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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{adsense2Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=0008561249}}__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=Ernest The Adventures of Birpus and CelestineBulbus: Book One: The PicnicSour Milk Dragon|author=Gabrielle VincentWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Ernest, a large bear, When we first meet Birpus and Celestine, a small mouse, have made themselves a beautiful picnicBulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Everything Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is packed and ready to go for when they get up tomorrow morningchasing them. HoweverHe's right behind them, when morning comes spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: itwon's raining very heavilyt end well. ) Ernest says that unfortunately Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they can't have their picnic after all but poor Celestine is distraughtescaped. Is there any way Ernest can make things They climbed up to her?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471672</amazonuk>the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=Mary's HairOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Eoin ColferChris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=Eleanor Kit and Teal were just can't see beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the point of eyebrowsshoreline. They don't ''do'' anythingOn top of the ice was a polar bear. They just sit thereAs the ice bumped onto the sand, ''two silly, scruffy, hairy, little bits of fluff!'' the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Sadly Kit was all for making a run for Eleanor, her eyebrows overhear her describing them in this wayit, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and they refuse then another. He obviously needed to stay where they aren't wanted be taken home on the bus and so pack their bags given a good meal and set off into the big world somewhere to find a place where someone will love them!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857078410</amazonuk>sleep. What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=Mmm...Let's Eat!Celebrate Being Different|author=Libby KoponenLainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=Children often have a tendency to end up eating brown and white foodsTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not wanting to branch out into any more colourful territory for fear of least because she made the unknown best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of purple aubergines or blue blueberriesdungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. This book aims She had promised to get children thinking a little bit more take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about the colours of foodsthis as he wanted to make new friends. At home, perhaps encouraging them to try something a little bit out of the ordinary one dayhis only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052927</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=Stick Man's First WordsThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Julia Donaldson Amy Sparkes and Axel SchefflerKatie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Does your child roam Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the house dressed as park and watch the Gruffalo? red buses drive past. Do you know Elsie would race the words to buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'Tiddler'' off by heart? d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. Have you read One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and loved [[Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|Stick Man]] was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as we cash was tight at The Bookbag have? home. WellGradually, David learned to stand up, this is one use the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the fansbus, a first words book full of wonderful illustrations by Axel Scheffler now damaged and based on rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the Stick Man storyexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407137352</amazonuk>
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{{newreview|title=Squiglet Pig|author=Joyce Dunbar and Tim Hopgood|rating=4|genre=For SharingFrontpage|summaryisbn=''Squiglet Pig'' is based on a real deep sea creature, the piglet squid. This is one of those creatures you have to see to believe. It honestly does look like it always smiling, and very much like the main character in this book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405257563</amazonuk>}} {{newreview1529504767|title=WildThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Emily HughesAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=''Wild'' is the story of a girl who has grown up Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in the forest with only the animals to care for her, but this is where 1939 and nervous about how she belongs and would be greeted when she is happy. All of the animals love got to her and she loves themfinal destination. She learns how needn't have worried though as she went to speak from the birdshome of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. what She even had her own room - all to eat from the bears, how herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to play from the foxes, and the deer and the rabbit keep enjoy her company as she sleepslife. She has no clothing, nor does she need 'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it, Her long mane of unruly green hair covers the important bits came to Christmas Eve Susan and gives her Mr Russell put the appearance of something that has sprung to life from decorations on the forest itselfChristmas tree. She is creature of pure innocence The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263087</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Trumpety TrumpSqueakily Baby|author=Steve Smallman and Adria MeserveBeth Webb|rating=54
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|summary=Two subjects guaranteed Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to have any nursery age child in stitches are bums sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and farts''wails''. This book has plenty of both, along with some other very rude behaviour which will have children begging The sea offers to hear this again help. It rocks Baby gently and againthe waves sing ''hush, hush''. Although the book reads like Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a non stop riot of rude sandy beach and raucous behaviouryou have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it does teach children about friendship and manners seems to have worked as wellBaby closes his eyes. Adults will appreciate the moral Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to the story, but children will be so busy laughing, they'll hardly notice that they are learning at the same timehappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407121812</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=My ZooA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Rod CampbellBriony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=My children have always been drawn to Rod Campbell's simple but appealing illustrations, so I Philippa Pheasant was delighted to have a chance to review this book, 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 on a pastel coloured background. The illustrations have a unique quality to them that I can only describe as ''Rod Campbelltired''. The animals all have friendly appearance, and a kind of gentleness nearly getting squished as she tried to them. The front view of each animal has only cross the animal's name in bold black printOld Oak Road. When you turn She wrote to the page, there is a single sentence mayor about the animal in smaller printproblem but didn't even get a reply. With Philippa wasn't a very young baby, bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the parent can read only benefits of the animals name, perhaps adding lollipop lady at the sound for each animalschool crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. As the child grows older, the parents can begin reading Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the extra line on each animalbenefits were obvious. The fact All the animals are larger than usual in these pictures, used the crossing and on sturdy pages that are perfect for little hands, means this book would be ideal for babies as young as six months. I feel this would make Hedgehog was even trained up to provide 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 infantssafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230770924</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sean Taylor and Ross Collins1776574338|title=Robot RumpusLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=54
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|summary=My sons tore open Every morning Leilong, the parcel with ''Robot Rumpus'' and were already reading it themselves before I could even get the tape from the rest of brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the boxcity, so they had one picking up on me when we settled down to read it later children as a familyhe goes. We began looking through Children who live at the robot models on the inside top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the front of coverwindow and slide down his neck. It's perfect, and as I mentioned which ones I wish we isn't it? What could havebe a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the boys were already laughing with a ''just'' ''wait'' city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to andtraffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can'' ''see'' look on their facest be the bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396280</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Inkpen1776574028|title=Baggy Brown and the Royal BabyBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Baggy Brown had the best possible start in life. He was I 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 bear off the production line at Better Bears Limited sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and was destined for The Palacemake something quite different from each one. Baggy was to be We have the bear of Princess Sophinyiniannia elephant who dons a tutu - thatand becomes a ''balletphant''s Sophie to you . The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and me - but life went disastrously wrong for Baggy before he reached the end of the conveyor beltthen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. A NOT FOR SALE notice was stuck on The rhinoceros who drops his nose and ice cream cone is a NO 1 tag in his ear, but ''crynoceros'' (think about it was the NOT FOR SALE notice which proved !) The pelican who sits on his undoingpotty changes into a ''sm....... He didn't line himself up correctly' OK, and fell straight off the end of the conveyor belt and into the big red teddy bear machine.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916467</amazonuk>let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pranas T Naujokaitis1838226834|title=The Radically Awesome Adventures of Carried Away With the Animal Princess: Balloon ToonsCarnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=I know so many parents who are completely fed up with the stereotyped role It was one of little girls and especially princesses in stories. If you are looking for stories those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with a totally different type of princess, then this book is for youour grandparents. The little princessThey're there to undo all the good that parents do, or Animal Princess as she is known, is most certainly not a damsel in distress. She is an active heroine boldly seeking adventure, and so the messier the bettertrips out were always so much fun. Rather than looking like a beauty pageant winner in a formal gown, the little Animal Princess looks refreshingly child like in A young boy was going to the illustrations. I am delighted to see a princess drawn carnival with the proportions his Grandad, who told him: ''It'll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of an ordinary child rather than a Barbie doll. She also prefers nice comfortable animal pyjamas to ball gownsmy hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>160905296X</amazonuk>''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|authortitle=Daniel Cleary Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Kanako UsuiHare|titleauthor=My Friend Fred (the Plant)Cordellya Smith
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|summary=I loved comic books as When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a childprotector. As an adult Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. I love them even more as wonderful way Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to encourage literacy in young childrenuse it well. Unfortunately comic books for children are hard He liked to come by now, and there are very few books in this format for children under age 8trick other animals. Ballooon Toons seems poised He was also jealous which was how he came to change this be in a race with a delightful new series of childrenTurtle. You might think that's books printed in comic book style format, not a fair contest but with a sturdy hardback bindingwait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052951</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Fran Manushkin and Dan YaccarinoRob Keeley|title=The Belly BookCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=The formula Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for the perfect children’s picture book may go something like this: Simple Theme + Rhyming Text + Memorable Phrases + Great Illustrations = Happy readersyou and how nice to eat. In which caseOne day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, it would seem who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the authors of 'The Belly Book' have followed this blueprint to the letterteacher, resulting in a delightful book who explains that is perfect for cosy snuggle time fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the sofaground. Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230768040</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ellen Crimi-TrentB09FFJF8YS|title=My School DayYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5
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|summary=The feature that initially attracted me to ''My School Day'' was For the hugebig, grownup girls out there, interactive clock face on the front cover. Learning to tell the time potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is such an important life skill, but sometimes young children can struggle with a cry (the concept. A handsbig-on approach, combining the senses girl kind!) of sight toilet triumph and touch can be an effective method of teachingpersevering panty pride. The child is learning through play and having lots of fun at the same time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849158533</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=Mike SmithJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=The Hundred Decker BusEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Can you imagine if one dayToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, youfind us a child that doesn're on the bus t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to town talk about and suddenly the driver decides to take a different road? Perhaps he carries on down this roadjoke about, just to see where it might that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one goat the wrong time. I know what I'd be doingIn class, say, when everyone will hear it and it isneveryone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery't sitting happily s latest entry in my seat waiting to see where we end upher ''Everybody Potties! However, in fiction anything can happen '' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and in this storycalmly, when with the driver heads off on his own little jauntfamiliar humour attached, his passengers come along quite happily with himexplains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230754589</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gillian Shields and Cally Johnson-IsaacsB09BG8V3Q6|title=ElephantantrumWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=Ellie is one of ''thoseWho Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' children. You know, the sort you see lying on is the floor latest release in the supermarket screaming that they won't go anywhere until you buy them the pink fairy doll with the flashing wand'Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. We've all been there, or at least I have an awful memory This series of trying fun picture books aims to fold my daughter back into her pushchair in M&S and her going stiff as a board take the pain out of potty training children and screaming a high pitched scream for what felt like 5 hours rather than 5 minutes! Anyway, Ellie gets whatever she wants when she wants replace it, and this time shewith some fun. It's decided that she wants an elephant. Her dad manages to get her onea worthy aim, but once the elephant arrives Ellie finds that sometimes getting what as any frustrated parent will tell you wish for isn't quite what you actually wanted.. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444904019</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna DewdneyB07GZ81J7C|title=Llama Llama Shopping DramaWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=It's a few months since we [[Llama Llama Red Pyjama by Anna Dewdney|first met]] Llama LlamaMeet Fred. At the time he was suffering from night-time terrorsWell, actually, but today Mama is taking Llama Llama shopping and she promises that thereyou'll re going to be a treat when it's meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all finishedtoo obvious very quickly. Llama Llama was happily playing in the sunBut I'm getting ahead of myself: he doesnI't ''want'' to go shopping and the trip doesn't begin welld better tell you a bit more about Fred. It's Fred is a big building, with lots of signs snake and lots even those of aislesus who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He doesn't like arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the musicfamily, to the ladies around all small far too sweet and he's staring at their ''knees''extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that's ''before'' he gets to was where the agony of trying on sweaters and shoesproblem started. You know what's going to happen, donFred didn't you? have any road sense. Well, Llama Llama does it big timeOr brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444910906</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Leo TimmersJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=BangEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=Can potty training ever be joyous? It all starts with a deer in a bright yellow caroften isn't, as any parent will tell you. He has a stack of books tied to the back of his carBut really, but couldnwhy shouldn't resist reading one while he drives. It might it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have been OK if a bin had not fallen from the lorry in front of him, but engrossed in his book he never notices until with a very loud ''bang'' he comes crashing to a stoplearn about everything else when we are small. This sets off a chain reaction resulting in a ten-car pile up Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as every car but one comes crashing into the car in front of it. The quick thinking of Mr Gecko means he is able to stop just in time with a screech of the brakes, but Mr Penguin in the ice cream van is not so luckysay, crashing into learning about why the gecko sun and his truck load of multi coloured paint and forcing the Gecko forward to smash into the last car moon take turns in the pile up.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1877579181</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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|summary=They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Georgie Adams and Selina Young194812467X|title=Nanny FoxThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Everyone knows that foxes eat chickensKirelle 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 hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a storybook standard. farm shop! But here, in this storyis a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, Arnold the Fox likes goats and chickens to be his friends, not his dinnerand even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping. He'd rather have a peanut butter sandwich instead!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444008102</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Catherine Anholt Sadie and Laurence Anholtthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Babies, Babies, Babies!Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=This book is one of those lovely books Sadie's mother always said that covers an awful lot in just she was a few pagesdreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. Full of sweet pictures and gentle rhyming text it takes you on a journey through the sort of things that babies' She lives revolve around - food, animals, family, clothes and playing. You can read by the text as it's written or you may find that your little ones are happy to just look through the book, talking to you about what they can see, what it reminds them of, River Thames at Greenwich and what they'd like she loves to do that dayspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408314363</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chloe Inkpen and Mick Inkpen1782227741|title=Zoe Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Beans: Look at me!Sasha Satha
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|summary=This One day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is the first board book in a Zoe swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and Beans series in development, so it will be played with around and handled by very young childrenis sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Babies and toddlers will like Finding himself down in the cheery picssewer, friendly faces Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and Beans, alerts the faithful playmate-dog. I loved Beans. He conveyed all attention of Reg the resignation sewer rat, who plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a household mutt dominated by bit like an ever-demanding toddlerold cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230766544</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Natalie MarshallB08R7LXQ9S|title=Monster, Be Good!Remy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal|rating=4.5
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|summary=No-one need be frightened of these beastiesRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and it’s Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not a story about conquering fearsstupid. Instead, these They are miscreant monsters who careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are put in their places with some very firm guidancearound. Children will recognise the orders instantlySo, for parents come out with them in varying tones of tirednesswhen Remy reacts, resignation or irritation on a daily basisit looks as though he was the instigator. In fact, I have the sneaky feeling that the author is on the side of And then he gets into trouble at school and the adultsteachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609053141</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton1471191303|title=Shifty McGifty and Slippery SamThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseFor Sharing|summary=Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two dogs with half baked idea for what thy think will be This is the perfect crime - despite their previous failures. The dogs prepare a wonderful feast to lure their intended victims outstory of Isobel, making cupcakes, pies, buns and every sort of baked treat you can imagine. They have a wonderful time baking, but all the while they are planning to rob all of their guests when the party is in full swing. The feast is little girl who made a huge success, but the robbery is another disasterbig difference. A small act of kindness and a heart felt apology results Isobel lived with her parents in forgiveness, and a wonderful idea for house - a new career. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857631462</amazonuk>}}very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on:
''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the bedpost.''
The family didn't go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and they had to move to the far side of the city. This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Lane SmithNick Jones and Si Clark|title=It's a Little BookOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane Smith's blockbuster hit 'It's A Book' spent six months on the New York Times bestsellers list, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her new 'It's a Little Book' provides a very similar storyfavourite toy is Berisford, but on a level better suited to very young childrenteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Both books feature a very computer-literate donkey and a quiet thoughtful monkey. In both booksEvery night, donkey has never seen a book before she looks out of her bedroom window and has all sorts of questions says goodnight to which monkey always replies ''no'' or ''it's a book''the bear statue outside. Donkey doesn't seem able Every morning she says hello to quite figure out why monkey is so interested in this thing with no whistles and bells or lights or actionBee Bear, or to understand why monkey likes this strange thing so much - until monkey shows him the magic of books as wella colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>023076875X</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]