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The Snatchabook

by Helen Docherty

A bedtime mystery about sharing stories

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A bedtime mystery about sharing stories

In the woodland community of Burrow Down, bedtime stories vanish just as the animals settle in to hear them. Rabbit Eliza Brown sets out to discover who is taking the books and finds a small creature with a simple reason: no one has been reading to him. The story turns that mystery into a meeting point for books, kindness, and forgiveness, ending with the animals sharing the job of reading aloud. Written in rhyme, it brings together a bedtime ritual and a gentle tale about making room for someone who has been left out.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children who enjoy rhyming picture books and bedtime stories
  • Families looking for a read-aloud about books and sharing
  • Young readers interested in woodland animals and a gentle mystery

Themes

Love of readingSharing storiesKindness and inclusionForgiveness

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Book overview

Age Level: 3 to 6 Grade Level: P to 2

Where have all the bedtime stories gone? A delightful addition to the picture book canon about the love of reading.

It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready for their story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. A rabbit named Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief. It turns out to be a little creature, the Snatchabook, who has no one to read him a bedtime story. All turns out well when the books are returned and the animals take turns reading bedtime stories to the Snatchabook, embodying a wonderful message of forgiveness for kids.

A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming bedtime story about books and the joy of reading in the vein of bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books.

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