Three Stories About Friendship: One Hundred Bedtime Stories, #3

By Victoria Harwood

The three stories in this book are about friendship, mutual help and kindness.

The first is a classic; a boy rescues a stray dog and becomes good friends. Within a year, the dog repays the boy's kindness by rescuing the boy. In the second, through an account of how a boy makes friends with the wind, the young reader will learn all about the types of wind on Earth.

 

This book is filled with colourful illustrations and an excellent short story collection perfect for young children.
Each story covers a different theme, such as kindness, friendship, discovery, love, and the diversity of living creatures in both our world and imaginary ones. It's an ideal choice for bedtime reading or for young readers who are just starting to explore the joys of literature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victoria Harwood
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224317219

Victoria Harwood

Victoria Harwood is a painter, sculptor, and an illustrator of books for children and youngsters (such as W712, Dragon Island and Dream World) who lives in England.  She has started a project of enhancing young children’s education through the medium of fantasy novels.  "Isle called Ploof" is the first of this series.

Book preview

Jack was very small and did not remember how he ended up alone under a bush next to a busy, noisy road with cars driving by fast.

The poor puppy was whining and crying. He remembered that he had recently slept near his mother's warm body. He remembered pleasant tastes, being cosy and generally feeling good.

Now, he was feeling not good at all, and he was hungry. The little puppy hoped that his mother would hear and come running to him.

Morning came, but the mother dog did not arrive. Jack stepped closer to the road and sat down in fear. Cars rushed past that, giving the little puppy a blast of warm air as it was summertime.

Jack lay down in the dry grass. He wanted to eat and especially drink, but he did not know where to look for these things. Jack licked a little grass with the remains of