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[[Category:New Reviews|Emerging Readers]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=LuckyNigel Baines|authortitle=David MackintoshA Tricky Kind of Magic|rating=34.5

|summary=''We're having Cooper loves to perform magic tricks. His father was a surprise at dinner tonight. Mum says somagician, and named Cooper after the great Tommy Cooper. But sadly Cooper's father died suddenly, and now Cooper doesn' Leo and his brother are desperate t quite know who to be, or how to figure out just what the surprise might be. Could it be crinkly chips? A new bike? Tickets And when his dad's prop rabbit starts talking to the Amazing Yo-Yo Super show? Or maybehim, just maybe...he ''really'' doesn't know what's going on anymore!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007463030</amazonuk>1444960261

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Almost Fearless Hamilton SquidleggerJane Lightbourne|authortitle=Timothy Basil EringMy Cat Called Red|rating=4|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=Little froglet Hamilton Squidlegger prides himself on his braveryRobin has red hair. Armed with his wooden sword He hates it, and shield, he loves to battle imaginary monsters, such as the skelecragon, bracklesneed and fire-breathing frackensnapper. Hamilton fears nothing. Nothing freckles that is, except BEDTIME. As soon as the sun goes down he jumps from his own mud bed and clambers in go along with mum and dadit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406353795</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Elephant|author=Suzi Eszterhas|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=He''Elephant'' is part s been bullied and mocked at school because of the wonderful ''Eye on the Wild'' series by award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas. The book follows the journey of a young bull elephant calf from birth through adulthood. The vivid full-page photographs show heartwarming snapshots of life in the herd; a purely matriarchal society where strong females form a close family bond and work hard rearing and protecting their youngit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805035</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Tiger|author=Suzi Eszterhas|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''TigerGinger Minger! Carrots!'' is a simply stunning picture book following the lives of a tiger family from birth to adulthoodKids are mean. Each page But red hair is filled with enchanting pictures of the tigers not Robin's only misery in the wild, taken by award-winning photographer Suzi Eszterhaslife.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805043</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)|author=Peter Brown|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=School can be a difficult place for children, especially if your teacher is a stomping, roaring monster like Miss Kirby. Bobby spends most of He's already lost his time worrying about what dad to do about a mountaineering accident when his monster of a teacher, mum gets ill and the best place for him to think about it is in the parktaken into hospital. He goes there one day to contemplate the situation, but who does he meet? Miss Kirby! She isndoesn't stomping or roaring though, she is feeding the duckscome home again.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1447257472</amazonuk>1838216812

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Marshmallows for MartiansFrancesca Simon and Steve May|authortitle=Lee Wildish, Adam Guillain and Charlotte GuillainTwo Terrible Vikings

|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=What kid doesn't like sweets or aliens? This book combines the In a small Viking village there live two as George packs up twins, Hack and leaves his house on a mission Whack, who are eager to Mars to find out what sweets aliens love best. He builds a spaceship and takes off, meeting some be the very surprising aliens along the way. From the first pageworst Vikings ever! Nothing can stop their mad marauding, I knew I would enjoy this story and I wasn't disappointed as they cause havoc at all. I laughed throughout and looked forward to turning each page to find out what happened next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405266813</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=The Secret Dinosaur: Giants Awake|author=N S Blackman|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When Marlin Maxton goes on a school visit to the local museumbirthday party, chaos whilst tracking a troll, he is looking forward to seeing Protos - the dinosaur that his Uncle Gus remembers so fondly. But Protos is nowhere to be seen and the museum's Mr Grubbler seems undertake a grand journey to be doing his utmost raid Bad Island with their friends! They get up to take all the fun out kinds of the school visit Marlin had been anticipating mischief and naughty behaviour, along with such excitement. So Marlin sneaks off to explore by himself..their wolf-cub Bitey-Bitey, and their crazy cast of friends.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0992752507</amazonuk>0571349498

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1838593187|title=My Teacher is a MonsterGuess What I Found in the Playground! (No, I Am Not.)|author=Peter BrownVictoria Thompson

|summary=School can be a difficult place for childrenTilly is excited. She's just come dashing out of the classroom, especially if your teacher is pigtails flapping behind her and a stomping, roaring monster like Miss Kirbybig grin on her face. Bobby spends most of his time worrying about what Dad's come to do about his monster of a teacher, collect her and her brother and the best place for him he ''has'' to try to think about it is guess what she found in the parkplayground today, although she concedes that he will never guess. He goes there one day Dad wants to contemplate the situationknow how school was, but who does he meet''obviously'' that's not important. Could Tilly have found more collectable things for her scrap box? Miss Kirby! She isn (Isn't stomping or roaring though, she is feeding the ducks.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447257472</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Sir Scallywag and the Deadly Dragon Poo|author=Giles Andreae and Korky Paul|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=King Colin has spent his fortune on that so much more sensible than a giant sweet machinescrap ''book''?) Well, which he guzzles from each and every day. The entire kingdom has grown fat and lazyactually, except for Sir ScallywagTilly did find exciting stuff. It's lucky somebody in the castle still has their wits about them There are sequins, because Baron Greedyguts has heard glittered paper and all about their sweet machinesorts of other things in her pocket, and hebut that's coming not what she wants Dad to get it!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718197364</amazonuk>guess.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Max the BraveInnosanto Nagara|authortitle=Ed VereM is for Movement

|summary=I can truly believe that Curiosity Killed Set in Indonesia, in the Catnot too distant past, if the cat this is anything like Max from ‘Max the Brave’ by Ed Verea story about social change. ThankfullyDealing with some difficult issues, such as well as being curiouspolitical corruption and nepotism, cats are also known for having several lives, Max uses some of them up in this adventure. Being an cat of action Max wishes to go out in the big world and chase some mice, but he is also young so does not know what a mouse book isneither boring nor preachy. After asking several animals if they are a mouse (including one It educates gently, with big earsvibrant, challenging illustrations, whiskers and a penchant for cheese)it portrays how social movements need people who will try, Max even when it seems that they will fail. The message is pointed a positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, we do still have the direction of something a little larger and greener than your average rodentpower to instigate change.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0723286698</amazonuk>1609809351

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1949471004|title=The Moonshine Dragon (Little Gems)Dog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Cornelia FunkePamela Brookes|rating=4.5

|summary=What happens do you do when stories escape from your child has dyslexia and you need bookswhich will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? One moonlit night Patrick is woken up by You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the noise ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a tiny dragon emerging from his storybook and chased by an equally tiny knight negative effect on horsebackthe young dyslexic than a child without that problem. Suddenly Patrick finds himself shrunk You need to be able to buy books at a reasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, without anything else being thrown into the mix. You need a story book size too 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 he games wouldn't go amiss, either. Reading - and the dragon find themselves under attack''learning'' to read - should be a pleasure. It should be ''fun''. Can Patrick save them both before time runs out?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123535</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=099334030X|title=When Angus Met AlvinCan You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Sue PickfordPeter Lynas and Charlie Roberts

|genre=For SharingCrafts|summary=Angus is not like other aliens. He is a peace-loving little fellow, who likes nothing better than sitting in his garden watching the flowers grow and sipping You're going to get a nice cup hint of teawhat this book's about very quickly. Unfortunately, one day When you see the title page, a strange spaceship crash lands in his garden and you'll find out pops a cheeky, hyperactive green alien what the book's called Alvin and that it's been written by Peter Lynas. Then we move on to who is rather has done the illustration - and there's a show-offgap. ''You'' are going to put your name there. It’s time It's ''your'' responsibility to provide the pictures for Angus this book about one of the largest creatures ever to teach Alvin a lesson about mannersroam the earth. Can There's some help available, but your name is on the two aliens put their differences aside title page - and become friends in the end?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847803040</amazonuk>you have work to do!

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1609809335|title=Horrid Henry's WeddingThe Lizard|author=Francesca Simon Jose Saramago, J Borges, Nick Caistor (translator) and Tony RossLucia Caistor (translator)|rating=52|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=What on earth was Prissy Polly thinking? If she had wanted her wedding to Pimply Paul to go without One day a hitchgiant lizard appears in the city. We don't even get told how it arrived, whybut it certainly appeared. People took against it, oh why had she insisted on asking her awful cousin Horrid Henry to be a page boy? One thing is for certain: when you take a certain horrid boy with a reputation for mischief and force him to wear if they weren't shrugging it off as a lilac shirthallucination brought on by tiredness just as they fled it, green satin knickerbockersthey wanted something done about it. Can something be done about it, tights, a pink cummerbund and white satin shoes with gold buckles, you are just asking for trouble...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001213</amazonuk>though?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1789016320|title=Foxy Tales - The Cunning PlanTadcaster and the Bullies|author=Caryl Hart and Alex T SmithRichard Rutherford

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Foxy DuBois is on In some ways it was a mission gentler time: video games were around, but children usually went outside to get rich quick enjoy themselves. They flew kites and went sledging if there was snow around. Tim and to get rid of that pestMary's great-grandfather started a business in 1899 so our story is probably set in the nineteen seventies. Something which hasn't changed, Alphonso the Alligator for goodunfortunately, otherwise the greedy alligator is going to eat Foxy bullying and two lads are making life miserable not just for breakfast. However she needs Alphonso’s help to ensure that her plan will succeed. In order Tim and Mary but for other children who gather in the scheme to work Alphonso must dress as a lady dog walker and distract a rich old lady while Foxy kidnaps her small dogsplayground. Alphonso will then pretend Tim's probably about ten - just at the stage where he's beginning to find the dogs and the rich old ladyfeel responsible for his younger sister, full of gratitudewho's two years younger than him, will give them a generous reward. How could this possibly go wrong? Very, very easily..but he's not yet at the stage where he knows how to deal with bullies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444909312</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Angela BannerB01N0OZQOD|title=Ant and Bee and Kind DogNickerbacher|author=Terry John Barto

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=When you learn to read it has to be funNickerbacher is doing his dragonly duty as all dragons do. You have to master the skill but it mustn't be ''too'' daunting or you're ''not'' going to enjoy it and - worst That dragonly duty is, of all course, princess- you might be put off reading for lifeguarding. ItThat's best if you can share the reading until you get to grips with decoding whatdragons are for, after all. But Gwendolyn isn's on the page, so if an adult could read most of t any princess. She finds the words but you read others to which you've already been introduced whole princessing thing quite boring really and which are she is much less interested in a different colour then that fairy tales than she is going to be a helpin watching comedy on ''The Late Knight Show''. If the words are introduced with a nice big picture and if they appear Nickerbacher likes ''The Late Knight Show'' too - in alphabetical orderfact, then thatit's going his favourite TV show because he wants to be fun, isn't it? It's going to make reading easier too if the book is the right size for your hands and has a nice firm cover which is easy to hold stand- and wipes clean if thereup comedian himself. He tries out his jokes on Princess Gwendolyn but they don's an accidentt always come off quite as Nickerbacher intended.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405270756</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0008265836|title=Famous Five Colour Reads: A Lazy AfternoonRory Branagan Detective|author=Enid BlytonAndrew Clover and Ralph Lazar

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Perhaps the only thing better than Ten-year-old Rory Branagan isn't just a normal kid. He's a favourite author publishing detective and he has a new bookmystery to solve – why did his dad disappear when he was three? Rory doesn't know where to start but, then, Cassidy moves in next door and he discovers he has an accomplice who is one full of their old works that you missed first time around being re-releasedideas. The Famous Five, you see, didn’t This is just feature in their most as wellas they soon discover a very serious crime: Corner Boy's dad has been poisoned and is at risk of dying but no-known talesone else will believe he's in danger. They also had some short story adventures that were first seen in albums It's up to Rory and magazines Cassidy to uncover the truth and whatnot, but are now being published as books in their own rightsave a life. Hurrah!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916297</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192758748|title=Blamehounds (Little Gems)Horace & Harriet Take on the Town|author=Ross CollinsClare Elsom|rating=54|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=The idea began When Harriet, aged seven and a quarter, decides to go to Princes Park to practise 'Going to the Park on Her Own' (i.e. with Mr Lime’s bodily explosions (didn’t I put that nicely?her Grandad walking at least thirty steps behind) After three she can't believe her eyes. The statue of them it was Norman Lord Commander Horatio Fredrick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the dog Third (who was entirely blameless in this matter so long as you’re willing or Horace for short) starts to overlook the fact move. He not only moves but stamps his foot, shouts something that he was having a lovely dream about dropping cats off bridges) who got the kick to speed would get him in serious trouble with Harriet's mum, and climbs down from his pillar. Understandably Harriet can't resist following and quickly finds herself dragged all around the room. There were town as Horace searches for a couple new – and more occasions when something similar happened but instead of getting a complex about what was happeningsuitable – home. His sights are firmly set on the Mayor's mansion and it, therefore, Norman saw an opportunity. A business opportunity. If dogs were going falls to Harriet to get the blame then persuade him that there should must be something in it for them and he went into partnership with his best matea better alternative. Sadly, Ringo (who does seem Horace's visits to be obsessed with sausages) the museum, cinema, train station, playground, bank and Blamehounds was bornlibrary all cause mayhem. Luckily, however, a competition in the park reveals the perfect answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123926</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=Barbapapa's ArkSaulles_Bee|authortitle=Annette Tison and Talus Taylor|rating=5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=''Barbapapa’s Ark'' is the fourth book in the popular series about a shape-shifting pink blob, his wife and seven children. It follows on from the previous book, in which Barbapapa and his family built themselves a beautiful house in a peaceful valley. One day, after a picnic, the family decide to take a leisurely ride along the river, but are horrified to see sick and injured animals suffering from the effects Bee Boy: Clash of pollution. Over time, more and more animals come to Barbapapa for help. He decides that the only way to teach the humans a lesson is to take the animals to a new, green planet where they will be safe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408331381</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Convertible SpaceshipKiller Queens|author=Claire Philip and Belinda GallagherTony De Saulles

|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=When Young Mel's friend has left and the beehive is now his to look after. Unfortunately, Mel lives in a book, tower block and not a book? When all of his neighbours agree that it is also a playmat and also the correct place for a spaceshiphive. With ‘Convertible Spaceship’ you get all threeThings change when Mel suddenly realises he has an amazing superpower; he can become a book that folds out into a playmat or into a spaceshipbee. Can I hear the excitement from here?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782094970</amazonuk>

{{newreview|title=Mr Monkey and Joshua Davidson has written about the Birthday Party (Early Reader)|author=Linda Chapman Night Zookeeper before and Sam Hearn|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=What is a young girl there are online cartoons devoted to do? Anya wants to go with the rest of her primary school class to character but this marks a new launch and a swimming party, but she's worried of being laughed at for staying at toddlers' depth, for she new series. This is not just a book but a confident swimmerwhole online event with huge educational tie-ins and a push to get children using their own imagination. As luck would have it, she has been picked The story itself mirrors what the author is trying to take home achieve in real life; the class 'pet', power of the cuddly toy called Mr Monkey, for the week, and just as luck would have it, he's actually a secretly magical beingimagination makes everything better. But could even he get Anya out of her jam and make a Cinderella moment come true?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444009850</amazonuk>

{{newreview|title=Chocolate Porridge (Early Reader)|author=Margaret Mahy This is a classic Dr Seuss quote from this book, and Terry Milne|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Young Timothy has been drummed out one that I painstakingly stickered onto the wall of his mothermy children's kitchen by her and his sistersschool library! The book is very silly, as Dr Seuss always is, so he cannot join in with their baking. Instead he goes but is also a good rhyming ode to the garden and devises chocolate porridge – a lot joys of mud, plus some other ingredients. But only when he's happy with his craft does he begin to realise that not even calling mud chocolate porridge makes it ediblereading. Oh what is a boy to do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444011308</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Neal_Words|title=Fleatectives: Case of the Stolen NectarWords and Your Heart|author=Jonny ZuckerKate Jane Neal

|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=Someone has been stealing Trolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, whatever-it's-called-this-week-ing – all act as proof that the nectaradage about sticks and stones is actually a lot of piffle. The bees are in In a world where we all have hearts, we should have a buzz! One hive heart that what we say to other people is blaming another hive positive. We can examine our world and although the Sheriff is investigatingsound it makes through communication, we can make each other smile, laugh, sing and be happy together, Buzz and Itch decide to take bit by bit the world can be a better place. And hang the case on themselves to try and figure out what exactly is going on'no, after you' attitude some people would have in response. How will they manage to figure out There, I've given the truth entire plot of whatthis book away in my summary, but that's happened? And will they manage to do it without being crushed to death by the bees?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407136941</amazonuk>not really an issue.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Tavares_Red|title=The Dragon's DentistRed and Lulu|author=John McLayMatt Tavares

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Harry would like to be Meet Red and Lulu. They're a knightcommitted couple of cardinals and they have lived for some time in someone's garden, safely in an evergreen tree. It seems like everyone else to them that every year people mention their home in his family is a knightlovely song, which tells the tree thy leaves are so unchanging. Nobody takes Harry very seriously though because Harry is quite small. He's very determinedBut one year, just as the seasons turn for the cold of winter, howeverthe tree vanishes, and so he decides that he will go on a mission to prove his worth as a knight. The mission that he sets himself is to catch a dragon!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444011049</amazonuk>taking Lulu with it…

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Dickens_Search|title=Search and Find A Walk In ParisChristmas Carol|author=Salvatore RubbinoCharles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott|rating=3.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Welcome Recently I got to applaud a book that branched away from the City of Lights! Come join Where's Wally? style volume, and taught the explorer about a little girl and her grandad non-fiction subject as they spend went a magical day exploring -searching. Well, it seems tweaking the sights of Parisform is going to be a big thing, for this book tries yet another different approach – to teach us about a fictional story. Follow them as they see They've started at the Louvredeep end, the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Sit down with them in the bistro as they tuck into luncha book hastening towards being two centuries old, and then look longingly alongside them as they gaze one that has been adapted countless times before now, yet always has people returning to it at the delicious treats in the window a certain time of the pâtisserieyear for its ageless lesson.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406341525</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Mi and Museum City|author=Linda Sarah|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Mi lives in Museum City, but he is lonely and bored. Most But does the rich content of the museums there are dull and grey and uninteresting. It is only when he meets Yu one day that he starts to have funDickens, and he wonders if the mayor will let them open up their own, neweven at his most populist, fun museumsurvive this quirky variation?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907912282</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Seuss_Eggs|title=Old Possum's Book of Practical CatsScrambled Eggs Super|author=T S Eliot and Rebecca Ashdown (Illustrator)Dr Seuss

|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseEmerging Readers |summary=It has always struck me Peter T. Hooper doesn't mean to be the show off, but he is ''very definition of disappointment to think you're going to study Eliot's poetry good at college or university, only to find it cooking. Some would say he is some errant dross like ''The Four QuartetsBest'' capital T, capital B. His book of Cats poems And his signature dish is in the strictest of verse, itscrambled eggs. You might think that's bursting quite an easy dish, one with levity, which it's surely great fun a little hard to share – whatshowcase one's prowess, but not to prefer here? If I were youso. For Peter T. Hooper, I'd just ignore what kind makes his scrambled eggs so super is the choice of show these pages once inspiredthe egg itself, and turn or return he will go out of his way to them, Prufrock be damned.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571311865</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Squishy McFluff: procure the Invisible Cat!|author=Pip Jones|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Meet Ava. She's a girl best of great imagination and a big heart, who brings an invisible cat home to mum one day, who humours Ava by feeding it invisible food and letting the two bondbest from whatever nest. But when mess gets made, and mistakes about the house happen, Ava declares innocence, and blames it all on the cat – and you'd be surprised how many accidents can be the result of having an invisible kitten indoors…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571302505</amazonuk>

{{newreview|title=A Book is a Book|author=Jenny Bornholdt and Sarah Wilkins|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Yes, children – adults lie Move on to you. Sometimes, even in the titles of the books they make for you, like this one. A book is a door, it's great for boredom, it's fine for time up a tree, or in the bath (just not the shower). It can be borrowed, and then lent if it's a great one you enjoyed. It's certainly never the case that a book is just a book, as the title of this book would have you believe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579920</amazonuk>}}[[Newest Entertainment Reviews]]