at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Wibble Wobble My Loose Tooth by Miriam Moss and Joanna Mockler
• Max Cleans Up by Rosemary Wells

Have you ever... Wanted to be left alone?
Met anyone who's a pirate?
Wanted to find a fruit bat?

At Storytime we will discover some people who have!
This Saturday at 11 o'clock, at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

UPPSALA | Saturday 10th Sept at 11:00

Would you rather go to bed or have a mighty rumpus?
Would you rather be kissed by a monster or eaten by a friend?
Would you rather eat a frog or a cake?

These and other important questions to be explored at story time, at eleven o’clock, Saturday 10th September at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
• Max and Bird by Ed Vere
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Would you rather? by John Burningham

UPPSALA | Saturday 7th May at 11:00

Harry is lost in the fog.
Heather keeps falling in the water.

Soggy stories at the last time we meet before the summer.

Story time at eleven o’clock, Saturday 7th May at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Heather Fell in the Water by Doug MaCleod and Craig Smith
• Hog in the Fog by Julia Copus and Eunyoung Seo

UPPSALA | Saturday 23rd April at 11:00

Cats do lovely things.
And yucky things.
And some things that make us laugh.

Stories about marvellous moggies and their feline foibles and at eleven o’clock, Saturday 23rd April at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Cat Dreams by Ursula K Le Guin and S.D.Schindler
• Dave by Sue Hendra and Liz Pichon

A lamb who is nearly a Kangaroo.
A wolf who doesn’t fancy school.

Who do we think we are?
Why do we go to school?

Questions of identity and conformity at eleven o’clock, Saturday 9th April at the English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Whiffy Wilson. The wolf who wouldn’t go to school by Caryl Hard and Leonie Lord
• The Lamb-a-roo by Diana Kimpton and Rosalind Beardshaw

UPPSALA | Saturday 26th March at 11:00

We are going dotty about dots and crazy about cousins at storytime this week.
Come and see what all the fuss is about!

Eleven o’clock, Saturday 26th March at The English Bookshop in Uppsala.

• Lots of Dots by Craig Frazer
• Katie Morag and the Big Boy Cousins by Mairi Hedderwick