Here are some of my favourite stories that you can just listen to and join in with or if you have the book you can read them with me. I hope you like them – lots of you have said you are listening.
MY CAT LIKES TO HIDE IN BOXES by Eve Sutton [Puffin]
THE SPOOKY OLD TREE by S&J Berenstain [Harper Collins]
THE GINGERBREAD MAN [Ladybird]
GIVE ME MY YAM! by Jan Blake [Walker]
WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT by Michael Rosen [Walker]
MRS WOBBLE THE WAITRESS by Allan & Janet Ahlberg [Puffin]
MISS JUMP THE JOCKEY by Janet and Allan Ahlberg [Puffin] – I wonder why this is one of my favourites?
HANDA’S SURPRISE by Eileen Browne [Walker]
DON’T FORGET THE BACON by Pat Hutchins [Greenwillow]
KIPPER’S LACES [Oxford Reading Tree]
THE LOST PUPPY [Oxford Reading Tree]
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle [Puffin]
PLEASE DON’T CHAT TO THE BUS DRIVER by Shen Roddie and Jill Newton [Bloomsbury]
THE GRUFFALO by Julia Donaldson [Macmillan]
MONKEY PUZZLE by Julia Donaldson [Macmillan]
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS retold by Jonathan Langley [Harper Collins]
ANANSI AND THE MAGIC STICK by Eric A Kimmel
Here are some stories from around the world…
NAIL SOUP – a story from the Czech Republic [Usborne]
BURIED TREASURE – a story from Italy [Usborne]
THE SNAKE CHARMER – a story from India [Usborne]
…and there are some longer books that you can get a taste of here (and then get the book and read the rest yourself!)
The Great Mouse Plot from BOY by Roald Dahl [Puffin]
Mr Twit from THE TWITS by Roald Dahl [Puffin]
Licked from UNBEARABLE by Paul Jennings [Puffin] – I would suggest not to read this if you are about to eat/eating/have just eaten (you have been warned!)
Prologue from SLIME by David Walliams [Harper Collins] – you will need to read the rest for yourself!
Chapter 1 of THE WORST WITCH by Jill Murphy [Puffin]
…and this story is for someone in Year 2 whose name begins with A (from her favourite book)
The Very Full Stocking by Enid Blyton [Hodder]