Snuggle up together with a child when reading a book is often very stimulating and rewarding for both parts. I love to watch my children’s excitement and anticipation when we are reading together. Every time is a unique experience and my children never stop surprising me, especially when we interact with books and apps. Since I can remember I have always had a great interest in picture books. I used to go into bookshops and look through with excitement the newly published picture books. Today I don’t only buy and read picture books for myself but also for my children.
Every night books are read, some for my younger children and other for my older children. They choose, I have only one requirement, one needs to be read in English and the other in Swedish since we are a bilingual family. Children love repetition, but sometimes you just need to buy new books. I have come across many parents who find it frustrating when buying picture books. Many parents would like to find picture books with a theme, such as birthday, going to bed, friendship etc.
My intention with this website is to help parents and other interested to choose books more easily. I have previously worked as a librarian. I have a MA in Librarian Information Studies, Högskolan i Borås, Sweden and a Diploma in Management of Library and Information Services, Aberystwyth University, Wales. I have also studied children’s literature for professor John Stephens at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and studied other children’s literature courses at Lund University and University of Borås, Sweden. I hope that you will find snuggleupto.me interesting and useful.
Linda