Postman Pat and his black and white cat are back! The friendly, familiar postman is starring in a new animation series that will take him on a succession of adventures to delight a pre-school audience. These story books, illustrated with animation stills, present stories that parents and children should love to share.

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It’s the day of the children’s picnic in Greendale and Ted Glen has built an ice cream machine for the occasion. When the power cuts out, the ever-inventive Ted tries all kinds of ways to get his machine back in action – even connecting it up to Pat's van! He finally hits on a solution and there are plenty of delicious flavours in time for the picnic, including a special surprise flavour that’s not very popular with Pat but is just the thing for Jess!

Story for young children, first published in the UK in 1982 by Andr} Deutsch, involving characters from a popular television program. Postman Pat has an urgent message to deliver. Will he get there in time?.

A sticker book showing a Postman Pat story. Postman Pat looks at his barometer every morning to find out what the weather will be like, but lately it's got everything wrong For the school trip the forecast is snow Can the barometer be right?

Julian is going on a class trip to visit the old Greendale railway station. The children find a rusty old steam train in one of the dilapidated sheds. Their discovery sparks off a kind of railway fever among the residents of Greendale. The station is lovingly restored by the villagers while Pat and Ted start renovating the engine. Julian's penpal Meera lives in Pencaster and her father, Ajay, is a railway enthusiast. So it's thanks to one of Julian's letters that Ajay comes to Greendale to help Pat and Ted get every nut and bolt in working order, ready for the grand re-opening of the station. And with just days to go before the celebrations, the Greendale Rocket comes to the rescue when Pat's van just can't get through the flooded lanes to deliver the mail. The opening day finally arrives: the residents of Greendale are happy and proud to have a station once more and Julian is even more delighted when he discovers that Meera's family is moving from Pencaster to Greendale.

A little boy wants a pig for his birthday but none of the ones his father shows him seem to be right.

Each of the train stories in this book has a sturdy track embedded in the pages, which the accompanying wind-up train toy can be placed upon to follow around and bring the story to life.

Postman Pat is back in this new adventure starring Ted Glen, the best handyman around.