Mr Benn, a character created by David Mc Kee in the early 70's, went on to become a household name after appearing in several children's books & an animated television series. Mr Benn's adventures take on a familiar pattern. Mr Benn an ordinary man wearing a business suit & bowler hat, leaves his house & visits a fancy dress shop were he is invited to try on a particular outfit. He leaves the shop through a magic door & enters a world appropriate to his costume, where he has an extraordinary adventure. 5 Episodes include: Zookeeper: Mr Benn helps the animals in the zoo to improve their accommodation by making the town see that the cages are too small. Wizard: Mr Benn is asked by a Queen to change her husband's appearance. However the spells cast by Mr Benn do not turn out as expected. Clown: The circus people are due to perform at a town on the other side of a fast-flowing river. Mr Benn suggest they all work together to build a bridge. Magic Carpet: Mr Benn helps a boy outwit an evil man with the aid of the magic carpet that came with his costume. Pirate: Mr Benn helps the crew of a pirate ship, turn their Captain into an honest man & see that he gets a different sort of treasure for his isl&. ...

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr Benn
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- Mr Benn is a character created by David Mc Kee in the early 70s & went

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Mr Benn lives at 52 Festive Road...

He is an ordinary man who visits an unusual fancy-dress shop where he tries on an

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Part of a series of first reading books made up of real stories with a beginning, a middle & an end, & turn-the-page appeal. The stories cover a range of genres to support literacy requirements at foundation stage which include humorous stories, fantasy stories, rhyming stories & stories from a range of cultures. ...

The Mr Big Giant Mug is a mug for the man who means business. No one is going to mess with a man who owns a mug this big. This white stoneware mug measures nearly 13 cm in height & 11 cm in diameter. On each side of the mug in plain black lettering are the words ? Mr Big? leaving people to come up with their own connotations. The Mr Big Mug holds a whopping 900ml/30 fl oz of your favourite hot beverage. If you can find a dishwasher or microwave big enough to contain it, it is suitable for use in both. The Mr Big Mug comes in its own attractive gift box & is the perfect gift for the Mr Big in your life, or maybe the man who likes to think he is. ...

Jim (Cary Grant) & Muriel Blandings (Myrna Loy) are Manhattanites who are forced to seek a new home for themselves & their two daughters. Jim selects a farmhouse in the country, but upon moving in discovers that not only was he hideously overcharged, ...

Compete against your friends & build a delicious ice cream picture with Mr Blippi’s Ices Game!


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In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece & her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks entered the carriage & discovered blood in the seat cushions; also on the floor, windows & sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain. The race to identify the killer & catch him as he flees on a boat to America was eagerly followed by citizens both sides of the Atlantic. Kate Colquhoun tells a gripping tale of a crime that shocked the nation. ...

Richard Brown kept a personal diary throughout the whole of the Second World War. He used it to record the course of the conflict as he perceived it, gleaned from the newspapers, the wireless & hearsay. His diaries reflect the moral & social attitudes of the period, & the desire to be fully involved in the war effort. ...

Details: The world's smallest puzzle in a tin! This puzzle has 234 of the smallest pieces ever to be die-cut. Tweezers
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