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Tick the teacher young puffin books, master bun the bakers boy ahlberg, allan. Many students dont fit into the kind of families that are typically and displayed in books and media. Allan ahlbergs happy families series is packed full of heartwarming and funny tales that will delight everyone in your family. Its important for children to see the diversity of their own family and others reflected in the books they read and are available in the classroom library. It stars jennifer saunders as granny fuddle, dawn french as the cook and adrian edmondson as her imbecilic grandson guy. Some of the books in the series were gold band stage 9 too. Happy families collection 20 books collection book.
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