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One dark night in India, a hungry jackal was stalking through a village looking for food when a pack of dogs caught his scent and chased him. Dogs hate jackals, so the jackal ran wildly through the village trying to escape. He swerved around a corn

Maya could barely contain her excitement – her dad had booked a llama trek at a local farm! She only saw him once a month, and they always did something special together. Maya was so excited she couldn’t sleep the night before the trip and she fidg

In early times, nobody lived in Uganda except for one man, whose name was Kintu. Kintu owned a cow which was his only friend, so he was very lonely. Up in the sky, somewhere beyond the clouds, lived King Ggulu. He had many sons and daughters, who us

Once upon a time, a farmer was leading his donkey to the mill when he noticed the donkey was struggling under the weight of the sacks on his back. “This is no good,” muttered the farmer. “What use is a donkey if he’s too old to carry sacks?” The do

When I was sick and lay a-bed,I had two pillows at my head,And all my toys beside me layTo keep me happy all the day. And sometimes for an hour or soI watched my leaden soldiers go,With different uniforms and drills,Among the bedclothes, through th

Long ago in Ancient Egypt, the great pharaoh ruled alone and wished for a queen to sit on the throne beside him – someone to share his life with. Far away in the city of Naucratis, a slave girl called Rhodopis went to bed every night and wished for

Once there was a little boy called Anders, and he had a new hat. A better hat had never been seen, because his mother had made it. It was bright red with a smart blue tassel on top. Anders wanted everybody to see how good he looked in his hat, so h

A and sk anyone they’ll in say Storyland Sugar Plum what ’s Sweet their favourite Shop. Why place ? is, Because magic is amazing and sweets are delicious – and when you put the two together, you get something that's amazingly delicious! The shop was

To play, you need two or more players, a dice and our Hat Chase game counters. Print them off at storytimemagazine.com/free Roll a dice to decide who will throw first, then place your counters on the start lines. Take it in turns to roll the dic

Can you spot five differences between these two scenes from ‘The Blue Jackal’? The hawk has flown away with Rhodopis’s slipper again. Colour in this Egyptian hieroglyph when you find it. Which of the T Musicians of Bremen is this when you’ve fin

WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS by Eva Eland (Andersen Press) is about that most precious and elusive thing: happiness! The simple yet beautiful art and clear and poetic language make us think about what it means to be happy, what following your happiness mig