The days are getting long and light. School will be over soon. Stories about gardens, the seaside, camping and warm evenings outdoors should get us ready for the holidays, even if it’s raining outside.

Story-time at 1 o’clock, 20th May, at the English Bookshop.

• King Jack and the Dragon. Peter Bently
• The Big Alfie Out Of Doors Storybook. Shirley Hughes
• Last Day, Hooray!. Nancy Poydar 
• Three Ladies Beside the Sea. Rhoda Levine Jack's Garden. Henry Cole

Exciting! We are one of only six bookshops to be nominated for Best bookshop on the net! by Svensk bokhandel.

The criterias they suggest you consider for the bookshop website are:

• Which one is best at communicating with the world?
• Which of the sites give you the best sense of what kind of bookstore they are?
• In short, which one makes you the most curious?

We can win this but only if you vote for us! Spread the word. You can vote for 10 days only.

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Thanks!

Storytelling with Philip at Lilla Nygatan 11, 5th May, 11 am. Welcome all children 3-6 years old!

Have you ever been cross with your teddy?

Katie Morag was so cross that she threw hers into the choppy sea! Then she wished that she hadn’t. What can you do with a wild brother? Would you rescue your sister from goblins? These and more moral dilemmas for children and their grown-ups.

Story-time at 1 o’clock, 22nd April, at the English Bookshop.

• Katie Morag’s Island Stories by Mari Hedderwick
• The Wildest Brother by Cornelia Funke
• The Wild Washerwomen by John Yeoman and Quentin Blake
• Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak