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First Jungle Stickers: A Review

First Sticker Book Jungle by Alice Primer and FedericaLossa
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow! So amazing!
Bright and colourful animals to stick on all the pages.
For kids, the stickers are chunky enough for little hands.

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Little First Jungle Stickers - A Review

Little First Stickers Jungle by Kirsteen Robson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Neon coloured wild sticker fun.
Really kept me entertained when I felt a bit weird and funny after a nap - just goes to prove jungle creativity is more important than longer stories.

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Peppa Goes Round The World: A Review

 

Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes Around the World by Rebecca Gerlings
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This Peppa Pig storybook, unsurprisingly, was remarkably AWESOME!
My true favourite parts of the story were when Peppa and her family went to the jungle, the South Pole, the mountains and the desert! Wow!
Would definitely read again.

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@jackieterrier - Monkeys

When Rusty and I are off playing army and we want to do something else, we go into the wood and play at being monkeys in the jungle! No matter how many people join us, there's always room for more in our group. You can play along too!

Walk on your knuckles like a big strong gorilla.

Pound your chest and scream like a chimpanzee!

Swing on vines and choose a nice, juicy ripe banana to eat.

Don't do this in public, but it's okay to scratch your bottom or under your arms.

And feel free to cause mischief like any monkey can! Make silly faces, spray Silly Putty all over the place and paint all over the walls with bright colours!

It's Father Stanley Unwin In His FAB Flying Machine!

Tech E's Jungle Fantasies

When he landed on that island, Tech E had no idea he would be accepted by nature. After all those visions he saw of wandering a blood red wasteland followed by simian creatures, he was accepted by his new friend - a baby monkey, who he decided to call Eugene.

Tech E and Eugene spent many gracious days playing together on the island. Their island. Their new home. They climbed the tallest trees and hung upside down from their branches, and Tech E wasn’t afraid of heights at all. They jumped about, squeaking and yelling like a Loonatic monkey should. They shared Eugene’s favourite fruit - bananas, ripe melons and berries.

Through all this, Tech discovered his true purpose in life. Not just a wild beast like his species once was, but a protector and comforter of who would become the source of man’s evolution - something he’d always dreamed of.

Hakuna Matata Means Family

Furaha and Orko are adopted by Timon and Pumbaa and taken in by their large family of warthogs and meerkats, who all go by the motto 'Hakuna Matata', which doesn't just mean 'No Worries', but also 'Family'. Furaha and Orko adjust to their new lives in the jungle, playing and having fun with Timon and Pumbaa and all their brothers and sisters.

Things That Make Me Happy - Part 5

1. Myer's Christmas Windows
2. Describing things in three words
3. Tin Tin's jungle friendship with my toddler self
4. Uno's Garden (book)
5. Putumayo's Desert Blues
6. Having a well earned nap
7. When CBeebies Bedtime Stories weren't just told in rhyme (Kipper's Toybox, Five Minutes Peace, One Snowy Night)
8. Underwater tea parties
9. MyDailyPerfume (Instagram account)
10. Huge sets of Bluey fanart

Skin

Deep in a cool, soft-hearted jungle lives a freedom-filled young woman, whose name is Tin Tin Kyrano.

She loved to go to the lake every day and shower under the waterfall. Given the chance, she would bathe in the crystal clear lake.

But what made her days more fun was when I, a 3 year old named Sybil, would run away from my tribe to play with her.

When she saw me running towards her, she would giggle as I leapt into the water, squealing with joy.

She loved me more than my mother Lady Penelope would love me in her tribe, and her skin was so satiny soft and smooth - it felt like touching nothing at all.

She would watch as I tried learning to swim in the water.

Often, she taught me how to.

She knew the water very well. It was like she was born to enjoy it.

She played with me in the water every day I visited her too.

She would lie on her back and lift me high into the air, while I squealed in joy.

We would splash each other, and we’d play tag amongst the cool water.

Sometimes, we would visit a part of the forest that Tin Tin loves to visit.

It has lots of lovebirds sitting in the trees, looking very silent and coloured green and orange, like the Caribbean.

But when we entered, me safe in Tin Tin’s arms, our aura spread to the birds in the branches. They started squawking loudly and rubbing their beaks against each other.

Tin Tin told me that it takes a wild, beautiful, natural woman like her to fill the jungle with love and kindness - and someday, I’ll be just like her.

Tin Tin and I are quite alike - smooth skin, a love of nature and a never ending sense of happiness upon us.

We love cuddling in the softest, leaf-covered part of the jungle, where Tin Tin loves to sleep.

Given the chance, Tin Tin would hold me close as she went to sleep and sing me a lullaby in a hushed voice.

She was like my second mother. I could never have another protector like her.

Our love for one another is endless - it’s like we’re both sisters, born to bond with each other.

The jungle has known it in its heart, as did everyone else who knew of my friendship with her.

I have shared lots of moments of love and laughter with Tin Tin. She loves me, and I love her too.

We share kisses, cuddles, hugs and snuggles, and our friendship is ever lasting…

And now, as an adult with responsibilities of protecting my tribe, I still remember my friendship with Tin Tin.

Thanks, Tin Tin. I’ll always remember you.

Butterflies & Jungle Nests

This is a dream which really connected me back to the world of Thunderbirds even more. I obeyed Wysteria's advice to put slips of paper under my pillow asking for moments of escapism during bedtime, and this is one of them. Let's take a look!

Since Brains is a timid scientist who always stutters all the time, he finds comfort in trying to catch butterflies in a meadow. In my fantasies, I join him, and we jumped around catching lots of blue, pink and yellow butterflies like there was no tomorrow. Brains kept still enough to let some of the butterflies land on his nose one by one. Still, Brains and I enjoyed running about in the meadow, trying to catch butterflies.

Then, the dream shifted to the jungle, where I was just a tiny, vulnerable baby again. Lady Penelope was there, cradling me close to my skin, softly whispering kind and gentle words to me as I snuggled close to her, listening to the sounds of the jungle around me. We bonded for what seemed like forever as sugar gliders and ring tailed lemurs watched from the branches above - like some certain monkeys who saw a basilosaurus in Walking With Beasts...only, it doesn't happen here.

After a few minutes, Lady Penelope and I snuggled together in the leaves as butterflies fluttered all around us (I wish Brains was here....), and then, we both drifted off to sleep.

See? It just proves that Lady Penelope is a charming and elegant animal with blonde hair and without fur...and so was I. Except I have curly brunette hair.

Bedtime In The Jungle

1. The dark, protective night
2. The silence of the jungle
3. Lady Penelope carrying my baby self to her treetop nest
4. Nuzzles
5. Nose kisses
6. Snuggles
7. Cuddles
8. My baby self giggling as Lady Penelope lifts me high into the air
9. Blue butterflies fluttering all around us
10. Snuggling beside Lady Penelope near her skin
11. Being with someone as protective as Lady Penelope
12. A soft nest of leaves
13. Feeling safe
14. Falling asleep side by side in the quiet

Soft & Gentle Things To Be Happy About

1. Lady Penelope’s tender, warm arms

2. Feeling small

3. Soft touches

4. Swimming in the ocean

5. Falling asleep in a green meadow

6. A quiet spot of stargazing

7. A nice, warm desert island

8. The soft hum of a lullaby

9. Jeff Tracy cradling me in his warm arms

10. Crickets chirping

11. Walking barefoot on the beach at night

12. The gentle kindness of a jungle mother

13. Wandering free in the wild

14. Soft red velvet

Wandering around the Indian jungle entirely unclothed with your gentle, loving, caring mother, swimming in the forest pools and relaxing on soft, leafy beds.

31-40: Slomo Raises You In The Jungle

31.Imagine cuddling with Slomo in a bed of leaves

32.Have a bath and imagine swimming in the lake with Slomo

33.Watch Space Precinct, followed by Disney's Tarzan

34.Listen to jungle sounds

35.Listen to rainforest lullabies

36.Go for a walk in nature

37.Pretend to be a wild animal

38.Lie outside on the grass in a peaceful place

39.Read Space Precinct: Alien Island

40.Pretend moisturizer is 'Robot Body Cream'

The Wild Robot - Daily Dose Of Fun

Super Survey

Writing Prompt: Furaha, Orko, Timon & Pumbaa

Furaha, Orko and their friends Timon and Pumbaa are going for a swim in the lake, but Furaha floats downstream and gets caught by Pumbaa when falling down a waterfall. What happens next?

Write down your versions of the story in the comments!

Venus' Wild Side

I feel a bit funny after napping for an hour, but still, at least I got to enjoy a drink! I had this weird dream last night about seeing Venus from Fireball XL5 in the jungle, wandering free and soothed by the world around her, from water and flowers - could it be meaning something? Anyway, I did a Pinterest board themed all around Corgi - they're the die-cast toy makers responsible for the new Thunderbirds models that are coming out this year.

Your Birth Month - The Place In Nature You'd Play In

January - Jungle February - Meadow March - Desert April - Muddy Beach May - Arctic June - Pine Forest July - Rainforest August - Foggy Plain September - African Plain October - Sandy Beach November - Great American Plain December - Lapland

Lady Penelope and me wandering the jungle as a feral mother and daughter duo, splashing in the water and sharing fresh fruit.