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Don't Forget the Bacon written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins. A boy, holding a purse and carrying a basket and walking a dog on a lead, strides past picket fence and garden. — Don’t Forget the Bacon!

Wind in the Willows written by Keneth Graham ad illustrated by E.H Shepard. Individual illustrations of a toad, badger, vole and mole are set against a green background. — Wind in the Willows

Abstract painting depicting three cossacks with lances, bordered by hillside of various shape and colour. — Amazing Music, Brilliant Colour (Book Clubs)

Who am I? Judith Nicholls and Robin Davies. A round green frog spawn with two suprised eyes floats in a bubble, iin a pond surrounded by pond weed. — Who am I?

Vesuvius in eruption with dense black clouds above and orange lava pouring down the mountainside. — Science in Art

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

Dear Vampa written and illustrated by Ross Collins. A vampire family worriedly peek through the curtains at a little girl smelling a flower. — Dear Vampa

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

Fresco depicting Mary travelling on a donkey with baby Jesus in her arms. — Biblical Scenes from the Old and New Testaments

A circle of colour showing the primary colours red yellow and blue and the colour mixes in between, illustrating the relationship between primary and secondary colours. — Introduction to Living Paintings

Gentleman in smart black top hat and tails dancing on ice. — A Winter’s Tale

Head and shoulders photograph of David Tennant as Hamlet. In his right hand he holds a skull and is looking at it enquiringly. — Spotlight on the Stage

Close up illusration of the head of Tyraosaurs Rex with its mouth open showing us all its teeth. — Dinosaurs ROAR! Crazy Cretaceous

For Every Child, the rights of the child in words and pictures. An elderly woman is cuddling a baby close to her chest, both are wearing brown coats and the baby wears a brown cap. — For Every Child

Brown Bread and Honey written and illustred by Pamela Allen. Three chefs stride to the right each carrying a tray of food. — Brown Bread and Honey

Incey Wincey Spider written and illustratd by Penny Dann. A smiley spider, wearing a tall green hat, sits in the opening of a yellow drainpipe, surrounded by red flowers. — Incey Wincey Spider

Snore, written and illustrated by Miichael Rosen and Jonathon Langley. A brown dog is fast asleep, lying on some soft straw. — Snore!

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

Tomb painting of a pharaoh surrounded by birds and other river creatures. — Stepping Stones in the History of Western Art

Stone sculpture of a Buddha seated on cushion, hands folded in prayer. — Culture Mix, objects from The British Museum

The Sleepy Dormouse front cover showing a cosy little dormouse surrounded by hedge and nibbling on something he is holding to his mouth. — The Sleepy Dormouse

Five Little Ducks, written and illustrated by Penny Dann. A white mummy duck sitting in a nest on the bank of a lake looking at her five little ducks swimming. — Five Little Ducks

A 19th century Parisian scene awash with a canopy of umbrellas beneath an imposing grey sky. A lady on the left holds a large reed basket and hitches her skirts away from the damp pavement below. To her right a young girl holds a large hoop and has a plume of multicoloured feathers in her hair. — Impressionist & Pre-Raphaelite Paintings

Three children on the shores of a beach. Two of the children are resting on a large rock, a boy stands beside with a basket in one hand and a stick in the other, he wears a traditional tam o shanter cap upon his head. — Works of Art from Scottish Art Galleries

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Select one or more of the subjects that interest you

Don’t Forget the Bacon!

Wind in the Willows

Amazing Music, Brilliant Colour (Book Clubs)

Who am I?

Science in Art

One Mole Digging a Hole

Dear Vampa

Forest School – On the Farm

Biblical Scenes from the Old and New Testaments

Introduction to Living Paintings

A Winter’s Tale

Spotlight on the Stage

Dinosaurs ROAR! Crazy Cretaceous

For Every Child

Brown Bread and Honey

Incey Wincey Spider

Snore!

Claude Monet

Stepping Stones in the History of Western Art

Culture Mix, objects from The British Museum

The Sleepy Dormouse

Five Little Ducks

Impressionist & Pre-Raphaelite Paintings

Works of Art from Scottish Art Galleries

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