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[[imageCategory:lumplump.jpgNew Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|centertitle=Murray and Bun|linkrating=https://books4.google.com/books?id5|genre=dDc9DQAAQBAJ&printsecConfident Readers |summary=frontcover&dq=lump+lump+Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and+the+blanket+catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of+dreams&hl=en&safrightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz47visd3QAhVT_WMKHQ8CA8UQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=lump%20lump%20and%20the%20blanket%20of%20dreams&f=false]]0008561249<hr/>[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Antje Damm1732898766|title=Waiting for GoliathThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Bear is waiting When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for Goliath. That's Bear on their lives in the cover and it was what first drew me to this bookForest of Fine Repute. He looks so ''forlorn'' that I wanted to know what Their greatest fear has come about: the problem wasSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's not exactly forlornright behind them, but he has been waiting at the bus stop since dawn and he might be getting just a little bit bored. He lies down (legs dangling down and tummy flat on the seat) and explains to everyone that Goliath is spewing hot, sour milk from his best friendnostrils. Robin wanted to know if Goliath is as strong as Bear and Bear says that he is. He(Please don't try this at home: it won's smart toot end well. ) He can count to eighteen. Bear's obviously been Fortunately, they were nearly at the stop Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for quite a while as the spring flowers have fallen from the treesthem, they escaped. He's there through They climbed up to the dark too - he just curls Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and sleeps on the seatGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>177657141X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Reece WykesB0CC9W7GLR|title=I Dare YouOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=2.5
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|summary=Some children's books require Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a robust sense large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of humour from the ice was a parentpolar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, or at least the ability to look bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the other way when ice. Kit was all for making a book is being naughtyrun for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. There are more books He obviously needed to be taken home on pants the bus and poo than could fill given a landfill, but when is something too far for a children's book? Bragging? Lying? good meal and somewhere to sleep. CannibalismWhat else would you do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445378</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Hadfield and The Fan Brothers1913839656|title=The Darkest Dark|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Back in the nineteen sixties in a cottage on Stag Island in Southern Ontario, Canada there was a boy called Chris who loved playing with rockets. Actually they were made out of cardboard boxes, but they were rockets to Chris and he and his dog would play space games all day. He really didn't have time for anything else and he certainly didn't have time to sleep. Well, actually, there's a secret here: Chris was afraid of the dark and everyone knows that when itLet's ''very'' dark the worst sort of aliens come into the bedroom. Night after night his parents worked very hard to get him to sleep in his own bedroom and it was only the threat that if Chris didn't get into his own bed and go to sleep everyone would be too tired to go next door the following evening to watch something special on television. There was only the one television on the island, you see.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>150982409X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCelebrate Being Different|author=Kate Milner|title=My Name is not RefugeeLainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=A child's mother tells her child that they will have to leave this town: it's not safe for them any longer. She explains what will happen. The child can pack Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his own baggrandmother, but he has to remember that he must only take what he can carrynot least because she made the best beetle juice. Initially it will be exciting He packed two pairs of dungarees and they can't live in a place where there's no water in the taps his favourite hat and the rubbish just piles up in the streetsthen gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. It's going She had promised to be an adventure, but sometimes they're going take him to be on their own and it will get a bit boring, but sometimes they'll be with other people the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he must remember wanted to hold on to an adult's hand. They'll see lots of cars and lorries and sleep in some strange places. They'll hear people speaking in strange languages and taste make new foodsfriends. Eventually they'll get to somewhere where they are safe At home, his only friend was his mum and can unpackhe wondered why that could be. The strange words will start to make sense. He'll Grandma thought that it might be called Refugee, but because he has to remember that Refugee is not his namelooked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1911370065</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oliver Jeffers1529504775|title=The Great Paper CaperToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Something terrible is happening in Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the forestred buses drive past. Branches from trees are going missing overnight, Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and nobody knows what's going oneven just standing up was very difficult. Everyone living One day Elsie spotted a bus in the forest gathers together toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to look pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the crime scenebus for support, and to try to discover what has happenedwalk behind it. Initially they blame each otherMany decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, but after discovering everyone there has a solid alibi they continue their investigations to try and find the culpritRepair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007182333</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Maudie Smith and Paul Howard1529504767|title=The Dressing-Up Dad|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Danny and his dad both love dressing up! Whatever the event, or reason, they are ready. Indeed, they don't really need a reason, but just happily dress up together at home, or when they go out, as spacemen, a knight and a dragon, sea creatures and wizards...you name it, they can dress up as it! Danny loves having so much fun with his dad, but then one day he does start to wonder what it would be like to have a normal, ordinary dad, and so for his birthday he decides to ask his dad to dress up as an ordinary dad!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019274979X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Mac Barnett Amy Sparkes and Jon Klassen|title=TriangleKatie Hickey|rating=45
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|summary=This is a story Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about Trianglehow she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. One day he goes out She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of his house Mr and walks a long way Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to go herself. Gradually she relaxed and play a sneaky trick on his friend, Squarebegan to enjoy her life. ItShe's quite a long walk, past lots and lots of triangles, and then lots of shapes d help Mrs Russell with no name, the baking and then lots when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and lots of squaresMr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. What will happen after he's played his trick on Square, though? Will Triangle get his comeuppance?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376671</amazonuk>The best surprise happened the following morning.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sam Usher1916459943|title=SunSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=It was the hottest day of the yearMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. HotterHe's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, if such a thing is possible, than broccoli soup, the Atacama Desert he just lies on his blanket and the surface of the sun''wails''. The sea offers to help. Grandad decreed that it was the perfect day for an adventure It rocks Baby gently and began packing the picnic basket with all sorts waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of useful things: water, biscuits, gentle wavelets falling onto a telescope, camera, sun protection, fruit, sandwiches, toys sandy beach and lotsyou have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, lots morela lay... '' How are And for a boy moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and his grandad to we know exactly what they're s going to need? Grandad was the navigator and the boy was the lookouthappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178370795X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Laura Williams140639131X|title=Grandpa Diet and Diabetes|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Nick's Mum is an accident and emergency nurse and life can get a bit hectic at times, particularly when she has to arrange A Practical Present for someone to look after Nick and his twin sister Emma. One day in the school holidays Grandpa had the pleasure of looking after the kids and Nick thought this was cool. Grandpa used to be a bit of a rocker, you see, and that's the sort of music he always has playing. He might have a stick but Nick sure that he doesn't really need it - it's there just in case. He does have a problem though and Mum explains it by saying that Grandpa has to eat at the right time every day because he has diabetes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524667641</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewPhilippa Pheasant|author=Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet|title=Supertato Run Veggies RunBriony May Smith
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|summary=IPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired''ve heard of these so called superfoods, they are reported nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to boost your immune system and flush out areas of your body that have gone unnoticed for decades, the mayor about the problem but does this make them super? didn't even get a reply. In my mind Philippa wasn't a bird to be sit back on her tail feathers when there was a superfood you need to do problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something spectacular; lift similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a car from a trapped child, or leap over a building in one boundlittle amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. The vegetable All the animals used the crossing and fruit in my house can't do any of this, but then they aren't Supertato; Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a spectacular spud that, more than once, has saved the day with his powerssafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471121038</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dr Seuss1776574338|title=Dr SeussLeilong's ABCToo Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=No one who has read Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his work can deny that Dr Seuss had a powerful imaginationway through the city, picking up children as he goes. He was able Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to pluck from go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his brainpan not only interesting takes on old ideasneck. It's perfect, but also new creatures and worlds that had never been seen before. isn't it? His books are often madder than What could be a box more fun way of March haresgoing to school? There is a problem, but even though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he must have had puts his limits? feet and – because he's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The humble ABC book (dare I say the dull ABC book), surely school decides that he could not bring his sense of anarchic fun to this staple of can't be the children's education market?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007487754</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nosy Crow1776574028|title=British Museum: ABCBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Learning your ABCs I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is also seemingly learning aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the same items appearing over child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and over againbecomes a ''balletphant''. A The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is not only A – a ''crynoceros'' (think about it is also Apple!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm..... B is Ball, C is Car. It is almost as if there are only 26 objects in the world and they happen to start with different letters of the alphabet. '' In fact, apart from Xylophone and X-RayOK, let's not go there Some people are loads of things that you could choose to put in an ABC book, if only you had a vast repository of objects and art that you could choose from …|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857638165</amazonuk>eating!
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{{newreview <!-- remove 17/5 -->Frontpage|isbn=1838226834|title=Go To Sleep!Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Marion AdamsEd Boxall
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|summary=''It was midnight on one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the wild moors. The round white moon peeped over good that parents do, so the cloudstrips out were always so much fun. The barn owl flew from tree A young boy was going to tree without making a sound. The cool night breeze rustled through the gorse bushes.''carnival with his Grandad, who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=FumOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Karl Newson and Lucy FlemingCordellya Smith
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|summary=The smallest member of When the Crumb familyworld was made, Fumthe animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, has gone missingunfortunately, not the ability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. Where on earth can He was also jealous which was how he came to be? in a race with Turtle. The rest of the Crumbs (You might think that's not a family of giants) search high fair contest but wait and low for little Fum, enlisting the help of various fairy tale friends along the waysee. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862431</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nick Sharratt and Pippa GoodhartRob Keeley|title=Little Monster's Day Out with DadCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4
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|summary=Before leaving the house it is always important that you check the traffic online Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. What When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is the point in leaving now if keen to explain how good they are for you are going and how nice to be stuck in a traffic jam all the way? Little Monster's Father could have done thiseat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, but is learning the hard waywho tells her that carrots grow on trees. ThankfullyInfuriated, this is a world in which even Lily checks with the mundane can be fun teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and there are lots of friends to find; even when you are stuck vegetables, like carrots, grow in back the ground. Jordan says, "I did try to back traffic on the Monster M25tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405276444</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Neil Gaiman and Divya SrinivasanB09FFJF8YS|title=CinnamonYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=First written ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in 1995training, Cinnamon has hitherto existed as "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a short story on Neil Gaiman's website or as part cry (the big-girl kind!) of an audiobook collectiontoilet triumph and persevering panty pride. Now, '' And so itis! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's out final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as a picture book for us all she proudly explains to share.The story follows Cinnamonher dog, a princess in a small hot countryher cat, where everything is very old. Cinnamon was born with pearls for eyes. This means her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she is very beautiful but also blind. And Cinnamon won't speak' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Her parentsNeither can the flowers, nor the rajah and ranifish, offer rich rewards for anyone who nor the birds. Boy's certainly can persuade their daughter to talk't. People come She's a big girl now and go but nobody is successful. Until, one day, a tiger comes...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408879239</amazonuk>she wants everyone to know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=John Kelly Justine Avery and Steph LaberisNaday Meldova|title=Can I Join Your Club?Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4.5
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|summary=Duck just wants to join Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a clubchild that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Any club would be fine, but he would really like Funny to be a part of somethingtalk about and joke about, so he tries that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the Lion Clubwrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the Snake Clubfamiliar humour attached, and even Club Elephant, but explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it seems like duck won: 't ever fit in anywhere…'Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848694369</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joyce Dunbar and Claire FletcherB09BG8V3Q6|title=Tibs the Post Office CatWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=Set in the 1950's, this 'Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is a story about a cat called Tibs (who was a real cat) who was born the latest release in a post office, and who had a job to keep all the rats and mice under control''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. Rather than killing and eating all This series of fun picture books aims to take the mice, however, Tibs befriends them, pain out of potty training children and replace it with their help he is able to apprehend some thievesfun. It's a worthy aim, becoming the hero of the day!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277207</amazonuk>as any frustrated parent will tell you. .
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Britta TeckentrupB07GZ81J7C|title=Under When Fred the Same SkySnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=You would Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be amazed how often items go missing in children's books, especially in lift the flap booksmeeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. What But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better way is there to get tell you a kid to look under something than say it may contain the missing object? bit more about Fred. In this case Fred is a Chick has lost their ball snake and rather than question why even those of us who have a baby chicken would have phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a ball present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the first placefamily, we instead must go on an adventure around to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the farmproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829008</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jon BurgermanJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=SPLATEverybody Pees!(Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Everybody loves a clown…Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. Wait a minuteBut really, does anyone ''likewhy shouldn'' a clownt it be? They are We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as likely we have to make a child cry as they learn about everything else when we are to make them laughsmall. One thing that they do have going for them is the slapstick humour and although we may not enjoy clowns themselvesWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, we do enjoy watching someone get smacked in the face with a custard pie. Thereforesay, learning about why not enjoy the mayhem without sun and the moon take turns in the harlequinsky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192749544</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nicola Davies Justine Avery and Emily SuttonNaday Meldova|title= Lots – The Diversity of Life on Earth|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary= How many different kinds of living things are there on Earth? Lots…that's how many. Children will learn lots and lots from this wonderful book. I learned lots from it too. There are 100No,000 different kinds of mushrooms. Who knew? Well I certainly didn't. This is one of those special books with cross-over appeal. Tiny children will adore the illustrationsNo, slightly older ones will learn fascinating facts and readers of any age will be moved by the message that we need to take better care of our beautiful environment. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406360481</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Michael Bond|title= Paddington's Finest Hour|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Paddington is backNo! This is the first set of new stories about our favourite bear from Peru since 2012. There are seven of them and, as you'd expect, they are delightful. Our little bear doesn't change and he still careers around 32 Windsor Gardens creating merry havoc as his adopted family, the Browns, look on in helpless mirth. Everybody loves a bit of slapstick, right?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008226199</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Catherine Rayner|title=One Happy Tiger|rating=4.5
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|summary=I love a good counting book! I particularly like one that has a story attached to it, rather than just 'one ball, two oranges, three dollsThey say the best picture books are the simplest ones...' I like a counting book which is well drawn too and where care and thought has gone into the production And nothing could be truer of the book: you can't start to appreciate the good things in life too soon and ''One Happy Tiger'' ticks all those boxesthis latest from Justine Avery, but when we first meet him tiger is rather sad. He's sitting all alone and whilst he might not have a frown on his face or tears in his eyes he has a look of dejection about him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869234X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Rod Campbell|title=Fluffy Chick|rating=4Bookbag favourite.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Books enable us to travel places that we can only dream of; we can walk on the moon''No, or sink to the deepest depths of the ocean. HoweverNo, not all books have to be spectacular to be great; simple pleasures can also be good. Taking a child to a petting zoo is one of the most fun outings a family can do, but what happens when you are having an indoor day? Pick up No!''Fluffy Chick'' and bring is based around the simple joy of the petting zoo to yousimplest text imaginable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509834354</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Vivian French and Nigel Baines|title= The Covers of My Book Are Too Far Apart (and other grumbles)|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing |summary=''I'm too old for bedtime stories''No, no, no! Okay, okay. Yes, you may.'' That's a girl's bookit!''But, '' I hate this book but I've got to finish it'', ''I can't find a book that I like.'' You've probably heard at least one of all the grumbles in best picture books, this book before but have you known how to respond to it? This brilliant picture book will do it for you and tiny snippet of text is a joyful celebration of all veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that's wonderful about books and readingit appears on the outside. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178112602X</amazonuk>1638820457
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Morag Hood194812467X|title=When Grandad was a PenguinThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=When Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a little girl goes to stay with her Grandad, she walk. Kirelle is worried that dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is not wellperfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. Grandad doesn't seem quite As they walk to the top of the samehill, somehow, and he they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is talking about fish a lotfarm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, none of his clothes fitgoats and chickens, and he is spending a lot more time in the bathroomeven some mice. ThankfullyExcited, one day the zoo phones up, having discovered a bit of a problem there that might explain what is going on with Grandad!Kirelle and Sam go shopping. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509814019</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lane Smith0995647895|title=A Perfect DaySadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=ItSadie's mother always said that she was a lovely sunny daydreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and looks as if it may just turn out she loves to be a perfect day, since there is a sunny spot for cat spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the flowersgloom, and a paddling pool for dog ''<br>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to cool off in, and bird food in sail the bird feeder, oceans on an ancient sailing ship and a corn cob for squirrelwent back regularly. But, whatOne day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's this? Here comes bear, lumbering into Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the garden to eat closing bell and the corn cob, splash attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the water midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and squash all the flowers!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509840559</amazonuk>treasure.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb1782227741|title=The Everywhere BearLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=4.5
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|summary=The Everywhere Bear is an important member of Class Oneday, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. He enjoys It's quite a wide range of activities with deep puddle and the children in his class, such as bus rides water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and burgers, football around and musicis sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Finding himself One daydown in the sewer, when itTed starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE's the new boy, Matt's, turn to bring he cries and alerts the Everywhere Bear back to school Matt sees a cat on attention of Reg the way to schoolsewer rat, and he bends over to give it a cuddle. Poor old Bear falls who plucks him out of Matt's bag and into the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a puddlebit like an old cricket bat. This Reg is the start a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of the Bear's most exciting (and terrifying!) adventure yet!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447280733</amazonuk>broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=William BeeB08R7LXQ9S|title=William Bee's Wonderful World of Trucks Remy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal|rating=54
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|summary= Children will be who they areRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, no matter how you try to change themhave been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they know what they likeare not stupid. You may want They are careful to steer one child away from a world of pink wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other from a world of bluekids are around. So, but turn your back for a moment and there they are; one playing with a dollwhen Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the other a traininstigator. There is nothing wrong with a girl liking traditional girl things And then he gets into trouble at school and a boy liking traditional boy things, as long as they are given the opportunity teachers don't believe him when he tries to pick explain what they want. Some books you would assume are for one or the other, but actually transcend; these books are simply cool in their own righthappened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843653257</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michelle Robinson and Emily Fox1471191303|title=Monkey's SandwichThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=Monkeys have been given This is the reputation story of being cheekyIsobel, but do you also see them as petty thieves? How can these cheerful chimps be seen as anything other than cute, but mischievous a little monkeys? Anyone girl who has driven through Knowsley Safari Park knows the truthmade a big difference. A perfectly good car drives Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the monkey enclosure only to be bereft heating on: ''Ice curled across the inside of wing mirrors, hubcaps the window and windscreen wipers at crept up the end. Rumour has it that the monkeys sell these parts wholesale at a lockup in South Kirby. The monkey in this tale may not be stealing car parts, but he is a little light fingered when it comes to making corner of the ultimate lunchbedpost.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007580010</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Paul Stickland|title=Ten Terrible Dinosaurs|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Some things are easier The family didn't go to count than others. How many pens are there on the desk is simple enough. A little trickier is the number of cars cinema or on the road, holidays but stand back they had each other and you can see themthey were happy. The fact is that Then the day came when they couldn't afford the bigger something is, rent for the further you will need house and they had to be from it move to count more than onethe far side of the city. What would happen though if you were counting something that This part of the city was not only bigcold, but moving sad and lonely and also prone to eating you?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509835520</amazonuk>Isobel felt invisible.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nina Laden|title=The Night I Followed the Dog|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=There's a Boy (who doesn't have a name) and a Dog (likewise) and in the beginning you get the feeling that the Boy would prefer to have next door's Dog who wins prizes in obedience classes Nick Jones and does clever things with the television remote control. That is until one morning when Boy opens the door a little earlier than usual and spots Dog getting out of a limousine. In a tuxedo. The he disappears into the back garden. Boy's shocked but a few minutes later he goes to the back door and whistles for Dog, who comes dashing in, anxious to eat. At first Boy can't ''quite'' believe what he ''thinks'' he saw, so he determines to follow Dog the next night.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452161348</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ted DewanSi Clark|title=Something for Mummy (Bing)|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Having a child gives you a glimpse into a world that you never knew even existed. Unfortunately, this not a winter wonderland hidden in a wardrobe, but a world of children's TV characters. The mainstays of the genre have still survived; Sooty, Noddy and Postman Pat, but who is RaRa or Mr Tumble? One popular show that takes some getting used to is Bing, a series all about a rabbit that seems to have a stuffed animal as a carer. There are seemingly no parents Night in the show as if the town is one giant crèche, so how come Bing and his helper Flop are making a gift for Mummy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008212015</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Aino-Maija Metsola|title=My First Animals Beartown
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|summary=Get used to two simple words if you Many children have a child, ''What's That?'' You will hear it over an obsession and over and over again. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chairSandy Lane, hatwho lives in Beartown, my sense of regret. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiarobsessed with bears. Here the parental practise of making something up comes into play – it's a bird type thingShe collects books about bears. Books that show images of itemsHer favourite toy is Berisford, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adultteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, but she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to a toddler learning about the world they are bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a who's who of what's colourful painted bear thatlives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847809677</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} {{newreview|author= Quentin Blake|title= The Story of the Dancing Frog|rating= 4.5|genre= Dyslexia Friendly |summary= When Jo's Great Aunt Gertrude's sea captain husband is drowned at sea she is grief-stricken and, in despair, she goes for a walk alone. During this walk she notices a small frog Move on a lily-pad. But he is no ordinary frog - he's a dancing frog and the two quickly become good friends. Soon the duo are touring the world with their routine, spreading joy and fun - and carrying out the occasional rescue - wherever they go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125910</amazonuk>}}to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]
