Five-minute Forest Tales: Short Stories to Share

With a mighty 384 pages, Five-minute Forest Tales is a heartwarming collection of 15 original animal tales for schoolchildren by Catherine Veitch. Each tale has been beautifully illustrated by a contemporary artist.

• Ideal for storytime with school-aged children;
• A great gift for 5 year olds to 10 year olds;
• Charming, detailed illustrations;
• Each story takes just 5 minutes to read and share.

You and your child can enjoy one or more 5-minute stories together, to bond and to develop their listening skills, attention span and vocabulary. Each story is accompanied by delightful illustrations to capture and feed the imagination of your child, and encourage a lifelong love of reading.

Discover our world's amazing forests and tales of friendship, humour and adventure inside this enchanting book. Gorillas, frogs, butterflies and bears are just some of the characters you will meet. Stories include:

• The Copycat Chameleon – Cedric the Chameleon doesn't feel special, he always wants to be like somebody else. After meeting lots of other animals and copying their colours, he still isn't happy... until he meets Clementine;
• The Storyteller Sloth – Salvador the Sloth is renowned all over the rainforest for telling great stories. There are so many animals listening to him one day that the branch they are sitting on snaps! Find out what happens to them all next;
• The Hungry Panda – all Ping the Panda likes to do is eat and sleep. When Ping's mother goes in search of a new home, he is too busy eating to pay attention. Will he be able to catch up with her?

This bumper storybook is divided into different types of forests: Colourful Forests, Wet Forests and Snowy Forests. Each section comes with a short introduction to the habitat and the animals that live there.