The Enormous turnip

United Kingdom, 1988

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Episode of Series “Read it yourself”.
Nerys Hughes presents the well-known children’s story, “The Enormous Turnip”. An old man planted some turnip seeds, but one of the seeds grows and grows, till it is so enormous no one could harvest it - at least, not until help came. The video comes with the picture book of the same story so young viewers can both watch and read the story. The video concludes with a talk on turnips, a song about planting turnips and some related gardening and craft activities for children.

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Credits

director

Lorne Magory

producer

Jenny Reeks

production company

Ladybird

Pickwick Video

Duration

00:37:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1988

Appears in

Read it yourself

Group of items

Read it yourself

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303493

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Gardening

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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