Winnie and Wilbur Series by Valerie Thomas 16 Books Collection Set - Ages 7-9 - Paperback

{"id":4458557603939,"title":"Winnie and Wilbur Series by Valerie Thomas 16 Books Collection Set - Ages 7-9 - Paperback","handle":"winnie-and-wilbur-series-16-books-bag-collection-set-ages-7-9-paperback-valerie-thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/collections\/winnie-and-wilbur\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinnie and Wilbur\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e series is perfect for children \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/collections\/7-9\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eages 7-9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. This is currently among our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/collections\/bestsellers\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ebooks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWinnie and her crazy mind along with her cat Wilbur live in a house with magic everywhere. Winnie is always getting herself into all sorts of unfortunate accidents and sad for Wilbur to be dragged along with her into a new wacky adventure with anything and everything unexpected to be encountered. In this new trip, Winnie and Wilbur encounter lots of loony and zany scenarios with massive pumpkins, flying carpets, journeys out beyond space, and fun broomstick rides around. Winnie is dressed in her classic stripy socks, and her wide array of magical spells, she brings joy as well as pandemonium along in her adventures, you’ll be sure to be entertained in each book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFollow Winnie and Wilbur, a wacky witch and her even wackier cat, as they embark on 16 fun adventures in books that children will truly enjoy to read in this set. Each story has a wonderful plot where Winnie the witch takes centre stage, alongside her black cat Wilbur and they have a fun-loving relationship that really comes across in each book.  That is only after Winnie works some magic on her big black cat because sometimes she accidentally trips over him! After some magic that makes Wilbur look pretty silly indeed, Winnie conducts the perfect spell to make sure she can always see him so she turns him green instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOf course, no witch book would be complete without some magic! Children can use their imagination to follow the duo as they get up to all sorts. There is never-ending chaos and mayhem that needs Winnie to cast her magic wand as she tries to find a solution for every challenge that comes their way. Young readers will probably find themselves predicting what happens next as they become more and more familiar with the way the books have been written to suit readers aged between 7-9.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eParents will enjoy reading these paperback books together with children as they progress and transition from short stories to books. They may be familiar with Winnie The Witch picture books from a younger age, but this set is the next stage up with longer paragraphs and a slightly more complex sentence structure. This is a great way to support their reading at home, even for just 5-10 minutes a day, which will boost their confidence in tackling new books and reading out loud. Choosing books that are fun, have plenty of adventure and prompt conversations are ideal for reluctant readers. A perfect way to wind down before bed, these books can be read in stages as part of a bedtime routine. To accompany these fun-filled stories, young readers will love the illustrations that are included in these books with some fun hidden details – you can encourage children to spot the hidden frog that Winnie always keeps in her pocket in every book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOnce stuck into the first story, children will really love the entire Winnie the Witch collections which packs even more wacky adventures into one volume of sixteen titles. If you love witchy or wizardry books, laugh out loud humour or spellbinding illustrations, this series is to add to the bookshelf with stories that can be read over and over again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitles in Set\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWinnie the Witch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Big Bad Robot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Broomstick Ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Dinosaur Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Magic Wand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHappy Birthday, Winnie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe midnight Dragon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe New Computer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAt the Seaside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Amazing Pumpkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Pirate Adventure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUnder the sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Flying Carpet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ebullient style illustrations that are on each page brings each scene to life, children will definitely be laughing and drawn into each book as the storyline is hilarious, quirky, idiosyncratic. The author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and Illustrator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKorky Paul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e are a fantastic team which brought these wonderful humorous books to kids, the books were written in 1987 and had won the Children’s Book Award in 1988. After the big success of these picture books, a following series was added later by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLaura Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e which is a series of Winnie and Wilbur adventure books. Over a period of time, a total of 7 million books has been sold around the world, and in 2016 the Winnie the Witch books were relaunched which then eventually led to a TV animated series on Channel 5. The series is packed with funny jokes and playful drawings and is especially popular among young children, the fun illustrations include a frog kept in Winnie’s pocket. Winnie the crazy witch and her friend Wilbur live in the same house, however Wilbur hates it when Winnie keeps falling, tripping and stumbling over him. Her big cat Wilbur has a spell cast on which solves Winnie’s problem of falling over him, the books continued to provide excellent story books for the libraries of schools and parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA little about the author Valerie Thomas, who was raised in Australia and lived there most of her life. She was actually a teacher and she enjoyed travel very much, and that includes many parts of the world and Antarctica. She also lived with her big black cat much like Winnie the main character did. Korky Paul is the Illustrator born in Zimbabwe in 1951, he loved his time spent in African Bushveldt. In his later years, Paul studied Fine Arts at Durban Art School and Film Animation at CalArts. His career began with his focus in advertising, then led to his interest in children's books illustrations. His journey led him to become an award winning illustrator and he then has sold more than 2 million books globally and in over 20 languages. His passion is in drawing, and often visits different schools to promote the passion of drawing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoin Winnie and Wilbur on their wild and wacky adventures, from going back to the time of the dinosaurs and saving school children from slavery in ancient Egypt to organising a treasure hunt for a pirate and rustling up some batburgers in the kitchen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-01-13T19:39:43+00:00","created_at":"2020-01-13T19:39:47+00:00","vendor":"Oxford University Press","type":"7-9","tags":["Age_7-9","Autumn Reads","Binding_Paperback","Books Over 70% Off","Boxing Day","Genre_Funny","Halloween","Korky Paul","Type_Collection","Valerie Thomas","Winnie and Wilbur"],"price":2049,"price_min":2049,"price_max":2049,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":12784,"compare_at_price_min":12784,"compare_at_price_max":12784,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31935239749731,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D2467","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Winnie and Wilbur Series by Valerie Thomas 16 Books Collection Set - 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This is currently among our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/collections\/bestsellers\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ebooks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWinnie and her crazy mind along with her cat Wilbur live in a house with magic everywhere. Winnie is always getting herself into all sorts of unfortunate accidents and sad for Wilbur to be dragged along with her into a new wacky adventure with anything and everything unexpected to be encountered. In this new trip, Winnie and Wilbur encounter lots of loony and zany scenarios with massive pumpkins, flying carpets, journeys out beyond space, and fun broomstick rides around. Winnie is dressed in her classic stripy socks, and her wide array of magical spells, she brings joy as well as pandemonium along in her adventures, you’ll be sure to be entertained in each book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFollow Winnie and Wilbur, a wacky witch and her even wackier cat, as they embark on 16 fun adventures in books that children will truly enjoy to read in this set. Each story has a wonderful plot where Winnie the witch takes centre stage, alongside her black cat Wilbur and they have a fun-loving relationship that really comes across in each book.  That is only after Winnie works some magic on her big black cat because sometimes she accidentally trips over him! After some magic that makes Wilbur look pretty silly indeed, Winnie conducts the perfect spell to make sure she can always see him so she turns him green instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOf course, no witch book would be complete without some magic! Children can use their imagination to follow the duo as they get up to all sorts. There is never-ending chaos and mayhem that needs Winnie to cast her magic wand as she tries to find a solution for every challenge that comes their way. Young readers will probably find themselves predicting what happens next as they become more and more familiar with the way the books have been written to suit readers aged between 7-9.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eParents will enjoy reading these paperback books together with children as they progress and transition from short stories to books. They may be familiar with Winnie The Witch picture books from a younger age, but this set is the next stage up with longer paragraphs and a slightly more complex sentence structure. This is a great way to support their reading at home, even for just 5-10 minutes a day, which will boost their confidence in tackling new books and reading out loud. Choosing books that are fun, have plenty of adventure and prompt conversations are ideal for reluctant readers. A perfect way to wind down before bed, these books can be read in stages as part of a bedtime routine. To accompany these fun-filled stories, young readers will love the illustrations that are included in these books with some fun hidden details – you can encourage children to spot the hidden frog that Winnie always keeps in her pocket in every book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOnce stuck into the first story, children will really love the entire Winnie the Witch collections which packs even more wacky adventures into one volume of sixteen titles. If you love witchy or wizardry books, laugh out loud humour or spellbinding illustrations, this series is to add to the bookshelf with stories that can be read over and over again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitles in Set\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWinnie the Witch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Big Bad Robot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Broomstick Ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Dinosaur Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Magic Wand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHappy Birthday, Winnie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe midnight Dragon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe New Computer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Haunted House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAt the Seaside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Amazing Pumpkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Pirate Adventure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUnder the sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Flying Carpet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe ebullient style illustrations that are on each page brings each scene to life, children will definitely be laughing and drawn into each book as the storyline is hilarious, quirky, idiosyncratic. The author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and Illustrator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKorky Paul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e are a fantastic team which brought these wonderful humorous books to kids, the books were written in 1987 and had won the Children’s Book Award in 1988. After the big success of these picture books, a following series was added later by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLaura Owen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e which is a series of Winnie and Wilbur adventure books. Over a period of time, a total of 7 million books has been sold around the world, and in 2016 the Winnie the Witch books were relaunched which then eventually led to a TV animated series on Channel 5. The series is packed with funny jokes and playful drawings and is especially popular among young children, the fun illustrations include a frog kept in Winnie’s pocket. Winnie the crazy witch and her friend Wilbur live in the same house, however Wilbur hates it when Winnie keeps falling, tripping and stumbling over him. Her big cat Wilbur has a spell cast on which solves Winnie’s problem of falling over him, the books continued to provide excellent story books for the libraries of schools and parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA little about the author Valerie Thomas, who was raised in Australia and lived there most of her life. She was actually a teacher and she enjoyed travel very much, and that includes many parts of the world and Antarctica. She also lived with her big black cat much like Winnie the main character did. Korky Paul is the Illustrator born in Zimbabwe in 1951, he loved his time spent in African Bushveldt. In his later years, Paul studied Fine Arts at Durban Art School and Film Animation at CalArts. His career began with his focus in advertising, then led to his interest in children's books illustrations. His journey led him to become an award winning illustrator and he then has sold more than 2 million books globally and in over 20 languages. His passion is in drawing, and often visits different schools to promote the passion of drawing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoin Winnie and Wilbur on their wild and wacky adventures, from going back to the time of the dinosaurs and saving school children from slavery in ancient Egypt to organising a treasure hunt for a pirate and rustling up some batburgers in the kitchen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}