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[[Category:New Reviews|Emerging Readers]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Helen CraigNigel Baines|title=The Orchard Book A Tricky Kind of Bedtime Fairy TalesMagic|rating=4.5
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|summary=Fairy Tales have been around for centuries Cooper loves to perform magic tricks. His father was a magician, and reflect named Cooper after the tradition of oral history; stories spoken from one persongreat Tommy Cooper. But sadly Cooper's memory father died suddenly, and now Cooper doesn't quite know who to anotherbe, or how to be. This is why some Fairy Tales seem And when his dad's prop rabbit starts talking to have subtle differences depending upon where you were brought up. Did you hear that the three little pigs boiled the wolf alivehim, or perhaps you think he just walked away in frustration? Helen Craig is a talented illustrator who has decided to tackle the tricky Fairy Tale compilation. Will her retelling of classic stories match your own?''really'' doesn't know what's going on anymore!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408338408</amazonuk>1444960261
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Keris StaintonJane Lightbourne|title= Lily and the Christmas WishMy Cat Called Red|rating= 4.5|genre= Emerging Readers|summary=I In Robin has red hair. He hates it, and the small town freckles that go along with it. He's been bullied and mocked at school because of Pinewood the people are busy preparing for Christmasit. This year they ''Ginger Minger! Carrots!'' Kids are doing something special to celebratemean. Each person will write down a secret wish and tie it to the Christmas tree But red hair is not Robin's only misery in the town squarelife. Although nine year old Lily likes this idea she is more than a little sceptical that wishes can come true, no matter how much you may want them He's already lost his dad to. Then a strange storm blows in mountaineering accident when his mum gets ill and scatters all the wishes across the townis taken into hospital. Lily wakes up the following morning to discover that Bug, her pug puppy, can talk! That was not what Lily had wished for but maybe it was someone elseShe doesn's wish? The Christmas magic has definitely gone wrongt come home again. Can Lily, her younger brother Jimmy and, of course, Bug put things right before Christmas Day?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471405125</amazonuk>1838216812
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Anthea Bell Francesca Simon and Anna MorgunovaSteve May|title=Vasilisa the Beautiful (Russian Folktales)Two Terrible Vikings
|rating=4
|genre=Emerging Readers
|summary=When I say to you the first response I had on picking up this book was 'Ooh, someone knows their Klimt', and that I thought I had seen Kandinsky in the art inside, it tells you the aesthetic is definitely to the fore here. (That latter claim was In a bit false – but there's definitely a touch of Picasso.) Of course small Viking village there is a storylive two twins, Hack and a more-than decent story it is tooWhack, but with the intriguing, detailed and unusual artwork of Anna Morgunova, this picture book with many words really does come who are eager to life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9888342517</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Luke Pearson|title=Hilda and be the Troll|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Hilda, a rather delightful small, blue-haired girl, is never far from an adventure. very worst Vikings ever! She is confident and excitable, brave and creative, and her stories are slightly Nothing can stop their madmarauding, and veryas they cause havoc at a birthday party, very readable!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263788</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall|title=Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A little boy called Cole wanted chaos whilst tracking a story. He particularly wanted a true story and it had to be about a bear. It was getting latetroll, but Mummy said that she would do her best. Her story began about a hundred years before Cole was born and it was about a man called Harry Colebourn who lived in Winnipeg. He was undertake a vet and was on his way grand journey to Europe to look after the horses of the soldiers fighting in the Great War when he met a trapper raid Bad Island with a baby bear: his head might have said that there was nothing he could do, but his heart told him their friends! They get up to get hold all kinds of the bear mischief and he gave the trapper $20. Winnipeg, as he named the bearnaughty behaviour, went on the train along with Captain Coulbourn and his trooptheir wolf-cub Bitey-Bitey, across the ocean and finally arrived in Englandtheir crazy cast of friends.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408340232</amazonuk>0571349498
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Chris Higgins and Lee Wildish1838593187|title= My Funny Family Gets Funnier Guess What I Found in the Playground!|author=Victoria Thompson
|rating=4.5
|genre= Emerging Readers
|summary= Mattie is nine years old and the second child in a wonderfully big and loving family, where all sorts of very funny things are prone to happen. Like the day Uncle Vez's brother and his wife, Uncle Bruce and Aunty Sheila (not their real names!) turn up on the doorstep. They're visiting from their home in Australia and it isn't long before they're causing quite a stir in the Butterfield household – and beyond.
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{{newreview
|author=Allan Plenderleith
|title=The Tiny Tree
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Deep down in the woods there was a tiny pine tree, stranded in a clearing and surrounded by BIG pine treesTilly is excited. She dreamed 's just come dashing out of being the classroom, pigtails flapping behind her and a big tree grin on her face. Dad's come to collect her and hoped her brother and he ''has'' to try to guess what she found in the playground today, although she concedes that one day she would be beautifully dressed and surrounded by laughter and lovehe will never guess. The other trees thought Dad wants to know how school was, but ''obviously'' that she was being silly's not important. Actually, they were quite Could Tilly have found more collectable things for her scrap box? (Isn't that so much more sensible than a scrap ''nastybook'' to her and rather too full of themselves?) Well, actually, Tilly did find exciting stuff. Then one day the big machine came There are sequins, glittered paper and started cutting down trees - and Tiny Tree was cut down by mistakeall sorts of other things in her pocket, but that's not what she wants Dad to guess. But who is going to want a tiny Christmas tree?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841613924</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo Innosanto Nagara|title=Take Away the A |rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers |summary=What happens when you take away the letter 'A' from the word 'Beast'? You get 'Best'! Similarly without the 'B' the 'Bride' goes M is for a 'Ride' or without the 'C' the 'Chair' has 'Hair'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443448</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Joseph Garrett|title=Stampy's Lovely Book|rating=3|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=If you still think of Stampy as the elephant in ''The Simpsons'', you need to get with it. For one thing, TV is so last century – now it's all about Minecraft and other computer game worlds, and often second-screening between different new media at the same time. So why does this book from a Youtube star of Minecraft tasks, pranks and other activities, remind me of a certain TV programme that used to invite us to turn off and do something more active instead?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405281561</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Alan MacDonald and David Roberts|title=Aliens! (Dirty Bertie)Movement
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|summary=For my sins I have never met Bertie before now – something that from Set in Indonesia, in the merits of not too distant past, this book I now think should have been corrected is a long time agostory about social change. He's a friendly young chapDealing with some difficult issues, such as political corruption and we meet him in friendlynepotism, short episodesthe book is neither boring nor preachy. Here are three of themIt educates gently, which I have to assume is the norm. One shows him quite gullible if well-meaningwith vibrant, the next has him stuck in a situation he dislikes where he still gets the upper handchallenging illustrations, and the third is a sustained look at what happens it portrays how social movements need people who will try, even when he starts a hole for himself with a simple, poor decisionit seems that they will fail. He's The message is a lad such as you probably have close by youpositive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, he's amiable, he's not too smart, and he's really quite likeable – even if he does apparently we do still have a very snotty nose…the power to instigate change.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>184715512X</amazonuk>1609809351
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Tony Ross and Wendy Finney1949471004|title= Where's Gilbert? The Not So Little PrincessDog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Pamela Brookes|rating= 3.54|genre= Emerging ReadersDyslexia Friendly|summary=This title What do you do when your child has dyslexia and you need books which will help them to achieve the wonder that is part reading? You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a new series negative effect on the young dyslexic than a child without that problem. You need to be able to buy books at a reasonable price which develops Tony Rossconcentrate on what you's unforgettable Little Princess for older children reading ve been working on their own, without anything else being thrown into the mix. The Not So Little Princess hasn You need a story which engages the young mind and you need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. Some online support and games wouldn't really grown out of her teddy beargo amiss, Gilbert, but sheeither. Reading - and ''learning''s old enough to have become selfread -conscious when her friend Ollie finds her telling stories to the teddy in the gardenshould be a pleasure. She denies and abandons GilbertIt should be ''fun''. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443049</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Margaret Mahy and Jonathan Allen099334030X|title=The Great White Man-Eating SharkCan You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging ReadersCrafts|summary=This is You're going to get a hint of what this book's about very quickly. When you see the title page, you'll find out what the story of Norvin book's called and that it's been written by Peter Lynas. Then we move on to who was 'has done the illustration - and there's a good actor but rather plaingap. In fact he looked like a shark… ''You'' There were not many parts in the world of theatre for boys who looked like sharks so Norvin took up swimmingare going to put your name there. Soon he was able to shoot through the water It's ''like a silver arrowyour'' but he found it tedious having responsibility to share provide the delightful space pictures for this book about one of Caramel Cove with all the other swimmerslargest creatures ever to roam the earth. Almost every young reader will be able to guess what Norvin did next – There's some help available, but they might not anticipate your name is on the way in which his plan goes wrong.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444014382</amazonuk>title page - and you have work to do!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Michelle Magorian and Sam Usher1609809335|title= SmileThe Lizard|author= Jose Saramago, J Borges, Nick Caistor (translator) and Lucia Caistor (translator)|rating= 52|genre= Dyslexia FriendlyEmerging Readers |summary= Josh is tired, fed up and feeling put out and ignoredOne day a giant lizard appears in the city. No, he isn We don't having a tantrum – something big has happened (welleven get told how it arrived, two things actually) and his world has turned upside downbut it certainly appeared. You see ''The Howler'' has arrived and everything has changed and not, so far People took against it, for the better. Baby brother Charlie is just seventeen days old and is not only taking up all of his parentsif they weren' timet shrugging it off as a hallucination brought on by tiredness just as they fled it, but also stopping everyone in the house from getting enough sleep with his constant howlingthey wanted something done about it. Will the crying 'ever' stop Can something be done about it, though? And there's worse because the really terrible thing is the baby's arrival meant a very special event had to be cancelled. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125007</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mandi Kujawa and Claude St Aubin1789016320|title=Jacqueline Tadcaster and the Singing CrowBullies|author=Richard Rutherford
|rating=4
|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Meet Jacqueline the crowIn some ways it was a gentler time: video games were around, but children usually went outside to enjoy themselves. They flew kites and went sledging if there was snow around. SheTim and Mary's perfectly happy up great-grandfather started a business in 1899 so our story is probably set in Canadathe nineteen seventies. Something which hasn't changed, with a whole forest of trees to choose from, enough to eatunfortunately, is bullying and two lads are making life miserable not just for Tim and a whole sky into which she can thrust her birdsong Mary but for other children who gather in celebrationthe playground. She has, in fact, a lot Tim's probably about ten - just at the stage where he's beginning to crow about. Until she hears humans talk of her as drably blackfeel responsible for his younger sister, dumbwho's two years younger than him, and ugly to both look but he's not yet at and the stage where he knows how to hear. What she chooses to do as a response is a surprise worth discovering in this large format picture bookdeal with bullies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0992150876</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jenny Broom and Kristjana S WilliamsB01N0OZQOD|title=The Wonder Garden: Wander through the world's wildest habitats and discover more than 80 amazing animalsNickerbacher|author=Terry John Barto
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=Is it any wonder that this book calls the outside world The Wonder Garden? I know things in fiction books, on TV and in games can be fabulous, but can they compete – really – with what nature has presented? You only need a gate through which to go, and a willingness to exploreNickerbacher is doing his dragonly duty as all dragons do. This book provides those gates – there they areThat dragonly duty is, shining luxuriously on the cover of this jumbocourse, princess-sized hardbackguarding. And in five easy-to-take steps, the rest of the book provides That's what dragons are for that exploration, taking us down south in Amazonia, down below the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and up – to deserts and mountains, via Germanyafter all. But Gwendolyn isn's own Black Forestt any princess. And She finds the trip whole princessing thing quite boring really and she is nothing if not spectacular to look at.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806473</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Martin Haake and Georgia Cherry|title=City Atlas: Discover the world with 30 city maps|rating=4|genre=Childrenmuch less interested in fairy tales than she is in watching comedy on 's Non-Fiction|summary=It's not every time I mention the feel of the book IThe Late Knight Show'm reviewing, but this time it's worth a mention. This volume has been lavishly presented in a roughened card cover, as opposed to the gloss of others in this format from this publisher, and so looks and feels like an old stamp catalogue. Nickerbacher likes ''The title image is indeed a stamp, stuck on the centre of the cover. And just as all stamps the world over are practically the same yet completely different Late Knight Show'' too - in designfact, so are the worldit's cities. The point of this book is his favourite TV show because he wants to bring the common elements as well as the unique features of all the world's capitals to the fore, to show that while a city may be a city is a city, their constant variety is what makes each and every one worth a visitstand-up comedian himself. With that being on the costly side, this is a decent enough substitute.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806481</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham|title=The Princess in Black|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Princess Magnolia has a double life. On one hand she has a perfectly prim, proper and pink castle turret to live in, on the other she has a secret escape tunnel. On her head she has a tiara, on her finger a monster alarm. Her life is also full of threats – He tries out his jokes on one side a horrid, blue, goat-eating beastie, on the other a prim and proper visitor intent on finding out if the perfect Princess has any secrets. Well we know she has, Gwendolyn but will they be discovered – and which is the greater threat?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763678880</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake|title=Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=If you think about all the many unsuitable items that Mortimer the raven has eaten, from staircases to bowler hats, itdon's surprising that he's still in t always come off quite as good a shape as he is. This time, Mortimer finds himself left alone with Mrs Jones' sewing machineNickerbacher intended. I'm still not sure why Mrs Jones ever lets him out of her sight, since he has an unerring capacity for trouble, yet here we find him, gobbling down the pink material that is intended for Arabel's new dress, swiftly followed by the needle! When Mortimer eventually discovers the foot pedal that makes the sewing machine go he and Arabel are turfed out of the house and allowed to go across the road to the park where a crowd has gathered around an interesting find in a large hole…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806929</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake0008265836|title=The Spiral StairRory Branagan Detective|author=Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar
|rating=5
|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=ITen-year-old Rory Branagan isn'm rather fond of Arabel and Mortimert just a normal kid. I like the outlandish situations that they find themselves in, He's a detective and the way Joan Aiken wrote the stories without speaking down he has a mystery to solve – why did his dad disappear when he was three? Rory doesn't know where to her readers start but, then, Cassidy moves in any way, inserting humour for the grown ups reading them toonext door and he discovers he has an accomplice who is full of ideas. Here our terrible twosome have This is just as well as they soon discover a very serious crime: Corner Boy's dad has been sent to Uncle Urk poisoned and is at the zoo whilst Mr Jones is risk of dying but no-one else will believe he's in hospitaldanger. Aunt Effie, however, has little patience for a noisy raven. Will Mortimer land them both in trouble? Or will they somehow manage It's up to Rory and Cassidy to uncover the truth and save the zoo from a scurrilous animal-stealing plot?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806945</amazonuk>life.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Benedict Blathwayt0192758748|title=The Little House by Horace & Harriet Take on the SeaTown|author=Clare Elsom
|rating=4
|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=By the seaWhen Harriet, on the Isle of Mull, there was aged seven and a ruined cottagequarter, but it wasndecides to go to Princes Park to practise 'Going to the Park on Her Own' (i.e. with her Grandad walking at least thirty steps behind) she can't entirely uninhabitedbelieve her eyes. The roof had fallen in and statue of Lord Commander Horatio Fredrick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the windows were empty Third (or Horace for short) starts to move. He not only moves but stamps his foot, shouts something that didnwould get him in serious trouble with Harriet't stop the mice finding snug s mum, and dry homes in the wallsclimbs down from his pillar. Rabbits enjoyed the weeds in the garden Understandably Harriet can't resist following and quickly finds herself dragged all around the doorway to the cottage was used town as Horace searches for a shelter by the sheep when it rainednew – and more suitable – home. Sparrows nested under His sights are firmly set on the roof Mayor's mansion and it, therefore, falls to Harriet to persuade him that there must be a stray cat slept in the pile of leaves in the fireplacebetter alternative. Then one day Finn came along. He was a fisherman and he began Sadly, Horace's visits to repair the house. He worked too - catching fish museum, cinema, train station, playground, bank and taking tourists to see the seals and Fingal's cavelibrary all cause mayhem. But what about Luckily, however, a competition in the birds and animals who had lived in park reveals the cottage before Finn came along?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780273142</amazonuk>perfect answer.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Catherine StorrSaulles_Bee|title= Clever Polly and Bee Boy: Clash of the Stupid WolfKiller Queens|author=Tony De Saulles|rating= 4.5|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= Polly opens Young Mel's friend has left and the door one day beehive is now his to find a large black wolf standing on the doorsteplook after. With no preamble whatsoeverUnfortunately, not even Mel lives in a cursory hello, the wolf informs Polly that he intends to eat her up. Incredibly Polly invites the wolf into her home tower block and even into the kitchen! What can she be thinking not all of? Well, young Polly is clever, resourceful, independent and charming. The wolf is a wolf of very little brain. Therefore his neighbours agree that it is not long before she is able to outwit the wolf and send him packing. This first story is very short but sets the scene correct place for the ongoing battle of wits between Polly and the wolf that will continue for the remaining twelve short stories in this charming and entertaining booka hive.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141360232</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Julian Clary and David Roberts|title= The Bolds|rating= 5|genre= Confident Readers|summary= The Bolds, Mr and Mrs and their two small children, live in Things change when Mel suddenly realises he has an ordinary semi-detached house in suburban Teddington. They have jobsamazing superpower; Mrs Bold designs and sells flamboyant hats and Mr Bold writes jokes for Christmas crackers. But they are most definitely not an ordinary family. Oh no! They are in fact hyenas. So far they have managed to successfully pretend to be human beings. Although very hairy and prone to laughing he can become a lot they have kept the truth (and their tails!) a secret from everyonebee. But their grumpy next door neighbour, Mr McNumpty, is growing suspicious and then a trip to the local safari park has repercussions. Will the Bolds' carefully long kept secret be revealed?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443057</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rose Lagercrantz and Eva ErikssonDavidson_Night|title=When I Am HappiestNight Zookeeper: The Giraffes of Whispering Wood|author=Joshua Davidson
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|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=If Dani leaves her school for the summer holidays with A straight-laced student makes one souvenir, it will either be the memories defiant act of the fabulous friendship she formed with Ella, who struck a chord in [[My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz creativity and Eva Eriksson|book one]] then moved away, or it will be has a book she has written world of magic and compiled to remind her of all the happiness she has encountered along the wayimagination opened up for him. That Will is not quite finished, for the following day is new Night Zookeeper and his tenure in the role of protector to be a magical world starts with the great end repulsion of year party, a dangerous invasion. Joshua Davidson has written about the Night Zookeeper before and her classroom decorations there are complete online cartoons devoted to the character but this marks a new launch and her dress has been bought a new speciallyseries. But This is not all of life is happiness just a book but a whole online event with huge educational tie-ins and jollity – and Dani is removed from the classroom a push to face very bad newsget children using their own imagination. What ending The story itself mirrors what the author is trying to achieve in store, for her book and for ours?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271894</amazonuk>real life; the power of the imagination makes everything better.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alex T SmithSeuss_Read|title=Claude: Lights! Camera! Action!I Can Read With My Eyes Shut|author=Dr Seuss
|rating=4.5
|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=Ah''The more that you read, Claude! How I do enjoy reading these funny little stories about this sweet doggy! ''<br>''The more things you will know.''<br>''The more that you learn,''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This time Claude finds himself embroiled in shenanigans on is a film setclassic Dr Seuss quote from this book, helping with wigs and make up and a film star gorillaone that I painstakingly stickered onto the wall of my children's school library! Claude The book is very silly, as endearing as everDr Seuss always is, and Mr Bobblysock continues but is also a good rhyming ode to enchant us with his hot flushes and requirements for a little lie downthe joys of reading.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444926470</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Neal_Words|title=Cheeky CharlieWords and Your Heart|author=Mat WaughKate Jane Neal
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=Trolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, whatever-it''My book is about s-called-this-week-ing – all act as proof that the naughty things that my brother Charlie has done. Some of it adage about sticks and stones is funny, some actually a lot of it is piffle. In a bit sadworld where we all have hearts, we should have a heart that what we say to other people is positive. We can examine our world and lots of the sound it is disgustingmakes through communication, because that's what Charlie we can be. It might even make you each other smile, laugh, sing and be sickhappy together, so get readyand bit by bit the world can be a better place.And hang the 'no, after youYou know what? Thatattitude some people would have in response. There, I's about ve given the size entire plot of it. After Harry has introduced herself - she's almost seven years oldthis book away in my summary, she doesn't like her freckles, shebut that's used to people thinking that someone called Harry ought to be a boy, not really an issue.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Tavares_Red|title=Red and Lulu|author=Matt Tavares|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers |summary=Meet Red and she has Lulu. They're a younger brother, who is three committed couple of cardinals and called Charlie. This is Harrythey have lived for some time in someone's book about Charliegarden, safely in an evergreen tree. Charlie is It seems to them that every year people mention their home in a cheeky chappie. He never shuts up. He likes to push his luck. Andlovely song, having pushed his luck once, he likes to push it againwhich tells the tree thy leaves are so unchanging. And again. And again. This is much to Harry's exasperationBut one year, just as she explains by dint the seasons turn for the cold of a book full of anecdotes... |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1508910510</amazonuk>winter, the tree vanishes, taking Lulu with it…
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dickens_Search|title=Astrid Desbordes Search and Pauline MartinFind A Christmas Carol|titleauthor=Travels of an Extraordinary HamsterCharles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott
|rating=3.5
|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Meet Hamster. HeRecently I got to applaud a book that branched away from the Where's Wally? style volume, and taught the explorer about a non-fiction subject as they went a bit curt with his so-called friendssearching. Well, it seems tweaking the other animals in form is going to be a big thing, for this book tries yet another different approach – to teach us about a fictional story. They've started at the Clearing – Moledeep end, Snail, Ant, Bear, Hedgehogwith a book hastening towards being two centuries old, Rabbit and Squirrel. He demands one of them build him that has been adapted countless times before now, yet always has people returning to it at a spaceship. He is far too dismissive certain time of another's attempts at writing a thousand-page novelthe year for its ageless lesson. But considering he doesn't really get on with anything and anyonedoes the rich content of Dickens, there is no chance of him joining in when they all go to meet the Bear's Arctic cousineven at his most populist, is theresurvive this quirky variation?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271835</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher MyersSeuss_Eggs|title=My PenScrambled Eggs Super|author=Dr Seuss|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=How long does it take you to read a picture book? DonPeter T. Hooper doesn't worry counting the number of wordsmean to show off, forget totalling the pagesbut he is ''very'' good at cooking. Some would say he is ''The Best'' capital T, and ignore how many times you may return to bring it off the shelfcapital B. And his signature dish is scrambled eggs. What matters so much more than how long You might think that's quite an easy dish, one with which it takes 's a little hard to scan a page can be how long it lies in the memoryshowcase one's prowess, and what it can lead tobut not so. For Peter T. This exampleHooper, for instance, can be perused in seconds, but creates a vivid and long-standing mental imagewhat makes his scrambled eggs so super is the choice of the egg itself, and he will if it hits the right buttons lead go out of his way to untold future activities. You can't judge something like this on procure the value best of timethe best from whatever nest.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1423103718</amazonuk>
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