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EYFS Activities: Sharing books… The Cow Who Climbed A Tree

Tina is a cow that lives with her three sisters, and while she is curious and adventurous, her sisters are more conventional. They enjoy eating grass in the meadow, while Tina dreams of flying to the moon.

Tina is a cow that lives with her three sisters, and while she is curious and adventurous, her sisters are more conventional. They enjoy eating grass in the meadow, while Tina dreams of flying to the moon.

One day, having walked into the wood where her sisters never go, Tina decides to try something new. She climbs a tree. At the top, she finds a friendly dragon, and they talk all afternoon before Tina returns home to talk about her new friend.

Her sisters are disbelieving, saying her story is ‘impossible’, ‘ridiculous’, ‘nonsense’. The next morning, they find a note that Tina has attached to the dresser: she has gone flying with the dragon.

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