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DO NOT SAY THESE WORDS - Activity Pack

Keep your children safe! Certain words are making children giggle. Giggling produces gigglegas. And giggle-gas is bad for the planet. Help children keep this in mind with these handy activities and save the planet from giggles!

The Professor needs YOUR help to save the world. Gigglesome words are BANNED, and are being replaced with boring, totally unfunny words. So you must never, EVER speak these dangerous words again. And you DEFINITELY can’t giggle. OK?
Try and keep a straight face from start to finish as you read this
hilarious, world-wobbling story. The future of the planet depends on
it …

Do Not Say These Words is the wonderfully gigglesome picture book from Frances Tosdevin, illustrated by Rhian Wright.

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