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A great selection of short stories to read and enjoy. Just click on the link and choose from a great collection.
30/06/2020 - Some more short stories and poems to read and enjoy!
An Elephant Living In The House
Bailey the Nosey Puppy
Sick
10.06.2020: More short stories and poems for you to read and enjoy this week!
So I Could Fly Free
Tyrannosaurus Drip
I Like It When
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18.05.2020: More short stories, poems and even tongue twisters for you this week.
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The Wizard of Oz
I'm not Reading
11.05.2020 Here are some more stories and poems for you to read and enjoy.
Hernando Fandango The Great Dancing Dog!
One Mole Digging a Hole
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04:05:2020-Here are this weeks Selection of Short Stories. My favourite is The Crunching, Munching Caterpillar.
If Only I had a Green Nose
Monty and Milly
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar
The very Lazy Ladybird
Here are some more short stories for you to read. You could act them out, read them aloud, draw a picture about them, write your own or just read and enjoy. My favourite was the otter who loved to hold hands. What's yours?
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The Otter Who Loved to Hold Hands
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Here are some short stories and poems for you to read. Why not have a go a writing your own.
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