All the Troll wants is to catch a goat – but when a string of other creatures trip-trap over his bridge instead, he’s stuck with boring old fish for supper. Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew are in search of treasure but they keep sailing to the wrong island. Watch the fun unfold as […]
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A little ghost tries to give Lydia Lou a scare . . . but he can’t even wake her up. So he fetches his noisy animal friends to help. A playful story full of fun sounds for younger children to join in with.
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This book contains the words and music for 26 of Julia’s songs including chord symbols and simple piano accompaniment suitable for young players or teachers. There is also a QR code enabling you to hear the songs.
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Ruth Mary is used to collecting teeth from under the pillows of sleeping children, not animals. But when the Fairy Queen sends her off to the jungle, Ruth Mary doesn’t mind. And all is going well. That is, until she collects the tooth of a crocodile, who wakes up and decides Ruth Mary looks like […]
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This play is set in Roman Britain and is suitable for a whole top junior class to read or act. There are notes on simple staging and costumes. A boy digs up a bronze head from a Suffolk river. As he puzzles over it, the dramatic story of the Roman invasion of Britain unfolds in […]
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This collection of 58 poems suitable for children aged five to seven includes storytelling poems, riddles, number rhymes and scenes from everyday life. The book is illustrated with characterful line drawings by Nick Sharratt.
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When wish-granting genie appears from the spout of old McDonald’s teapot, he wishes for a wife . . . who wishes for a baby . . . who wishes for a dog . . . who wishes for a cat. The farmyard is soon very busy and VERY noisy! Will the genie ever get a […]
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But each time Princess Eliza changes – into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox or a black cat – the wicked finds her and sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him and escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake?
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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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Seventeen brightly illustrated rhymes with which children can join in, either with noises or actions.
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