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Tales from Acorn Wood Book and Card Game

By Julia Donaldson
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Welcome to Acorn Wood, a delightful world where Bear, Pig, Fox, Rabbit and their friends embark on playful adventures. This charming gift set combines a beautifully illustrated book, Tales from Acorn Wood: Friends, highlighting themes of friendship, with a set of 32 sturdy cards featuring beloved characters. The cards allow children to play four engaging games inspired by classics like Snap, Go Fish! and Matching Pairs, promoting fun and learning.
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Make friends in Acorn Wood with this special book and card game gift set!

Make friends in Acorn Wood with this special book and card game gift set!

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Welcome to Acorn Wood! Come and meet Bear, Pig, Fox, Rabbit, and all their friends in this fun book and four-games-in-one card game gift set based on the bestselling preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.

Tales from Acorn Wood Book and Card Game is a beautiful gift set which includes a set of 32 cards so you can play four brilliant games! Then read Tales from Acorn Wood: Friends, a first book about friendship that introduces the world of Acorn Wood. Join in the fun with all the friends from Acorn Wood as Fox and Mouse play dress up, Squirrel's friends help with chores, Pig plays hide and seek with Hen, Bear's friends say "Happy Birthday" and Rabbit's friends sing her to sleep.

The large, chunky cards feature all the Acorn Wood characters and can be used to play four fun games including versions of Snap, Go Fish! and Matching Pairs, providing hours of fun for little ones and helping to develop key skills.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529046229

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 17 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 486g

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Activity Books and Kits Box Sets Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Julia Donaldson

About the Author

Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Axel is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide.

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