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A merry band of small fairies — Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl and Tiddly Why — guide beginning readers through simple, graded lessons in letters, numbers, manners and daily routines. Short illustrated episodes set in a schoolroom, a picnic, gardens and play scenes use repetition and playful mischief to teach reading, counting, saving, cooperation and punctuality. Household and schoolroom objects are personified, creating lively classroom interactions and gentle moral examples. The collection is organized as brief, easily decodable stories and rhymes intended for early readers learning the alphabet, basic vocabulary and social habits.
Tiddly Winks slept a week in the Clock.
He woke up next Monday morning.
He said, “I will go and talk to the School Bell.”
The School Bell was singing, “ding, dong.”
“Good bye,” ticked the School Room Clock.
“Good bye,” whispered the Waste Basket.
Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye, good bye.”
He heard the School Bell singing,