Sock Story by C K Smouha and Eleonora Marton, is a delightfully funny and light-hearted tale of a pair of socks and what happens during their weekly visit to the washing machine! Published by Cicada Books to critical acclaim in hardback last September, Sock Story is available in paperback this month.

Sock Story by C K Smouha and Eleonora Marton

It’s Phil and Dale’s favourite time of the week – the wash! But when the two socks get separated, Dale must face the prospect of life on his own…

You’ll never look at your odd socks in the same way after reading this story!  I have a bag of odd socks just in case the missing one turns up (which does occasionally happen believe it or not) and I’m definitely not going to get rid of them now….Sock Story brings laundry to life in a lively, humourous tale which is sure to delight young readers (and parents and carers too).

Phil and Dale are a pair of socks and whilst enjoying their usual wash-time acrobatics -attracting eye rolls from the other clothes in the wash with them – Phil gets stuck at the bottom of the machine and Dale is all alone.  Not even a friendly shirt can help him feel better and you can’t help but smile as Dale considers all he is good for now as an odd sock – being a sock puppet or a golf club cosy!

Colourful, lively crayon illustrations capture the fun throughout, as Dale finally finds Phil – who no longer looks like he did before (as grown-ups will know, clothes can turn a different colour if left in the machine on the wrong wash..!). But Dale must remember all the wonderful things that really make them a pair as he and Phil enjoy the wash together again!  Sock Story is a really great way to spark a conversation on things we have in common, outside of the way we look and will provide lots of laughter at story time.

C K Smouha is the author of Iced Out – review here.

With thanks to Cicada Books for sending me this book to review.