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Title:

Read me a story, please / stories chosen by Wendy Cooling ; illustrated by Penny Dann.

Publisher:

Orion Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

256 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Short stories.

Other Authors:

Cooling, Wendy. comp.
Dann, Penny, ill.

Notes:

"2 minute tales, 5 minute tales, 10 minute tales"--Cover.

Contents:

How to read in the dark / Anne Fine -- Wonderful Woody / Patricia Cleveland-Peck -- Playing princess / Adele Geras -- The troll's story / Vivian French -- The cat and the mermaid / Shirley Isherwood -- Horrid Henry / Francesca Simon -- FlowerPotamus / Michael Lawrence -- Tool trouble at Smallbills service station / Willy Smax -- Piggo and the pony / Pam Ayres -- Lottie's letter / Gordon Snell -- Rory, the deplorably noisy baby / Paul and Emma Rogers -- How the animals got tails / Anne English -- A name for Nettie / Lynda Britnell -- The three billy goats gruff / Vivian French -- The strange egg / Margaret Mahy -- Crocodile tears / Sue Inman -- Woof's worst day / Patricia Cleveland-Peck -- The tinderbox / retold by Lucy Coats ;Hans Christian Andersen -- The magic scissors / Loes Spaander -- One night I'm going to catch you! / Joy Haney -- How the rabbit got his hop / Michael Lawrence -- Miranda the castaway / James Mayhew -- Felix and the dragon / Angela McAllister -- The two giants / Michael Foreman -- The three little pigs and the big bad wolf / Vivian French -- The rare spotted birthday party / Margaret Mahy -- Doctor Boox and the sore giraffe -- Fussy / Anne Fine -- Alfie makes a splash / Willy Smax -- Nettie's new house / Lynda Britnell -- How the wizard's hat became / Sue Inman -- Huffing and puffing / Vivian French -- Piggo has a train ride / Pam Ayres.
Flying Felix / Michael Lawrence -- Billy, the unbelievably greedy baby / Paul and Emma Rogers -- Goldilocks and the three bears / Vivian French -- Morton at the building site / Willy Snax -- Nettie's new shoes / Lynda Britnell -- The little girl and the tiny doll / Aingelda Ardizzone -- The great goose hunt / Selina Young -- Before Goldilocks / Vivian French -- Littill, Trittill, and the birds / Lucy Coats -- The twins and the wet, wet, wet / Alan Gibbons -- The topsy-turvies / Francesca Simon -- Wolfman / Michael Rosen -- Quacky Duck / Paul and Emma Rogers -- The little witch / Margaret Mahy -- The selfish giant / retold by Lucy Coats ; Oscar Wilde -- Olly's flying lesson / Georgie Adams -- Stairway to the stars / Mary Hoffman.

ISBN:

9781582091020
1582091021

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43522394

Locations:

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

7YSX475 -- Galva-Holstein High School (Holstein)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

XGPC697 -- Villisca Public Library (Villisca)