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THIS ISSUE BELONGS TO: SPOT IT! Can you find the story that this little cupcake appears in? Storytime™ magazine is published every month by Storytime Magazine Ltd, 3 Endless Street, Salisbury SP1 1DL. © Storytime Magazine Ltd, 2023. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be used or reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher. Printed by Acorn Web Offset Ltd. Editorial Director: Lulu Skantze Editor: Sven Wilson Commercial Director: Leslie Coathup Storytime and its paper suppliers have been independently certified in accordance with the rules of the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council)®. www.storytimemagazine.com ILLUSTRATORS: Anna Laera The Wise Rat Aude Brisson The Princess of Red Barns Babi Wrobel The First Coconut Hunor Fogarasi The Sun Horse Joel Cockrell Ben Gunn's Real Treasure Ana Stretcu Louis's Zoo Blu…

Gertrude Bell went on to study at Oxford University. In 1888, she became the first woman to graduate with a first-class degree in Modern History, which was one of the few subjects women were allowed to study at the time! Gertrude then went to visit her uncle in Persia and fell in love with the Middle East. She travelled extensively throughout the region, learned several languages (including Persian and Arabic) and wrote about her travels. She befriended Arab leaders and became involved in Middle Eastern politics. Gertrude taught herself about archaeology and helped to dig up several ancient sites. She also became an accomplished mountain climber and scaled Mont Blanc, one of the highest peaks in Europe. During World War One, Gertrude used her knowledge of the Middle East and…

Ra was powerful and fearless, but he had a mighty enemy: the snake Apophis. It dwelled in the underworld and attacked the sun-ship as it passed, for it wanted to bring eternal darkness to Egypt! Luckily, Ra always managed to escape from its clutches and bring light to the world the next day. The people of Egypt were grateful to him, for the sun made their crops grow. They worshipped him and made him their ruler! But as the years passed, people began to take Ra for granted and forgot about all that he did for them. “He's not that great, is he?” peopte would whisper. “He can't even finish off that evil snake Apophis. Perhaps we shoutd to replace him with a new and mightier ruler!” When Ra heard…

BRILLIANT BOOKS TO READ NOW! ★ SPYCERATOPS by Alex Willmore (Farshore) answers an age-old question: what is cooler than a dinosaur? The answer is: a dinosaur who is also a spy! Spyceratops has gadgets, a sidekick, and even a cool spybike. He sets off on a mission to investigate his grandad and a mysterious box. The cartoon-style illustrations really bring the fun hero and his prehistoric world to life! ★ TIME TRAVEL SLEEPOVER: ANCIENT EGYPT by Timothy Knapman, illustrated by Matt Robertson (Happy Yak) will take you on a trip to ancient times! Written like a guidebook, it introduces you to how Ancient Egyptians lived, worked, played and ate. This wonderful book and its colourful art will make you look at the past in a whole new way… ★ DEEP by Stephen Hogtun (Bloomsbury) is a…

1 HAT AND GO SEEK What a mess! Gertrude has to find all the hats she threw around the living room… See if you can spot all eight of them, and circle them when you do! 2 RHYME TIME This month's fable stars a CAT and a RAT… but how many other three-letter words that end with -at can you come up with? Then, see if you can complete the sentence underneath! 3 MATHS MAP The seer is looking for the Sun Horse, but he needs to use maths to work out where it is! On each space is a sum that needs a solution. Choose an answer on an arrow and move to the space it is pointing at! You must get all of the answers right to find…

The flowers smell even more lovely than they look. Anyone sniffing their perfume would wonder if they were asleep and having a wonderful dream! This magical place is tended by dozens of gossamerwinged fairies who water the plants every day, so they grow even bigger and more beautiful. Most of the fairies are quite happy flitting around their cloud-garden, paying no attention to what is going on in the world far below. But Belen was different. She was curious! Sometimes, she would peer down through the clouds at the blue seas and rocky islands beneath her. “I wonder what it's Like down below?” she thought. “Surely the Lives of the humans who Live there would be brightened up if they could see and smell our flowers. They are missing out…

How to Play You will need two or more players, a different-coloured pen or pencil for each one, a dice and the bingo card on the right. You can print out more copies of the card from storytimemagazine.com/free to play more games. ★ The youngest player rolls the dice and multiplies that number by one, two, three, four, five or six (their choice). ★ They should say the equation out loud and then cross out the result on the bingo board. For example: “I rolled a three. Three times two is six, so I'm crossing out the six!” ★ The player to their left then rolls the dice and also multiplies the number they get by one, two, three, four, five or six, and crosses off their result on the…

DISCONNECT TO REST! Being on the go all the time isn't good for us, and taking the time to rest is necessary for thinking well, feeling well and being well as a whole. Resting doesn't always mean sitting around and doing nothing! We can rest whilst being creative, being with our loved ones or even doing something active. We all need different kinds of rest in our lives. (It's important to take a break from screens, too!) TRY THIS! Here are 3 different ‘rest’ activities to try: Doodling – try holding a pencil in each hand and doodling with both at the same time. This engages both sides of your brain, which is very calming. Squeezing – squish some modelling clay and enjoy the feeling of it between your fingers.…