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Miss Webber
Miss Webber Miss Webber is a spider of the loveliest repose, she can eat up all her dinner, from its head down to its toes, she can catch a million buzzy bugs and tie them in her web, or climb up twenty stories, and still make it home for bed. And though she...
Fun reads for 4 to 6 year olds
Fun reads for 4 to 6 year olds Here are some fun books for children ages 4 to 6 that have been published in the last 5 years: 1. "The Book with No Pictures" by B.J. Novak2. "Iggy Peck, Architect" by Andrea Beaty3. "Dragons Love Tacos" by Adam Rubin4. "Not Quite...
Crabapple
Crabapple Written for Radio New Zealand storytime with Constable Keith and Sniff. Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there lived a cranky old witch called Crab-Apple. Crab-Apple was three-hundred and twenty seven years old, which is even older than the old...
Woolly Spiders
Woolly spiders Spiders’ legs are hairy like my Auntie Sally’s nose, and in the winter Spiders all wear socks upon their toes. They all wear tiny fluffy hats with pom-poms on their heads, especially when there’s snow outside and when they’re on their webs But...
Chicken dinner!
Chicken dinner! The chicken ran along the road, trying to get thinner, the chicken should have stayed at home, 'cause now he's chicken dinner! By Mira Mee
I wish
I wish I wish I had a sailing ship, a dragon, and a sword, I'd sail away to nowhere land, to fight the evil hordes, to find the golden treasure, to make the best of friends, on endless quests, on golden days, where summer never ends. Instead I'm stuck in every day,...
What can I do to encourage reading?
A few easy things to do to encourage a love of reading.