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• I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd
  ...a follow up to [[I Love My Mummy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd|I Love My Mummy]] by the same author and illustrator duo. ...they don't do many practical things together, even simple housework. When mummy's out they cuddle up on the sofa eating biscuits and looking a bit furtive
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• There's a House Inside My Mummy by Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban
  |title=There's a House Inside My Mummy ...perfect for sharing with toddlers. The idea of there being a house inside mummy's tummy is a clever one, and instantly understandable by small children, an
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• Little Owl's Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney
  ...a school visit to the zoo and he comes home without his scarf. What will Mummy say? ...a prolific knitter. Fortunately she chooses nice, soft, pretty wool so we don't end up with any rejected items, but I do remember when I was little having
  3 KB (597 words) - 11:48, 6 September 2020
• Jamie and Angus Together by Anne Fine
  ...o something ''disgusting'' and it has to be hidden so that Mummy and daddy don't see what it is. ...Sentences are clear and crisp with no unnecessary flourishes – in fact I don't think there's a superfluous word in the book.
  3 KB (559 words) - 08:46, 20 April 2018
• Orla Kiely Colours by Orla Kiely
  ...change bag so that it might just fall out when I'm out for coffee with my mummy friends and oh, how classy I would look with an Orla Kiely baby book! You ...ack background on the colours page...Confusing. And the patterned designs don't really provide much else to talk about as you read other than the name of t
  3 KB (578 words) - 11:08, 6 April 2018
• Wobble Bear Says Yellow by Ian Whybrow and Caroline Jayne Church
  ...the book on calling everything 'yellow', whether it is or not, much to his mummy's frustration and my daughter's delight! This is a charming board book all about colours. Wobble's mummy tells him the different colours of things around the house as she gets him
  3 KB (434 words) - 16:42, 12 April 2018
• Super Rabbit by Stephanie Blake
  ...m the tree (though he tells his mum it was from a super villain's sword). Mummy gets a needle and sterilises it, ready to remove the splinter so that Super ...ke when Simon isn't quite as brave as he thought he was and shouts for his mummy from the tree. I really love, however, the illustration when Simon is sitt
  3 KB (589 words) - 15:57, 3 March 2018
• Nutmeg Says Yum! by Caroline Jayne Church
  ...colour. Bananas? Too squidgy. She wants strawberries. Thankfully, Nutmeg's mummy is a wise and sneaky mouse, so she whips up a delicious strawberry surprise ...and wants to see what she can achieve. I particularly liked that Nutmeg's mummy's plan isn't spelled out in the text. It opens up the opportunity for discu
  3 KB (516 words) - 17:47, 4 April 2018
• Babies Don't Bite by David Bedford and Tor Freeman
  |title=Babies Don't Bite ...y the pony is excited. His mummy is having a baby! His friends, however, don't seem to share his excitement...their mums are all having babies too, but th
  3 KB (527 words) - 15:18, 28 March 2018
• Waiting for Santa by Steve Metzger and Alison Edgson
  ...and the presents would be piled high without any need for Old Saint Nick. (Don't feel too bad for me, I turned out ok, honest). ...re are no unrealistic expectations: everyone gets one gift (ONE!) and they don't tear into them immediately. Fancy that.
  3 KB (503 words) - 11:32, 3 September 2020
• Monsters Don't Cry! by Brett McKee and Ella Burfoot
  |title=Monsters Don't Cry! ''But monsters are strong, monsters don't cry''.
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• Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney
  ...Of course, this means that Blue Blanket gets rather dirty, and so one day Mummy says that both Small Bunny and Blue Blanket need to have a wash... ...is story is when Mummy puts Blue Blanket in the washing machine and says ''Don't worry...it will only take a minute'' but on the following page, with a seri
  4 KB (641 words) - 11:58, 6 September 2020
• The Book of Bones: A Kit Salter Adventure by Natasha Narayan
  ...e kidnapped by their arch enemies, The Baker Brothers. The Baker Brothers tell them that one of the friends has been poisoned, but not which one, and the I won't say too much about the ending, because I don't want to give anything away, but the book stops on a real nail-biting cliffh
  4 KB (671 words) - 10:00, 21 April 2018
• Egg: An Egg-Citing Easter Eggs-Capade! (My Little World) by Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway
  ...young child without fear - this isn't one of those books which are kept on Mummy's shelf.
  2 KB (398 words) - 15:12, 18 September 2020
• The Alphabet Family by Eva Montanari
  ...g races, and some are playing in the garden. With plenty of ideas to hand, Mummy A writes her story, and then tells it to all her children and Daddy Z. ..., f rides an f-shaped crocodile - but, unlike Letterland, their activities don't teach the basics of spelling. In many ways, this makes it suitable for chil
  3 KB (472 words) - 14:16, 10 April 2018
• The Tiger Prowls: a pop-up book of wild animals by Seb Braun
  It's a hardback book with a striking cover and when you open it, don't expect endpapers or gentle introductions: as you lift the cover, the tiger ...ar of the water. He's ''Big as a bus, graceful as a dancer'': perhaps you don't need to know a lot more. And we still have the bear, the elephant and the
  3 KB (490 words) - 13:14, 6 April 2018
• The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill
  |title=The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy |sort=Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy, The
  5 KB (794 words) - 11:44, 5 March 2018
• Something for Mummy (Bing) by Ted Dewan
  |title=Something for Mummy (Bing) ...e giant crèche, so how come Bing and his helper Flop are making a gift for Mummy?
  3 KB (591 words) - 12:30, 19 September 2020
• Fairytale Food by Lucie Cash
  ''Enjoyed a very pleasant breakfast with the Three Bears; Mummy Bear is just delightful, I'm sure we'll remain good friends.'' ...y ripe bananas and the addition of runny honey produces a lovely flavour. Mummy Bear's Blue and Black Beary Crumble (go on - you're allowed to laugh!) has
  3 KB (492 words) - 11:54, 10 April 2018
• A Day with the Animal Doctors by Sharon Rentta
  ...oing to hospital as a patient or a visitor then this book is perfect. You don't? Ok - it's also a wonderful bedtime story and do you know a child who ''do ...kit (some VERY useful toys in there!) and off he goes to the hospital with Mummy.
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