Tag: children’s story

  • And the ghost jumped out!

    For the story so far click here To be continued …

  • COMING SOON: The English Family Anderson episode 3!

    Remember the home-schooling vegan self-sufficient family living in a bus? Remember the dad got sacked for tossing the pheasant-shooters’ shotguns into wet cement? Remember the court told him to pay for new guns and he said “NO!” and the whole family took to the road? Remember the ghost? If you don’t you’d better get on…

  • Giveaway #1 Winner!

    And the winner of our first Honestly Books giveaway: How Many Friends Could A Bibbolybob Make If A Bibbolybob Came To Earth?, by Edward Benn and Juliet Mahoney, is Bookish Heather! Congratulations Heather – we will send the book to you as soon as you contact us with your address 😀

  • Giveaway Number 1: Wibbolywub and the Earthlings

    How many friends could a Bibbolybob make if a Bibbolybob came to Earth? (aka Wibbolywub and the Earthlings) by Edward Benn and Juliet Mahoney, will be our first giveaway of the Honestly Books stash. You can read our review of this lovely book here, but basically it is just a fun story, with happy, colourful…

  • Doing the legwork

    For the story so far, click here To be continued …

  • And if we object

    For the story so far click here 🙂 To be continued …

  • Venus’s Saturday

    For the story so far, click here To be continued …

  • Adi’s Saturday

    For the story so far, click here To be continued …

  • So how can we get good electricity?

    For the story so far, click here To be continued …

  • Venus #4 starts tomorrow!

    Venus Aqueous Episode #4 starts tomorrow! Don’t miss it! 😉 By the way, you can go to the 8 years and up page to find the earlier episodes and get the story so far if you want to 😀

  • Edmund’s Lunch was a peculiar lunch, so everybody said

    Edmund’s Lunch is available as a little paperback which includes the recipe for his delicious vegan, gluten-free lunch. It is also one of the stories in the collection  Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids (not including the recipe)

  • Don’t Be A Volpar!

    To read a big version of this story at your own pace, click here 😀 For more musical vids, click here 😀

  • Emmeline Rose said ….

    To see the story/rhyme bigger go to the Emmeline Rose page and read it in silence 😉 For more vids go to the vids page 😀

  • Recommended Reading: What’s Good For The Goose Is Not Good For The Panda

    As soon as I saw this I just had to order a copy!  It’s made completely of collage! Lavender Laine has written and illustrated the whole book completely by cutting out bits from old magazines, wrapping paper, food packaging, yarn and buttons!  Talk about recycling! Even the copyright page is written in collage! Laine’s story…

  • What’s In A Name?

    Once upon a time there were three humans and their names were Dowatiwant, Dowateewants and Dowatheywant.  They did everything together.  Dowatiwant was the one who decided what they would do, Dowateewants would copy him and Dowatheywant would copy them. One day Dowatiwant went into the cornershop, followed by Dowateewants and Dowatheywant. Dowatiwant bought a packet…

  • Recommended Reading: Wibbolywub and the Earthlings

    Most enlightened people have become that way only after working hard to un-learn “facts” that they were taught as children, such as ‘humans are omnivores’.  That’s why it is so wonderful to find an early learning book which tells the truth. How many friends could a Bibbolybob make if a Bibbolybob came to Earth? (aka…

  • Bert! Julius! What are you doing?!

    For the story so far click here To be continued …

  • Watch out for the watcher!

    For the story so far, click here  To be continued …

  • Recommended Reading: Oliver’s Vegetables

    This is a brilliant short story by Vivian French with gorgeous, vibrant illustrations by Alison Bartlett. Basically, Oliver’s mum has the common problem of not being able to get Oliver to eat his vegetables.  The only one he will eat is potatoes, in the form of chips. But when he goes to stay with Grandpa…

  • Sherman & Geynes Episode 2 is here!

    The wait is finally over.  See what these vegan sleuths have found out now. Hold on to your hats – it could be dastardly! Not familiar with Sherman and Geynes?  Pop over to the 5 years and up page for episode 1 😀

  • And they’re back! Tomorrow.

    Well, they will be tomorrow. Watch this space! Episode 2: In The Library With The Elastic Band will be on the 5 years and up shelf tomorrow 🙂

  • Sherman & Geynes #2, Coming Soon!

    Sherman & Geynes, Expert Sleuths Episode 2: In the Library with the Elastic Band coming very soon 😀 For the story so far, click here

  • Vegan Story Time #2: Where are you going Deidra?

    Welcome back to story time 🙂 sit back and relax, we’re going to tell you about the lovely Deidra From Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids

  • Vegan Story Time #1: “I’m not dinner!”

    Are you sitting comfortably?  Then we will begin 😀 From Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids

  • ‘The King’s Three Sons’ is here!

    Or find it on the Fairy Tales shelf along with a couple of others 🙂

  • Another New Fairy Tale

    will be on the shelf tomorrow! 😀

  • Introducing Marcus

    Click on the pic or find it on the Fairy Tales shelf. This one’s short and sweet and set in the present day. We hope you like Marcus and his story 🙂

  • New Fairy Tale – Coming Soon!

    Our new fairy tale, Marcus’s Wishes, will be here very soon! Tomorrow in fact! Watch this space 😉

  • Sherman & Geynes are here at last!

    Finally episode 1 of Sherman & Geynes: Expert Sleuths is safely ensconced on the 5 and up shelf or if you don’t want to go all the way over there, click here I hope you enjoy it 😀

  • A few minutes later …

    For the whole story, click here And on a little-known website, three weeks later: And that’s it for Episode 4. Join Megan & Flos again in Episode 5, some time in the future, when Megan’s dream of space travel comes true 😀

  • What were you thinking?

    For the story so far, click here Concludes tomorrow …. probably 😉

  • What on Earth????

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Fading Fast

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Can’t Stop

    For the story so far click here To be continued ……

  • Creak

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Here we go

    For the story so far click here

  • I am Flos

    For the story so far click here To be continued …

  • 5 minutes later …

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Green for ground

    For the story so far click here To be continued …

  • Wobbly

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • I need you.

    For the story so far, click here To be continued ….

  • Everything’s changed.

    For the story so far click here To be continued …..

  • Venenosa Clades

    For the story so far, click here “Venenosa Clades was once a beautiful, flourishing planet on which vast numbers of plant and animal species thrived due to the miraculous, life-sustaining element: water. All the different life-forms, whether they dwelt on land or sea or spent most of their time in the air, had one thing in common:…

  • Oh No!!!!

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Out of sight

    For the story so far click here To be continued ….

  • Keeping Secrets

    For the story so far click here To be continued …

  • Fracking?

    For the story so far, click here “They create a mixture of mostly fresh water with sand and nasty chemicals added.  Then they inject this fluid at very high pressure, into a gas well, thousands of feet deep into the ground.  Now forget the chemicals for a minute and just picture the fact that they use…