Father Christmas’s special thick red coat was now a peculiar pink colour, and only half its original size. It was much too cold for him to be out on his sleigh on Christmas Eve without his thick coat, but children everywhere were waiting excitedly for him to deliver their Christmas presents…

A Christmas Coat-Astrophe

It would soon be Christmas, so Mother Christmas was busy getting ready for that most wonderful time of year.

“I must make sure Father Christmas’s special red coat is spotlessly clean,” she murmured to herself.  So she quickly put it into the washing machine.  Then off she went to put up even more Christmas decorations.

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Digger is in the doghouse. He has eaten the sausages, chewed dad’s slippers and tiddled on the kitchen floor. Digger decides that being a dog isn’t much fun anymore – but what should he be instead?

A Dog Called Cat

Digger the dog sat in the garden. His ears drooped, his tail drooped, even his whiskers drooped.

“Outside!” Mum had shouted. “You are a very naughty dog!”

Digger hadn’t meant to eat the sausages that had been left out for tea. He hadn’t meant to chew Dad’s favourite slippers. And he really hadn’t meant to tiddle on Mum’s clean kitchen floor.

“I don’t want to be a dog anymore,” he said. He padded off, thinking about what he could be instead.

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Susie loves her cat, Rusty.  Sadly, cats aren’t allowed in the flat they are moving to. If Rusty goes to live miles away with Auntie Laura, Susie will hardly ever see her. One day, on her way to school, Susie reads a notice on a tree-trunk, but how can this help her?

A New Home and a New Friend

Susie could hear her mummy and daddy talking about the new flat.

“Susie will love having a bigger bedroom,” Daddy said.

“She’ll be nearer her school, too,” Mummy said.

All Susie could think about, was the fact that they couldn’t take Rusty, her cat, with them.

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Sue and Sam were twin cats, who lived with Mrs Bumble. They were usually well behaved, but one day they decided to go on an adventure through a hole in the fence to explore the next door neighbour’s garden.

A Tale of Two Tails

Sue and Sam, the twin cats, lived with their owner Mrs Bumble, in a lovely country cottage. They had very thick white fur, with a few black blobs dotted over their backs. The only way anyone could tell them apart was by their tails.

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Annie was thrilled with her new angel, but the little doll wasn’t happy at all.

Annie’s Angel

Annie’s tummy bubbled and fizzed with Christmas fever as she stood behind the thick living room curtains, watching her father struggle through the snow with an enormous tree under one arm and a long red box under the other.

‘Oooh, I can’t wait,’ she whispered, and her breath made little patches of mist on the glass as she hopped from one foot to the other. Each day was more thrilling than the last as Christmas approached. There were cakes to ice, puddings to stir and presents to wrap, and Annie had a special job that nobody else could do.

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The little baby duckling was tired of swimming up and down the stream each day, and felt like doing something different, such as going on an adventure. He saw a rowing boat, and decided he would like to go on the little boat to see all the sights, but getting into the boat was harder than he thought.

Baby Duckling’s Bad Day

Baby Duckling sat on the bank by the river, tears running down to his little yellow beak, his soft white feathers shaking in the breeze.

Mother Duck came waddling out of the river, shaking her feathers, as she plodded over to her baby duckling, who was looking so unhappy.

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Ben loved his job picking up the passengers each day. But one day, he went right to his journey end, and not one passenger got into the carriages behind him. When he found out why, he couldn’t believe what a silly engine he had been.

Ben the Blue Engine

Ben the blue engine wearily hooked on the blue carriages that followed behind him. With a chuff, chuff, puff, puff, the engine puffed away, ready for his days’ work.

“I seem to be so tired today, I can’t think why.” It was not like Ben to start his day this way.

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Bobby was so happy when he was given a Big Round Bouncy Ball, which his auntie brought him back from her seaside holiday. It was such a bouncy ball that it kept bouncing nearly as high as the sky, when it bounced so high it stuck in the big oak tree, he thought he would never be able to play with his ball  again.

Bobby’s Big Red Bouncy Ball

Little Bobby’s face beamed, as his Auntie Kate handed him a big red bouncy ball.

His Auntie Kate, had been to the seaside for a holiday, and brought the big red bouncy ball home for Bobby.

“Thank you, thank you,” Bobby said, as he put his arms up to hug his auntie.

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All the animals that lived in the wood, were getting tired of hearing Bonnie the rabbit constantly laughing. Every time she saw one of them she would laugh, and  laugh and laugh.

Not one of the animals could get to the bottom of it. Even Bonnie’s rabbit family could not understand why she was constantly laughting. So all the animals decided to gather round for a meeting. Perhaps one of them might come up with a reason for Bonnie’s behaviour.

Bonnie the Laughing Rabbit

Bonnie the rabbit had lots of brothers and sisters, as well as all the other animals in the wood, who were her friends.

She was a very happy rabbit, and would laugh all the time even if there wasn’t anything particular to laugh at. Although all the other rabbits and animals in the wood were happy, they found Bonnie’s laughing rather a nuisance at times.

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Bruno the toy bear was bored just staying in the nursery all the time and wanted to go on an adventure. At first none of the toys in the nursery wanted to go with him, but in the end Peter Rabbit said he would go. They crept out of the house through the cat flap, and had a lovely time, before it was time to go back to the nursery.

Bruno Bear’s Adventure

Bruno the big brown furry bear marched up and down the nursery. He was huffing and puffing, and sometimes made a growling sound.

“Whatever is the matter with you Bruno? You are waking all the toys up. For goodness sake stop marching up and down and making all those odd noises.”

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Having an unusual gran means life is seldom dull but what happened on a trip to the seaside was unbelievable even for her!

But Not My Gran

Most grans walk to visit you, or come by bus or car, but not my gran oh no!

She zoomed up on her silver scooter.

She had come to take me to the beach for a picnic.

I put on my helmet and off we went.

It was great whizzing along behind Gran.  We drove out of town, through the lumpy bumpy countryside and on to the splishy splashy sea.

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Daisy the little calf loved all the attention; she had from the boys and girls who came to visit the farm. One day she had a dream that she went to live with them, and had all the attention and lots of fun every day. But, alas, she soon found out it was only a dream.

Daisy the Little Calf

“OH look, Mummy!” called Emily. “Come to the fence and look at this beautiful,

fluffy white baby cow.”

Emily’s mummy came and stood next to her. “She’s certainly, the smallest and prettiest baby cow, I’ve ever seen.”

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Daniel wasn’t happy when his mummy told him they were going to spend the day at a garden centre. He would rather play with his dinosaurs. But when they arrived, he was told there were animals, and other fun things. He and his baby sister Emily had a fun day.

Daniel’s Fun Day at the Garden Centre

“I don’t want to go to the Garden Centre,” Daniel was busy playing with his toy dinosaurs.

He knew all the names of the dinosaurs, and he played imaginary games with them, which kept him happy for a long time.

“I’m sure you will like going to this Garden Centre,” his mummy said.

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Danny made a dough man out of some left over pasty his mum gave him. He was so pleased with his dough man, which he had painted with bright coloured food colouring, in case he wanted to eat it. When he went to bed that night he dreamt about his dough man.

Danny’s Dough Man

Danny was watching his mummy making dough for an apple pie. After she had mixed the flour with the fat and the water, she prodded it and made it into a large ball of dough.

PLOP…It went onto a large brown board.

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Owen was David’s best friend. Owen was David’s invisible friend. Every night, David would pray, “Dear God, please make Owen real.” He folded his hands tight and closed his eyes even tighter so God would know he meant it. David waited and waited. Would God answer David’s prayer?

Dear God, Please Make Owen Real

“Dear God,” David whispered, “please make Owen real.” He folded his hands tight and closed his eyes even tighter so God would know he meant it.

Every night, David prayed for Owen before he drifted off to sleep. Owen was David’s best friend. Owen was David’s invisible friend.

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Teddy Ted, wanted to go to Dolly Rosebud’s tea party. He didn’t feel like playing rough and tumble games with Timmy Tin soldier today. Dolly Rosebud eventually agreed to let Teddy Ted come over the fence to her party, providing he didn’t play rough and tumble games. Dolly Rosebud was very pleased that she agreed, as it turned out to be a fun party.

Dolly Rosebud’s Tea Party

“Hello Dolly Rosebud”, Teddy Ted, called over the garden fence. “May I come to your tea party?”

Dolly Rosebud looked up in surprise. Teddy Ted never wanted to play with her or her other friends. He’d usually, rather play rough and tumble games with Timmy Tin Soldier.

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Dotty the donkey spent all the summer giving rides to the children on the beach. He didn’t mind as he loved his job, and the children. This was to be his last day before he went to his stable for the winter. The last day on the beach turned out to be the most fun he had had all summer.

Dotty the Donkey’s Flowery Hat

Dotty the Donkey was always a little sad when the end of the summer came, and she no longer spent her day walking up and down the sand at the seaside.

Her job was to give the little boys and girls a ride on her back.

She loved to hear the children squeal with delight, as they bumped up and down on her saddle, although her master always made sure that she trotted slowly.

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Felicity, the falling star, meets a lovely little cloud, and together they visit his friends. Later, Felicity finds a way to stop some naughty, noisy clouds arguing, but she had no idea that this would start a new craze!

Felicity’s Adventure

Felicity, the falling star, had an extra big twinkle in her eye that day.  So when all the other stars were hidden behind the clouds, she climbed to the top of the nearest cloud and slid all the way down the other side! Then she fell gently through the air like a coloured snow-flake, until she landed upon a soft cushion-like cloud.

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Geraldo can’t resist any food, even if it doesn’t belong to him. But one day, guess what happens!

Geraldo The Cat Who Loved Food

Geraldo was a large, salt and pepper coloured cat.

Parts of his fur were whitish and other parts were brownish and blackish and there was a lot of him. In fact, an awful lot of him. He was, in other words, huge. He was huge because he loved food. Not only his food but any other food he could get his paws on.

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A bedtime tale about a sad boy giraffe who gets teased by his silly-billy giraffe friends, then lives happily ever after with two girl children and their nice Daddy!

Geronimo the Long Neck Giraffe

Long ago in a far off land there lived a little boy giraffe called Geronimo who had a long neck.

Now, all giraffes have a long neck, as you know. But Geronimo’s neck was a VERY long neck. Even when he was sitting down, Geronimo’s head, which was at the top of his neck, was high in the clouds.

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Billy could hardly wait for Gran to take him to see his very first pantomime. But Gran’s new little red car had other ideas. It wanted to go to the zoo, instead!

Gran’s Strange Little Red Car

Billy had been feeling excited all day.  This was because his Gran had promised to take him to see, ‘Puss-in-Boots’ as a Christmas treat.  Billy had never seen a pantomime before, and this would be his first visit to a theatre too.  Not only that, but they would be going in Gran’s new little red car.  He was really looking forward to that.

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A bedtime tale for tucked-up-in-bed children – about Hedgey the Hedgehog, who has his bottom pinched by Felicity the Fairy, then gets a trip to Fairyland!

Hedgey the Hedgehog and Felicity the Fairy

Once upon a time there lived a little boy hedgehog called Hedgey who was just like every other little boy hedgehog. He had prickles like everybody else, ate the same creepy-crawlies, and when the naughty dog from next door barked at him, Hedgey rolled himself into a prickly ball and looked exactly like any other rolled-up little boy hedgehog.

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You can go on an adventure with Felicity Star; find out if Old Grumpy’s golden apples really are scrumptious, and discover how Queen Happygolucky gets King Moanalot to smile…and so much more.

Sometimes, the other chicks teased Chipperty Chick, so she decided to return to her old, peaceful egg-shell home, but where was this? Then someone, with a long bushy tail, said he knew exactly where Chipperty’s old home was.  Who was he, and was he telling the truth?

Home Sweet Home

Chipperty Chick poked her head up and up until it reached the top of her egg-shell home.  It was then that the shell cracked!

It had been dark inside the egg-shell.  Now, as she poked her head out through the top, it suddenly became very light, and the dazzling sunshine made her blink.

“Where am I?” a rather puzzled Chipperty asked.

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Curly Lamb was sick & tired of his friends making fun of his curly coat. He decided to run away one day & found out some very surprising things.

I’m Running Away

One day in the Scottish Highlands, a little lamb was born with the curliest coat you’ve ever seen.

“We’ll call you Curly,” his proud mother said.

As the months went by, his coat grew even curlier. The other lambs were always making fun of him, even Lulu whom he liked most of all.

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