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Silly Stories

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No. of pages 40

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This marvellous collection of rib-tickling tales features a host of best loved authors, from Edward to Rudyard Kipling. Each book contains four hilarious stories and extracts accompanied by superbly silly illustrations.

 

This book is part of a book series called Silly Stories .

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd .

Victoria Parker has worked with children's books, many of which have been shortlisted for literary awards. Janet Dyson is an educational consultant whose specialist area is Religious Education.

This book contains the following story:

The Wind in the Willows
Mole is spring cleaning his home when Ratty persuades him that there is nothing so much fun as messing about on boats. The two set off In Ratty's row boat and picnic by the riverside, then spend days in Ratty's riverside home. One day they decide to visit Toad at Toad Hall. Toad persuades the two of them to join him in his lovely yellow caravan. All goes well until the caravan is knocked into the road by a passing motor car. Days pass and Mole tries and fails to persuade Ratty to take him to meet the elusive Badger, so he sets off on his own and gets lost in the Wild Wood. Ratty rescues him and they stay the night at Badger's House. Meanwhile Toad has become so obscessed with cars he'borrows' one from a courtyard and end up in prison. The jailer's daughter takes pity on him and helps him to escape dressed in her washerwoman's clothes. However whilst Toad has been in prison, stoats and weasels have taken over Toad Hall and in a final battle Badger, Ratty , Mole and Toad must eject them and reinstate Toad.

This book is in the following series:

Silly Stories

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