Village with three corners

One, Two, Three and Away () 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.

(Title – Level)

List of books

Pre-readers

• (1) Red • (1a) Green • (1b) Roger Red Hat and Mrs Green’s hat • (2) Blue • (2a) Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Brown • (2b) Billy Blue Hat and the Snowman • (3) Yellow • (3a) Roger and the Ball • (3b) Jennifer Yellow Hat and the White cat • (4) Brown • (4a) Roger and the Bus • (4b) Jennifer Yellow Hat and Mr Brown’s goat • (5) One, Two, Three • (5a) I See Green • (5b) four five six • (6) Roger, Billy, Jennifer and Johnny • (6a) No, Percy Green! • (6b) Seven Geese • (7) Big and Little • (7a) The Yellow Cat and the Brown Dog • (7b) The big man and the little mouse • (8) Houses • (8a) Jennifer and the Yellow Cat • (8b) Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve • (9) The Little Yellow Cat and The Little Brown Mouse • (9a) Stop it, Percy Green! • (9b) Stop cried alex • (10) The Cat, the Mouse, the Dog and the Frog • (10a) Alex at the fair • (10b) Roger at the fair • (11) Billy went to school • (11a) Billy's Picture • (11b) Billy Blue-hat and the red mask • (12) Jennifer went to school • (12a) The donkey went to school • (12b) Roger and the frog

Introductory books

• (A) Roger Red Hat • (B) Billy Blue-Hat • (C) Johnny and Jennifer Yellow-Hat • (D) The Old Man • (E) Jennifer Yellow-Hat Went out in the Sunshine • (F) Jennifer Went Out in the Dark • (G) Roger and Rip • (H) Roger and the Pond • (I) Roger and Mrs Blue-Hat • (J) Roger and the Little Mouse • (K) Sita and Ramu • (L) Jennifer Yellow-hat Went to Town • (M) The donkey went to town • (N) Percy Green • (O) The Little Brown Mouse Went out in the Dark • (P) Mrs Blue-Hat and the Little Brown Mouse • (Q) Mr Blue Hat and the Red Cart • (R) Roger, the stick and the old man • (S) Mrs Rig and the Little Black Cat • (T) Mrs Blue Hat and the Black Cat • (U) Percy Green and Mr Red Hat’s Car • (V) Crash! The Car Hit a Tree • (W) The Kite that blew away • (X) Ramu and Sita and the Robber • (Y) Jennifer and the little fox • (Z) Miranda and the dragon

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