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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]]==Children's non__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove --fiction==__NOTOC__>{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Martin1839948493|title=Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy: Cool Ways to Remember StuffA World of Dogs|author=Carlie Sorosiak and Luisa Uribe|rating=4.5

|summary=When I look back on my school days it didn't seem terribly complicatedIn the interests of full disclosure, but when I see what my grandchildren are coping with must tell you that I'm a sucker for dogs. In nearly eight decades, I've never met one I didn'amazedt trust and I've loved most of them. I wish I felt the same about human beings. So, any book about dogs, I' at all that they have m going to remembersit down and devour. They need Then I'm going to have methods of jogging their memoriesgo back and read it properly. And so it was with 'Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy' gives them lots A World of ways of remembering a rich variety of factsDogs'', but also shows them how they can develop their own ways of helping their memorywith ninety-six pages devoted entirely to my four-legged friends. ItAuthor Carlie Sorosiak found herself the accidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a book lot about mnemonics such as rhymes, acrostics, stories, grouping, linking, pictures, acronyms and wordplay. It's not just the methods of remembering that are there - there are all sorts of facts in with the methodsdogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780551053</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sarah Goldschadt1529507987|title=The Repair Shop Craft-A-Day: 365 Simple Handmade ProjectsBook|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=Looking back on I love ''The Repair Shop''. It's my childhood the most useful skill go-to programme when I acquired was that of making thingswant to be cheered up. I was the daughter of a man who made After a greenhouse out of a derelict bushard day, so it was inevitable that something would rub off on methere's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. Well over half a century later it still stands me in good stead: I can You see ''how'' to make things, ''how'' the value is in what these possessions are worth to solve problems the people who own them and my imagination was fired up at an early stagethe memories they hold. Not everyone is lucky enough No expense appears to have a bus-to-greenhouse converter in-house, but be spared and the best start experts spend as much time and effort as is being encouraged required to make things ''regularly'' and learning that you don't always have to buy everything you needachieve the desired result. A drum roll, please for Sarah Goldschadt's ''Craft-A-DayRegular viewers know the experts and they're all brilliant at explaining what it is they're doing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745951</amazonuk> But how did they start?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robert Leroy Ripley024162343X|title=Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013Stolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera|rating=45

|summary=You know it's getting near Christmas when you spot I was the annual Ripley's ''Believe It or Not'', bad company other people got into at school. I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the celebration existence of all thata 's macabre, shocking, gruesome and frequently downright revolting - and thatgod's just the people. Just wait until you get to Where was the non-human itemsproof? In history lessons, it was probably worse still. We donNot too long after the end of WWII, I didn't usually cover annuals at Bookbag because theyso much want to learn about the British army've frequently gone out of fashion before too many months have passeds successes (and occasional failures, but these books can we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be read year after year and theycalled 'the colonies're still going as want to dispute what right the army had to make be there in the average adult feel rather unwellfirst place. Yes Looking back, I still believe I was right - youbut I regret that I lacked the maturity to approach 're rightthe problem' politely. Kids are going to love itI wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847946739</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Fiona FodenJeremy Dronfield and David Ziggy Greene|title=How to be Gorgeous: Smart Ways to Look Fritz and Feel FabulousKurt

|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=The first point that author Fiona Foden stresses is that this is a book about how We start with the pair of brothers Fritz and Kurt, and their muckers, doing things any Jewish lad in 1930s Vienna would want to be gorgeousdo – kicking things around the empty market place, helping the neighbours, but she goes on being dutiful when it comes to explain that this isn't just about having glossy hair, great skin the synagogue choir and at a wonderful dress (although she does admit that these help)vocational school. ItKurt has to make sure the lamps are turned on at their very Orthodox neighbours's about looking amazing, but still being youeach Friday night – the Sabbath preventing them for using anything nearly as mechanical and workmanlike as a light switch. ItBut this is the time just before the Austrian leader is going to cave to Hitler's about having confidence in who you are will, and instead of having a positive energy about younational vote to keep the Nazis out, invite them in with open arms. It's about having great friends - and ''beingKristallnacht'' a great friendhappened in Vienna just as much as in Germany, in fact being as did all the sort round-ups of person that everyone wants to knowJews. She promises that most These in their turn leave the younger Kurt at home with his mother and sisters anxious to hear word of what she suggests is not going an evacuation to break Britain or the Bank - somethings US, while Fritz and his father are virtually, if not totallyunknown initially to each other, free packed off on the same train to Buchenwald and it's all easythe stone quarry there. So And us wondering how does it live up to the promises?titular event for the adult variant of all this could come about…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1407132695</amazonuk>024156574X

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Harriet Ziefert and Liz Murphy1913750353|title=ABC Dentist: Healthy Teeth from A to ZBritannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy|rating=45

|summary=I hope that children are not as fearful ''Britannica's Word of going the Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to the dentist as used regularly Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to be the case, but even those who are unworried will benefit from know about this useful brilliant book directed mainly at the five . It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', tells you how to ten age grouppronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''), although I'm sure gives you a definition and then includes the word in a sentence so that older children will find you know how it of interest should be used. You also get an engaging and frequently amusing illustration too. The ABC format might suggest a younger age range, but I don't be fooledthink I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052749</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Rosen0711266204|title=Fantastic Mr DahlThe Secret Life of Birds|author=Moira Butterfield and Vivian Mineker (illustrator)

|summary=Reading this book is rather like curling up in I have recently discovered a deep, squishy armchair with a cup great pleasure: I sit and watch the vast numbers of cocoa and some squashed-fly biscuits while birds which visit our garden on a favourite uncle chats to you about booksdaily basis. An hour can pass without my noticing. He tells you interesting things about Roald Dahl I's life, and then he discusses how those events may have affected his writing, secure in ve established which species feed from the knowledge that you already know and love the stories. Just as importantground, he pauses in his chat from time to time which pop to ask your opinion — and it's clear he's really interested in your answer. Do you prefer the original version feeders for a quick snatch of ''James some food and the Giant Peach'', or the one which who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was eventually published? Can you imagine how funny it more knowledgeable. It would be to see your grandfather looking in through your bedroom windowhave been wonderful if, as a child, like the BFG?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141322136</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner|title=The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs|rating=3|genre=ChildrenI's Non-Fiction|summary=If I asked you all d had access to put your hands up if you had a dinosaur book such as a youth I'd feel the draught from here. My grander examples certainly stayed on my shelves for years and survived several readings, and I'm sure thatThe Secret Life of Birds''s not unique - plus, over the intervening years science has learnt a lot of extra facts, to make the books more accurate. Here then, for the 5-9s, So – what is a primer of prehistory, and one such as the young me never had.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408817462</amazonuk>it?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Various0192779230|title=Hello Kitty DictionaryVery Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Invisible World of Germs|author=Isabel Thomas

|summary=The Hello Kitty Dictionary takes 'Germs' seems to have become a concept that many young students might not find too interesting (me, on catch-all word to cover anything unpleasant which has the potential to make you ill. In the other handfirst book in what looks to be a very promising new series, I love books full of words) OUP and puts Isabel Thomas have provided a colourful clear and fun spin on itaccessible introduction to the world of germs. Because if you’re having to We get an informed look up at how to spell a word, or people originally thought about diseases and what something means, it helps to have pages with lemon they thought caused them and violet and aquamarine borders, dotted with presents and hearts and starshow the thinking has developed over time. That’s not to say The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the dictionary isn’t clear trickiest concepts and easy to read because it certainly is: the decorations don’t extend into the centre of the pagesyou'll soon be familiar with bacteria, fungi, protists and the entries themselves are bold fuchsia followed by neat black explanations, all neatly formatted on crisp white pagesviruses – and how we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007457197</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Francesca Simon and Tony Ross1800464495|title=A Horrid Factbook100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: FoodSupport All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=For a horrid child our Henry has acquired a lot ''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of factsquantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, you know and the latest of his Horrid Fact Books is about food. It follows the usual format of quick-fire facts liberally accompanied by brilliant illustrations from Tony Ross. The book's divided into chapters which are just the right length to appeal to the emerging reader comprehending addition and to give a regular feel-good buzz when there's another chapter under the beltsubtraction at nine months old. With ninety-nine pages of text there's enough to give the sense of having read ''a book'' but without it being too much of a trial. It ticks all the boxes as an early reader.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444006339</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Tony Robinson|title=Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: Romans|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=You could be mistaken for thinking [[:Category:Tony Robinson|Tony Robinson]] had written books like this before, for he was doing 'Horrid History'-style TV programmes before the official ones were made. This series fits so well into his erudite yet family audience-friendly manner, and Did you know this second book takes us in a primary school curriculum-suiting way into the world of Rome. A lot is in these books, from trivia for all ages (? I didn't know, or had forgotten, that all those Julius Caesar reliefs and statues are of him in a wig as he was bald), to the delectable gross-out (the posh man's cuisine) to the foregrounding of the obvious difference between them and us (in a word, slavery).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330533894</amazonuk>}}! How about:

{{newreview|author=Tony Robinson|title=Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: Egyptians|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=You could be mistaken for thinking [[:Category:Tony Robinson|Tony Robinson]] had written books like this before, for he was doing 'Horrid History'-style TV programmes before the official ones were made. This series fits so well into his erudite yet family audience-friendly manner, and this launching book takes us Maths ability on entry to the strangest school is a strong predictor of worlds - yet one only a museum visit awaylater achievement, double that of the ancient Egyptiansliteracy skills. A lot is in these pages - complete with adult stuff glossed over (just how in-bred '''were''' those Ptolemys?!), the gross-out being relished (making mummies, and some alleged Egyptian medicines) and the obvious differences between them and us foregrounded so we can empathise with them (and at the same time remember it's harder for most of us to sleep on our roofs than they would have found it).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330533878</amazonuk>}}

I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kathleen King1406395404|title=Make and DoThe Awesome Power of Sleep: BakeHow Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Nicola Morgan|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionTeens|summary=2020 has been a strange year: I love the idea doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of kids cookingour routines have been completely dismantled and for some teenagers this will have brought about sleep problems. ThereSome teens will dismiss this as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? - I's going ve got loads to be mess, probably a bit of waste doing) and you're going to have to bite your tongue an awful lot, but it really is the most amazing funothers will worry unnecessarily. Best of allMost people, though - from an early age kids learn that they can go into children to adults will have the kitchen and odd bad night but worrying about your lack of sleep is only likely to make something which they can eatit worse. They donAnd there't need to go to s also the shops fact that for far too long, lack of sleep has been lauded as a virtue and buy a ready meal or sleep made to a takeaway for junk foodseem like laziness. They can make Being up early, working late has been praised and the ability to survive on little sleep has almost become something themselvesto put on your CV. It's a life skill.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849154384</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dan Green and Simon Basher1849767343|title=Basher Science: OceansCount on Me|author=Miguel Tanco|rating=4.5

|summary=I've often wondered why The title and format of this planet is called book might lead you to think that it'earth' when threes either about responsibility -quarters of or it obviously isn't and it seems that I'm not alone. Dan Green and Simon Basher have decided to take s a close look at the oceans and other bodies of water basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the planet and to explain them in simple words, accompanied by Simon Brasher's illustrations which are almost - but not quite - manganumbers journey. Itisn't: it's a style which kids are going to be comfortable with - and they're not going to associate it with something boring which they have hymn of praise to learnmaths. It's funabout why maths is so wonderful and how you meet it in everyday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0753433443</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard Brassey1849767009|title=The QueenIt Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=Those This could have been one of us those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who've been around for longer than ll buy it are the Queen has been on people who know that nudity is OK and the throne tend to forget ones who ''know'' that not everyone knows about her history or whoit's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-isand-who bothered person in the familysupermarket who is coughing fit to bust. Richard Brassey has set out to remedy that with this easy-read, almost comic-style But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more than a book about Her Majesty and therenot wearing clothes. It's lots in there in the way a celebration of fascinating information, some fun facts bodies: bodies large and small and (I'll confess!) a few anecdotes which left me chuckling, sometimes of every possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and sometimesmarkings. They're fine.. er, well In fact, I think wethey'll gloss over that bit, but let me say that this book is not at all sycophantic!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001272</amazonuk>re wonderful.

 [[Category:Confident Readers]]{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ellen Emerson White1776572858|title=Titanic: An Edwardian Girl's Diary 1912How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionHome and Family|summary=Margaret Anne Brady had been at the orphanage for several It's more than sixty years when one of the Sisters since I asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told her me that she'd been asked to accompany get me a lady who was crossing the Atlanticbook about it. This A couple of days later I was handed a dream come true for Margaret as he only relative - her brother William - lived pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, in Boston and he'd clinical language which had never been trying to save up her fare so that she could join him used in the USA. our house before) Mrs Carstairs is wealthy and she and Margaret will I was told that it wouldn't be travelling First Class - on the maiden voyage of RMS discussed any further as it ''wasn'Titanict something which nice people talked about''. All MargaretI ''knew'' more, but was little ''wiser''s dreams seemed to be coming true at once.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407131419</amazonuk> Thankfully, times have changed.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher Edge1526362759|title=Dosh: How to Make Money: Smart Ways to Make MillionsEarn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande|rating=45

|summary=Most kids seem What a relief! A book about money, for children, with clear explanations of what it is, why it matters, how to feel that they could acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and what you can do with more money and short of the parentals coughing up the dosh they have it when you've managed to find some way get hold of earning it . Your reasons for themselveswanting money don't matter: we all need it to some extent. Christopher Edge has some ideas which You might want to go into business, be a clever shopper, a saver (you might appeal in even become an ''How to Make Moneyinvestor'') and there might be something you really, with its particularly eye-catching sub-title ''Smart Ways to make MILLIONSreally''want to buy. Now I rather thought (hoped) that There's also the last bit might be hyperbole, fearing that possibility of using to do good in the country might be over-run by a flood of teenage millionaires, but read on..world.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407129651</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Karen Blumenthal178112938X|title=Steve JobsSurvival in Space: The Man Who Thought DifferentApollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)

|genre=BiographyDyslexia Friendly|summary=Framed by JobsIt' iconic speech at a Stanford College graduation ceremony, and s fifty years since the three stories he told the students, about connecting the dots, love and loss, and mortality, this biography gives a succinct and balanced account of Jobs' life, his successes and his failures, his passions and his ideals, and his infamously polarized personality. The author actively annotates the backstory of Jobs with references Apollo 13 mission was launched from this speech, as well as future events, carefully chosen statistics, and Jobs' own reminiscence, giving a rich context to his story. Jobs' achievements are incredible and they're not simply down to his genius, but his attitudes towards life and his incredible charisma. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408832062</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Emily Hawkins|title=Illusionology|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=If there was a prize for the most lavish book received here at Bookbag Towers for review, this would definitely be on the shortlist. A lovely large format hardback, the cover is a delight itself - with a 3D lenticular image, embossed bits, a plastic gem stuck Kennedy Space Centre in it... And inside there are packets of goodies to open and exploreFlorida, making this more of a literary toy than a book. The book aims to introduce but the cleverer child to the wonders story of stagecraft and magic, and so here are props for some tricks for you to do, some instructions for other illusions that journey remains one of your own, and a historical guide to how the masters greatest survival stories of their trade did it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848772084</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Patricia McKissack, Frederick L McKissack Jr and Randy DuBurke|title=Best Shot in the West|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary='We're going to do the real West, Natall time. You're as real as the rest of 'em - Bat Masterson, Calamity Jane, Wild Bill, the Earps.' So says a publisher to a lowly railroad porter, Nat. But if this guy's as real as the rest of those famous names, why does his not trip off the tongue? Is it purely because as the most famous African-American cowboy, he still was not allowed to be as famous as he should?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0811857492</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|title=A Horrid FactbookSurvival in Space: Horrid HenryThe Apollo 13 Mission's Sports|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Horrid Henry is back with another book of freaky facts and random trivia. We loved his book about [[A Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Bodies by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross|Bodies]] and this time the lovable lad (well, I'm sure that's what his mother said...) is back with a book about sport. And in the year brilliant retelling of the London Olympic Games, what could be more suitable? It's not just a crammer for [[How to Watch the Olympics: Scores and laws, heroes and zeros – an instant initiation to every sport by David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton|every sport in the Games]] or [[The Story of the Olympics by Richard Brassey|the background to the Games]] themselves. This is the book which swoops into the World Cow Poo Throwing Contest and delves into the Bog Snorkling Championshipshappened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001647</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sam HayKathleen Boucher and Sara Chadwick|title=Archie the Guide Dog Puppy: Hero in TrainingNine Ways to Empower Tweens

|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=I don't often pick up '9 Ways to Empower Tweens'' is a nonself-fiction help book for the 7+ age grouptweens, find it riveting reading and informative about a subject with which setting out to show them vital #lifeskills. Don't groan! I'm already familiar, but that was the case with ''Archie: Hero in Training''. Archie know there is a puppy destined to be a guide dog market glut of such books for a blind person we grown-ups and he's just one story in for young adults too, but there is a book about the pups-needful space in-training, the working dogs, the adults who have guide dogs, or struggle an increasingly technological world accessible to learn the techniques - or even what happens to the dogs who don't turn out to be what's neededyounger and younger children for material for tweens too. There's a full range as well as information about what a guide dog costs - and it's not cheap! |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>033053792X</amazonuk>0228818826}}

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Backshall1609809173|title=Predators|rating=4|genre=ChildrenEiffel's Non-Fiction|summary=Many readers would probably know that on the simple count of humans they helped to dispatch, mosquitoes may be the most deadly animals ever. But did you know that if you take into account the success rate of hunts, diversity and spread, ladybirds are more successful predators than tigers? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444004174</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewTower for Young People|author=Ewa Solarz, Aleksandra Mizielinski and Daniel Mizielinski|title=DesignJill Jonnes|rating=4.5

|summary=Although this is a book for children I can imagine plenty of grown ups who would find it fascinating! ItBrash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the 1889 World's a wonderful dip Fair in Paris encompassed the best, the worst and the beautiful from many countries and cultures. The French Republic laid out book model villages from all their colonies, put on art shows, dance performances, food festivals and I actually found myself keeping concerts to stun the senses. And towering above it in our washing basket in all, the most popular and the bathroom so I could have a quick read whenever I needed most hated monument to spend a penny! It depicts 69 objects from all over the world that were designed in French accomplishment and daring – the last 150 yearsEiffel Tower. There's everything here from octopus-inspired lemon juicers through to sofas made to look like a pair of lips or an Ottoman that resembles a shapely lady's bottom!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877467839</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lois Rock and Steve Noon1848576536|title=The Lion Bible in its TimeHumanatomy: How the Body Works|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank|rating=45

|summary=This factual book approaches stories from the bible in a historical way, looking at the lives people would have been living at the time, the sort of homes they had and the reigning monarchs of each era. Working through from the old testament to the new testament it covers a wide range of biblical stories and is illustrated throughout with fascinating, detailed pictures.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745960154</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Chris Barnardo|title=Dragonolia|rating=4|genre=children's Non-Fiction|summary=This book is'Get under your own skin, first of allpick your brains, a rather beautiful book to behold. The red cloth hardback cover with the curled-up golden dragon on the front immediately make you want to pick it up and look go insideyour insides! It's also a rather unusual book, being a mix of both fiction and non-fiction, so when you begin it you're initially not quite sure what you're looking at. As you read on you discover that there's a story running throughout by Sir Richard Barons, a famous dragon hunter, and with each story he tells there is also a craft project of something related to make!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1904967248</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Philip Ardagh|title=Philip ArdaghThat's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commoners|rating=3.5|genre=Childrenwhat 's Non-Fiction|summary=If you deem a good children's historical trivia book to be one that tells you, the adult, something they didnHumanatomy't know about historical trivia, then this is a good example. I didn't know George V broke his pelvis when his horse fell on himinvites you to do and honestly, startled by some post-WWI huzzahs. I didndon't know Charles VI of France nearly got torched in some drunken bacchanalsee how you could resist. The length of time Charlemagne sat on This informative book provides a throne (over 400 whole years (even if he wasn't wholly whole all that time)) was news wonderful primer about the human body to me, as was curious children- from the raffle that was held (more or less) for being skeletal system to the unknown soldier. Therefore this is a good book for children muscular system via circulation, respiration and digestion, right up to the adults willing to instill some historical trivia into themDNA that makes who we are.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330471732</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robert Leroy RipleyLangford_Emily|title=RipleyEmily's Believe It or Not! 2012Numbers|author=Joss Langford

|summary=Here at Bookbag we donEmily found words ''useful''t usually cover annuals, but counting was what she loved best. In our experience people either know they want them or don't bother with them Obviously, you can count anything and once the year is out there's not no limit to how far you can go, but then Emily moved a lot of interest step further and began counting in them, particularly if they're based on a character which might well have gone out of fashiontwos. Ripley's ''Believe It Or Not!'' is differentShe knew all about odd and even numbers. The series is about interesting facts – all Then she began counting in threes: half of the list were even numbers, but the other half was odd and it was this list of odd numbers which are true - occurred when you counted in threes which are going to surprise the readers and will continue to surprise them years down the lineshe called ''threeven''. Just to test (Actually, this out we had confused me a look back little bit at first as they're a subset of the [[Ripley's Believe It or Not 2010 by Robert Leroy Ripley|2010 edition]] and it's still odd numbers but sound as shockingthough they ought to be a subset of the even numbers, gruesome and downright compulsive as but it was all worked out well when we first saw I really thought about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847946704</amazonuk>)

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stephen LawBuckingham_Dawn|title=The Complete Philosophy FilesLittle Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

|genre=Children's Non-FictionAnimals and Wildlife|summary=What a treat! I really did mean to just ''The Philosophy Filesglance'' and at ''The Philosophy Files 2Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' were first published in 2000 but the pull of the sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a cold and 2003 respectivelyrather wet February morning. Now we have them combined I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and reissued with illustrations by listening to their song. Then - just because I could - I went back and did it all again and it was just as good the wonderful Daniel Postgatesecond time around.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444003348</amazonuk> So, what do you get?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Geraldine McCaughrean and Richard BrasseyPankhurst_Women|title=Fantastically Great Stories from British Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst

|summary=''Since when was History True?'' A lot of history is the heading of the first chapter about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, it's one which you need feels almost as though there were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as role models. Of course, this isn''t true and there are plenty of women who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or created something never seen before'' you buy . So here, in this beautiful wonderful picture bookfrom Kate Pankhurst, because it would be easy to assume from the title and the pictures on the cover that it's a history ''text'' book you're going to invest in. In ''some'' ways you are but what you are actually acquiring is a ''story'' book. This is a book of the great stories of British history. Some some of them are (broadly) true, some have been debunked by historians and some have simply fallen into disuse – but Geraldine McCaughrean would hate to see them lost altogether.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001426</amazonuk>

 {{newreview|author=Betty G Birney|title=Humphrey's World of Pets|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=The verb to pet means to cosset, pay loving attention to, to have loving, touching time with. It might as well mean to have in your household while spending a lot of money on, and being duty-bound and beholden to. Fish (which you can't even properly pet, of course) need a permanent power supply for their water's thermometer. Chinchillas need a special sand for their bathing in. There's even pet-friendly detergents for washing out your hamster cages. Wherever you look there's time and money expenditure in owning a pet.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571270263</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David BorgenichtIgnotofsky_Sport|title=WCS Junior SurviveoPedia HC (Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Junior Editions)|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=You probably recall all the Worst-Case Scenario books that were a big publishing phenomenon about a decade ago. They itemised things that might be a cause for concern, whether in the office, or the dating world, or the jungle. And then they seemed to run out of info, and vanish. But worry not, for the main instigator, David Borgenicht, is back, with a range of similar books for the junior audience. And here he offers a large format encyclopaedia pictorially warning us about dangers Women in the world around us, and offering advice for us to memorise so we can escape as best we can.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>081187690X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Caitlin Watson and Vic Le Billon|title=Marvin and MiloSport: Adventures in Science|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=My dad studied physics, and I think he was always a little disappointed that I didn't fall in love with the subject too. Perhaps if he'd had a Marvin and Milo book Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to share with me things would've been different? Marvin and Milo are a cat and a dog who like doing experiments, and this book contains 45 of their experiments which you are most definitely encouraged to try at home!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230758495</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewWin|author=Camilla de la Bedoyere, Clive Gifford, John Farndon, Steve Parker, Stewart Ross and Philip Steele|title=Discover the Extreme WorldRachel Ignotofsky|rating=45

|summary=In my day it would have been called 'an encyclopaedia'. It would have had a lot more text, been rather dull – and remained largely unread by those who received it as a worthy present. For Women in Sport'Discover the Extreme World' you need is coming to start at us just before the opposite end of the scaleWinter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. It's about visual impact. A fact is linked to celebrates a picture century and a half of the more striking the better – and only then is it explained. The text is as simple as possible – clear, unambiguous wording which drives the point home as quickly as possible. The layout encourages you to move the book so that you see the pictures better and can read the words. It's fun and (say it quietly) it's educational.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184810474X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Richard Brassey|title=The Story development of the Olympics|rating=4|genre=Childrenwomen's Non-Fiction|summary=It's the story of the Olympics from earliest times – 776 BC and the first Games sport by looking at Olympia right through to the 2012 Games in London and even a few hints about how things might be different for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. It's told in the form which seems to appeal to every child – the comic strip – but don't be mislead into thinking that this is light-weight or superficial. It's anything but.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000489</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner|title=The Comic Strip Big Fat Book fifty of Knowledge|rating=5|genre=Graphic Novels|summary=Who doesn't like a nice comicits highest achievers, eh? There's something so accessible about the lovely picture and text comboscovering sports as diverse as swimming, and facts are far from dull when they come via speech bubblesfencing, don't you think? Taking full advantage of this fact, Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner haveriding, for some timeskating, been creating factual books for children which pass on their insight and Important Information through the medium of comicsmuch more. Now for the first time, you can collect 3 Think of their titles a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in one simple volumethis book somewhere. Combining the previous reviewed [[The Comic Strip History of the World by Sally Kindberg Each entry is a double-page spread with a brief biography and Tracey Turner|History of the World]] and [[The Comic Strip History of Space by Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner|History of Space]] with the ''Greatest Greek Myths''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808242</amazonuk>a striking portrait.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy BartkowiakRooney_Dino|title=So You've Passed Your Driving Test... What Now? Advanced Driving Skills For Young DriversDiscovering Dinosaurs|rating=4|genre=Home and Family|summaryauthor=It's always struck me that the most difficult time for young drivers is that period just after they pass their driving test. Someone has told you that you're an OK driver, right? ''But'' you're out there, all on your own, without anyone to explain those odd things which you still haven't come across or to be the extra pair of eyes. You've got a sense of freedom, but somehow it's a little bit ''daunting''. Judy Bartkowiak offers something a little bit different. It's not another book about road signs, driving etiquette Anne Rooney and stopping distances – it's some ideas for getting into the right mindset to absorb the new experiences and learning some skills which might help you in other areas of your life too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908218371</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Jason Heller|title=The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook: A Guide to Swashbuckling with the Pirates of the CaribbeanSuzanne Carpenter

|summary=You don't see pirates reading many Lift the flap bookshave progressed somewhat since I was a child. If you ask meThis one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of dinosaurs, we meet a variety of creatures, itsome of whom are very familiar but some I's because their hooks make d never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, showing you what the pages hard various dinosaurs are getting up to turn. Of course, the salty damp air would do nothing for with background noises, roars and squawks to accompany them! The book creates a bookdinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's longevityvery visual, just one more reason to make sure you've read and understood this before you take to placing the ocean wave dinosaurs in their habitats and set sail on giving us sounds too that spike your adventuresimagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745048</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Claudia MyattMason_poo|title=Go Green! A Young Person's Guide to the Blue PlanetThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Paul Mason and Tony de Saulles

|summary=Go Green!? Forget that title. What planet does that come from? LetI know, I know, sometimes you really don't want to encourage your children's start again. This fantastic poo jokes, but this book is about brilliant! I sat and read it by myself when the ''blue'' stuff, everything from oceans kids had gone to raindrops. The book covers just about every angle that a child passionate about water might conceivably find of interest – marine creatures, icebergs, sunken volcanoes, tsunamis, undersea exploration, bores school and whirlpools, inland waterways, tides, lochs and locks. There are answers to lots of questions of the found it fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn'Why is the sea bluet know about poo?' variety. Sandwiched into this comprehensive guide The book manages to the physical geography be both funny (and biodiversity of the seas (probably enough for GCSEsilly) is a large dollop of green ketchup, to be sure, but my instinctive reaction is that here is the best children's introduction to 'water' that I've ever seenas well as being very interesting and educational.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906435014</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Lindsey Fraser|title=J K Rowling: the Mystery of Fiction|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Easily one of the most renowned authors of the 21st century, J.K. Rowling's incredibly successful Harry Potter series shook the core of the literary world. It provoked Using a reaction, the likes mixture of which have never been seen beforefacts and figures, photographs and likely never will. A unique set of factors combined in order for the Harry Potter books to reach the level of success they enjoyedfunny cartoons, and these factors are explored in this biography of Rowling. It is difficult not to be fascinated by you come away having sniggered a little at the person vulture who is responsible for the phenomenon that is Harry Potter, and although writing is poos on its own feet but also knowing a profession that doesn't have a typical path by which it can be reachedlot about different types of poo, Rowling's story is anything but orthodoxwhy poos smell, and her personal 'rags to riches' story only enhances the Harry Potter legacywhy wombats do square poos.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906134693</amazonuk>

{{newreview|author=Michael Bond|title=Paddington's Guide Move on to London|rating=4|genre=[[Newest Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Some things are just a brilliant idea. Young Paddington Bear has written a guide book to his adopted home in the way that only he could do it. All his old friends are there – Mr and Mrs Brown and their children Jonathan and Judy along with their housekeeper Mrs Bird Rhymes and of course we mustn't forget Paddington's old friend Mr Gruber who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of London. So, where is Paddington planning to take you?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007415915</amazonuk>}}Verse Reviews]]