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The Selfish Giant
When the big man had such a little heart his garden was Winter all year round. But one day, one boy changed all that.
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Llama, Llama, Dingo
When Hector the Peruvian llama ends up in a field of Welsh lamb, he thinks his dreams of being a singer are shattered but it's surprising what you can find even on a hilltop in Wales.
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Where’s Bob the Cat?
Nate and Claus the mouse loved their house with the lazy dog ironically named Sparky and their ever missing cat named Bob. But it turns out Bob had his eye on them the whole time.
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Duck Out of Water
Edwin lived in a cast iron bath in the city of Bath it just so happens. Good thing Edwin was a duck. Edwin had a charmed life of bobbing in bubbles until one day he didn’t.
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The Most Curious Moth
Oscar is more curious than the other moth boys, he wants to live like the butterflies do.
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Walk a Mile in their Shoes
Chloe had Mary Janes and Chukka Boots, some winkle-pickers and plimsolls too. But that wasn’t nearly enough, she also had; hunter green wellington boots, wooden clogs and elevator shoes, kitten heels, peeped toes, penny loafers and some names nobody knows. And let’s not forget her flip flops, duckbills, driving moccasins and espadrilles.
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Daniel and the Disappearing Spaniel
Some days are grey days not just on the outside but on the in, deep down to your very core. Well this was the case for Daniel but that was about to change.
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Shine on You Crazy Glow Worm
There was a glow worm who'd squirm like a worm, she’d wiggle and she’d turn but no matter what she did, no matter what you called her, she would never and could never be an actual worm.
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Frederick the Most Fickle of Pickles
Although he came out a fickle pickle, it wasn't until his babysitters spent some time with him. They identified is fickly pickles and conveniently from that point on were unavailable each time the family needed a sitter.
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Dave the Reluctant Cowboy’s Last Rodeo
On the first of December, The Reluctant Cowboy headed off into the sunset. We follow his trail after his early adventures and onto some more, always more for a man who came to known as The Legend.
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Toys in the Attic
When Charlotte and Oscar fell asleep in the attic, they were covered in cobwebs and dust, seemingly forgotten, forever.
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Pumpkin Patch Pixie
When the Pumpkin Patch Pixie goes missing, the prairie dogs go looking and find something they never expected.
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Cody the Wandering Coyote
Cody wandered to the big broad plains of Wyoming, homestead country, where every buffalo, bear or bison was claiming and carving out a home for himself. This was the Wild West, only not west so much, but definitely wild.
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Polar Bear on Thin Ice
Everyone was going absobloominglutely nuts at the Chicago Zoo when big polar bears made little ones, Nuki and Suki.
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Mr Grimstone’s Garden
No one wanted to go to Mr Grimstone's garden with its strange smells and odd goings on. A permanent waft of smoke chugged out of a rickety old shed like a massive beast was contained within but trying not to be. And then there were the bats, I can't forget the bats.
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Be More Dog
Many have heard of what experts call the Jurassic period but have you heard of what fewer experts, probably none at all, call the Dogonian period. In this Dogonian period, life was similar to how it is now, except dogs ruled the world and they didn’t have wi fi.
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Space Cat and the Falling Star
When stars fall , they fall fast so catching one takes special skills, diligent dedication and a very long pole with a huge hooky bit on one end.
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There’s a Mouse in the House of God
When Squidge decides to break away from the Mousetown Five and go solo, he finds being a one mouse band a lonely life, that was until the bells of St Bruno, Basil and Boris called out to him.
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The Sky is Falling
It is amazing where your imagination can take you. For Penny Hen it went from wondering to worrying in this almost familiar tale.
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The Last Gnome Standing
A little man can make a big impact and no one more so than Lampy. Nearly 200 years ago, when we used horses instead of cars and posted letters instead of memes, Lampy was minding his own business in the lush German countryside when a Lord came to town, not ‘the’ Lord but ‘a’ Lord, Sir Charles in fact.
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Ribbert Croakermyer
Ribbert heard her swishing gown announcing her arrival, Princess Willamoana wore a ball gown and tiara everywhere she went, to make sure everyone knew she was a princess. 'Well what do we have here? A suitable suitor perhaps?’ she said as she reached towards Ribbert. Ribbert wiggled and slipped from her grip. Hoping his hopping would get him to safety.
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The Wolf That Didn’t Cry Boy
The Wolf Cub Code says one thing but Niyah, a lone wolf, does another.
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The Prodigal Penguin
Pax and Percival were born into the good life, with a good father. And not your ordinary father but an Emperor. They had ice cream sundaes each Sunday and frozen yogurt on Fridays. All they could want was theirs but that wasn't enough for Pax.
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Bruce the Moose Got Loose…Again
A wild story of an unexpected but most appreciated visitor.
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Vacuum Bag City
The itsy bitsy spider was busy building her empire when, zhuuuush, she was sucked into a whole new world.
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The Creative Center Cats
Kitty and Smokey know how to keep customers coming back for more; the orange stripped Pete the postal cat once he’s done with his rounds, Betty that wild tabby who’ll never be caught, then there’s the brown and gold stripey one, the all white but one ear one, the cat with three legs, the cat with more than nine lives. They come for the music, they stay for the vibe.
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Piddle, Paddle and Tattle; Polliwog Adventures
The life of a polliwog might seem rather dull, just floating around until your legs pop out, bobbing along until your arms come through, but life is what you make it and these three little polliwogs had adventures galore.
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The Boy Who Got Stuck in the Jar
Freddy Fistolera with his early bird ticket and two weeks allowance, knew exactly where he was headed, the candy stall. They had buttertoes and sneakers, red veins and gob slobbers, every kind of candy you could dream of all on display in giant glass jars.
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Come Sail Away
Grandfather’s study was a place where one didn't touch a thing, not the globe dangling half cocked, not the stuffed Pigeon, the moose or the fox and most definitely not, decidedly not the smallest of ships adrift in a bottle to the left of the mantlepiece clock.
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Bumble Jumbo
Trevor and Stan were a couple of ordinary fleas just looking for a break from the monotony of life, so when Trevor’s uncle offered them two free tickets to paradise, they jumped on it. Well Trevor jumped and Stan kind of staggered, he has an unearthly fear of flying.
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The Toilet Paper Fairy
The Gunndersons seemed like a regular family. They fought over the best seat, cried over their split milk and laughed over any unexpected sounds or smells. It wasn’t until one day, on a Monday that Courtney, the youngest of the Gundunderson gang, realised her family was not what they seemed.
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Mariuccia and the Meatballs
On top of spaghetti all covered in cheese, there were three meatballs 'til somebody sneezed. Make meatballs with Nonna Mariuccia but watch out, they're slippery little suckers!
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Time Keeps on Slipping into the Future
But at a faster rate than it should. Can one man convince the world and can he do it in time?
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The Plight of the Hairless Chihuahua
Edwin was a happy pup, the perfect Chihuahua, if your idea of perfect didn't include hair. An ugly duckling who finally found where he belonged.
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Uber Doober Doo
It's Sam's dream to become a vet but he doesn't have the time to make his dream come true. Maybe with a little help from his friends?
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Darcy the Dragonslayer
There was something extraordinary about Darcy, something even Darcy didn't know.
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Mina and the Moonlighters
From the land of figs and roses, comes an unsuspecting band of creatures.
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Cowboy Chicken Ranch
As you’d suspect this ranch has cows, it also has chickens but what it doesn’t have, it hasn’t had for a mighty long time.
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Buttercups and Daisy Chains
One time when the gardener was feeling heady from midday sun, he cut the hedges into a waddle of Penguins looking for an iceberg to float away on, this was quickly cut down once Aunt Blanche caught site of them.
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How to Succeed in 6th Grade without Really Trying
Tiggy was so busy trying to find her 'thing'. She was in The Trampolene Troup, The Myth Buster Group, Mimes and Mimics, Clones and Physics, Eco Warriors, Territorials, The Spelling Bee, Tales (and you guessed it) Tea, just about every game, craft or club you could think of.
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A Rainbow Production
Just as the curtain goes up, they realise Orange is missing. Will they find her in time? Will the show go on without her? Find the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode with Nanny Bea.
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The Diary of a Dormouse Detective
In Moussissippi the Rat Pack rule, that is until the Mousecapades comes to town.
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter's classic tale with a tail. Peter Rabbit’s cousin comes to town and mischief follows.
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The Mole Who Was Afraid of the Light
Marty was a typical mole who discovered that in order to find his future, he must face his fears.
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The Easter Basket
The Easter story from Myriam's point of view. She was tormented by seven rats until the Nazarene came to town. He not only freed her from the rats, he carried her load and she followed him faithfully to the very end and back.
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Dave, the Reluctant Cowboy
Young Dave was full of spit and vinegar until he met the perfect antidote, Jet and Blizt, a couple of even ornerier horses.
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Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
George with a G has a head full of thoughts, he thinks about how the moon hangs on in the sky, how ketchup hangs on in the bottle but mostly he thinks about...well probably better you hear for yourself.
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The Shrinking Giant
In the hidden land of Antarcticadia lived a very disagreeable giant until one day she met with a fully automatic, never problematic, entirely mechanic laundry facility that didn’t live up to its name.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The great doctor of Puddleby-on-the Marsh preferred the company of the worst animals more than the best people so he learned how to speak their language. In this classic tale we follow his adventures around the world all because he can talk to the animals.
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Message in a Teeny, Tiny Bottle
Long ago when the birds were the only ones tweeting and clocks were the only ones tic tocking, there lived a little red robin. All was going to plan until a cuckoo, cuckoo with a higgledy piggledy brain came to visit.
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The Incredible Captain Tom
Some times it takes 100 years to notice an extraordinary person. Some time it takes just 1 step to make extraordinary change. Go to https://captaintom.org/ to find out more about the incredible Captain Tom.
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Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk
There are many Jacks in the world of well known tales, the nimble one, the friend of Jill, Jack who ate no fat, Jack Horner who merely sat in that corner. But our Jack is a different Jack, not to be confused with the kind and grateful boy who went up the beanstalk either. Our Jack is neither kind nor grateful in fact he’s all together disagreeable.
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The Interstellar Optic Smeller Radiographic Alien Teller
Marly lived on a farm, with some pigs, a couple cows and lots of chickens, there’s always room for chickens. What there wasn’t room for was the space ship she was trying to hide behind the barn when the corn was high, in the silo when the wheat was low and under the bales of hay when the cows weren’t hungry.
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There’s Snow School Today
When a snowball the size of the moon falls from the sky, school goes virtual and Seb is bored until a visitor arrives and changes everything.
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The Truth Fairy
Career crisis for a prospective Tooth Fairy. Will Penelope find her destiny in the mouths of babes?
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Peter and his Pickled Peppers
Why did Peter, a piper by trade, go out and pick those pickled peppers? That’s where the story begins.
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
The well loved poem with some special visitors to wish you all a Happy, Merry, Jolly Christmas wherever you are and however you spend it.
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The Nativity Story
The story of the baby born to save the world. Please feel free to use this in your own Nativity.
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The Nutcracker on Christmas Eve
ust before midnight on Christmas Eve the toys come alive, lead by the fearless Nutcracker against the Mouse King and his army. Coming next week...The Nativity Story!
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The Velveteen Rabbit
The classic tale of a little Rabbit stuffed with saw dust wants nothing more than to become Real.
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Tilly the Travelling Turkey
Just as the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is setting up, Tilly the Turkey makes her escape all the way to Plymouth for a feast that would make the Pilgrim Fathers proud.
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Lighthouses, Levers and Lasers
A mysterious visitor comes to class which turns into a circus and a city and a salty seaside, all in search of an answer. Where did the mobile phone come from?
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Planet Zid v Planet Zod
A young boy named Dibit from planet Zid faces off the giant Grug from Planet Zod with nothing but a sling shot. A familiar story but with flying aliens, feathered sheep and an extra pair of arms.
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The Wind in the Willows – The Riverbank 1
Mole ventures up from underground to find life at its fullest particularly when he meets his new friends Ratty and the river. The first story from the classic tale.
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Dr Frankenbeans and His Mashup
Dr Frankenbeans is busy in his laboratory working on what some call an abomination, but he considers a masterpiece that will change the world forever! (well, change mealtimes...occasionally)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Part 2
We continue along the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends when they finally meet the Great and Powerful Oz, but is he a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was? (Part 2 of 2)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Part 1
There's no place like home and the Land of Oz proves that. This story is so big it requires two episodes. The concluding episode will be available next week.
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The Knitted Boy
This boy’s story starts with the king, as do the stories of all the other boys and girls, birds and bees, buds and trees. You see this king created the kingdom, with his own hands. He is not one of those a jack of all trades, no, he’s a master of everyone.
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Gordon Fox and the Three Hares
One windy winter’s day Gordon Fox stopped at the motorway services for some Doritos and a Diet Coke when off in the distance he saw not one, not two but three hares in matching leather coats.
