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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]{{adsense2}}__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=WildAdam Stower|authortitle=Emily HughesMurray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=''Wild'' Murray is the story of supposed to be a girl humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who has grown up in the forest with only the animals is able to care for hersleep and eat and eat and sleep and, but this is where she belongs and she is happy. All well, whatever takes his fancy next of the animals love her and she loves themtwo. She learns how to speak from the birds But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, what to eat from and the bearscatflap they both use can chuck them out, how to play from not into the foxesregular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and the deer and the rabbit keep her company as she sleepswhiffs. She has no clothing This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, nor does she need itto be honest, Her long mane of unruly green hair covers the important bits but he's turned up and gives her the appearance of something that has sprung he'll have to life from the forest itself. She is creature of pure innocence.do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1909263087</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=Trumpety TrumpThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Steve Smallman Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Adria MeserveIndre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=54
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|summary=Two subjects guaranteed to have any nursery age child When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in stitches are bums and fartsthe Forest of Fine Repute. This book Their greatest fear has plenty of bothcome about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, along with some other very rude behaviour which will have children begging to hear sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this again at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and again. Although the book reads like when a non stop riot ladder of rude moss and raucous behaviourvines was lowered for them, it does teach children about friendship and manners as wellthey escaped. Adults will appreciate They climbed up to the moral to Tree Wee homes high up in the storytangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, but children will be so busy laughing, they'll hardly notice that they are learning at the same timeNester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407121812</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=My ZooOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Rod CampbellChris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=My children have always been drawn Kit and Teal were just beginning to Rod Campbell's simple but appealing illustrations, so I wonder whether it was delighted better to have a chance to review this bookbe at home, bored but warm, even though my boys are now older than the expected age range. This is a very simple book. There are fifteen large die cut animals or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a pastel coloured background. The illustrations have snowy beach when a unique quality to them that I can only describe as ''Rod Campbell''. The animals all have friendly appearance, and a kind large slab of gentleness to themsilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. The front view On top of each animal has only the animal's name in bold black printice was a polar bear. When you turn As the ice bumped onto the pagesand, there is a single sentence about the animal in smaller printbear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. With Kit was all for making a very young babyrun for it, but Teal knew that the parent can read only the animals name, perhaps adding the sound for each animalbear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. As the child grows older, the parents can begin reading the extra line He obviously needed to be taken home on each animal. The fact the animals are larger than usual in these pictures, bus and given a good meal and on sturdy pages that are perfect for little hands, means this book would be ideal for babies as young as six monthssomewhere to sleep. I feel this What else would make a lovely first book for young child. As much as we loved [[Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell|Dear Zoo]], I feel this book is even better for infants.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230770924</amazonuk>you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sean Taylor and Ross Collins1913839656|title=Robot RumpusLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=My sons tore open Todd was excited about spending the parcel weekend with ''Robot Rumpus'' and were already reading it themselves before I could even get his grandmother, not least because she made the tape from the rest best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of the box, so they dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had one up on me when we settled down promised to take him to read it later as a family. We began looking through the robot models on the inside of Friday Night Club at the front of cover, local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as I mentioned which ones I wish we could havehe wanted to make new friends. At home, the boys were already laughing with a ''just'' ''wait'' ''his only friend was his mum and'' ''see'' look on their faceshe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396280</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Inkpen1529504775|title=Baggy Brown The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and the Royal BabyKatie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Baggy Brown had Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the best possible start in lifepark and watch the red buses drive past. He was Elsie would race the first bear off buses along the production line at Better Bears Limited side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was destined for The Palacevery difficult. Baggy One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to be use the bear of Princess Sophinyiniannia - that's Sophie coins from her money box to you and me - but life went disastrously wrong pay for Baggy before he reached the end of the conveyor belt. A NOT FOR SALE notice was stuck on his nose and a NO 1 tag in his ear, but it as cash was the NOT FOR SALE notice which proved his undoingtight at home. He didn't line himself Gradually, David learned to stand up correctly, use the bus for support, and fell straight off walk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the end of bus, now damaged and rusted, to the conveyor belt and into Repair Shop, hoping that the big red teddy bear machineexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916467</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pranas T Naujokaitis1529504767|title=The Radically Awesome Adventures of the Animal Princess: Balloon ToonsChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=45
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|summary=I know so many parents who are completely fed up with Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the stereotyped role home of little girls Mr and especially princesses in storiesMrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. If you are looking for stories with a totally different type of princess, then this book is for you She even had her own room - all to herself. The little princess, or Animal Princess as Gradually she is known, is most certainly not a damsel in distressrelaxed and began to enjoy her life. She is an active heroine boldly seeking adventure, 'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the messier decorations on the betterChristmas tree. Rather than looking like a beauty pageant winner in a formal gown, the little Animal Princess looks refreshingly child like in the illustrations. I am delighted to see a princess drawn with The best surprise happened the proportions of an ordinary child rather than a Barbie doll. She also prefers nice comfortable animal pyjamas to ball gownsfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>160905296X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Daniel Cleary and Kanako Usui1916459943|title=My Friend Fred (the Plant)Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=I loved comic books Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a childsqueakily baby. As an adult He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. I love them even more as wonderful way The sea offers to encourage literacy in young childrenhelp. Unfortunately comic books for children are hard to come by nowIt rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and there are very few books you have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in this format - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for children under age 8. Ballooon Toons a moment it seems poised to change this with have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a delightful new series of childrenseagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's books printed in comic book style format, but with a sturdy hardback bindinggoing to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052951</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fran Manushkin and Dan Yaccarino140639131X|title=The Belly Book|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=The formula A Practical Present for the perfect children’s picture book may go something like this: Simple Theme + Rhyming Text + Memorable Phrases + Great Illustrations = Happy readers. In which case, it would seem that the authors of 'The Belly Book' have followed this blueprint to the letter, resulting in a delightful book that is perfect for cosy snuggle time on the sofa.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230768040</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewPhilippa Pheasant|author=Ellen Crimi-Trent|title=My School DayBriony May Smith
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|summary=The feature that initially attracted me to Philippa Pheasant was ''My School Daytired'' was the huge, interactive clock face on of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the front coverOld Oak Road. Learning She wrote to tell the time is such an important life skill, mayor about the problem but sometimes young children can struggle with the conceptdidn't even get a reply. A hands- Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on approach, combining her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the senses benefits of sight the lollipop lady at the school crossing and touch can be an effective method of teachingdecided that she would set up something similar herself. The child is learning through play Her uniform and having lots of fun at lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the same timecrossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849158533</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tatyana Feeney1776574338|title=Little OwlLeilong's Orange ScarfToo Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4.5
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|summary=Little Owl's Mummy knitted him a scarf. A longEvery morning Leilong, itchythe brontosaurus school bus, orange scarfmakes his way through the city, and Little Owl does not like it! picking up children as he goes. He tries Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to get rid go downstairs – they simply climb out of itthe window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, using isn't it as wrapping for ? What could be a gift, and hiding it in more fun way of going to school? There is a suitcase bound for Peruproblem, but no luck! Mummy finds it every timethough. Then one day, Little Owl goes on a school visit Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to the zoo be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he comes home 's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without his scarfintending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. What will Mummy say?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019279454X</amazonuk>The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mike Smith1776574028|title=The Hundred Decker BusBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Can you imagine if one dayI love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that youcan ''play''re on with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the bus to town elephant who dons a tutu - and suddenly the driver decides to take becomes a different road? ''balletphant''. Perhaps he carries on down this road, just to see where it might goThe buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. I know what I The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros''d be doing, and (think about it isn't sitting happily in my seat waiting to see where we end up! ) However, in fiction anything can happen and in this story, when the driver heads off The pelican who sits on his own little jauntpotty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, his passengers come along quite happily with himlet's not go there Some people are eating!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230754589</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gillian Shields and Cally Johnson-Isaacs1838226834|title=Elephantantrum!Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=Ellie is It was one of ''those'' children. You know, the sort you see lying on the floor in the supermarket screaming that they won't go anywhere until you buy them the pink fairy doll memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with the flashing wandour grandparents. WeThey've all been re there, or at least I have an awful memory of trying to fold my daughter back into her pushchair in M&S and her going stiff as a board and screaming a high pitched scream for what felt like 5 hours rather than 5 minutes! Anywayundo all the good that parents do, Ellie gets whatever she wants when she wants it, and this time she's decided that she wants an elephantso the trips out were always so much fun. Her dad manages A young boy was going to get her onethe carnival with his Grandad, but once the elephant arrives Ellie finds that sometimes getting what you wish for isn't quite what you actually wanted...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444904019</amazonuk>}}who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Leo TimmersB09MYXSRV4|title=BangOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=54
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|summary=It all starts with a deer in a bright yellow car. He has a stack of books tied to When the back of his carworld was made, but couldn't resist reading one while the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he drivescould become a protector. It might have been OK if Water Spider received a bin strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had not fallen from excellent sight so that he could see the lorry in front of him, but engrossed in his book he never notices until with a very loud present ''bangand'' he comes crashing to a stopthe future. This sets off a chain reaction resulting in a tenRabbit developed intelligence -car pile up as every car but one comes crashing into , unfortunately, not the car in front of ability to use itwell. He liked to trick other animals. The quick thinking of Mr Gecko means He was also jealous which was how he is able came to stop just be in time a race with Turtle. You might think that's not a screech of the brakes, fair contest but Mr Penguin in the ice cream van is wait and see. Things are not so lucky, crashing into the gecko and his truck load of multi coloured paint and forcing the Gecko forward to smash into the last car in the pile upalways as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579181</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu SapinRob Keeley|title=AkissiCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=Many parents are becoming upset with the over sexualisation of female characters in children's films Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and booksaubergines. I know many are also fed When her friends at school turn up with the stereotyped princess character. If you their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are looking for a book for a little girl who doesn't suit the stereotypesyou and how nice to eat. One day, Akissi is absolutely perfect. In addition to breaking stereo types in children's literaturepoor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, this book gives children a first hand look at life in another country. I have often read who tells her that children exposed to stories of other cultures usually carrots grow up more toleranton trees. Whether it is Infuriated, Lily checks with the stories themselvesteacher, or simply the type of parent who chooses explains that type of storyfruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, I don't knowgrow in the ground. Still Jordan says, "I have always gone out of my way did try to make sure my children have books which depict children from a wide variety of locations and cultures. This book gives the reader a very realistic vision of what life in Africa might be like. Best of all thoughtell her, this book lets the children just be children. They don't look like adults Miss!" and they don't act like adults. I think we need more books like thiseveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>190926301X</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tor FreemanB09FFJF8YS|title=The Toucan BrothersYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=I hate to mention illustrations before mentioning the story with a children's book, but the illustrations are clearly the first thing you will notice with 'For the book. My childrenbig, drawn by the illustrationsgrownup girls out there, had this pulled out of the box of books it came potty masters in and were sitting down reading it before I could even sort through the rest. As soon as I saw thistraining, I thought of [[:Category:Richard Scarry|Richard Scarry]]. The illustrations are highly reminiscent of Scarry"You Can's work, but if anything these are bolder, brighter and busier. If you have a child who t Wear Panties!" is a visual learner, or who needs plenty cry (the big-girl kind!) of visual cues when reading, this book is definitely one you want to take a closer look at. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect toilet triumph and each page literally seems to come to life with so many activities going onpersevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447218639</amazonuk>}}''
And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Georgie Adams Justine Avery and Selina YoungNaday Meldova|title=Nanny FoxEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Everyone knows that foxes eat chickens. It's a storybook standard. But hereToots, in this storytrumps, Arnold the Fox likes chickens to be his friendsfarts. Whatever your word for them, not his dinner. He'd rather have find us a peanut butter sandwich instead!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444008102</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Julia Wauters|title=One Night, Far From Here|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I didnchild that doesn't think they made books like this any morefind them irresistibly funny. It's very rare Funny to see a book with transparent pages nowadaystalk about and joke about, that is. I have literally searched for years, snapping up But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the odd one from used book sellerswrong time. These may have gone out of style now in favour of books with batteriesIn class, say, buttons when everyone will hear it and bells, but these engage a child in a way no battery operated contraption possibly couldeveryone will laugh. Children are fascinated by the pages, not just my own children, but every child I have seen with theseAt you. This book is wonderful for story time, but it is also the type of book that children seek out, quietly turning the pages, lost Justine Avery's latest entry in their own imagination. Experts are beginning to recognise playing her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with books as a crucial step in emergent literacy. This is a book children will turn to again tooting and gently and againcalmly, experiencing a different adventure each time they lose themselves in with the pagesfamiliar humour attached, and learning explains that books offer excitement and adventuretooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1909263028</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Catherine Anholt and Laurence AnholtB09BG8V3Q6|title=Babies, Babies, BabiesWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=This book ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is one of those lovely books that covers an awful lot the latest release in just a few pagesthe ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. Full This series of sweet pictures and gentle rhyming text it takes you on a journey through fun picture books aims to take the sort pain out of things that babies' lives revolve around - food, animals, family, clothes potty training children and playingreplace it with some fun. You can read the text as itIt's written or you may find that your little ones are happy to just look through the booka worthy aim, talking to as any frustrated parent will tell you about what they can see, what it reminds them of, and what they'd like to do that day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408314363</amazonuk> .
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chloe Inkpen and Mick InkpenB07GZ81J7C|title=Zoe When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Beans: Hello OscarMended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=Zoe and her dogMeet Fred. Well, Beansactually, are in the garden when Beans sniffs out you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a guinea pigbit more about Fred. Fortunately Beans Fred is a very unaggressive-looking dog snake and even those of us who seems unlikely have a phobia about snakes are going to finish off any small rodent in one excited bitewarm to him. His curiosity allows He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the story family, to accumulate an ever-more exciting set of roaming pets the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for Zoe to discover, including, surprisingly, a chameleonwalk. By And that was where the time Zoe gets to shouting out her name to a parrot, who insists on calling her Oscar, Beans has disappeared through a hole in the fenceproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. That’s when Oscar, the owner of all these wonderful animals, crawls backwards through the fence and how the friends meet, so I’m guessing this is the first of a series of stories featuring Zoe and OscarOr brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447210263</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Chloe Inkpen Justine Avery and Mick InkpenNaday Meldova|title=Zoe and Beans: Look at meEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=This is the first board book in a Zoe and Beans series in developmentCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, so why shouldn't it will be played with and handled by very young children? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Babies and toddlers will like Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the cheery pics, friendly faces sun and Beans, the faithful playmate-dog. I loved Beans. He conveyed all moon take turns in the resignation of a household mutt dominated by an ever-demanding toddler.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230766544</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Natalie MarshallJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=MonsterNo, No, Be GoodNo!|rating=4.5
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|summary=No-one need be frightened of these beasties, and it’s not a story about conquering fears. Instead, these They say the best picture books are miscreant monsters who are put in their places with some very firm guidancethe simplest ones. Children will recognise the orders instantly, for parents come out with them in varying tones And nothing could be truer of tirednessthis latest from Justine Avery, resignation or irritation on a daily basis. In fact, I have the sneaky feeling that the author is on the side of the adultsBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609053141</amazonuk>}}
''No, no, no! Okay, okay. Yes, you may.''
That's it! But, like all the best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside.|isbn=1638820457}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lane Smith194812467X|title=It's a Little BookThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=54
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|summary=Lane Smith's blockbuster hit 'It's A Book' spent six months on Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the New York Times bestsellers listhill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. Her new 'It's a Little Book' provides farm shop! But this is a very similar story, but on farm shop with a level better suited to very young childrendifference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. Both books feature a very computer-literate donkey There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and a quiet thoughtful monkey. In both bookschickens, donkey has never seen a book before and has all sorts of questions to which monkey always replies ''no'' or ''it's a book''even some mice. Donkey doesn't seem able to quite figure out why monkey is so interested in this thing with no whistles Excited, Kirelle and bells or lights or action, or to understand why monkey likes this strange thing so much - until monkey shows him the magic of books as wellSam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>023076875X</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0995647895|authortitle=Mark Sperring Sadie and Sarah Warburtonthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Mabel Maureen Duffy and MeAnita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=Good children’s books open new windows Sadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on the worldwhat she should be doing. This title did just thatShe lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kara Lebihan and Deborah Allwright1782227741|title=Mrs Vickers' Favourite KnickersLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=3.54
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|summary=Mrs Vickers' Favourite Knickers have an adventure of their ownOne day, flying high above town over the sea, before finally making Gold Ted falls into a rather unusual landing right back were they started frompuddle. Children of It's quite a certain age love knickers, deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and I'm certain this book would be is sucked down a smash hit with a nursery or reception classdrain on the side of the street. Finding himself down in the sewer, and even children up Ted starts to about 7or 8 are likely to enjoy reading this oncepanic. This book is quite short, ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and ideal for children with very short alerts the attention spansof Reg the sewer rat, and considering who plucks him out of the subject matter dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is almost certain to hold the attention of a large group kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of children easilybroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405253959</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Harriet Ziefert and Simms TabackB08R7LXQ9S|title=Quack Like a Duck!Remy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=You mustnRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again't be shy if you're going to read this book. The school bully Jayden, It's together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the sort of book you can whisper on a train to a fidgety babyother kids are around. So, or that you pack in your nappy bag for quiet times when you're out Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and about. This is the sort of book that is going teachers don't believe him when he tries to require some very loud moo-ing, so consider yourselves warned!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052609</amazonuk>explain what happened.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard Byrne1471191303|title=Penguins Can't Fly!The Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=Gregory This is the Gull and Hudson story of Isobel, a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the penguin were both born heating on : ''Ice curled across the inside of the same day window and have been great friends ever since, doing everything togethercrept up the corner of the bedpost. In '' The family didn't go to the lovely illustrations, we can see them having a bath, fishing, sledging, skating and giving cinema or on holidays but they had each other thoughtful and special giftsthey were happy. However, Then the day came when Gregory sees some other some gulls having fun flying over they couldn't afford the rent for the beach, he naturally decides house and they had to move to join inthe far side of the city. So does Hudson but This part of course there is a problem! However hard Hudson flaps his little wings, he just can’t fly. He tries everything but the result is always the same; he never manages to leave the ground. Naturallycity was cold, he is very sad especially when all the gulls laugh unkindly. Just when he is feeling very low though, something happens to Gregory when he dives deep into the water and gets caught up in a fishing net. Hudson may not be able to fly but he can swim lonely and this means that he is the best bird to help his friend. After this, it never seems to matter that he can't flyIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849395136</amazonuk>
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|author=Nick Jones and Si Clark
|title=One Night in Beartown
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary= Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to the bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!
|isbn=B08NFH7H9X
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