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Suitable for sevenyearolds to share or read alone, this title includes fifteen stories from some of our bestloved authors, including philippa pearce, rudyard kipling and francesca simon. Dancing flamingos, poodle strudel, glurpy slurpy skakagralls. But this poor little puffin, he couldnt play nothin, for he hadnt anybody to play with at all. Nonsense and trauma in the works of mervyn peake squarespace. The puffin book of stories for fiveyearolds edited by wendy cooling brings together stories perfectly suited for every fiveyearold. In it, we follow the undying efforts of a young scientist who was determined to reintroduce healthy nesting populations of a small, hardy. It was launched in 1967 by kaye webb, editor of puffin books.
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