Walter's Windy Washing Line

Walter’s Windy Washing Line

Walter’s W indy Washin g Line

y t e l d a r n W ’s W i Washin g Line Neil Griffiths

Neil Griffiths Illustrated by

Walter had hoped to enjoy a Saturday

Judith Blake

morning watching his favourite television programmes whilst his mum went shopping.

All seemed perfect, until an unexpected gust of wind spoilt his plans!

Join Walter on the mathematical adventure that followed!

£ 6.99 ISBN 978-0-9545353-0-8

Red Robin

9 780954 535308 www.redrobinbooks.com

Illustrated by Judith

Blake

For Helen Elis Jones, who inspires me and hundreds of student teachers with her mathematical magic!

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Red Robin Books is an imprint of Corner To Learn Limited

Published by

Corner To Learn Ltd. Willow Cottage, 26 Purton Stoke, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 4JF, UK ISBN: 978-0-9545353-0-8 (paperback) ISBN: 978-1-908702-14-2 (paperback with audio CD) First published in the UK 2003 Reprinted 2014 Text Š Neil Griffiths 2003 Illustrations Š Judith Blake 2003 The rights of Neil Griffiths to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved.

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Design by

David Rose Printed in China

y t e l d a r n W ’s W i Washin g Line Neil Griffiths

Illustrated by

Judith Blake

Walter was hanging out the washing for his mum. She had gone shopping and Walter was hurrying because he wanted to watch Saturday morning television.

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He rushed indoors, put on the television and looked at the TV magazine to decide which channel to watch. “Oh good,� he thought. He was just in time to watch his favourite pop programme.

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As it hadn’t quite started, he dashed into the kitchen for a packet of crisps. Just as he opened the cupboard door, he saw out of the corner of his eye a gust of wind blow the washing off the line!

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Once in the garden, he could see to his horror that the washing had blown all over the neighbours’ back gardens.

“Mum will go mad!” he thought. “I’ve got to get it back before she comes home.”

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Walter’s Windy Washing Line

Walter’s W indy Washin g Line

y t e l d a r n W ’s W i Washin g Line Neil Griffiths

Neil Griffiths Illustrated by

Walter had hoped to enjoy a Saturday

Judith Blake

morning watching his favourite television programmes whilst his mum went shopping.

All seemed perfect, until an unexpected gust of wind spoilt his plans!

Join Walter on the mathematical adventure that followed!

£ 6.99 ISBN 978-0-9545353-0-8

Red Robin

9 780954 535308 www.redrobinbooks.com

Illustrated by Judith

Blake