This is a story spanning a thousand years, over which time an acorn grows into a mighty oak. The tree witnesses a whole sweep of history, from the Viking invasion to a modern-day teddybears’ picnic, and on each page we see children playing different games around it, as well as the animals, birds and insects […]
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When the greedy emperor hears about Shen’s magic brush, all he can think about is gold. How can a little village girl stand up to him?
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This is a play for a whole top junior class, set in and around Manchester during World War 2. There are 4 songs, and notes on simple staging and costumes. The play would fit well into a project on WW2. Britain is at war, and the Chivers’ youngest children have to leave their parents to […]
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Tiddler is a little fish who tells the tallest tales in the ocean. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? And what about the scariest story of them all – the one about the fishermen and the net?
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It’s hard for Hypsilophodon (H to her friends) to find a safe place to lay her eggs with so many bigger fiercer dinosaurs around. When she falls into a mysterious pool and finds herself on a modern farm, things don’t get any easier. How do you keep thirteen growing baby dinosaurs safe and secret?
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Count with Ted from one to ten and back again as he goes on an amazing night-time adventure.
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Tabby McTat is a busker’s cat. He loves his life with Fred, singing along as people throw coins in their hat. Then one day Fred has an accident and the two are separated. How will they every find each other again? A touching story of friendship, loyalty, singing – and kittens!
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The singing mermaid is tempted away from her home shores to join the circus, but she soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape?
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A collection of action poems and songs, traditional and new, selected by Julia and ranging from rocking and jogging rhymes for babes in arms and on knees through to fingerplay and playground chants. The book includes some new poems by Julia herself and comes with a CD on which she and her husband Malcolm, plus […]
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But Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for, and comes to realise how much he misses the children he left behind. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant . . .
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