All Stories page 15
Stories including "The Jungle Book – Part 1" and "Herodotus – the Pyramids".
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The Jungle Book – Part 1
A family of wolves adopts a human baby boy – but Shere Khan the lame tiger wants the man-child for himself.
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Herodotus – the Pyramids
The ancient Pyramids of Egypt were built 4,500 years ago. The ancient Greek Herodotus tells us how they were built – and mentions some projects that he thinks are even more amazing.
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Winter Time
A frosty but cosy winter scene set in a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Away in a Manger Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas! A cute version of the traditional carol – ‘Away in a Manger’ sung by Jana
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The Nosy Neighbour
Happy Hanukkah! A little history of the Jewish Celebration of Lights, and a story that features lots of festive food.
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Katie and the Magical Deer
Katie finds a deer with golden antlers in her garden. He seems very friendly. How did he get there?
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Song of a Dream
Happy Diwali! Song of a Dream’, a charming poem by the Indian Poetess, Sarojini Naidu, whom Mahatma Gandhi called the “Indian Nightingale”
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The Strangest Flight
Mum’s birthday is on Halloween. The family is flying to New York to celebrate, but the plane they board is not at all what they are expecting – it is luxurious, old fashioned, and rather strange.
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The Wild Swans at Coole
Have you heard the “bell-beat” of swans wings as they fly over the water? This poem by WB Yeats evokes that sound as well as the autumn months.
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Solomon Takes a Walk
Katie the Ordinary Witch is back with a super-funny story about her magical cat Solomon who is both big-headed and thin-skinned. He has gone missing. What can he possibly be up to?
