Blog
News and updates from Story Seeds.
12 April 2026
Daily Adventure explained (seven months in)
Seven months on from launch, a proper explanation of what Daily Adventure is, what it does, and how it fits into what Story Seeds is trying to do.
10 April 2026
Two years, 2,109 books, 20 schools
Story Seeds turned two in January. We thought we'd mark it by writing down where we are. 2,109 children's books. 20 Somerset primary schools. £2,000 in games. £480 in creative writing prizes.
3 April 2026
Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter
Otto Blotter arrived in our donation pile because we ordered it. One of us had seen Graham Carter’s screen-print work elsewhere and wanted to know what his picture book would look like.
15 March 2026
Why Story Seeds exists
Story Seeds started during Covid, but not with our name. Chris joined a book subscription startup called Let's Go Read, and when it wound up, the leftover stock became the first Story Seeds donations.
28 February 2026
Somebody Swallowed Stanley
We send Somebody Swallowed Stanley with pleasure. It does what most environmental picture books fumble, which is stay warm while making its point.
20 February 2026
Why we only work in Somerset
People ask us this fairly often. Why only Somerset? Why not Devon, Dorset, the whole South West? The honest answer is that we'd rather be useful than spread thin.
5 February 2026
The Lion Inside
The Lion Inside is a picture book we keep buying copies of. We like sending it, and we like reading it.
25 January 2026
How we choose what to send
Schools sometimes ask us for our book list. We don't have one. What we send depends on what's come in, what's in budget, and what the school has told us about the children in their classes.
12 January 2026
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a series we have grown fond of. The Cat Burglar is one of the later books in it.
2 January 2026
The AI question we keep answering
Over on the Daily Adventure blog, Chris has written about the environmental cost of the AI that powers the morning stories. Here is the Story Seeds side of the same question.
22 December 2025
Dave Pigeon
Dave Pigeon is one of those books we recommend at every opportunity. Specifically when somebody asks about a book for a child who has just finished picture books and is terrified of chapter books.
12 December 2025
The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin
We are genuinely fond of The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin. Nicola O’Byrne does something with bedtime here that very few other writers attempt.