One Two Three And Away
One, Two, Three and Away (ISBN 0003142183) was a series of books for children written by Sheila K. McCullagh, illustrated by Ferelith Eccles Williams and published by Collins in the 1960s–80s. Characters include: Roger Red Hat, Billy Blue Hat, twins Johnny and Jennifer Yellow Hat and Percy Green.
The books were written at a number of levels of increasing difficulty for those learning to read.
An educational video edition of One, Two, Three and Away: The Village with Three Corners was also released in 1996 by First Independent Video. Directed by Mark Taylor and produced by Bristol based animation studio A Productions, the video consisted of drawn animation sequences, on screen games and songs. It was executive produced by Dan Maddicott at United Media.
Also available are teachers' notes and activity books, wooden dolls and stamp kits.
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