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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 said, “It is the first of May.”
Tiddly Wee said, “Where is the Maypole?”
Tiddly Thrift said, “We will make one.”
They made a Maypole from a pole.
They made it from a clothes pole.
They put gay streamers on it.
Each Tiddly Wink took hold of a streamer.
They danced round the Maypole.
They all sang,