Book Availability
Dogwood Tales - Stories in Rhyme, Volume 1
Great news! This full colour illustrated A5 paperback book will soon be available for sale through Amazon. The book contains 4 independent stories, each with 2 corresponding, fun educational pages and a quiz answer page. Along with this are templates of the Dogwood character puppets to trace or download from our dowloadables page. Click on the button below to find lots of other fun educational games and activities, all easy to download and print off. Suitable for a wide age range for some special family fun time.
The book is guided for ages 4 to 6 but each short story in rhyme would be equally enjoyed by younger children as the stories are great to read aloud and the illustrations are appealing, large, clear and bright. See further details below.
They will very soon be available to purchase on Amazon UK, but if you would like it to be available in your local independent UK bookshop you can request them to stock it by providing the ISBN number - 978-1-914408-55-7. Book title Dogwood Tales - Stories in Rhyme, Volume 1.
Rhyming Stories For Your Little Ones
Based on Real Life Animals
Each Story has an Opportunity for further Learning
Really get Involved in the Storytelling
The reason these stories in rhyme were written is because all our furry friends have such individual and unique characters. They have such fun times, who wouldn't want to meet them?
They all deserve to be celebrated for their loyalty, kindness, sense of adventure and ability to lighten up our lives.
Twinkle Toes, Thunder Paws, Jet Pads and
The reason these stories in rhyme were written is because all our furry friends have such individual and unique characters. They have such fun times, who wouldn't want to meet them?
They all deserve to be celebrated for their loyalty, kindness, sense of adventure and ability to lighten up our lives.
Twinkle Toes, Thunder Paws, Jet Pads and Sweet Feet were all rescue animals whose lives began in difficult circumstances. But, with the help of some lovely humans made their way to our home.
Perhaps you can see some similar characteristics reminiscent of our furry family in your own.
Really get Involved in the Storytelling
Each Story has an Opportunity for further Learning
Really get Involved in the Storytelling
With each individual story, purchased on Apple Store, you have a choice to read only or to read while listening to the narration with sound effects to make you feel you are in the story with each of the characters.
In our printed book, a manageable A5 size paperback, you will find each page has a full colour image as well as full text to l
With each individual story, purchased on Apple Store, you have a choice to read only or to read while listening to the narration with sound effects to make you feel you are in the story with each of the characters.
In our printed book, a manageable A5 size paperback, you will find each page has a full colour image as well as full text to lead you through four independent stories.
At the end of each story there is an opportunity to further extend the learning process of story telling by re-capping and checking on the understanding of the story and some of it's individual words. There will often be skills of rhyming, counting or identifying colours included in the questions. The question page offers three multiple choice answers to choose from. All are carefully selected to allow for further discussions of what links the words, grouping and categorisation. The final part in each extension will be an open question to begin discussion or to prompt drawing and writing. This is a great way for your child to use their imagination and skills to create their own short story.
Each Story has an Opportunity for further Learning
Each Story has an Opportunity for further Learning
Each Story has an Opportunity for further Learning
Rhythmic reading is, in itself, great to read and for children to become engrossed in, comprehend and remember a story.
To further help immersion in the stories, we have created a selection of fun games that offer an additional variety of learning opportunities and skills to be practiced.
Scroll down this page to find out more and we hop
Rhythmic reading is, in itself, great to read and for children to become engrossed in, comprehend and remember a story.
To further help immersion in the stories, we have created a selection of fun games that offer an additional variety of learning opportunities and skills to be practiced.
Scroll down this page to find out more and we hope you all enjoy playing the games with the children in your lives.
Meet the Stars of the Stories
Learn all about Twinkle Toes
In darkness, using her ears and nose.
Light on her feet, she's Twinkle Toes.
Words that describe Twinkle Toes
Dainty, delicate, cute, loves cuddles and kisses, always by our side, first born but still the baby, brave and fearless, clever because she uses all her other senses instead of her eyes to find her way around, loves to play find the toy by listening for sounds and directions, fussy and always gets her own way, our guard dog. The Princess.
Learn all about Thunder Paws
Strong but gentle, she has no flaws.
Loves to please, she's Thunder Paws
Words that describe Thunder Paws
Expressive eyes that tell you what she wants, soft and gentle but loves rough and tumble play, listens to everything we say for special words, confident and leads the way, ready for adventures, heavy thundery run but dainty walk, always hungry, first to learn tricks (for food!), loves tummy rubs, loves making new human friends to play with. The Boss.
Learn all about Jet Pads
Fast on her feet, she loves all Mums and Dads.
Everyone's friend, she's called Jet Pads.
Words that describe Jet Pads
Fast, fast, fast, lively, cheeky, excited most of the time, laughs when her tummy is tickled, loves to run, loves every one and every animal, pushy and steals toys, clumsy, fast, fast, fast, always alert, jumpy, twitchy, loves to make Thunder Paws and Twinkle Toes run and join her, loves to chase and be chased by Sweet Feet, just simply loves. The Friend.
Learn all about Sweet Feet
He's a cool, calm cat, nice and neat.
Never gets angry, he's called Sweet Feet.
Words that describe Sweet Feet
Calm, handsome, confident, never rushes especially if you want him to, swaggering disco walk, loves to sleep, demanding and loud, comes and goes and has secret adventures, loves his dog sisters, loves to jump out at his dog sisters, jumps and twists when excited, loves climbing trees but not too high, never mean scratches, rolls around for tummy tickles, makes 'puddings' with his claws when he is happy (claws out and in with pleasure on anything, including you!), loves his food and says thank you with a head bump. The King.
