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Snakes and Ladders
- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Narrator
- Cassandra Harwood
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 9 December 2010
- Run Time
- 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Reptiles and amphibians, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats
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At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake.
At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake. When she takes Slinky to school and her he wriggles out of her school bag, Wendy will brave anything to rescue him.
“SOME PEOPLE HAVE goldfish or tortoises or hamsters. Wendy’s Grandpa had a snake, a king snake called Slinky. He was black and gold with little beady eyes and an ever-flicking forked tongue.”
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- Author
- Michael Morpurgo
- Narrator
- Cassandra Harwood
- Duration
- 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 December 2010
- ISBN
- 9780007371020
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Reptiles and amphibians, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats
Synopsis
At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake. At school she’s called “wimpy Wendy” – but Wendy isn’t afraid of Slinky, Grandpa’s snake. When she takes Slinky to school and her he wriggles out of her school bag, Wendy will brave anything to rescue him. “SOME PEOPLE HAVE goldfish or tortoises or hamsters. Wendy’s Grandpa had a snake, a king snake called Slinky. He was black and gold with little beady eyes and an ever-flicking forked tongue.”
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