Sandra Staines

• Oct-2016
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Give your toddler a head start with learning their letters of the alphabet. The letters themselves are the star of the show in this alphabet book with bright, quirky illustrations which you will not find anywhere else. The bright colors and fun patte...

• Aug-2016
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What did the one earthworm say to the other earthworm? Talk to the tail; you're beneath me. Where does the devil stay when he visits earth? Helsinki. Where do hitchhikers, backpackers and travellers go when they die? Rome. What did the one Facebook p...

• May-2015
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I had a dog called Rover. He left home and never came back. I had a dog called Tiger. He kept stalking me. I had a dog called Boss. He kept trying to tell me what to do. What did the one gibbon say to the other gibbon? Gibbon the way I feel abo...

• May-2015
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Knock knock! Who's there? Simon. Simon who? Simon Aim. Simon Aim. Yeah! Wow, I could have a hit record with that. Knock knock! Who's there? Delaware. Delaware who? Delaware you've been missing him so Del's come to visit you. Knock knock...

• Apr-2015
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It was a wild, wet and windy night when we heard a scratching sound at our front door. 'Eek! It's a ghost!' screamed Ella. I could tell that Father was nervous even though he was pretending to be brave. When Father opened the door he found a stra...

• Apr-2015
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'Take me to your leader.' the little green alien said I took out my magnifying glass I needed to have a good look But I'm afraid I singed his head 'Ouch!' he said 'You're awfully rude.' Said I 'I'm sorry, little green dude.' He stomped his feet...

• Apr-2015
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‘Fun Rhymes and Silly Lines’ is a collection of nonsense verse with fun sounding rhymes which older children can read on their own and parents can enjoy reading to their younger children.

Trizzle, Tockle, Tick and Tan / Were very brave...

• Apr-2015
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Fun Verse for Young Ones is a collection of fun poems which parents can read to their young children to encourage a love of language. Using humour and rhyme allows children to discover the vibrancy of the English language and shows them how playful l...

• Apr-2015
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'I Want to Go to Goa' is a collection of fun poems for older children who have good reading skills or for parents to read to younger children. The poems are all about travel and visiting different countries, and cities, around the world. I want to...

• Apr-2015
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‘If’ is a collection of nonsense verse and silly rhymes for parent to read to their tiny tots. It encourages children to use their imaginations to picture an alternate world where things are not as they are now. The word ‘If’ is the starting ...

• Apr-2015
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• Apr-2015
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‘Tongue Twisting Fun’ provides tricky sentences and fun verse for parents to read to their young ones, or for their slightly older children to tackle alone. The challenge is not to slip up and not to tie your tongue up in knots, but that is easie...

• Mar-2015
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'Knotted Knock Knock Jokes' is a collection of knock knock jokes for kids of all ages. Knock knock! Who's there? Berry. Berry who? Berry my hamster for me, will you? He has just died and I'm too upset to do it. Knock knock! Who's there? I...

• Mar-2015
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When you are ready to move along from the traditional tongue twisters ‘Slippery Tongue Twisters’ will be a welcome addition to your collection. With fresh imagery there is still plenty of scope to get your tongue well and truly tied up in knots. ...

• Mar-2015
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Read the tongue twisters out loud, faster and faster, and see if you can say them without tripping up. Try the riddles on your friends and see if they can answer them. Share the jokes with your family and friends; everyone loves a good laugh. Knock ...

• Feb-2015
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My Valentine Heart is my little gift to you. Indulge yourself in this very short collection of soppy, sentimental romantic poems. You never need a reason to be indulgent or have a little wallow in sentimentality. Valentine's Day can be any day you wa...

• Feb-2015
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I am a spinning top I spin and never stop Faster and faster I go How I hate to be slow! The Spinning Top contains fun verse and illustrations for tiny tots....

• Oct-2014
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Australian Alphabet is a quirky first alphabet book for the world's most quirky country.Each letter of the alphabet is presented twice. First, the letter appears on its own so that your child can familiarise him or herself with the shape of the lette...

• Oct-2014
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My tongue is tricked and knottedWith tongue twisters I am besottedI cannot leave a sentence aloneUntil I have broken its backboneKnitting and knottingClumping and clottingSetting traps for a clever tongueWhen all of my work is doneAre you clever? Do ...

• Sep-2014
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'Baby Monsters' is a visual feast of bright and wacky illustrations of baby monsters moments before they hatch out of their shells combined with silly verse for parents to read to their tiny tots.Set their imaginations free and perhaps you too will b...

• Sep-2014
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Teach your toddler to count with these bright eye-catching numbers. Also expose them to a foreign language at the same time because ‘Numbers Are My Friends’ has the basic counting numbers in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portu...

• Aug-2014
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• Aug-2014
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‘Tongue Twisters And Stained Glass Doodles’ is a combination of brightly coloured, vibrant stained- glass-effect illustrations (which start life as ordinary doodles before manipulation) and tricky tongue twisters, so it can be enjoyed on several ...

• Aug-2014
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‘Happy Little Monsters’ contains a story, several poems and Sandra Staines’ wacky illustrations to put a smile on the face of your little monsters.These monsters are not too scary and are very friendly into the bargain. Let your child's imagina...

• Aug-2014
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Take your tiny tot on a Rainbow Safari, where the animals look familiar enough but are bright and fun, just the way their imagination likes things. Who says zebras have to be black and white? There’s a paint pot on the loose and it has wreaked havo...

• Aug-2014
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This short collection of 16 poems is a taster to whet your appetite. Sandra Staines loves love and loves to write about it. Rekindle the memories of when your love was fresh and new. Download your free copy of ‘Romantically Inclined’ and let it h...

• Jun-2014
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'ABC for Me' is a fun way for parents to teach their tiny tots the alphabet.
The first part is in verse form for parents to read out loud to their children. The silly, playful and flippant verse will help make this learning process a pleasant on...

• Jun-2014
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• Jun-2014
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‘Numbers Are Fun’ is a fun way to teach your young children their one, two and three times multiplication tables.By using fun verse and weird illustrations this book aims to help parents teach their tots to multiply. They might not even realize t...

• Apr-2014
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Romance Explored is a collection of poems dealing with contemporary love and romance.
See if this little sample does it for you:

Yes I was a fool
Listening to his patter
It was too smooth
This patina of burnished steel...