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O'clock Tales, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, Interest age: from c 7 years, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Short stories (Children's / Teenage)
Eleven magical short stories to enjoy round the clock from one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton.
Join Twiddle the gnome on his search for his grumpy runaway donkey Kick-up, find out what happens when the rocking-horse, teddy and all the other toys come alive, and laugh at Twisty the Brownie as he learns the hard way why it's unwise to pull nasty faces.
Ideal for bedtime listening, these magical short stories for 5-8 year-olds will enchant a new generation of children.
Look out for more O'Clock tales with: Five O'Clock Tales, Six O'Clock Tales and Seven O'Clock Tales.
First published in 1944, this edition contains the following stories:
The Good Turn
The Boy Who Heard Too Much
The Skittle-Policeman
Tick-Tock's Tea-Party
The Runaway Donkey
The Surprise Party
The Enchanted Doll
When the Toys Came Alive
The Brownie Who Pulled Faces
All the Way to Toy-Town
Poor Old Scarecrow!
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Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton (1897-1968) is the world's best-selling children's author and has sold 600 million books internationally. Her unique sense of fantasy and adventure, combined with unforgettable characters, has seen generation after generation have fall for her timeless appeal, and she was voted the nation's most loved writer at the 2008 Costa Book Awards.
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