Michael Coleman

One day Shelley left her cosy bed to find out what winter was like. "Whoever heard of a tortoise out in winter?" laughed everyone. "Ridiculous!" "No it isn't," said Shelley, as she plodded on through the snow and it grew colder and colder...

Give your young children the best start to learning English with Jamboree Storytime’s interactive, play-based approach!One of ten beautifully illustrated Readers in the Jamboree Storytime series - the storybooks provide engaging and lively stories in authentic English with strong visual support.Jamboree Storytime is an exciting new series designed to introduce the English language to children aged 3–5. It nurtures and extends their developing awareness of stories and integrates this with language learning, through songs, rhymes, puppets and play-based activities. The series has been specifically developed to encourage a love of stories and reading in young children, and to begin to introduce the English language in an accessible and enjoyable way.

One day Mr Rabbit decides to count his very large family. "One, two, three, oops!" he exclaims - for all the babies he has counted run off to join their brothers and sisters. Just as he thinks he's succeeded in counting them all, Mrs Rabbit has a big surprise for him.

Shelley the tortoise decides to find out what winter is like. "Whoever heard of a tortoise out in winter?" laughs everyone. "Ridiculous!" But Shelley is determined to plod on, getting colder and colder.

Ozzie is the laziest owl in the world. He ca n''t be bothered to fly, but Mother Owl is determined that he should. Ozzie devises a plan so that he can get from the hi gh beam to the ground without flying, but in the end Mother Owl has the last laugh. '