Stories at school = Alastair's elephant and nine other stories at school

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 and have been selected for children aged five to eight years old. The stories are: Mr. Tick the teacher, Look what I’ve got, Gumdrop: the adventures of a vintage car, Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, Sick cow, The House that grew, Alistair’s elephant, Kimi and the watermelon, How St. Francis tamed the wolf, The Bossing of Josie. Introduced by Dorothy Butler.

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production company

International Video Books

Duration

01:36:00:00

Production places

New Zealand

Production dates

1986

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Group of items

Dorothy Butler's Video Books

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017304

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Reading

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Reading

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Literature → Reading

Literature → Storytelling

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Sound

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Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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New Zealand, 1986