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Esio Trot

by Roald Dahl

Ages 6–9 Reading age 7 Short chapters Set in everyday life funnywarm

Mr Hoppy loves the lady downstairs and cannot say so, so he invents a spell to make her tortoise grow, and buys a great many tortoises.

A story about a grown-up hero and animals, funny and warm in tone. We would put it with children of 6–9, and at a reading age of about 7 for reading alone.

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