The Snatchabook is a picture book written by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty. Eliza Brown lives in Burrow Down, where animals enjoy their nightly bedtime stories. But! The stories are disappearing! Eliza stays up late to see what's going on, and meets the book thief- the little Snatchabook, who is only stealing them because he has no one to read him a bedtime story. Eliza helps him see the error of his ways, and the Snatchabook rights his wrongs (and even makes some friends).
This is a brilliantly written and illustrated bedtime story! I dare you to read this and not start reading it out loud (I read it with the cadence I do with "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"). I liked how Eliza helped the Snatchabook, and kind of took him under her wing. Something kids can definitely learn from.
The illustrations are adorable. I may get a little freaked out if I ever meet a Snatchabook the first time, but it's still cute. I loved the setting illustrations- the lines of the grass and burrow and trees; the midnight blues, moonlit hues, and yellow glow of reading lights. And the animals are just so cute!
This is definitely a book that should be part of your bedtime story repertoire.
The Snatchabook is published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Digital ARC provided by NetGalley.
Published: 10.01.2013
This sounds positively adorable!
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