Wood You Like produce a wide range of layered toys in strong birch ply. Each layer unfolds to reveal a different scene beneath. Sometimes, as in the cats' puzzle, each layer reveals smaller and smaller versions of the same subject. Other puzzles, such as Little Miss Moffat, reveal different parts of a nursery rhyme or different stages of a fairytale. Other puzzles show an animal's life and habitat. These toys are a favourite with nursery schools and kindergartens.
As with all our toys, all stains and lacquers used are non-toxic and toy-tested, so children can safely spend hours playing and learning. The layered toys, as well as helping children to develop manual dexterity, also develop their imagination and story-telling abilities.
Some of the layered puzzles which have small pieces are NOT suitable for younger children.
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Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen,
Sometimes nine, sometimes ten,
Higgledy, piggledy, my black hen.
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
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Mary Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.
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Little Boy Blue come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn.
But where's the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I - for if I do, he's sure to cry.
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Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!
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Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
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Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all
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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what to do!
So she gave them some broth without any bread,
And she whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed!
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Little Red Riding Hood was on her way to visit her sick grandmother when she met a wolf in the woods. The wolf rushed ahead to the grandmother's house. He ate the poor grandmother, swallowing her in one piece.
In order to fool Litttle Red Riding Hood, the wolf dressed up in the grandmother's clothes and pretended to be her. The bad wolf swallowed Little Red Riding Hood as well.
Luckily, a hunter came to their rescue and cut the wolf open. Out popped Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother - safe and sound.
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Three Little Pigs decided to build houses for themselves to keep them safe from the big, bad wolf.
The first liltte pig built a house of made of straw. The big, bad wolf said: "Little pig, little pig, let me come in." The first little pig replied: "No, no, not by the hair on my chiny chin chin." The big, bad wolf was angry and shouted: "Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." The big, bad wolf blew the little pig's house down.
The second little pig tried to do better and built a house of sticks, but the wolf blew his house down too.
The third little pig built a house made of bricks and his two brothers came to live with him because the wolf could not blow this house down. The big, bad wolf then came down the chimney, but he fell into a cooking pot and the three little pigs cooked him for dinner.
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For cat lovers of all ages. Each layer reveals a smaller and smaller cat, each one in a different colour - red, yellow, green and blue.
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Lift up Mr Fox to see his companions; first the rabbit, next the squirrel and finally the hedgehog.
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Lift up the leafy part of the tree to reveal the bird's nest underneath. The next layer reveals the eggs and finally a little chick hatching out.
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Explore a myriad of sea creatures. Lift up the multi-coloured fish to reveal puffins, a seal and a cormorant. The next layer shows a dolphin, a seahorse, a jellyfish and a starfish.
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Some of the great diversity of animals in the woodland. Rabbits, squirrels, foxes, many different types of birds, deer and a badger ... and more besides.
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