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Living Paintings

Watercolour painting of a Tudor cottage.A lady and her two young children stand in the front garden surrounded by cottage flowers and a row of bee hives. — English Garden Design

Siily Goose and Daft Duck Play Hide and Seek written by Sally Grindley and illustrated by Adrian Reynolds. A large goose and little duck stroll wing in wing down a path lined by trees and bushes. — Silly Goose and Daft Duck Play Hide-and-Seek

Charlotte's Web by EB White and illustrated by Garth Williams. A girl worriedly looks at a spider hanging by a thread, whilst she holds a worriedly looking pig in her arms. — Charlotte’s Web

Abstract painting depicting three cossacks with lances, bordered by hillside of various shape and colour. — Works of Art from Tate Modern

I Love Animals written and illustrated by Flora McDonnell. A smiling girl holds a large dog, surounded by farmyard animlas including a duck, cow and sheep. — I Love Animals

Portrait of two grandiose noblemen leaning against a display table containing an eclectic mix of objects. — Picture This: a day in the life

Full length self portrait of Frida Kahlo in an elaborate dress. She is perfectly poised and in her clasped hands she holds a bouquet of flowers and a letter. — Women in Art (Short Stories)

Bright green combine harvester in the centre of a field of corn, ploughing the land. — Forest School – On the Farm

Sitting Ducks, written and illustrated by Michael Bedard. Some white newly hatched ducks are sitting in a row all looking rather bemused. — Sitting Ducks

Diagram of a plate divided into sections with examples of different food types. — Cook It. Eat It. Live It!

Impressionist painting of lady in pale blue taffetta dress holding parasol standing in a field with her young son. The figures are sillouetted in a glorious blue sky. — Come Rain or Shine

The bustling town of Huddersfield during the 1960s depicting matchstick figures and towering mills in the foreground and hills in the background. — Town & Country

Hairy Maclary from Donalds Dairy written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd. A small, black dog with long hair and an upright tufty tail scampers past a red brick wall. — Hairy MaClary From Donaldsons Dairy

Two Bottlenose dolphins leaping out of the sea. — A Coastal Odyssey

The Wonderful World of David Walliams. A group of five children wearing pyjamas and sitting in a hospital bed, surrounded by balloons. — The Wonderful World of David Walliams

One Mole Digging a Hole, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt. A mole wearing psychedelic welly boots digging a hole in a pretty little garden. — One Mole Digging a Hole

Illustration of a blue butterfly from above, wings outstretched. — Escape to the Country, Dorset Special

Hello Great Big Bullfrog written and illustrated by Colin West. A frog jumps in the air as a fly hovers nearby. — Hello, Great Big Bullfrog!

Tiddler written by Julian Donaldson and Illustrated by Axel Scheffler. An orange octopus, a shark and other sea creatures swimming at the bottom of the sea amongst the coral. — Tiddler

Slinki Malinki, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd. Slinki Malinki, a little black cat, creeping along a fence on a misty night. — Slinky Malinki

The Strong Little Tree, written and illustrted by Helen Peacock and Neil Reed. A tiny sapling tree is blowing arond in the wind in the middle of a field. — The Strong Little Tree

Nestor, written and illustrated by Quentin Graeban. Two little monkeys playing in a tree. — Nestor

George and the Dragon written and illustrated by Chris Wormell. On top of mountan stands a grumpy red dragon, with long tail and spread-out wings, is snarling at a little brown mouse who is standing on one of his wings. — George and the Dragon

The Magical Garden of Monet written and illustrated by Laurence Anholt. A girl, a dog and an elderly man are in a rowing boat on pond, with an arched wooden bridge. — Claude Monet