Index

Ice – Breakers
General Numbers Trivia Quizes

A Brief History of Time
Adam and Eve – The First Man & Woman On Earth
A Geek A Week
The Backwards Clock
The Earliest Earl
How Time Flies
The Latest Train
The Day When Everything Went Wrong
The Longest Day
Tock the Tick’s Rock Around the Clock
The Time Machine
Wakey, Wakey, Rise & Shine
When Time Stood Still
Time For A Tasty Date
Maths 4 “um” Forum
All 4 – 1 & 1 – 4 All Musketeer Maths Game
A (Maths) Class – Less Society

Animal Stories
The Absurd Ladybird Who Liked Curd
The Almost There Hare
Animal Picnic
The Evangelical Angel Fish
Animal Crackers
Animals Speak the Same Language All Over the World !
Anna Annaconder
Amrita The Ant’s Climb Up The Most Mountainous Anthills of the World
The Antelope Who Lost His Horn
The Ant’s Antic Ants In His Pants
The Arctic Polar Bear
The Crooked Jail – Bird
The Toad’s Wedding Bells
The Sleepy Squirrel
Atilla The Hen
The Blind Bat
The Bee’s Knees
The Beetle Who Couldn’t Spell Her ABC’s
The Blue Bluebottle Who Didn’t Like Blue
The Bookworm’s Munch Through The Great Books of All Time
How Now Brown Cow ?
The Bacterial Bug Who Travelled the Compost Heap
The Buffalo’s Buffet
The Blushing Buffoon Bride
A Million & One Things For A Busy Bee To Do
The City Mouse & The Country Cat
The Caterpillar’s Pillar
The Celebrity Caterpillar
The Centipede’s Socks
The Champ Chimp
Chin Up – Chimpanzee !
The Church Dormouse’s Spire to The Cathedrals of the World
The Clay Pigeon Who Had A Clay Heart
The Cock – Eyed Cock
The Cockatoo Cook’s Kitchen
The Cow Who Couldn’t Moo
The Crabby Crab
Crying Crocodile Tears
The Crocodile’s Toothache
The Baby Crocodile Whose Swimming Trunks Wouldn’t Stay Up
The Daddy Long Leg’s Dig
The Dingbat Dingo’s Ding – Dong
The Dinosaur’s Trip Through History
The Dolphin With No Sense of Direction
The Dog Who Lost His Bone
Doggy Wash
The Dolphin Who Dived In At the Deep End
The Doormouse’s Doormat
The Dormouse’s Hole
The Dotty Ladybird
The Great Dough Disaster
The ‘Do You Think He Saw Us ? Douthinkeesaurus Dinosaur
The Dragon Who Lost His Puff
The Downtrodden Dragonfly
The Duckling Who Forgot To Duck
The Donkey’s Magic E – Aw
The Eagle – Eyed Eagle
The Early Bird Who Couldn’t Catch A Worm
The Earwigging Earwig
The Forgetful Elephant
The Elephant’s Ears
The Elephant Who Stamped His Feet
Felix’s Feeling Feelers
Fish ‘N’ Chips
The Flea And the Bee Who Came Tea
The Circus Flea’s Cycle Across the Bridges of the World
Flo the Electric Glow – Worm and her Magic Lighthouse
Flutterby Butterfly
The Fox Who Got His Tail Stuck
The Frog Who Couldn’t Jump
The Frog Who Couldn’t Clear His Throat
The Frog’s New Flipper Slippers
A Frog Jumped Off The Lillypad
The Frog’s Search For The Tastiest Fly
The High Flying Elephant Genius
The Giant Spider
Goosey, Goosey Gander’s Gewy Mess
The Greedy Goldfish
The Great Race
The Octopus Who Came To Lend A Hand
The Prickly Pin Cushion Hedgehog
The Hen Who Couldn’t Lay Eggs
The High – Flying Fly
The Hippo Who Dropped A Clanger
The Snake Who Lost It’s Hiss
The Homeless Cuckoo’s Hunt for a New Home
The Horse’s Hay
Hubbub & Hurly – Burly
The Hummingbird’s Humming Housechores
Hungry Hippo
Iggy The Iguana
The Jelly – ish Jellyfish
Jingle Jangle In The Jungle
The Jungle Circus
Pooch
The Kangeroo With The Deepest Pouch
King Kong
The Kingfisher Who Wanted To be King
Tiger the Tiny Kitten
The Kitten Whose Whiskers Were Tickled
Lucy Lemon Ladybird
Woolly Lamb
The Lazy Alligator
The Leopard Who Wanted To Change Her Spots
The Lion & The Mouse
Moose Loose About The House
The Loudest Songthrush
The Lying Lion
The Thieving Magpie Who Got Caught
The Cat With the Loudest Mieow
The Mite’s Kite
Mockingbird
Moooove Over
The Mule That Got Stuck In A Well
Mumbo Jumbo
The Neigh Who Could Only Say Nay
The Newt’s New Leaf
The Newt’s New Newspaper
Nit Wits
The Octopus Who Got His Legs Crossed
Dogsbody
The Orange Orang – U – Tan
Who Rang the Orang – U – Tan ?
The Ostrich Who Buried His Head In The Sand
The World Is An Oyster
Ozzy The Mozzy
Parrot’s Speech
Peter The Pear Eater – The Starving Slug
The Pelican’s Mystery Letter
The Peckish Penguin’s Icicle Pop
The Pigeon’s Pigeon English
The Pilchard’s Pile – Up
The Pink Panther
The Pink Pig Who Didn’t Like Pink
The Pond Skaters New Skates
The Small Porcupine With Big, Bright Ideas
The Too Prickly Hedgehog
The Primp Shrimp
The Puffin’s Muffin
The Puppy Who Barked Up the Wrong Tree
The Rabbit Who Couldn’t Stop Rabbiting
The Robin Redbreast’s Preparation For Christmas
Willy Walrus’s Double Quick Double Take
Rhino On The Lino
The Very Round Rhinocerous On The Rhine
The Roly Poly Mole and The Moly Hole
Rooster Booster
The Roundworm’s Evolution
The Sea Sick Seagull
The Seal Who Sealed Everything
The Slimy Serpent Snake’s Secret
The Sharks Jacuzzi
The Sheep With No Coat
The Giraffe Whose Neck Shrank
The Sleepy Dormouse
The Slug Who Tried To Eat His Way Through The Vegetable Patch
Snail Trail
The Springest Spring
The Stripy Tiger
The Cheetah Who Knocked the Spots Off All the Other Jungle Animals
The Crocodile’s Trip to the Dentist
The Elephant With the Biggest Ears
The Fish Who Couldn’t Swim
The Green Greenfly Who Didn’t Like Green
The Pirate’s Parrot Who Couldn’t Say His P’s Properly
The Rabbit with the Fluffiest Tail
The Rhinocerous with the Loudest Roar
The Snake With No Hiss
The Stickleback Who Got Stuck Back
The Tiger With The Longest Tail
Two Ticks – A Game To Ensure That You Get All Ticks In Your Exams
The Toad’s Wedding Bells
The Wolf’s Whistle
The Yakkety Yak
The Zipped Up Zebra
SN – AP ! The Dog
Bob the Bobcat
The Monkey Who Went Ape About Monkey Nuts !
The Cross Zebra Crossing On The Zebra Crossing
Rita the Cheetah The Greatest Ever Cracker Eater
The Yelp In The Alps – Bernard the Saint Bernard Dog and the Greatest Ever Maths WOOF ! (With Yodelling Game)
Chuckles Chutney The Church Dormouse
The Skylark Who Sounded Better In The Dark
Reptile On The Roof
Briefly Beefy With Mat the Matador & The Bull In The China Shop Maths Quiz
The Viper Who Vapourised
Scrumpy Jack, The Cider Spider
The Adventures of Bumble Bee,The Most Bumbling Super – Bee – ro There Ever Could Be
The Penguin From Penzance
Echo the Freckled Gecko
Pet Shop Maths
Celia Seal The Ceiling Seal Who Got Sealed and Lucille the Loose Seal
Vol The Revolving Vole
The Wriggly Worm On A Fishing Hook
Ago – Knee Ant
The Chubby Grub
The Razorbill Called Bill Who Grew A Beard
Two Cockatoos
The Mad Hatter Who Couldn’t Get His Hat To Fit
The Cuckoo Who Lived On Cloud Cuckoo Land
I Knew A Gnu
Batty Dingbat Bats
Freaky Frogs
Gertrude and Mirtle, The Pair of Turtles
The Enchanting Ant
The Kitten’s Mittens
The Full Gull
The Highest Ever I.Q. Game
Horatio Rat At Quite A Rate
Yoghi Beard
A Moth A Month
The Liveliest Cricket
The Pecan Who Pecked A Pecan Nut
Puff the Magic Dragon Who Dragged On
Aunty Millicent the Militant Millipede & Centurions of Centipedes
Flo The Glowing Glow Worm Who Couldn’t Go
The Freckly Greckle
Superbig Superbugs
The Tiny Blue Tit Who Wanted To be A Titan In Jack’s Beanstalk Tree
The Baby Sparrow On The Branches of Jack Beanstalk’s Tree
The TV Lice – nce In Jack’s Beanstalk
The Beetle In Jack’s Beanstalk Who Wanted To Be A Singing Beatle
The Rockin’ Robin
Flutter and Fluster
Russell the Bristly Jack Russell Who Couldn’t Whistle
The Boar Who Bore All The Way from Borneo
Fluffy and Scruffy
Doin’ The Funky Groovy Chicken
The Microscopic Microbe Who Only Ever Wanted To Be A Superbig Superbug
Tabatha the Flabby Tabby Cat
The Fantastic Spider Fan With Fangs
Spike the Spiky Porcupine
Bernie Bear and Harry Hare’s Trip To The Fayre
Ty, the Tyrannasaurus Rex
The Final Fish From Finland With The Finest Fin
The Funky Monkey Who Collected Junk
The Tortoise Who Taught Maths
Patch and Scratch
As Happy As A Skylark
Jack’s Pet – Lukewarm Luke The Fluke
Catch Ya’ Later, Alligator
Larry the Lamb and the Other Critters Around Jack’s Beanstalk
The Hopping Mad Grasshopper With High Hopes
The Grasshopper Got No Grass
The Honey Bee Who Got The Sneezes
The Flea Who Went To School
The Buzzard Who Buzzed About Maths
The Slow – Worm Who Was Slow At Maths
Piggy In The Middle
The Lizard Who Was A Maths Wizard
The Chimpanzee Who Couldn’t Stop Monkeying Around
Grand Duke Duck
A Grasp of Spelling Asp
The Crafty Raft and the Even Craftier, Rafty Fox
The Frump Who Was Down In The Dumps
The Wacky Jabbering Jabber – Wocky
The Elephant Who Got A Conker Stuck Up His Conk !
Natalie the Gnat
The Unicorn Who Went To The City University
The Zebra Who Got Lost In Zanzibar Zoo
The Balmoral Mouse Who Wanted To Learn The Bagpipes
The Chauffeur Chaffinch
The Koala Who Came To Stay From Kuala Lumpa
Gertrude the Gerbil
The Mighty Termite
Oscar The Ostrich
Bonkers Conkers
The Bird of Paradise That Came To Stay In Jack’s Beanstalk
The Falcon and the Golden Eagle Who Flew Over Jack’s Beanstalk
Eliza the Lively Lizard and the Slivery Delivery
The Poor Porcupine
The Honky Tonky Donkey and The Funky Clunky Monkey
Mid The Squid

The Adventures of Monseigneur Money Spider (Who Didn’t Have A Penny)
Money ! Money ! Money !
Adventures In The Bank
Adventures In The Supermarket
Adventures In The Broom Cupboard
Robinson Crusoe Money Spider On A Desert Island
Frankie The Cranky Bank Manager
Broke
‘ Arry The ‘Airy Spider
Spidery Clap Trap
Money Makes The World Go Round
The World Wide Web
Monseigneur Money Spider & The Out Of Control Money Making Machine
The Know It All Spider Who Really Didn’t Know Anything At All

Astronaut Sputnik Stories
Astro the Astronaut’s Great Countdown
The Telescope & Astronaut Sputnik’s X – Ray Vision
Astronaut Sputnik’s Telescope Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s New Moon Boots
The There and Back Departure Game
The Size Ninety Nine Moon Boots Mathematics Quiz
Astronaut Sputnik’s Eclipse of the Sun
Astronaut Sputnik’s Astronomical Astro Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s Ace Space Race
Aliens Have Landed
Astronaut Sputnik’s Universe University
The Mesmerised By Multiplying Meteorites Mathematics Game
Galaxy Fill In The Gaps
The Up and Down Countdown Game
When Astronaut Sputnik Stood On A Spud
The Dent In Astronaut Sputnik’s Helmet
Astronaut Sputnik’s Acci – “Dent”
The Hole In Astronaut Sputnik’s Moonsuit
When Astronaut Sputnik Fell In A Pot Hole Game
Other Side of the Moon Game
The Well Suited Spacesuit Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s Bright White Light Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s Moondust Rock Dance
Astronaut Sputnik’s Moon Hop
Astronaut Sputnik In A Jammy Doughnut Traffic Jam
When Astronaut Sputnik’s Planted The Wrong Flag
Astronaut Sputnik Bright White Light Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s Moondust Rock Dance
Astronaut Sputnik’s Moon Hop
Astronaut Sputnik’s Hello From the Moon
Astronaut Sputnik As A Space Cadet with Space Cadet Spellings
Astronaut Sputnik And the Comet In The Cosmos
Astronaut Sputnik’s Aroundabout Atmosphere Game
Cosmic Word Game
Astronaut Sputnik’s Extra – Terrestrial Game
Across The Cosmos Calculations
Robots
The Robot With A Loose Screw
A Touch of The Light Fantastic
What If We Could Travel Faster Than Light Travel ?
The Magic Meteorite
How The Man In The Moon Got To The Moon So Soon
The Roman Messenger Who Couldn’t Reach the Gods
The Satellite That Veered Off Course
The Rocket That Went the Wrong Way
What If You Could Vacation In Space ?
Astronaut Mice On The Planet Zorg
The Astro Police
Life On The Planet Zorg
My Moon Buggy Has A Puncture On The Planet Zorg
Planet Zorg Flowers
Games On The Planet Zorg
Road Signs On Planet Zorg
Schools On The Planet Zorg
Going Shopping On The Planet Zorg
Television On The Planet Zorg
The Alien Who Landed On The Planet Zorg
The Planet Zorg
What Made The Planet Zorg Spin
Com – et & Meteorite Game
Planetarium
The Space Rocket With No BOOM ! In It’s Zoom
Astro Captain Astro In Cyberspace
The Ace Place In Outer Space
Radar and The Star – Gazing Razzmatazz Quiz
Whirly World
Milky Way Away Day
Helter Skelter Astro Mouse
Astro Mouse Panoramic View
Astro Mouse “As” Catchphrase Game
Mister A. Looney, The Lunar Lunatic
The Zoom Zone
Flying Saucers
Up, Up and Away
Pots and Pans
Upturned on Jupiter
Up On Jupiter
Radio Rodeo
One Hundred Million Stars
Astro Sputnik’s Return Journey
Astro’s MBE Award Game
Beam Me Up
Martha and the Marcia the Martians Who Made It To Mars Market
Fridayman
Atomic Mick and Bionic Nick
The S – cut – tling Shuttle
Forty Winks Flying Four Light Years Above The World
Astro Maniacs Who Mainly Maneouvered In From The Mainland
Astro Divvy
The Aliens Have Re – Landed
Astro Stun the Sun Gun
Astro Sputnik and the Snappy Zapper
Cat – ASTRO – phe, The Astro Cat
Thunderbirds Wonder Words
The Eleventh Hour
Masters Of The Maths Universe
Theory Of Rel – ativity
The Black Hole & The Spaceship’s Hold
Masters Of The Maths Universe
Alien – Nation
Astro Gnome’s Astronomy Class & The Big Bang Maths Quiz
Astro Sputnik’s Broken Satellite Lights
Earth Calling Space
The Cosmic Just ‘Cos Mo In The Cosmos Game
The End Of Space Time

Beanstalk Talk
Jack’s Beanstalk Grapevine
The Dormouse Who Overslept One Winter
Buckets, Paintbrushes and Wallpaper Paste – Jack Paints the Beanstalk With Considerable Haste
Witch Hazel and the Magic Hazelnut
The Hornet At The Beanstalk Horticulture Show
The Moon Over Jack’s Beanstalk
The Birds Who Flew Over Jack’s Beanstalk
When Jack Met – Rick – A Beanstalk Version of Metric Conversion
The Aubergine and the Tangerine In Jack’s Beanstalk
Worzel The Weasil Who Couldn’t Whistle
The Hedgerow Who Got Stuck In The Hedgerow
What Time Is It, Mister Wolf ?
The Vowel Owl
The Snail Who Wanted To Travel Faster Than At A Snail’s Pace
The Imps Who Lived Beneath Jack’s Beanstalk
The Tree House In Jack’s Beanstalk
When Jack Met – Rick – A Beanstalk Version of Conversion
Jack’s Beanstalk Pinochio Puppets
Ogy the Ogre Who Lived In Jack’s Beanstalk
The Skunk Who Lived In The Beanstalk Trunk
Grub – Club
The Cat Who Got Caught In The Beanstalk Branches
The Cabbage Patch Next Door
John Walker, The Rambler Who Got Caught In The Brambles
When Spring Sprang In Jack’s Beanstalk
Step Ladder Maths Quiz
The Pigeon Who Couldn’t Find The Right Pigeonhole
Lilliput Valley
Jitterbugging Litterbug
Jack Beanstalk’s Tremendous Tree
Stone the Crows – It’s Harvest Maths !
The Day When Jack Went Picking Up Leaves Beneath the Beanstalk

Beginner’s Manuals
A Beginner’s Manual For Spies
A Beginner’s Manual For Painters
A Beginner’s Manual For Chefs
A Beginner’s Manual For Mechanics
A Beginner’s Manual For Swimmers
A Beginner’s Manual For Teachers
Doctor Do Little Doolittle

Biggest & Smallest Stories
Big and Little
Big Foot’s New Boots
The Biggest Car With The Smallest Engine
The Biggest Feast
The Biggest Fish In The World
The Biggest Flower In The World
The Biggest Full – Stop
The Giraffe With the Longest Neck
The Biggest Handkerchief In The World
The Biggest Hat Stand In The World
The Biggest Mouse
The Biggest Mushroom In The World
The Biggest Oak Tree
The Biggest Omlette In The World
The Spider Who Couldn’t Get His Shoes To Fit
The Biggest Stamp In The World
The Biggest Block Of Chocolate In The World
The Dwarf Who Always Dunno
The Student Elf’s Nursery Rhyme
The Biggest Sausage Hot Dog In The World
The Biggest Ice – Cream Sundae In The World
The Longest Leap
The Magic Magnifying Glass
The Most Monstrous Monster
The Sad And Lonely Giant
The Tallest Chimney In The World
The Biggest Breakfast
The Deer With Big Ideas
The World’s Biggest Balloon
The Biggest Boat In The World
Hugo The Huge Giant
Thinking Thick & Thin
The Wider Spider
The Most Mammoth Maths Quiz

Millions and Millions of Cash Stories
The Brightest Diamond
Be an Instant Cash Winner
The Never Ending Diamond Mine
Millions, Billions & Zillions
Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less
Dollar Stretcher

All About Christmas Activities
The Three Kings’ Broken Telescope
The Best & Biggest Christmas Tree In The World
Father Christmas’s Christmas Boots
When Father Christmas Got Stuck In The Chimney
The Fairy At The Top Of The Christmas Tree
Mrs Christmas’s Magic Christmas Kitchen
The Magic Christmas Manger for Jesus
Santa Claus In A Christmas Pickle
The Christmas Robin’s Search For A New Home
Father Christmas’s Magic Spectacle
The Magic Christmas Stocking
The Biggest Christmas Turkey In The World
The Elf Left On The Shelf
The Magic Explosive Christmas Cracker
Father Christmas & The Internet Explorer
Father Christmas’s Lost Bobble Hat
Father Christmas’s Mince Pies
Father Christmas’s Magic Sleigh
When Father Christmas’s Sleigh Had A Puncture
Good King Wenceslas
The Magic Grotto Pantomine
Father Christmas’s Juggling Jingle Bells
Father Christmas’s Mad Dash
Father Christmas & The Magic Bobsleigh
The Magic Christmas Choir Boy
The Magic Christmas Present
The Magic Christmas Snowball
The Magic Christmas Star
The Magic Christmas Wrapping Paper
Father Christmas’s Magic “Ho ! Ho ! Ho!”
The Magic Letter to Santa
The Magic Christmas Snowflake
The Magic Christmas Snowman & The Magic Christmas Party
Mrs Christmas’s Christmas Shopping Trip
Rudolph The Reindeer Has A Cold
Santa’s Magic Medicine Cupboard
The Magic Rocking Horse Made by Santa
Santa’s Sandwiches
Scrooge’s Lost Christmas Penny
Father Christmas’s Magic Silent Night
The Christmas That Santa Claus Sang
The Christmas That Santa Sank
The Hole In Father Christmas’s Magic Booty Bag
The Wise Man Who Lost The Way
Santa Claus The Cat Burglar
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
The Magic Christmas Fairy Who Lost Her Wand
When A Cat Burglar Nicked Santa’s Sleigh
Santa Claus’s Double Winter Trouble When His Bobble Wobbled
The Christmas When Santa Ran Out of Mince Pies
Santa Claws and Santa Paws
Santa’s Gnome, Gerome, Whose Christmas Stockings Wouldn’t Stay Up !
The Christmas When Santa Had A Powercut
Santa and Mo The Eskimo’s Fishing Trip In The North Pole
Holly Bush
Santa’s Kitchen Tiles
The Christmas When Santa Sat On A Holly Leaf
The Buckle On Santa’s Belt
The Christmas When Santa Went Bananas On A Tropical Holiday
The Christmas When Santa Went Snow – Boarding
The Christmas When The Christmas Fairy Lost Her Magic Wand
The Christmas When Santa Tried His Hand At Golf
The Christmas When Santa Went To Get His White Beard Trimmed
The Christmas When Santa’s Nose Didn’t Shine
The Christmas When Santa’s Snowman Came In From The Cold
The Christmas When Santa Had No Presents
The Christmas When Santa Forgot The Date
The Christmas When Santa’s Christmas Cards Got Stuck In The Letterbox
The Christmas When Santa Got A New Paintbox
The Christmas When Santa Missed The Chimney Pot
The Christmas When Santa Met A Pirate
The Christmas When Santa Ran Out of Turkey & The Turkey Ran Out
The Christmas When Santa Found A Mouse In The Grotto
The Christmas When Santa Learned How To Dance
The Christmas When Santa Broke The Garden Gate
The Christmas When Santa’s Stamp Stuck
The Mishap Christmas When Santa Lost His Map
The Christmas When Santa Broke The Window
The Christmas When Santa Forgot To Switch On Christmas
The Christmas When Santa’s Turkey Got In A Flap
The Christmas When Santa’s Gnome, Gerome, Got Stuck In The Garden Shed
The Christmas When Santa Planted A New Christmas Tree
The Christmas When Santa’s Milkman Stayed For Tea
The Christmas When Santa Lost His Key
The Christmas When Santa Got A Boat
The Christmas When Santa Got Stuck Under The Mistletoe
The Christmas When Santa Got A Broken Heart & One Artistic Christmas
The Christmas When Santa Fell In The Pond
The Christmas When Santa Made History
The Christmas That Santa Spent In The Police Station
The Christmas When Santa Got Stuck On The Alps
The Christmas When Santa Learned To Drive An Aeroplane
The Christmas When Santa’s Grandfather Clock Stopped
The Christmas When Santa Joined The Choir
The Christmas When Santa Couldn’t Reach The Chimney Pot
The Christmas When Santa Learned To Read
The Christmas When Santa Found Gold
The Christmas That Santa Spent On The Roof
The Christmas That Santa Met The Queen
The Christmas When Santa and Rudolph Got Caught In The Rain
The Christmas When Santa Joined A Rugby Club
The Christmas When Santa Painted The Sleigh
The Christmas When Santa Lost His Glass Of Sherry
The Christmas When Santa Missed The Post
The Christmas When Santa Met A Friendly Phantom Ted In The Grotto
The Christmas That Santa Spent In The Train Station
The Christmas That Santa Got A Fishing Rod
The Christmas That Santa Got A New Pair Of Knitting Needles
The Christmas When Santa Got A Box Of Magic Tricks
The Christmas That Santa Got A Magic Chess Set
The Christmas When Santa Tried To Be A Megastar
The Christmas When Santa Learned To Ski
The Christmas When Santa Got A Tennis Racquet
The Christmas When Santa Was Spotted Missing The Point
The Christmas That Santa Spent Stuck In The Lift At The Supermarket
The Christmas That Santa’s Sleigh Flew On The Wrong Flight Path
The Christmas That Santa Spent In Hospital
Santa’s Formula One Grand Prix
The Christmas That Santa’s Ladder Didn’t Reach The Chimney
The Christmas That Santa Got Stuck At The Traffic Lights
Santa And The Lopsided Christmas Tree
The Christmas That Santa’s Scarf Unravelled
The Christmas That Santa Spent In A Lighthouse
The Christmas That Santa Got A Ticket To The Zoo
Santa’s Trip Around The World Without Any Signposts
The Christmas That Santa Exchanged His Wellingtons For Walking Boots
Santa’s Christmas Helicopter Rescue Ride
Santa’s Visit To Tom Thumb
Santa’s Garage Sale
The Loose Tile On Santa’s Roof
Mrs. Christmas’s Lost Knitting Pattern
The Christmas When Santa Got A New Exercise Bicycle As A Present
Santa’s Rubber Duck & The Christmas That Went With A Real Splash !
The Christmas When Santa Went Around the World With A Tourist Guide
Santa’s Christmas Washing Day
The Christmas When’s Santa Gift Was A Hairdryer
Santa’s Christmas Toolbox
The Magic Hole Dug By Santa’s Magic Bucket & Spade
Santa’s Christmas Bird – Watching Trip
Santa’s Christmas Trip In A Caravan
The Christmas That Santa Arrived In A Submarine
The Christmas When Santa Received A Calculator
Santa’s Grotto Spring Clean
The Christmas That Santa Arrived By Parachute
The Christmas That Santa Took A Wrong Turn Towards The Black Hole
The Christmas That Santa Stayed At Home
The Christmas That Santa Landed On The Photocopier
The Christmas Present That Santa Couldn’t Lift Up
The Christmas That Santa Didn’t Get Any Mail
The Christmas That Santa’s Bell Got Stolen
The Christmas That Santa’s Reindeer Ran Away
Santa’s Surprise Christmas
Mrs. Christmas’s Wobbly Jelly
Santa’s Magic Christmas Forklift Truck
The Christmas That Santa Landed In The Vegetable Patch
The Christmas That Santa Got A Magic *** TV
The Christmas That Santa Got A Magic *** Video Recorder
The Christmas That Santa Lost His Marbles
Santa’s Pocket Mouse
The Christmas That Santa Learned To Ride A Bicycle
The Year That Santa’s Christmas Present Was A New *** Mobile Telephone
Aladdin Santa And The Christmas That Santa Arrived On A Magic Rug
The Lost Button On Santa’s Coat
Santa’s Magic Crystal Ball Christmas & The Gypsy Rose Spell
The Christmas When Santa Lost A Piece Of His Jigsaw
The Christmas When Santa Arrived Via Windows
The Christmas That Santa Got A *** Make – Up Box As A Present

The Clothes People Wear

The Cloth Cap
Dick’s Dickie Bow Tie
The Easter Bonnet
The Glass Slipper
When Grandma Knitted A New Woolly Scarf
Holier Than Thou
A Pair of Jeans
The Kitten’s Mittens
The Most Magical Glove
Pull Ya’ Socks Up !
My Slippy New Slippers
Twenty Uses For A Useless Sombraro
The Hole In My Pocket
The Topsy – Turvy Uniform Shop
My Wonderful Wellington Boots
Joseph and the Techni – Colour Dreamcoat
Jean The Genie and the Genius Pair of Jeans
These Boots Were Made For Walking
The Thai Who Owned A Tie Shop
Sock It To ‘ Em !
The Egyptian Mummy’s New Fez Hat
Rag Bag
Suit Yourself

Dancing Stories About Parties
B – Bop
The Belly Dancer’s Belly
Belly Flop
The Most Magic Birthday Present
The Explosive Christmas Cracker
The Croc Who Couldn’t Rock On the Crocodile Rock
Honeymoon
Rattling Rattlesnakes
Waltzing Mathilda
The OK Dokey Hokey Cokey
Bonfire Night
The Pink Flamingo’s Flamenco Dance
Twists and Turns
The Tango – ing Tangerine
Calypso
Let’s Party Maths !
Hop, B – Bop Full – Stop Game
A Class – Less Maths Society

Food, Cooking & Tasty Things to Eat
Don’t Look For Apples Under a Poplar Tree
The Banquet’s Lost Chalice
The Biggest Omlette In The World
The Pot Who Called The Kettle Black
Bouncing Boiled Potatoes and Rolling Brussel Sprouts
The Biggest Bubble Gum Bubble
Hannibal the Cannibal’s Search for the Most Succulent Steak
Mr Casanova P. Nut In Love
Caught In A Jam
Blockbusters & The Broken Chocolate Machine
The Witches’ Wonderfully Creamy Custard
Who’s Coming to Dinner Tonight ?
Eggs For Easter
The Fizzy Can of Pop
The Amazing Fruit Tree
The Giant Apple
Gingerbread Man & The Cake Race
The Great Grater
Globe – Trotting Gum Ball
Hot Cross Buns
Jelly Babies
Karate Chop
Lollipop Land
The Magic Milk Bottle
Mis – Steak and the Mis – taken Identity
Miss Ballerina P. Nut and the Magic Peanut Wish
Hot As Mustard
A Very Personal Pizza
The Pop Star Popcorn Who Couldn’t Hear Himself Pop
The Puffin’s Muffin
The Scrumptious Pumpkin
A Recipe For Disaster
A Sandwich Short Of A Picnic
Scooby the Scarecrow Who Couldn’t Scare Crows and Rows of Crows
Sheik Shake It All About & The Shaking Milkshake
There’s No Point In Crying Over Spilt Milk
Sticky Syrup
The Magic Teddy Bear’s Magic Picnic
The Bee Who Got Stuck On A Honey Bun
The Broken Fridge
Tommy Tomato & Tommy Tomato’s Tomato Two Mates
A Watched Kettle Never Boils
The Circus Master’s Lost Candy Floss
Salami
Salt N’ Pepper
The Fried Eggs Maths Game
Pickled Onions
The Out – of – Date Ape Ate By An Ape
Fromage Frais
Harriet Harricot, Jack Beanstalk’s Girlfriend
Jack Beanstalk’s No Kiddin’ Kidney Bean Game
Orange Squash and Lemon Crush
Bangers From Bangor and Mash In Massachusetts
Jack Beanstalk’s Black Forest Gateau
The Exploding Meringue
Jack’s Back
Three Egg Cups
Pea Shooter and Pea Soup
Jack Beanstalk’s Toad In The Hole
The Pair of Pears
Parkin In The Parking Lot
What’s The Fastest Cake In The World – Scone !
Packet of Crisps
Who Put The Hole In The Swiss Cheese ?
Frieda’s Fried Eggs All Friday
The Parrot’s Carrot
Aubergine Tangerine

Games & Having Fun
The Acrobat & His Accomplice
The Swiftest Arrow Ever Shot By Casper the Medieval Knight
I Kicked a Political Football From Me to You
My Boomerang Won’t Come Back
The Cheating Cheetah
The Magic Chess Board
Dick the Cricket Cricket Wicket Keeper
The Frog Who Learned to Swim
As High As A Kite
Hotchpotch Hopskotch
Jigsaw Mix – Up Anagram Games
The Jobless Joker
Jumpin’ Jack
The Shaking Milkshake
The Most Magic Dice and As Straight As A Dice
Shuffling Pack of Cards
The Scrambled Egg Scambled Scrabble Letters
Swimming
Tin Soldiers
The Trampolining Flea
The Young Yoyo’s Yippety Doodaa
The Furry Teddy Bear Game
Ready ! Steady ! Go ! Athletics Maths
Puppet On A String
Rugby Championship
Ooo Aaaa Cantona
Taking Turns
Grandstand Bandstand
The Snooker Ball Who Accused The Snooker Cue Of Not Getting In The Queue
Blind Man’s Buff
Crocodile Croquet
Pinball Wizard
Skateboarding Maths
Swimming Baths Maths
Soccer Line Up
Sindy and Barbie Doll
Follow My Leader
Catapult
Basketball
Maths Tug of War
Hangman
Legs Eleven – A Look At The Number 11
The Bracket Tennis Raquet Game
Maths Marathon
Grand National Maths
The “All For One” & “One Four – All” Musketeer Maths Game
Ready, Steady, Go ! Teddy, Freddie, Blow ! Maths Bubbles Game
Booming, Blooming Boomerangs

Adventures of Chuckle Buckle The Clown’s Circus Series
Cirus The Circus Clown & His Nose For Shows
Chuckle Buckle and the Chuckling Book
Chuckle Buckle and the Chuckling Fishing Hook
Chuckle Buckle The Chuckling Cook
The Day When Chuckle Buckles Chuckling Stuck
Chuckle’s Let’s Party ! Game
Chuckle Buckle, The Laughing Policeman and the Chuckling Crook
Chuckle Buckle and the Chucklin’ Buckle Shoes
Chuckle Buckle’s Smile A Mile
Swish – Swashbuckling Chuckle Buckle
Acrobatic Ticks In Cuckle Buckle’s Circus
The Hippopotamus In The Hippodrome
Lancelot the Lion’s Lie In
When Lancelot Lion Met A Lizard
Lancelot the Lion’s Tail
Lancelot the Lion’s Day Out Picking Dandelions
Nelly the Elephant’s Trunk Call
Captain Marvellous’s Marvellous Maths Quiz
Mister Ben D Legs the Acrobat

Witches, Goblins & Fairies
The Biggest Spider’s Web
The Witch’s (Un)Lucky Black Cat
Crystal Ball
The Devilish and Demon Like Saint
The Princess’s Dream Through the Night
Dreams Can Come True
The Fairy At The Fair
Fairy Wings
Mary the Fairy and the Swish – Ish Magic Wish
The Fairy Who Lost Her Way Home
The Ghost’s Halloween
The Goblin’s Great Adventure
The Halloween Pumpkin
The Ghost’s Halloween
The Loch Ness Monster
The Most Magic Spell
The Tired Angel
The Witch’s Broom
The Witch’s Hat
The Witch’s Kitchen
The Wizard’s Crumpled Black Hat
The Fairy With Double Bubble Trouble
Bluebell Glade and The Enchanted Forest
The Elf’s Wheelbarrow
Gypsy Rose Lee’s Magic Rose Smelling Spelling Spell
Mission Impossible for an Imp
The Magician’s Magic Maths Hat and Magic Maths Wand
The Marvellous Marvel
The Mathematic Gardener Garden Gnome and the Magic Garden Shed
The Most Scary Ghost Who Gets Everything Lost !
The Most Toast Ever Eaten By A Ghost
The Spectre With No Spectacles
Boo the Ghostly Poltergeist
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall
Mag The Magician and The Magic Housekeeping Trick
Casandra Witch’s Catastrophic Quiz
Jean The Genie and the Genius Pair of Jeans
The Itchy Witch
The Pumpernickel Goblin and the Pumpkin
The Self – Elf On The Bookshelf
Witch Hazel and the Magic Hazelnut
Ogy the Ogre Who Lived In Jack’s Beanstalk

Historical Stories
What If a New Disease Is Created ?
The Egyptian Mummy’s First Aid Kit
Ann The Anglo Saxon
The Roman Gladiators of Ancient Rome – The Centipede Centurion and the 100 Per Cent Quiz
Biblical Maths
Knight Goodnight
The Only Fair Pharoah
Ethelred and Fredred The Well Read Vikings
Scot of the Antarctic
Atilla The Hun
The Egyptian Mummy’s New Fez Hat
Sultan Sultana
The Colossal Colosseum Game
Caesar Caesar Salad
The Roman Urn
Buddha’s Maths Game
Colin The Roman Gladiator’s Colossal Spelling Game
Grease Lightening In Greece
Nero The Zero Hero
The Roman Gladiator’s Discus Spelling Game
Snapdragon

Hungry Animals Who Eat Everything
The Hungry Alligator Who Ate A Gate
The Hungry Bear Who Ate Too Much Honey
The Hungry Caterpillar Who Fell Off The Flowers
The Hungry Kitten Who Drank Too Much Milk
The Hungry Puffin Who Couldn’t Catch Any Fish
The Hungry Puppy Who Couldn’t Find His Bone
The Hungry Rabbit and the Enormous Carrot
The Hungry Bird Who Ate Too Many Worms
The Hungry Goldfish Who Drank Too Much Water
The Hungry Jellyfish Who Ate Too Much Jelly
The Hungry Monkey Who Ate Too Many Coconuts
The Hungry Octopus Who Ate Too Many Starfish
The Hungry Seagull Who Ate Too Much Fish And Chips
The Hungry Shark Who Ate Too Many Boats
The Hungry Slug Who Ate Too Much Cabbage
The Hungry Spider Who Ate Too Many Flies
The Hungry Who Snake Who Drank Too Much Milkshake
The Hungry Bookworm Who Ate A Whole Book
The Hungry Chimpanzee Who Ate A Pan For Tea
The Hungry Crane Who Ate A Crane
The Hungry Fruit Fly Who Ate A Whole Orchard
The Hungry Greenfly Who Ate A Whole Bowling Green
The Hungry Housefly Who Ate A Whole House
The Hungry Woodpecker Who Ate A Whole Wood
The Hungry Goose Who Ate Too Many Gooseberries
The Hungry Bluebottle Who Ate A Whole Bottle Of *** Ketchup
The Hungry Dog Who Got The Hots For Hotdogs

Creatures With Eating Features (Test)

Romantic Stories That Fall In Love
My Broken Heart
Having A Change Of Heart
Love At First Sight
I Blew A Kiss From Me To You
Cupid’s Stupid Arrow

Magic Everythings
The Clown’s Magic Balloon
The Most Magic Pair of Binoculars
The Most Magic Boiled Egg
The Magic Bucket & Magic Spade
The Most Magic Tree
The Most Magic Wand
The Magic Watering Can and the Magic Sunflower
The Most Magic Woolly Sheep
The Most Magical Cake Mixer
The Most Magical Cushion
The Most Magical Drum
The Most Magical High Heels
The Most Magical Pen
The Most Magical Scissors
The Most Magical Spectacles
The Old Magicician’s Wand Whose Magic Didn’t Work Anymore
The Most Magic Jellyfish
The Magic Peanut Bush
The Most Magic Bird
The Most Magic Glove
The Most Magic Iron
The Most Magic Mirror
The Most Magic Sock
The Most Magic Washing Machine
The Most Magic Wooden Spoon
The Magic Acorn
The Most Magic Bell
The Most Magic Biscuit
The Most Magic Boat In The World
The Most Magic Bus – Stop
The Most Magic Bus
The Most Magic Button
The Most Magic Cafeteria
The Magic Cake
The Most Magic Camera
The Most Magic Carpet Ride
The Magic Chess Board
The Most Magic Chocolate Box
The Most Magical Christmas Card
The Magic Christmas Stocking
The Magic Christmas Wrapping Paper
The Most Magic Cloud
The Most Magic Coconut
The Magic Compass
The Most Magic Computer
The Most Magic Cooking Pot
The Most Magic Cow
The Magic Cricket Ticket
The Most Magic Dice
The Magic Doll’s House
The Most Magic Dream
The Most Magic Piece of Driftwood
The Most Magic Marshmallow
The Most Magic Drum
The Most Magic Dustbin
The Most Magic Eraser
The Most Magic Factory
The Most Magic Feather Duster
The Most Magic Fishing Rod
The Magic Flower Pot & The Magic Honey Bee
The Magic Football Shirt
The Most Magic Forest
The Most Magic Frying Pan
The Most Magic Garden Shed
The Most Magic Garden
The Most Magic Ghost
The Most Magic Giggle
The Most Magical Glove
The Most Magic Golden Ring
The Most Magic Greenhouse
The Magician’s Magic Orchestra
The Most Magic Hammer And Nail
The Most Magic Hand
The Most Magic Hat
The Most Magic Honey Bee
The Most Magic Ice – Cube
The Most Magic Key
The Magic Knife and Fork
The Most Magic Ladder
The Most Magic Library
The Most Magic Lightbulb
The Magic Mystery
The Most Magic Mystery Magnifying Glass
The Most Magic Marshmallow
The Most Magical Marsupial
The Most Magical Match That Wouldn’t Blow Out
The Most Magic Medicine
The Magic Mermaid Who Painted The Sea
The Magic Message In A Bottle
The Most Magic Milk Jug
The Most Magic Mite
The Most Magic Moments
The Magic Mop
The Magic Mountain
The Most Magic Mystery
The Most Magic Needle & Thread
The Most Magic Newspaper
The Most Magic Paintbrush
The Most Magic Paper Bag
The Most Magic Parachute
The Most Magic Party Hat
The Magic Peanut Bush
The Most Magic Pebble
The Most Magic Penny
The Most Magic Perfume
The Most Magic Pill
The Most Magic Plant Pot & Watering Can
The Most Magic Postcard
The Most Magic Prayer
The Most Magic Question Mark
The Most Magic Rainbow
The Most Magic Raindrop
The Most Magic Remote Control
The Most Magic Rolling Pin
The Magic Rubber Duck
The Most Magic Runner Bean
The Most Magic Salt ‘n’ Pepper Pot
The Magic Crow & The Even More Magic Scarecrow
The Most Magic Shoe
The Most Magic Shopping Basket
The Most Magic Skateboard
The Most Magic Skipping Rope
The Most Magic Slice of Bread & Butter
The Most Magic Smile
The Magic Snowflake That Wouldn’t Melt
The Most Magic Soap
The Most Magic Sock
The Most Magic Speech Bubble
The Most Magic Spell
The Most Magic Spider’s Web
The Magic Spoon
The Most Magic Stamp In The World
The Most Magic Star
The Magic Stopwatch
The Most Magic Sugar Bowl & Most Magic Sugar Stealer
The Magic Tap Dancing Shoes
The Most Magic Taxi
The Most Magic Teapot
The Most Magic Telephone
The Magic Tin of Baked Beans
The Most Magic Tomato
The Most Magic Top Hat
The Most Magic Toy Shop
The Most Magic Tractor
The Most Magic Train Ticket
The Most Magic Trick
The Most Magic Volcanic Explosion
The Magic Market Stall
The Carpenter’s Magic Hammer

Music & Orchestral Stories
The Symbols Crashed
The Magic Tamborine
My Magic Music Master
The Whistle That Blew Through the Orchestra
The Rockin’ Rock
Rolling Stone
Rock ‘N’ Roll Roly – Poly
Playing Second Fiddle
Sing – A – Long – A – Ding – Dong
The Magic Elephant’s Trumpet
The Baboon’s Tune
Walky Talky Radio
The Woodland Orchestra
Monica Harmonica

Who’s Who Stories About People
Aunty Ant
My Little Golden Bahini
Bendy Wendy
Bulga From Bulgaria
Cardinal Smelly Foot and the Holy Sock
Clean Jean & Cleaner Tina
Clearer Vera
Doddery & Dodgy
Gobble – De – Gook
Grandma Losing Her Memory
The Great Dane
The Greedy Swede
Gypsy Rose
Hair ‘em – Scare ‘em
Hey Cool Dude !
The Hot Scot
Hoyty – Toyty
The Hungry Man From Hungary
Ian the Electric Eel Electrician
Jolly Molly & Merry Jerry
Large Marge
Lazy Daisy
The Lucky Lepricaun
Meeting God
Milly – Molly
Miss Mishap
Mr. Odd Balls O.D.B. All From Oddsall
Olga From The Volga
Plain Jane
The Pole From Poland
Poorer Laura & Even Poorer Dora
The Pole From Poland
Poorer Laura & Even Poorer Dora
Slack Jack
Snoozy Asleep On The Job
Snuggle Huggle
Sobby Bobby
Sonic & Tonic
The Fly Who Wanted to be a Superhero
Tall Paul & Taller Paula
Thin Lynne
Cook Tuck
Wild Bill
Policeman Please
Jack the Blacksmith
Rolf the Golfer
Ten Ton Tessy
Twelve Twerps
Hustle and Bustle
Mister Metric
Dennis The Menace
Jack Flash
Miss Locket In A Pocket
Wierd, Wild & Wonderful
Juicy Lucy
P.C. Plod and the Exploding Meringue
The Damp Tramp & Maths On The Scrapheap
Maxine’s Maximum Maxim
Tinkering Tinker
Eizabeth Glisten
Slim Jim
Willy Nilly
The Gondalier Gone Crazy

Nature
Air Bubbles
The Boring Old Stone
The Flower That Wouldn’t Grow
The Lucky Lepricaun & The Four – Leaf Clover
Seeds of Ideas
Jeepers Creepers
The Muckiest Muck
Stuck In The Mud
In A Nutshell
Flower Power
Sam Squirrel’s Mystery Acorn
The Boring Old Stone
The Sugar Steelers’ Sweet and Sticky Snuffles
The Star That Fell To The Ground
The Wriggly, Wiggly, Giggly Worm
Rich Oak Leaves
The Four Seasons

Noisy, Crash, Bang Wallop Stories
Clickerty Clack
Crash ! Bang ! Whallop ! What A Din !
Fuddy – Duddy
Kerang ! Knock Your Socks Off !
Oops !
The Loudest Shout !
Where Did My Sneeze Land ?
Tittle – Tattle
Codswallop !
Reindeer In A Rainy Thunderstorm

A New Look At Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales
Three Blind Mice
Cartoon Characters
The Real Story of Cinderella, Prince Charming & The Ugly Sisters
The Real Story of Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Goldilock’s Socks
Goldilocks
Hickery Dickery Dock
Higgledy Piggledy
Humpty Dumpty
Itsy-bitsy, Teenie-weenie
Jack & Jill
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Ol’ King Cole’s Throne
Old Macdonald’s Farm
Old Mother Hubbard
Peter Piper
The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood
Robin Hood & His Merry Men
Whilst Robinson Crusoe Was Away
Scuba Diving
See – Saw
Sleeping Beauty
Tom, Tim and Tum
Off to See the Wizard
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Doo and Tweedle Dee
The Grand Ol’ Duke Of York
As I Was Going To Saint Ives
Doctor Foster
Hickory Dickory Dock
Ol’ Mother Hubbard
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Rub – A – Dub – Dub
Georgie Porgie
Little Jack Horner
There Was A Crooked Man
Little Tommy Tucker
Sing A Song of Sixpence
Hey Diddle Diddle
Humpty Dumpty
Little Miss Muffet
Little Bo Peep
Ding Dong Bell
Ride A Cock Horse
Wee Willie Winkie
Two Little Dickie Birds
Tom, Tom, The Piper’s Son
The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat Where Have You Been ?
This Little Piggy Went To Market
Bonny Bobby Shafto !
Punch & Judy Show
Cinderella
Mickey and Mini Mouse In A Miniature World
Bart Simpleton
The Wacky Jabbering Jabber – Wocky
Pied Piper
Hey Diddle, Averages, Mode and Median In The Middle

Parts of the Body
The Biggest Ears
Egg Head
Handy Hands
The Clown’s Happiest Smile
The Longest Legs
The Longest Arm
My Mohican Haircut
Pete’s Feet
Put Up Your Hands
The Smelliest Nose
You Can’t Chew With Somebody Else’s Teeth
The Biggest Hand
My Ticklish Toes
The Funky Funny Bone Game
False Teeth

Places to Live
The Budgerigar’s New Cage
Gypsy Caravan
The Haunted House
My Mud Hut
My Igloo Has A Hole In It’s Roof
Lost Worlds
The Melted Igloo
Painting the Parlour
Swampy Marshes
The Red Indian’s New Teepee
The Bug’s Rug
Tooth Decay City
Treasure Island
When The World Turned Upside Down
When The Furniture Beetle Moved House
The Real Three Stories About The Three Piglets Three Storey Houses
The Gnome’s Home
Tin Can Alley
The Sermon On The Mount About Amount
Method In Your Madness Maths Methodology Madness !

Right Royal Stories
Prince Rupert The Mediaeval Knight
The Highs & Lows Of His Royal Highness His Right Honourable Highness So High He Could Almost Fly Pomp
The Best Palace In The World
The Frog’s Magic Crown
King Cute Canute
The Old King’s Magic Three Wishes
The Poor Prince
The Unpleased Prince Who Wanted to Practise His Dancing
HRH Princess Peacock
Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s Most Magical Piece of Paper That Couldn’t Be Destroyed
The Ruler Ruler
The King of Spades’ Spade
The King Prawn Who Wanted to be a King
The Queen of Hearts Tarts
The Queen’s Magic Crown
The Round Knight of the Round Table
Jewel In the Crown
Princess Emma Emerald
His Excellency Excellent’s Extra Excelling Maths Quiz
HRH Spelling Game

School Subjects
Alpha Atomic Activity
The Chalk, The Chalkboard & The Chalkboard Rubber
How Molly the Molecule Extracted the Zinc Out of Her Chemistry Exam
Who Dunnit ? A Puzzling Clue
My Computer Keyboard Has A Problem
The Creature Feature Teacher
Flabbergast
Don’t 4get
The High Flying Elephant Genius
I Can Do
The Inside Out, Upside Down Town
Ben the Bear’s Voyage of Discovery of Inventions
The Mad Scientist & The Mad Scientist’s Laboratory
The Most Magic Mad Scientist
The Mathematician In A Muddle
Multiplication Maths Mania
My Lost Geography Book
Odd One Out
The Oxygen Molecule That Travelled the World’s Body
The Poet Who Got Lost For Words
The Poet Who Didn’t Know It & The Poet Who Did
The P’s & Q’s Mystery
What If They Could Rewire Your Brain To Make You Smarter ?
Simple Simon & Clever Dick Solve Some Sums With A Magic Calculator Trick Quick
Speak Up
The Adder Who Added Everything Up
The Mad Scientist’s Magic, New Idea
Wierd O
Why Y ?
Mastermind
The Highest Ever I.Q.
The 3 r’s

Maritime & The Sea
Mister Muscles The Mussel
The Blubbering Whale
The Broken Compass
The Fishing Boat’s New Anchor
Footsteps in the Sand
All Aboard The Jolly Roger and Captain Roger’s Ol’ Rope
The Magic Bucket & Magic Spade
The Most Magic Sandcastle
The Shark Whose Fins Shrank
Splish – Splash
The Star Fish With Starry Eyes
The Blue Submarine
The Pirate’s Lost Treasure Map and the Even More Lost Treasure
Floating Sam and the Flotsam Boatsman
Captain C. Waves
The Magic Mermaid
Noah’s Ark
The Deep Sea Diver and the Diamond
The Biggest and Best Ever Fishing Net
Ha ! Ha ! m’ Jim Lads
Jona and the Whale
Mister Coastguard the Brave Hero
Battleships
Slippery Kippers
Angles On Anglesey & Dessert Island Discs
Ross – on – Wye
Alas ! At Last – A Look At The Word Last
Sai – lin ‘
The Finnish Fish Who Finally Made It from Finland
Winky, The Dinky Minky Wale
Alma The Cross Albatross
The Yakkety Yak About A Yak In A Kayak
Mid The Squid

Things About the House
Duane, The Rubber Duck Who Got Stuck In The Drain
The Cat’s Mat
The Not Very Good Juggler and Not Very Well Juggled Jug
Bits & Bobs
Bits & Piece
I’ll Huff & I’ll Puff & I’ll Blow Your House Down
Bric – A – Brac
The Candle That Wouldn’t Blow Out
The Elf’s Wheelbarrow
The Fed – Up Brush
Forward & Rewind
The Giant Ladder
Goof On The Roof
Grandpa’s Notebook
Three Keys
Kicking the Bucket
Knick – Knack Paddy – Wack
The Runaway Lawn Mower
The Lights Went Out
The Magic Mop
Making The Bed
Mister Broken Mixer and the Fixer
The Morning Edition and Ed the Newspaper Editor
The Most Amazing Mouse Mat
My Computer Has A Cold
The Magic Paintbrush’s Search For All the Colours of the Rainbow
Pins and Needles
Sucked Down The Bathroom Plug
The Revolving Secret Door
The Sewing Machine That Wouldn’t Stop Sewing
The Sledgehammer & The Pnuematic Drill
Spring Cleaning
Sticky Glue
The Kidnapped Toothbrush
The Vacuum Cleaner That Sucked Everything Up
The Weigh Scales From the Sales
Mr K. Lean Washing Machine
The Carpenter’s Magic Hammer
The Magic Grandfather Clock
Dolly Peg and Peggy Doll, The Pegged Out Duo
The Munching Crunching Cushion

Space & Travel
Argy – Bargy
The Brightest Star
The Bus That Lost It’s Wheel
The Buzzing Bus
Cannonball
Compass
Everybody’s Everything Everyday
What If the World Was Flat ?
What if Global Warming Continues ?
The Great Race
Helter – skelter
Hip – Hop, Flip Flop
Hitch – Hike
Hop – A – Long
Lost !
Mad Dash
Middle of the Road
Crazy Car Rally
A New Pair of Roller Boots
The Squirrel’s Squiddle
The Supersonic Spaceship
The Motor Car Race
The Puffed Out Steam Engine
Trigger the Bigger Digger
The Abacus Bus
Hot Air Balloon Ride
All Aboard the Number Nine Bus !
The Traffic Warden and the Traffic Ticket
The Greyhound Bus
Maths Drives Me Crazy ! & Motorway Maths Madness
The Taxes Taxi
Ricky’s Rickety Rickshaw
Thomas Trank
Truckin’
Viva ! Las Vegas !
Ferry Across The Mersey
Chicago
Ally The Wally At The Car Rally Spelling Game
The Cheetah Who Bought A Two – Seater
The Magnificent Man In His Maths Flying Machine

In The Military – Action Man Maths !
Military Medals Admiral Add – Up In The Merchant Navy
Lieutenant Lou
The Soldier Crab Who Loved Ice – Cream Soda
Commador Comma
Reg The Regimental Sergeant Major
Brigadier Bridge
Bombadier Bump
Sergeant At Arms Long Arms
Colonel Cauliflower
Mister B. Andy Legs the Bandsman
Officer Office (Monday to Friday, The Office Coffee Break and Nine To Five)
Mister R.U. The Buggling Bugle Player
Grenadier Green’s Camouflage Game
Commando
The Legionnaire With Hairy Legs
Para – troopers
Quarter Master’s Four Store
Mission Impossible

Word Games
Dribs and Drabs “Ib” and “Ab” Games
Ever So and So – So
Invisible
Look Behind You !
Mash Mish
Moodle Doodle
Pell Mell
Run of the Mill
Up and Down
Helen the Helicopter Pilot
Walter Watchmaker
Over Dover and Under the English Channel
Black Jack
That’s All
Maths In The Park
Cross – word Crossword Mania
The Poorly Number Three
Mailing An “e” By E – Mail
The Prism In Prison
Fraction Actions
Roman Numerals
Solo So – Low
Etc Etc
Alas ! At Last – A Last Look At The Word Last
Missing the Point
Up Keep and Keep Up
Trapezium Trapeze
Chocca Block
Feel Good Factor and Factor – eyes – A Pupil’s Game
Follow My Leader
The Gentleman’s Game
A List of Lists
Hallelujah !
The Wardrobe Game
My Sister’s Scissor Cut

Interesting People
Mister Eye Opener
Mister Fall Guy
Superman’s Super Quiz
Chinaman Chan Chang and the Poor Man From Singapore
Full of ‘Em In Fulham
Skating On Ice
Polo Mint Game
Goody Goody
Take A Break
Emma the Amazing Amoeba
Locomotion Notions
Shipwreck
The Game That No – One Wants to Play Because There Is No 1
Shennanigans
Where It’s At !
Finnegan’s Begin Again
Go Get ‘ Em !
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Flatman And Bobbin’
Widerman
Mister B.A. Crackpot
Ian Within and Ian Without
Gadzooks ! Crikey ! Blimey !
The Fattest Quiz Around
Ned the Dutchman and the Greatest Ever Clog Dance
Mister Chatterbox and the Non – Stop Nattering Television
Master Blaster
Mathew Maths
Santa Claws
Good I – deas
Pa in Pakistan
Funny Phrases
Calamity Cal
Urr …

Miscellaneous Mathematics Problems
Andy and Mandy – The Pair of Pandas
The Wider Spider
The Longer Conga
The Most Scary Lost Ghost
The Orange Squash and the Orange Crush Mathematics Game
The Back to Front Racing Driver
Mr Plum The Clumsy Plumber
Helen the Helicopter Pilot
Mr K.A.K. Maker the Baker
Rick the Bricklayer
The Traffic Warden From Trafford and The Traffic Lights Quiz
Grocer Grapefruit, Grocer Artichoke and Mrs. Strawberry’s Shopping Trip
Carlo the Car Mechanic
Frankie the Cranky Bank Manager and Robert the Robber
Esmerelda the Elderly Elephant
Julie Jewel the Jeweler
Mr Len Spectacles the Optician
Barbara Barber
Mister T.V. Superstar
Master U.R. Daily the Newsboy
The Postman with the Most Post
Mrs. O. Varthegardenwall Who Lived Next Door
Mr. P. Ian. O. Plonk
Miss Behaviour, Miss Deed and Miss Chief
Madam Cap the Hat Maker
Parson Parsnip
The Not Very Good Juggler and the Not Very Well Juggled Jug
Over Dover and Under the English Channel
Walter Watchmaker
Lol the Lollipop Man
Rolf the Golfer
Mr Bandy Legs the Bandsman
Mr Taylor The Tailor
Sue the Zoo – Keeper
Andy the Handyman
Dean the Milkman With Rattling Bones and the Rattling Milk Kart
Violet the Violin Player
The Magic Doll’s House
The Racoon Tycoon
The Wart Hog, The Dog and the Frog
Scot the Potter Who Was Potty About Pots
Ray Raisins
Automatic
Mary the Hairy Hare
The Cat’s Mat
Gordon the Greedy Gorilla and the Chocolate Eclairs
The Non – Stop Nattering Natterjack
Black Jack
The Pink Flamingo’s Flamenco Dance
The Stork’s Trip to York
Derek Deckchair
The Number Five From Fife
The Wheelbarrow’s Trip To Barrow
The Cluck About A Duck
Thinking Thick and Thin
Mr Snapshots the Cameraman
Officer Office
Mister R.U. The Buggling Bugle Player
Mister Bill Yards The Billiards Player
Mister Bob Sleigh The Eskimo and The Polar Bear From The North Pole
The Circle Circus
Madam Ballerina
Mister Dominic Dom Inows’ Spots
Mister Luke B. Hind The Short – Sighted Owl
Mister Jim Nastics
May The Old Maid Who Made Marmalade
Mrs Mop The Chambermaid and The Bucket of Soapy Water
Mister E. Whodunnit and the Disappearing Cake Mystery
The Higher Highwayman
Mister Jack Hydraulic
Victor the Viking
The French Restaurant Quiz
The Great Indian Take – Away
The Great Mexican Take – Away
The Great Chinese Take – Away
Snoozy The Snoozing Snooker Player
Gypsy Rose and The Rose – Smelling Spelling Spell
Bob Bobble Bon Bon
Tin Can Alley
Mister Al Wright’s Alright Left and Right & Right and Wrong Game !
D.S. Jockey
The Pick Pocket’s Pick ‘N’ Mix
Jack Frost Lost
The Magician’s Magic Maths Hat and Magic Maths Wand
The Most Toast Ever Eaten By A Ghost
Pat Zat
The Minestrone Soup Game
Mick’s New Microscope
The Gnome’s Home
The Mathematic Gardener Garden Gnome and the Magic Garden Shed
The Ocean Liner
The White Elephant
The Computer Whiz Kid
Mister D. Side
The Roadsweeper Who Polished Up His Act
Gold !
Abseil
The Australian Wonga Wonga Bird
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Whose Sums Needed Checking
Paul Over and Neil Down
The Micro – Soft Mouse Who Only Wanted To Be A Macro Mouse
The Wood Pigeon In My Garden
At the Races
Camp site Maths
Spaghetti
Out of Africa
From the Top To The Bottom
Around the World In Eighty Days
Polo Mint
Mission Impossible For An Imp
Football Referee
The Pot of Gold At The End of the Rainbow
Barmy Barmcakes
Bonfire Night
A Trip To Blackpool
Christmas Maths Game
Halloween
The Spectre With No Spectacles
The Wise Old Owl
Will “Do”
As the Crow Flies
Sinbad the Sailor
Aladdin’s Lamp
The Supermarket Quiz
Jaws
Alice In Wonderland
Peter Pan
Billy the Duck – Billed Platypus
Granny Jean
Gramaphone Grammar
Mister Muscles the Mussel
The Showbiz Quiz
Fire Marshal Marsh and the Marshmallow Quiz
Confectionary Maths
Honey I Shrunk …
The Marvellous Marvel
The Potty Otter and the Even More Potty Pottery
As the Crow Flies and A Blot On The Land – scape Word Games
Table Tennis Championship
Music Maths Lesson
A Cup of Tea
Bishop Wishes
Mustang Stan
Ed the Newspaper Editor
Box Office Hits
Escalating Maths Escalator
Ya’ Number’s Up !
Smarter Smartie Pants
The Cub Scout’s Scout About Maths
The Yellerist Terrorist
Mister Mustava Mushroom
It’s A Knockout !
Speedy Gonzales
Anything to Declare ?
Tete A Tete
Roman Numerals
Jack Flash
Stu Stewpot Who Loved Stew
Esta, Kim and Mo, the Three Eskimoes
Eva On Everest Who Only Ever Wanted To Rest
Eureka ! Maths Divide, Applied, Multiplied and Qualified
Des – perate Des
Forgotten Sum – thing ?
Geo’s Theo
The Fable About Mabel In A Maple Tree
M’Lords, Ladies & Gentlemen
Groovin’ Viceroy Vincent
Bart Simpleton
Tell Me A Story
Utter Clutter
What Do You Do ?
Whatever You Do, I Do, Too ! You Do, Too Don’t You ?
Small Talk About Big Ideas
The End To End N To N Game
The Frump Who Was Down In The Dumps
Cool !
Thumbs Up !
Banned
My Sister’s Scissor Cut
Highs and Lows
Hangman
Grub Club
My Favourite Spelling Game
Thunderbirds’ Th’under – words
The Supermarket Queue
Word for Word Jigsaw
A Smart Art Start
Oh Drats ! It’s Stats !
Hip Hop, B – Bop, Full – Stop
Got It In A Jiffy !
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done !
Oh Drats ! It’s Stats !
A Smart Start
The E.U. Sum – mit

Professor Assessor Stories
Professor Assessor and the Exclamation Mark
Professor Assessor and Question Mark
Professor Assessor and the Chalkboard
Professor Assessor and the Fly Away Magic Desk
Professor Assessor and the Magic Asterisk
Professor Assessor and the Magic Comma
Professor Assessor and the Magic Eraser
Professor Assessor and the Magic Full – Stop
Professor Assessor and the Magic Quill Pen
Professor Assessor and the Magic Quiz
Professor Assessor and the Rainbow Science Quiz
Professor Assessor and the School Day Trip to the Zoo
Professor Assessor, The Thinking Ink Well and Shrinking Ink Spots
Professor Assessor’s Packed Lunch Game
Professor Assessor and the School Sports Day
Professor Assessor and the Lost Homework Mystery
Professor Assessor & The Square Root Who Didn’t Like Being Square
Professor Assessor’s Detention Time Quiz
Professor Assessor’s French and Latin Class
Professor Assessor’s School Packed Lunch Spelling Game
Professor Assessor’s History Class
Professor Assessor’s Cookery Class
Professor Assessor and the School Pet Lizard
Professor Assessor and the School Music Band
Professor Assessor and the School Bell
Professor Assessor At The End of Year School Ball
Professor Assessor’s Bicycle Ride To School
Professor Assessor’s Geography Quiz
Professor Assessor’s Revision
Professor Assessor’s Library
Professor Assessor’s Mathematics Class
Professor Assessor’s School Examinations
Professor Assessor’s School Pantomine
Professor Assessor’s School Bus and Lost Bus Ticket
Professor Assessor Takes A Vocabulary Vacation
Professor Assessor’s “As Stubborn As A Mule” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Daft As A Brush” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Light As A Feather” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Cool As A Cucumber” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Easy As Pie” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Fit As A Flea” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Hard As Nails” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Different As Chalk and Cheese” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Old As The Hills” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Warm As Toast” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s “As Stubborn As A Mule” Lesson
Professor Assessor’s Nature Lesson and the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Mister A. Head the Headmaster
Justin Time
Frank Leigh, The Head Boy
Mastermind
Professor Assessor’s Dog, Scooby Dood
Professor Assessor’s Physics Class and His Magnificent Electro – Magnetic Maggot, Maggie
Professor Assessor At The Bowling Alley
The School Mistress, Dismal Miss D.Ismiss
Apple for the Teacher
Lucy Lastic, the Teacher of Gymnastic
Miss Mess
Miss Faraway & The Frying Pan Maths Game
Professor Assessor’s Pupil, Dizzy Lizzy
Professor Assessor’s History Class On The Tudors
Raiders of the Lost Chalk
Brian O’Brien, the Brightest and Most Brilliant of Professor Assessor’s Students
The Mule Who Came To School
Computer Kingdom
The Teacher Tree Creeper
Milly Molly Mandy
Libby The Librarian’s Bookish Maths Quiz
Betty’s Better Betting Maths Game
Miss Knobbly Knees
Sigh – Ann’s Science Class
The Know It All Who Didn’t Know Anything At All
Professor Assessor’s Greatest Inventions

The Count Dracu Series
Count Dracu – Number
Count Dracu – Discount In The Supermarket
Count Dracu – Farmer In The Countryside
Count Dracu – Bank Robber and the Counterfeit £10 Note
Count Dracu – Holiday Goes On Countless Voyages of Discovery
Count Dracu – and the Counter – Clockwise Clock and Counter – Time
Count Dracu – Soldier and the Toy Soldier Counter – Attack
Count Dracu Astair and the Five Count Dance
Count Dracu – At The Butcher’s Counter
Count Dracu – Muscles – Strongman and the Counter – Weight
Count Dracu – Astro and the Countdown
Count Dracu – Actor and the Counteract
Count Dracu – Doc and the Red and White Blood Count
Count Dracu Politican and the Vote Re – Count
Count Dracu – Chef
Wishy Washy Washing Day In Count Dracu Number’s Castle
Count Dracu’s Algebraic Alge – Brick Castle
Count Dracu’s Sixes and Sevens Quiz

Farmer Giles Series
Farmer Giles Wellington Boots
Farmer Gile’s Tractor Answers
Farmer Giles’ Cow Daisy and the Rattling Milk Churns
Dosy Rosy Counting Sheep
Farmer Giles’ Broken Gate
Farmer Giles’ Farthest Field
Farmer Giles’ Near and Far Barn Game
Farmer Giles’ Far and Wide Farmhouse Spelling Game
Farmer Giles’ Far and Away Farmyard Spelling Game
Farmer Gile’s Magic Greenhouse and the Magic Tomato Plant
Farmer Gile’s Billy The Billy Goat
Farmer Gile’s Cow Who Couldn’t Moo
Cybil & Billy, The Rabble Rousing Billy Goats
The Puddleduck Who Couldn’t Find A Puddle
Piggy Back
Piggy Bank
The Adventures Of Penelope Pig – In the Hayloft
Penelope Pig’s Best Ever Ham Championship Win
Penelope Pig’s Ham Shanks, Thanks !
Penelope – The Pig With Tottering Trotters
Penelope Pig’s Curly Tail
The Day When Penelope Pig’s Tail Lost It’s Curl
The Day When Penelope Pig Got Hiccups
The Day When Penelope Pig Couldn’t Fly
Penelope Pig In A Pig Pen
Penelope Pig’s W – Ham !
Farmer Giles’s R – U – R Game
Needle In The Haystack
Lazy Daisy, The Crazy Crow
Dora the Dormouse
Tony the Pony
The Loose Goose
The Compost Heap Competition

Inspector Spectre
Inspector Spectre Investigates a Ghostly Disappearance At School
Inspector Spectre Investigates a Ghostly Disappearance at the Zoo
Inspector Spectre Investigates a Ghostly Disappearance at the Library
Inspector Spectre Investigates a Ghostly Disappearance at the Tea – Shop
Inspector Spectre Investigates a Ghostly Disappearance at the Train Station
Inspector Spectre’s Open and Shut Case
Murder In The Dark
James Blonde 006
Inspector Spectre’s Sus – picious Sus – pect Game
Inspector Spectre’s Dark Rimmed Glasses
Inspector Spectre’s One Hundred and One Disguises Game
Double Agent Double Cream Doughnuts

The In’Jun Joe Series
Mississippi Mud
Ode to In ‘ Jun Joe’s and his New Teepee
In ‘ Jun Joe’s Moccasin Maths Quiz – All About Buffalos, Fires, Smoke Signals, Blankets and Horses
In ‘ Jun Joe’s Hit and Miss Bow and Arrows Game
The Red Red Indian Spelling Game
In ‘ Jun Joe’s Feathered Head -Dress
In ‘ Jun Joe’s Smoke Signals Game
Buffalo Bill’s Maths Game
The New Blue Moccasin’s Spelling Game
Governor Oven and Sheriff Hotdog
The Cherokee Indian Game
In ‘ jun Joe’s Canoe
Jesse James’ As Quick As A Flash Jackass
The Most Prickly Cactus In The World
Wild Bill’s Quickdraw Drawl
Pochohontas’ Camp – Fire Game
The Tumble Bug In The Tumbleweeds
Mister Misfire, Chief Mischief and the Mustard Moustache
Wild Bill’s “Gee Whizz !” Quiz
The Chipmunk’s Chips
Pocohontas’ Stitch In Time
Saloon
In’jun Joe and the Pioneering Mouse in the New Found Land
Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer
In’ jun Joe In The Blue Lagoon
Wild Bill’s Horse, Triganometry Trigger
Tom Tomahawk, The Hawkeye Scout
SS Express
In’jun Joe’s Buffalo’s (Call My) Bluff
Buffalo Bill’s Hold – Up
The Total Totem Pole
The Stagecoach’s Last Post
The Hottest Hotel Quiz
Cowboy Bill’s F”ist” Fight In The Saloon

The Billabong Bill Series Of Kids’ Stories
The Ostrich’s Trip To Australia
Bills To Pay
Waltzing Mathilda
My Boomerang Won’t Come Back

The Garden Shed Gang Series Of Kids’ Stories
Garden “Orn” – aments
P.J. the D.J.’s Midnight Pyjama Feast

The Sherwood Forest Series
Robin Hood’s Outlaw – ish Maths Laws
Sheriff Of Nottingham’s Castle Game
Maid Marion’s Maths
Friar Tuck’s Cart
Little John’s Bow ‘N’ Arrow Game
Will Scarlett’s Letter Game
Guy Of Gisbourne’s Disguise For The Guys In The Garrison
Sherwood Forest’s Fields Of Rye
The Band Of Mercenaries
Locksley’s Lock & Key Game
King Richard’s Rich Maths Quiz
… The Never Ending Maths Game

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Santa’s Pocket Mouse

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Every Christmas, Santa had millions of mince pies to eat – a million glasses of sherry and a million turkey dinners to heat. No wonder he wobbled as he walked down the street ! A million supper parties is quite a fete. He had so many invitations, all of which in different nations, that he advertised in the Santaland gazette, for a helper. The caption read – “Wanted – mince pie eater … with room to let”. On the centre pages, a photograph featuring Santa and the grotto elves was displayed, clearly showing the number of tasty morsels on the kitchen shelves, that Mrs. Christmas had made. But when no – one applied for the job, Santa was dismayed. “Please come and help give Santa a hand”, wrote the Christmas fairy – because no more mince pies disappeared when she waved her magic wand. So as many of the world’s children, Santa could meet, he added that cleaning skills would be handy, to keep the grotto tidy and neat (but of course, it would have to be someone (or something), who didn’t object to rain, snow and sleet !). Santa did consider a parrot to sit on his shoulder, but there weren’t many living in Santaland, where the weather was getting colder. There was a parrot for sale in the pet shop by the bus – stop, but Santa was too late. By the time he’d arrived, the pet shop owner had sold her – but he said a mouse would be equally as great. Finally after about a week, there was one reply to the Santaland gazette advert … with an “eek !”.
Santa hadn’t considered a furry creature – he was rather more interested in a cleaner, when he telephoned the gazette for a feature. Perhaps a maid, was what Santa sought – but the candidate would do well, if properly taught ! (especially since a half – nibbled lump of cheese, it brought !). At the mouse’s interview – the first thing he did was sneeze – a cloud of dust and crumbs, almost blew him over in the icy breeze. Santa only hoped that some assistance would be brought, not the flu would be caught ! but anyway, someone who liked crumbs a lot, would make the situation much less fraught ! Mrs. Christmas was shocked when a mouse introduced himself – at first, she chased it with a feather duster all the way along the bookshelf, before making a bed for him beside the elf. The mouse’s instructions were quite simple that he was to come in and out via the hole in the door – and to clean up all the crumbs that had fallen all over the floor. Despite the poor wages, the mouse had never had this much fun in ages. He got started munching straight away – crunching a hole in the cushion in less than a day ! Soon, of course, the mouse had bellyache – but it probably was because he’d eaten more than his share of the Christmas bake ! (with as many mince tarts as he could take !). The mouse poured on some cream from Mrs. Christmas’s jug – then started again, nibbling the tassles on the fireside rug !
Mrs. Christmas wasn’t happy at all – the mouse had accidentally eaten all the mail that fell through the letterbox in the hall ! She complained to Gerome the gnome, who suggested that a mousehole would be a better home. It was always such a dash for tea – so Santa checked in a book on haberdashery. In the index under “Homes for mice” – Santa read that soft cushioning was rather nice. Somewhere cosy and warm would be essential – somewhere the mouse could hibernate …. in close proximity to the mince pie plate would be even better to get them eaten at the necessary rate !
Meanwhile, Santa wandered outside for a smoke – when he spluttered, the mouse awoke. An icy wind blew from the South, as Santa put his pipe into his mouth. The weather was so cold, his pipe was difficult to hold. He felt a sneeze coming and reached for a handkerchief to unfold. That’s when an idea shot into Santa’s head like a rocket … the mouse could come and live inside his pocket !

Santa couldn’t decide on a suitable name for the mouse, who came to live inside Santa’s blouse. Instead of a title that could be written, Santa called the mouse something that was bitten : “Cheese”. He called his new friend with whistles … at the smell of fresh creamy cheese, the cheesy mouse rustled his bristles. After that, whenever the mouse got one of his “twitches”, Santa had almost certainly finished one of his Christmas sandwiches ! Often the mouse thought that it was one of his fleas that caused so many itches, it seemed – but the truth was as Santa put his hand in his coat pocket stitches were becoming unseamed ! By Christmas Eve, Santa’s coat had lost a sleeve. When Santa went to look, a bite of his collar had been took. There were only four fingers left on each woolly glove, (of course, it was Cheese the Mouse, who everyone in the grotto had started to love).

Mouse About Th’House

* Teacher’s note – draw a range of different sized squares and rectangles (representing pockets) on the board, then give, say three of four measurements – diameters, ares of one proportion, sides sizes, angles, weights etc and ask the students from what they know already, to calculate the missing dimension. On each pocket – mark a hole where the mouse appears. This can be used as a key marker. Example – How far high in the pocket is the mouse ?

 

 

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The Christmas That Santa Got A Magic *** Video Recorder

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One Christmas, Mrs. Christmas’s mince pies looked so tasty on a plate on the table displayed, that Santa decided to photograph them, so in June, the Christmas cooking could be replayed. Not only were her cakes raised, but so were everyone’s eyebrows – they were all utterly amazed – when in the middle of Summer, there could see as many treats as they could eat – sugared, iced and glazed.

Of course, electronic presents bought for Santa are magic and can do tricks automatic. In order to ensure that this year’s Christmas had a souvenir keepsake, Santa tried his hand at cinematography … then took a second take ! Santa asked Gerome the gnome for a special request : a present of a new video camera, which, on Christmas Day, in seconds, he quickly put to the test. After that, no – one got any rest ! With a little *** video hocus pocus, the robin redbreast soon zoomed into focus. Santa was so busy auto – recording, that he knocked the robin red breast out of his nest ! With a wave of the Christmas fairy’s magic wand, the video started performing tricks, (even though it was second – hand). The Christmas fairy (who always liked to look her best) said, “Just let me put a bit of lipstick on, Hon”, then in a minute she was gone. As soon as Santa clicked the switch to “ON”, suddenly, there was an action replay of everyone. Of course, the video recorder’s magic worked best when Santa’s favourite soccer team, Robin redbreaster United were playing a match on Boxing Day. When Santa switched on the magic *** video recorder, they won 2 -1 ! (even though the stars were having a rest from play !).

Having a *** video recorder that was magic meant Santa never again had to wait for Christmas. If he wanted next Christmas to arrive, Santa pressed fast forward – just as easy as going on a magical sleigh drive. Now that every day was Christmas Day – Santa had even more presents to make than he had last May. Now that every day had a December ring, Santa, of course, had even more trouble remembering. However, so long as every day was Christmas Day, no – one minded much. Whatever the date, the holidays were great, as such ! Whenever Santa pressed the button “PLAY !”, everyone had another party for Christmas Day (over and over again, they say !). Santa often did things twice, but getting twice as many Christmas presents was rather nice ! The only trouble was he now had to polish twice as many shoes … and complete twice as many crossword clues ! Christmas dinner lasted twice as long … and Santa got twice as drunk, because the sherry wine was twice as strong ! With a simple *** video trick, Santa’s roast potates never went cold (Santa only hoped that the magic film would always be marvellous to behold and that he ever grow old !).

Santa always enjoyed impressing his wife, especially at Christmas. Just to make sure that he super – dooperly “wow” – ed her, as Santa flew over the North Pole border, turned on the *** video camcorder. As quick as a flash, Santa made a dash ! With a crash ! bash ! Santa ended up in the trash ! (all for $/£ *** worth of cash !). The elves all thought Santa’s comedy so funny, they replayed again, again …and again – and charged money. Santa’s Christmas film was so well – recorded, a Christmas Oscar, Santa was awarded.

Then, just as it seemed to Santa that Christmas was over, Santa pressed rewind and turned the tape over. His appetite was just returning. For another slice of turkey, Santa began yearning. Luckily, with the easy – to – read manual, Santa was fastly learning. He switched fast forward to the turkey chowder … and a replay of Mrs. Christmas mince pies (in a cloudy puff of icing powder !).

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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The Christmas That Santa Lost His Marbles

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Before his great getaway, one year, Santa had just about finished packing up his sleigh, when he slipped, accidentally, and headed off towards next May ! There was just one more gift to go, which unfortunately, Santa dropped in the snow. He brought a checklist of all the toys he’d made to see which he’d discarded in the enchanted fairy glade. He thought it may have been a teddy bear, or a doll’s house that regretably, he’d disregarded, but it was difficult to see – Santa wasn’t wearing his spectacles and the light was starting to fade. In the rush, he dropped a set of marbles for a boy in South America, in the holly bush. One of them was found next morning on the lawn, by the garden thrush. Anyway, he didn’t have much room left … since Rudolph the red nose reindeer had put on some weight since last year, it would’ve been too much of a crush !
The Christmas that Santa lost at marbles, was a real ball ! Although no – one could find Santa’s set of marbles anywhere, luckily, Santa still came around to call. Strange how, at Christmas some things seem strange, not just an ordinairy set of marbles, but bullets from a shooting range ! Bullseye ! there were marbles flying all through the night sky. At first, the snowman thought there was another undiscovered planet, which like the three Wise Men, he’d spotted. Together with Santa a new journey around the universe, they plotted. It couldn’t have been a meteorite, because Santa noticed, the U – F – O zigzaged left, then right !

Although Santa’s wall was strongly built, ever since it was hit by one of Santa’s marbles, there’s been a tilt ! A catapult was Gerome the gnome’s favourite gift – which he used to scare away the crows that appeared on the snowdrift. Santa found one of his marbles, as he bent down to lift ! The Christmas fairy thought she’d seen, a shooting star, over the evergreen … but actually, it was the fastest ever marble that had ever been ! “Look out !, the Christmas fairy cried out, as another lost marble went spinning about – it smashed the windowpane, the next time she looked out, then richocheted off the garden shed and landed with a clout.

The marbles landed in a million and one different places. Some of them disappeared without the slightest of traces. One landed on Rudolph the red nose reindeer’s nose – now whenever he sneezes, Christmas rock ‘n’ rolls. Another marble landed in Mrs. Christmas’s biggest ever mince pie that she was baking for Santa’s lunch – now Christmas dinner, really goes with a crunch ! One marble landed on the bird table – off flew the robin red breast, as quick as he was able. But the best marble of all, landed in Gerome the gnome’s watering can, which was placed on the garden wall – now, when he does the gardening, a Christmas tree with marble baubles has grown ten feet tall. Santa even found a marble in his Christmas dinner … he did try to have a game, with Gerome the gnome, but luckily his marble was the winner ! No wonder that the pea – soup made by Mrs. Christmas seemed to get thicker, not thinner ! As the marble plopped from the pan into the dish, it scored another point (to win at the Christmas game of marbles was Santa’s greatest ever wish !).

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The Christmas That Santa Got A Magic *** TV

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The magic *** television that Santa gave to Gerome the gnome as a present came in a very ordinairy box. In fact, it looked so much like an ordinaity cardboard show box than a special gift, that Santa almost forgot to put it into one of his stocking socks ! But Santa should’ve guessed that something extra – ordinairy was about to happen when he landed his sleigh on the grotto rooftop : and the television aerial flashed as he braked to stop. On his way home from the shop, every telegraph pole in Santa’s street crackled and buzzed like a radio transmission, so it as no surprise at all that when the gift was opened, the wrapping paper revealed a brand new *** television !

 

The remote control of the magic *** TV could do wonderful things – so all the world could see. When Santa sat down, the street lamps flashed all over Santatown. On Christmas Eve, Santa was sat as usual in his favourite armchair, when magic lightening flashed everywhere ! Suddenly the cat’s whiskers started to twitch … Santa must have turned on the BBB switch ! As he settled down to watch the afternoon matinee, instead of a well – known superstar, the film featured the fairy off his Christmas tree ! That’s when Santa finally concluded that the television was magic, so then was constantly glued to it !

 

All holiday, the *** television stayed plugged in – only when everyone had finished watching their favourite programmes could the Christmas celebrations begin. Gerome the gnome almost missed his lunch, because he was waiting for the DIY feature to fix the broken table that he’d accidentally crunched. At three o ‘ clock, Mrs. Christmas’s favourite cooking programme was about to start. She had picked a new recipe – a crumbly, mince pie tart that she wanted to bake for Santa’s picnic packed lunch, before he was about to depart.

 

Soon, everything in the grotto was being *** zapped. There were many things about having a magic *** television remote control – especially since then the bad weather could be zapped. When things around the grotto became broke, Santa gave them a whizz of *** magic. Suddenly, the magic remote control magically brightened the day – the rain stopped and the rainclouds blew away. If the cat in the grotto purred loudly at Santa’s ankles for a saucer of milk – Santa zapped the fridge with the magic *** remote control so the bottle jumped off the shelf and poured cream all by itself from the jug ! Within minutes, the moggie was back rolling on the rug. The robin red breast’s nest fell from a Christmas tree branch – soon, the baby birds were all singing again magically. In an icy breeze, the snowman’s carrot nose fell off – now he had no way to sneeze and cough ! a flash of Santa’s remote magic was enough so that once more they were off ! When he zapped the garden from the windowsill, for the snowman was magicked a flu – pill … as well as scaring off all the crows over the hill !

In the grotto kitchen if Mrs. Christmas dropped a pie, which flipped off the table as she chase a fly, a zap of the magic *** remote control flew it once more through the sky … and channel two started (though no – one could explain why … of course, no – one had the remotest idea that it was remote magic !). Santa got busy doing all the housework magically. The floor was soon mopped and the wood for the fire was quickly chopped. If a tyre on Santa’s sleigh popped, Santa fixed it with the magic *** remote control (just in the case the magic stopped). In one wave of is hand – the magic *** was better than a magic wand. Gerome the gnome, naturally, would had done all this work, but he’d broken the handle off the pitchfork. So, Santa made sure that he fixed that too – with some remote control magic – so they could get on making the stew !

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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The Christmas That Santa Landed In The Vegetable Patch

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Christmas had never been so smashing, as the time when Santa got spud – bashing ! The Christmas that Santa landed in the vegetable patch, storm clouds thundered, lightening was clashing and the rain was splashing. Soon, even Santa’s spring onions underneath his Wellington boots needed trashing ! Santa’s eyesight has never been that good. Without spectacles, he cannot see further than the beginning of the wood. So hardly surprising, that one Christmas Santa landed in the mud.
Santa’s vegetable patch was found at the bottom of the garden. It stretched from the kitchen door, to the wall by the gate. It was where the elves grew everything they ate (and since there were hundreds of them – this was quite a rate !). There was so much gardening to do one year, that Christmas present unwrapping had to wait ! and dinner was late (in fact, some of the food jumped from the vegetable patch onto the plate !).
As usual, Frosty the Snowman was stood outside. He was falling fast asleep, when into the garden something began to glide … then collide ! It was Santa on his sleigh. Frosty watched then ducked as he realised the U – F – O was heading his way ! As he landed, Santa began to slip and slide … well he would wobble after a glide worldwide !
“Watch out for the chimney pot !”, Gerome the gnome cried (though even with a telescope, the TV aerial probably wouldn’t have been spied !). Santa looked how much more energy he’d got. “Oh rot !”, he exclaimed, as he realised not a lot. He couldn’t stop and hit the spot !
There was a scarecrow in Santa’s allotment, too, which scared off the crows as the wind blew. But the Christmas that Santa crashed, not only did the marrow get squashed, but any hopes of growing strawberries were quickly dashed, as the fence got bashed. In fact, Santa scared off more crows than the scarecorw had all year : by simply sneezing whenever one of the pests came near … whilst landing in fifth gear ! The scarecrow, these days, has a pumpkin for a head, from where it flew after Santa skidded in the flowerbed.
On Santa’s shovel, the robin red breast sat. When Santa landed in the vegetable patch, and around the telegraph pole circled a lap, he too got into a flap ! As Santa touched down, all the elves began to loudly clap. Into the air, peelings flew. CRASH ! BANG ! WALLOP ! (… and GADZOOKS, too !). As Santa hit the floor, peas burst out of their pods and a carrot hit the shed door. The French beans could no longer be seen, and all the bricks in the garden wall turned green. Instead of baubles, tomatoes hung on the branches of the grotto Christmas tree. There were radishes as far as the eye could see !
A turnip hit Rudolph the red nose reindeer on the head, who kicked it and scored a hat – trick in the wheelbarrow. Santa jumped up cheering – promptly scaring off another sparrow ! When he landed, he squashed another marrow. Santa skidded on a ripe banana … with a cabbage leaf on his head, he felt a right banana ! Santa somersaulted backwards, towards the pear tree. Now, they’d all have fruit juice for tea !
In the grotto kitchen, Mrs. Christmas heard a loud “SPLAT !”. She went to fetch her mop to scare away the cat. But shampoo and a towel would have perhaps been far wiser – since Santa arrived wearing so much fertiliser ! As he flew over the English Channel, Santa had telephoned to say that he’d soon be home and to get a couple of tablets ready for his painful gout ! They hadn’t expected to have to dig him out ! Wearing two onions for earrings, no wonder that Santa’s hearing was so poor. Thanks to his bad steering, a watering can he wore ! even Rudolph the reindeer smelt mor and more. His nose was even redder and even his tail was sore ! Really, a combine harvester is what Santa needed, a but a crash land was just as effective to plough the soul and make sure the vegetable patch got weeded !
After such an escapade, so there wouldn’t be quite so much messin’, the following year Santa booked a flying horticulture lesson ! Avoiding the bird bath, Santa planned a new flight path. Maybe if his navigation was better, his sweet peas would be left standing and of course, the compost heap made a far softer and safer landing ! So he knew which way to go in the snow, Santa lined up a hundred pumpkins in a row to grow. These guided Santa towards the North Pole … and made sure the vegetables in the garden remained whole. From then on, Santa decided, he’d leave the roll into the vegetable patch hole to the garden mole !
© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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Santa’s Magic Christmas Forklift Truck

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Santa often had problems carrying so many large boxes. In fact, it was always a squeeze to get them to all fit on his sleigh, let alone to launch off, then fly away ! One year, Santa’s sleigh didn’t pass it’s MOT (probably because of the snow, you know) so he spent the whole holiday in the garage trying to get the damn thing to go ! Anyway, these days a sleigh was a little old – fashioned. The sleigh bell was noisy and reindeer carrots were being rationed.

Hardly surprising, therefore, that Santa decided to trade in his sleigh. He much rather would have had a porsche, or even a ferrari, (well, any racing car, of course). Something shiny, that gleamed in the Sun. Although at Midnight, Mid – Winter, it’s usually dark and he couldn’t be seen by anyone, Santa thought a new model of sleigh would be rather fun. Something supersonic – with a jet – propelled engine underneath the bonnet. A toboggan would have suited him fine – maybe then, he wouldn’t get another parking fine ! Of course, he’d have to be careful after drinking so much shery wine ! In the race to deliver most presents all over the place, all Santa wanted to be was the first in the race. There was a new toy assignment to despatch and Santa feared they wouldn’t all fit in the sleigh’s cargo hatch.

Santa put an advertisement in the Santaland gazette – to see if anyone had a spare motor to sell or one to let. He’d hardly arrived home from the office, when the telephone started ringing (I guess, all the people wanted to see what special presents he’d be bringing !) . Santa received such a good reply, that people soon started arriving at the grotto, saying they had a vehicle Santa could try. Santa didn’t have much parking space – he only had one garage (not much parking space) and there were quite a few visitors. So he decided to call for a competition – a prize draw – to find which was the fastest and best car to deliver the world’s presents. He set the date for Thanksgiving – as soon as the weather began to thaw ! Membership of Santa’s racing club was free. The route was a marathon – the winner was the first there and back around the Chrismtas tree !

On the day, Santa lined everyone in a line behind the washing line. “BANG !”, he fired a pistol and suddenly gave a whine ! Santa had shot himself in the foot – the elf brought bandages and on the wound, ointment was put. Then he tried again … “BANG !”, off all the competitors flew, at a speed of about fifty miles per hour (it would have been faster, but it was the opposite direction that the wind blew). Although slow, the winner was grand – a forklift truck, that picked up the hatstand. Although it didn’t have much speed, it had all the lifting power that Santa did need (and it needed a lick of paint, everyone agreed !). Santa put the old sleigh into a vintage car rally – which he intended to join when he retired. It was still in good working condition, but some of the plugs needed to be re – wired !

Really, he should have had a driving test – he headed East instead of West ! When Santa brought the new forklift truck home, he narrowly avoided picking up Gerome the gnome. The Christmas fairy was passing by that way, when she saw Santa parking the forklift truck in the parking place of the old sleigh. Deciding that it needed to quicker, she waved her magic wand to make the journey somewhat slicker (just to be on the safe side, she added a “learner” sticker !). Puff ! in a cloud of magic moondust and with a little shazzam jazz, the forklift truck began performing like a strongman, with Christmas razzmatazz. All Santa wanted was for the forklift truck to pick up a thousand packets, but it picked up Santa by the collar of one of his favourite jackets ! One of it’s tricks was to pick up sticks – but with a little magic, it easily lifted a whole pile of bricks !

All around the grotto, the magic Christmas forklift truck started lift. It picked up Gerome the gnome’s garden shed (“Help !”, he cried, trying not to look down – then started enjoying the panorama of the nearby town !). Frosty the Snowman was heavier than a polar bear … but no bother : the forklift truck first lifted one, then another ! The magic Christmas forklift truck picked up the polar bear (it did land again, but no – one knows where !). As an avalanche of snow towards them drifted, the snowman wanted the Christmas tree to be lifted. Luckily, the forklift truck was gifted and though enormous, the Christmas tree was soon shifted ! Rudolph the reindeer had a pile of carrots so big that it almost blocked the door, but the magic forklift truck lifted them, one by one, four feet off the floor ! Rudolph also helped get rid of the pile of hay, by chomping a little of it (the haystack was three inches smaller by Christmas Day !). In the kitchen, Mrs. Christmas was busy baking the biggest ever mince pie. She was wondering how to get it out of the oven, but now, she didn’t even need to try : easy as pie, the forklift truck lifted it so high, three blackbirds fell out of the sky ! Mrs. Christmas who’d come outside to take a closer look, rushed back indoors, to check her mince pie, (though a forklift truck wasn’t in her recipe book, she was amazed when the forklift truck lifted the pie onto the door hook !).

Only when the engine started to over – boil and the tank ran out of oil, was there a pause in the Christmas toil. That’s when everyone took a break – and sat down at the grotto table, to taste Mrs. Chrismtas’s bake ! Luckily, when all the lot was eaten, none of them could stand up but they still weren’t to be beaten ! They all had put on a few pounds and the forklift truck had run a few rounds. Once fed, the forklift truck carried them all to bed, including Santa who by now was going red ! “Take me to bed !”, was all he said. Christmas had never been so uplifting as when Santa’s forklift truck started shifting !

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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Mrs. Christmas’s Wobbly Jelly

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Of all of the things in the grotto that made Chrismtas merry, generally, it was Mrs. Christmas’s strawberry jelly (though how much it wobbled, depended on if she’d spilt the sherry !). It wobbled so much that no – one could decide the right place for the cherry ! When Santa came home, he thought he saw a squid, wobbling as much as Mrs. Christmas’s jelly did !

Underneath the table, where he sat, Santa suddenly heard a very loud “SPLAT !”. At first, Santa thought that he’d sat on the cat, then, suddenly something started shaking and landed on the mat ! Mrs. Christmas’s wobbly jelly measured so high on the Richter Scale, that everyone thought in the grotto, there lived a whale ! As the jelly wriggled, Santa giggled … Soon, all of Santaland was higgledy – piggledy ! It must have been an octopus that jiggled so vigorously, thus, and wiggled Santa more than a ride on a bus !

The enormous jelly quivered precariously, as Mrs. Christmas carried the jelly to the table for tea. When Mrs. Christmas carried the jelly from the kitchen, it was almost as if she was itchin’ ! First the jelly shook the table, then the TV … then the TV cable. Then it shook the house and the gable. Next, the jelly shook the door … it landed on the floor and shook Santa so he couldn’t keep still anymore ! It shook the shelf and shook the cup and saucer belonging to the elf … who shook so much he shook himself !

First, Santa tried to lock it in a suitcase. He stuck the lid down with paste, but the wobbly jelly bounced off in haste ! Then, Santa put the wobbly jelly on the fireplace – but it soon disappeared without a trace ! Soon all of Santaland shook, as Santa gave chase. The Christmas fairy was the winner of the race, she was the only one who could fly as the jelly sped off into outer space !

When Santa cried “Ho ! Ho ! Ho !”, the whole of the grotto shook in the snow. Santa tried to keep Mrs. Christmas’s jelly still by placing it out of harm’s way on the windowsill. It shook open the window and wobbled over the hill ! It almost looked as if it had a chill ! Outside Mrs. Christmas’s jelly shook the trees. When off fell all the leaves, Santa thought there was a windy breeze !

Out in the garden shed, Gerome the gnome was painting a doll’s house red – he thought he’d spilled some paint, when he slushy footprints across the flowerbed, but really it was the jelly, instead ! (or perhaps the sherry trifle had gone to his head !). “Stop that jelly !”, Santa cried to Rudolph the the reindeer to come and help “Ouch !” the reindeer gave a yelp, as it came his way (it didn’t land until Christmas day !). Thinking the wobbly jelly was really stew, Rudolph took a bite and started wobbling too !

Cold or hot, it didn’t matter if it was in a dish, or not, Mrs. Christmas’s jelly wobbled a lot. Mrs. Christmas thought that a carol singer had come to call, when she heard the knocker rattle in the hall – but it was the jelly, four feet tall ! (in fact it came in rather handy for filling in the cracks in the wall). When the jelly arrived in France, everyone thought it was a new kind of dance (Mrs. Christmas’s enormous jelly would have wobbled over the Himalayas, given half the chance !). Better than a *** take – away, when Mrs. Christmas’s enormous jelly took everyone’s breath away …

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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Santa’s Surprise Christmas

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One day, when Santa was walking down the path to his sleigh, he thought he saw an advertisement to the new Chinese Take – Away. Everyone was talking about the restaurant that had just opened on the High Street in town … the piece of paper that he trod on going down the garden path, from there must have flown. What was it ? (Santa wasn’t sure), taking great care not to put his big Wellington boot stamp on it upon the floor. It was something white, but Santa wasn’t wearing his spectacles and the light wasn’t that bright ! Perhaps the “something” could have been junk mail, or a page from Mrs. Christmas’s advent calendar, blown away in the gale. Maybe it was an invitation to the local supermarket sale. Santa bent down to pick up the scrap paper from off the street – thinking it was possibly a voucher for something free to eat. The piece of paper could have been a book token, or a receipt for something being mended, that in the grotto had been broken. A newspaper or a letter that had been lost … a Christmas card dropped by the mailman, before it was post. A bookmark … or a map of the park … Santa wasn’t sure what the scrap piece of paper was and the evening was fast becoming dark. Santa was perplexed, it may have been a price tag for some expensive pottery … but when finally he looked a bit closer, he realised … it was a ticket for the lottery !
Santa rushed home and called Gerome the gnome. They switched on the telelvision and Santa’s favourite programme was being shown : bingo ! He jumped up and down until he was redder than a flamingo ! Santa concentrated on each number … cheering loudly when he’d been lucky awoke Mrs. Christmas from her slumber. As one by one, each number in flashing lights was shown, Santa began to jump up and down.
First 9 – then 3 (Santa waited eagerly, to see how many more numbers matched perfectly !). Next 37 after which was 44 – Santa was so excited, he stomped a hole in the floor ! By the time the last two numbers were being called out, Santa had already started to scream and shout … “Hoorah ! Hoorah ! Now everyone can have twice as many presents on Christmas Day”. He held his breath and made a special Christmas wish. It must have worked because the next number was one hundred and one – soopa doopa – ish ! That’s when the party really began … Santa had never had so much fun as the one Christmas when he won ! The Christmas when Santa won the lottery really took the ticket … even though he hadn’t been the one to pick it ! A little wish was all it took, for something to use as a bookmark and a trip to the library for a book !

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

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The Christmas That Santa’s Reindeer Ran Away

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Santa’s reindeer was as sick as a parrot – he’d only meant to be going out for an afternoon stroll with Gerome the gnome and ended up on the trail of a juicy carrot ! He popped out into the snow to see if he could find one or not, but didn’t find an awful lot (and anyway, he preferred carrots served hot !). The pair wandered towards town and the biggest supermarket, wondering if there was enough room in the boot of the sleigh (and could he find a place to park it !). In the fruit and vegetable stall, Gerome the gnome did find some succulent parnsips and tasty looking turnips, apricots but no carrots. He only wished he’d brought another elf – to check for carrots on the highest shelf ! There were grapefruits and ginger roots … gherkins and pumpkins … beetroot and passion fruit … melons and damsons … berries and cherries … nectarines and french beans .. aubergines as well as some of the biggest tangerines ever seen … pots and pots of potatoes … oranges right upto the gnome’s nose. There were apples and pears, grapes and peaches in pairs – but no carrots whatsoever ! He asked the supermarket manager if they were expecting another cargo supply – he replied it probably would be never ! (and to come back on Saturday). Although he stretched as high as he could, it was still no good – he was five inches too small and the trolley was at least three feet tall. He’d have to buy a lettuce, instead !

None of the wonderful things to eat were on Gerome the gnome’s list of shopping (as well as shaving foam !). Anyway, he probably couldn’t remember them all without stopping ! Gerome the gnome did juggle one or two, but had little success without a few of them dropping. Some of the supermarket cleaners cheered and applauded as they were mopping ! On top of the gnome’s trolley, there was a peach he couldn’t reach (though he tried to knock it with his brolley, there wasn’t one each). “Golly gosh !”, by now Santa’s reindeer really needed some nosh ! “It’s time to go home”, said Gerome the gnome (still without a carrot for the reindeer to take home as a souvenir of their roam).

Suddenly, a huff of icy, North wind puffed and supermarket trolley sped off ! Just in case they accidentally began to alight, “Hang on tight!”, cried Gerome the gnome, thinking this would be a much quicker way to get home ! The supermarket trolley carrying them headed off towards the wood – so all that Santa could see when he came to look for them were footpints in the mud. When Mrs. Christmas looked out of the windowsill, she could only just about see a reindeer tail as it ran over the hill. All the way, it was plain sailing, downhill. The trolley made it around the bend without the engine failing. Leaving a route of squashed strawberries behind them trailing, the supermarket trolley narrowly missed hitting the railing ! The reindeer ran so fast, it had reached the other side of town by ten – past. A passer – by told them that the Frosty the snowman’s farm had cheap carrots – and neither of them wanted to be last ! (luckily a gust gave the trolley another supersonic blast !). Speedier than an aeroplane, the supermarket trolley cut across the fields just like a railway train ! (needless to say, the reindeer was feeling hungry again !).

At the nearby farm, carrots were being sold with a ten per cent discount. So Santa’s gnome, Gerome rummaged in his booty bag for his wallet and they decided to dismount ! In one bag alone, there were more carrots than Rudolph could count. What a surprise ! Santa’s reindeer couldn’t believe his eyes – so many carrots he could hardly see the skies ! In the farmyard, carrots were piled up high in a heap – all of them incredibly cheap ! There were long ones and short ones … fat and one like a cricket bat … thin and thick … Rudolph gave one a lick, then ate so many he was sick ! They bought as many sacks as they could carry – and asked if the farmer had a tractor that they could borrow. Then they added another two sacks, that Gerome the gnome said they’d pick up tomorrow ! Just to remind them, they dropped a trail of carrots behind them. Luckily the robin redbreast showed the pair the way back to the farm house because, of course, the next day, the carrots had disappeared, just as they feared (either that or the supermarket trolley had been wrongly steered !).

 

© Jacqueline Richards 2008

 

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