Episode of Series “Dorothy Butler’s Video Books”.
A video designed to encourage children to read and enjoy books. Ten different stories, many from well known books, are told by professional storytellers in a farmyard setting and have been selected for children aged one to five years old. The stories are: “Mrs. Mopple’s washing line”, “Sophie and Jack”, “Better move on frog”, “Teddy at the seaside”, “Bookload of animals”, “Mr. Ginger’s potato”, “Wilberforce goes on a picnic”, “Ambo and the little elephant”, “Peter Pipers at the wildlife park”, “Hairy Mclary from Donaldson’s dairy” Introduced by Dorothy Butler.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017303
Language
English
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 0-6
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)