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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__ <!{{Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob- Remove lolly -->and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Morpurgo and Helen StephensB0CC9W7GLR|title=Jo-Jo On the Beach: The Melon DonkeyWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=Jo-Jo is donkeyKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but he desperately wishes he were something else. His is a life of hard work and little comfort. He works all day hauling melons, tormented by flieswarm, derided by passers-by or frozen cold and despised by his owner. Finally he finds building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a friendlarge slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. A kind and gentle child who looks into his sad eyes and finds beauty rather than just On top of the ice was a shaggy old beastpolar bear. The child runs out each day to buy a melon As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a few minutes Jo-Jo knows happiness - run for it, but this is no ordinary child, this is Teal knew that the Doge's daughterbear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. Sadly, the Doge does not share his daughter's ability He obviously needed to see be taken home on the inner beauty of things, scorning Jo-Jo as bus and given a lowly beast. His daughter will not give up on her friend though, good meal and when disaster strikes Jo-Jo repays her kindness by saving all of the people of Venicesomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>ISBN</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=IsabelLet's Noisy TummyCelebrate Being Different|author=David McKeeLainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=Isabel is a very good little girl Todd was excited about spending the weekend with a very naughty tummyhis grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. It burbles He packed two pairs of dungarees and rumbles his favourite hat and gurgles loudly at school, and her teacher is not impressedthen gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. Everyone has advice on what She had promised to do take him to stop it making such rude noises. Her mother tells her the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to eat slower, but that doesn’t work. Her father suggests exercise, her doctor medicine, but still, no joymake new friends. But, one day on a school trip, Isabel’s tummy saves the day At home, his only friend was his mum and saves her classmateshe wondered why that could be. And after Grandma thought that, well, no one really minds a noisy tummy any moreit might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396892</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=The Pet ItchToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Elli Woollard Amy Sparkes and Elina EllisKatie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Most children want a pet at some pointElsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Mossy Monster wants a pet itch more than anything else in Elsie would race the buses along the world. But his family (refreshingly consisting side of a Granny, an Uncle and a sister) have all sorts of reasons why the park but David couldn't - he shouldn't have one d been born with cerebral palsy and his sister even just seems to delight in tormenting him standing up was very difficult. - as sisters do. But Sister comes though One day Elsie spotted a bus in the end with a crafty plan that will toy shop window which would help Mossy get the Itch of his dreams, David - and make sure was happy to use the grown ups do all the work coins from her money box to pay for it as wellcash was tight at home. There is never a dull moment in this book with temper tantrums Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, rude rhymes and absolutely delightful illustrationswalk behind it. The best part of all though is Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to the way Repair Shop, hoping that the adults are experts there could make it so easily bamboozledthat her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861079</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=ABC and DoThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Leo Singh Amy Sparkes and Karen WallKatie Hickey
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|summary=Being able Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to recognise letters is an essential aspect of emergent literacyher final destination. I know so many parents and children who feel that being able to sing their ABC She needn's is the same t have worried though as knowing she went to the alphabet. It isnhome of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn'thave been kinder to her. A child must be able She even had her own room - all to recognise the letter forms, in herself. upper Gradually she relaxed and lower cases, identify them by name and understand the sound or phoneme made by eachbegan to enjoy her life. Learning the alphabet is something that most children will need some She'd help Mrs Russell with at home. No matter how good the school your child attends, baking and when it is impossible for a teacher came to give each child Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the individual attention required to master this subject easily, and failure to do so often leads to lifelong difficulties in literacyfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405265329</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Ernest and Celestine: The PicnicSqueakily Baby|author=Gabrielle VincentBeth Webb
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|summary=ErnestMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a large bear, and Celestine, a small mouse, have made themselves a beautiful picnicsqueakily baby. Everything is packed and ready to go for when they get up tomorrow morning. However, when morning comes itHe's raining very heavily. Ernest says that unfortunately they so tired but he can't have their picnic after all but poor Celestine is distraught- or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. Is there any way Ernest can make things up The sea offers to her?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471672</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Mary's Hair|author=Eoin Colfer|rating=5|genre=Dyslexia Friendly|summary=Mary hates her hairhelp. It has black bits rocks Baby gently and brown bitsthe waves sing ''hush, curly bits and straight bits and Mary feels that it looks very much like a bushhush''. Her Daddy says if you don't like something, you should change it (instead Think of whining about it to your parents when they want to relax with gentle wavelets falling onto a cup of tea)sandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. MaryThe mermaids join in - 's Daddy'la lou, like many others, should watch what he says to childrenla lay.. Mary follows his advice with hilarious results. First she cuts her hair, but when that doesn't go ' And for a moment it seems to plan she decides to dye ithave worked as Baby closes his eyes. She has learned something from the whole hair cutting experience though, this time she plans Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to try the dye out on someone else firsthappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781122261</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=Eleanor's EyebrowsA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Timothy Knapman and David TazzymanBriony May Smith
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|summary=Eleanor just canPhilippa Pheasant was 't see 'tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the point of eyebrowsOld Oak Road. They donShe wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't ''do'' anythingeven get a reply. They just Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there, ''two silly, scruffy, hairy, little bits was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of fluff!'' the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Sadly for Eleanor, her eyebrows overhear her describing them in this way, Her uniform and they refuse lollipop stick were both a little amateur to stay where they aren't wanted start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and so pack their bags and set off into the big world Hedgehog was even trained up to find provide a place where someone will love them!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857078410</amazonuk>safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=Mmm...LetLeilong's EatToo Long!|author=Libby KoponenJulia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=34
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|summary=Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children often have a tendency to end up eating brown and white foods, not wanting who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to branch go downstairs – they simply climb out into any more colourful territory for fear of the unknown of purple aubergines or blue blueberrieswindow and slide down his neck. This book aims to get children thinking It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a little bit more about the colours fun way of foodsgoing to school? There is a problem, perhaps encouraging them though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to try something be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a little bit out of tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't be the ordinary one daybus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052927</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=Stick Man's First WordsBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerDavid Elliott
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|summary=Does your child roam the house dressed as the Gruffalo? I love a good board book! Do you know ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the words child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''Tiddlerplay'' off by heart? with words and make something quite different from each one. Have you read We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and loved [[Stick Man by Julia Donaldson becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and Axel Scheffler|Stick Man]] as we at then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The Bookbag have? Well, this rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is one for the fans, a first words book full of wonderful illustrations by Axel Scheffler and based ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on the Stick Man storyhis potty changes into a ''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407137352</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1838226834|title=Squiglet PigCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Joyce Dunbar and Tim HopgoodEd Boxall
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|summary=It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They''Squiglet Pig'' is based on a real deep sea creaturere there to undo all the good that parents do, so the piglet squidtrips out were always so much fun. This is one of those creatures you have A young boy was going to see to believe. the carnival with his Grandad, who told him: ''It honestly does look like it always smiling'll be brilliant, just remember, and very much like the main character in this bookdon't let go of my hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405257563</amazonuk>''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=WildOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Emily HughesCordellya Smith|rating=54
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|summary=When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''Wildand'' is the story of a girl who has grown up in the forest with only future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the animals ability to care for her, but this is where she belongs and she is happyuse it well. All of the He liked to trick other animals love her and she loves them. She learns He was also jealous which was how he came to speak from the birds, be in a race with Turtle. what to eat from the bears, how to play from the foxes, You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and the deer and the rabbit keep her company see. Things are not always as she sleepsthey seem. She has no clothing, nor does she need I'll tell you how it, Her long mane of unruly green hair covers the important bits and gives her the appearance of something that has sprung to life from the forest itself. She is creature of pure innocencecame about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263087</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Trumpety TrumpRob Keeley|authortitle=Steve Smallman and Adria MeserveCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=Two subjects guaranteed 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 have any nursery age child in stitches explain how good they are bums for you and fartshow nice to eat. This book has plenty of bothOne day, along poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with some other very rude behaviour which will have children begging to hear this again the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and again. Although the book reads vegetables, like a non stop riot of rude and raucous behaviourcarrots, it does teach children about friendship and manners as wellgrow in the ground. Adults will appreciate the moral Jordan says, "I did try to the storytell her, but children will be so busy laughing, they'll hardly notice that they are learning Miss!" and everyone laughs at the same timepoor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1407121812</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=My ZooYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Rod CampbellJustine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=My children have always been drawn to Rod Campbell's simple but appealing illustrations'For the big, so I was delighted to have a chance to review this bookgrownup girls out there, 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 Campbell''. The animals all have friendly appearancepotty masters in training, and a kind of gentleness to them. The front view of each animal has only the animal"You Can's name in bold black print. When you turn the page, there t Wear Panties!" is a single sentence about cry (the animal in smaller print. With a very young baby, the parent can read only the animals name, perhaps adding the sound for each animal. As the child grows older, the parents can begin reading the extra line on each animal. The fact the animals are larger than usual in these pictures, big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and on sturdy pages that are perfect for little hands, means this book would be ideal for babies as young as six monthspersevering panty pride. I feel this 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>}}''
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=Mick InkpenJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Baggy Brown and the Royal BabyEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Baggy Brown had the best possible start in lifeToots, trumps, farts. He was the first bear off the production line at Better Bears Limited and was destined Whatever your word for The Palacethem, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Baggy was Funny to be the bear of Princess Sophinyiniannia - talk about and joke about, that's Sophie to is. But horribly embarrassing if you and me - but life went disastrously let one go at the wrong for Baggy before he reached the end of the conveyor belttime. A NOT FOR SALE notice was stuck on his nose In class, say, when everyone will hear it and a NO 1 tag everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in his earher ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, but it was with the NOT FOR SALE notice which proved his undoingfamiliar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. He didnEverybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''t line himself up correctly, !|isbn= B09C2RVJ2W}} {{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and fell straight off Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary= ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the end latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the conveyor belt pain out of potty training children and into the big red teddy bear machinereplace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916467</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pranas T NaujokaitisB07GZ81J7C|title=The Radically Awesome Adventures of When Fred the Animal Princess: Balloon ToonsSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton|rating=4.5
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|summary=I know so many parents who are completely fed up with the stereotyped role of little girls and especially princesses in storiesMeet Fred. If Well, actually, you are looking 're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for stories with a totally different type reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of princess, then this book is for myself: I'd better tell youa bit more about Fred. The little princess, or Animal Princess as she is known, Fred is most certainly not a damsel in distress. She is an active heroine boldly seeking adventure, snake and the messier the bettereven those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. Rather than looking like He arrived as a beauty pageant winner present in a formal gownbox with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to the little extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. Animal Princess looks refreshingly child like in And that was where the illustrationsproblem started. I am delighted to see a princess drawn with the proportions of an ordinary child rather than a Barbie doll Fred didn't have any road sense. She also prefers nice comfortable animal pyjamas to ball gowns Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>160905296X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Daniel Cleary Justine Avery and Kanako UsuiNaday Meldova|title=My Friend Fred Everybody Pees! (the PlantEverybody Potties!)
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|summary=I loved comic books Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as a childany parent will tell you. As an adult. I love them even more But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as wonderful way we have to encourage literacy in young childrenlearn about everything else when we are small. Unfortunately comic books for children are hard to come by nowWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and there are very few books in this format for children under age 8. Ballooon Toons seems poised to change this with a delightful new series of children's books printed the moon take turns in comic book style format, but with a sturdy hardback binding.the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1609052951</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Fran Manushkin Justine Avery and Dan YaccarinoNaday Meldova|title=The Belly BookNo, No, No!|rating=54
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|summary=The formula for They say the perfect children’s best picture book may go something like 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=Mike Smith194812467X|title=The Hundred Decker BusFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Can you imagine if one day, you're on the bus to town Kirelle and suddenly her best friend Sam the driver decides cat decide to take go for a different road? Perhaps he carries on down this road, just to see where it might gowalk. I know what I'd be doing, Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and it isn't sitting happily Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in my seat waiting his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see where we end upa big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! HoweverBut this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, in fiction anything can happen goats and in this storychickens, when the driver heads off on his own little jauntand even some mice. Excited, his passengers come along quite happily with him!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230754589</amazonuk>}}Kirelle and Sam go shopping.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna Dewdney0995647895|title=Llama Llama Shopping DramaSadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=ItSadie's mother always said that she was a few months since we [[Llama Llama Red Pyjama by Anna Dewdney|first met]] Llama Llama. At the time he was suffering from night-time terrorsdreamer, but today Mama is taking Llama Llama shopping and her mind never on what she promises that there'll should be a treat when it's all finisheddoing. Llama Llama was happily playing in She lives by the sun: he doesn't ''want'' to go shopping and the trip doesn't begin well. It's a big building, with lots of signs and lots of aisles. He doesn't like the music, the ladies around all small far too sweet and he's staring River Thames at their ''knees''. And that's ''before'' he gets to the agony of trying on sweaters Greenwich and shoes. You know what's going she loves to happen, don't you? Well, Llama Llama does it big timespend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444910906</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin1782227741|title=AkissiLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=54
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|summary=Many parents are becoming upset with the over sexualisation of female characters in childrenOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's films quite a deep puddle and books. I know many are also fed up with the stereotyped princess characterwater is swirling. If you are looking for Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a book for a little girl who doesn't suit drain on the side of the stereotypes, Akissi is absolutely perfectstreet. In addition to breaking stereo types Finding himself down in children's literaturethe sewer, this book gives children a first hand look at life in another countryTed starts to panic. I have often read that children exposed to stories ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of other cultures usually grow up more tolerant. Whether it is Reg the stories themselvessewer rat, or simply the type of parent who chooses that type plucks him out of storythe dirty water using his cane, I don't knowwhich might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Still I have always gone out of my way to make sure my children have books which depict children from Reg is a wide variety of locations kind soul and he dries Ted off and cultures. This book gives the reader warms him up with a very realistic vision of what life in Africa might be like. Best nice bowl of all though, this book lets the children just be children. They don't look like adults and they don't act like adults. I think we need more books like thisbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190926301X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tor FreemanB08R7LXQ9S|title=The Toucan Brothers|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|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 the book. My children, drawn by the illustrations, had this pulled out of the box of books it came in and were sitting down reading it before I could even sort through the rest. As soon as I saw this, I thought of [[Remy:Category:Richard Scarry|Richard Scarry]]. The illustrations are highly reminiscent of Scarry's work, but if anything these are bolder, brighter and busier. If you have a child who is a visual learner, or who needs plenty of visual cues when reading, this A book is definitely one you want to take a closer look at. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect and each page literally seems to come to life with so many activities going on.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447218639</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Gemma Merino|title=The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water |rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary='The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water' begins with a Mother crocodile carrying a basket of blue eggs. But one of the eggs isn't quite like the others, and when the little crocs hatch, one crocodile isn't quite like the others. All of the other crocodiles love the water, but the odd one out prefers to climb trees. The other crocodiles were not cruel, but he felt left out as they all played water games. He tried to fit about believing in, but he just wasn't meant to be a water creature. His attempts to be something other than what nature intended are touching, but also terribly funny. Soon the reason for the little crocodile's dislike of water becomes apparent - he isn't a crocodile at all and he wasn't meant to swim - he was meant to fly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447214714</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewyourself|author=Georgie Adams Mayuri Naidoo and Selina Young|title=Nanny FoxCaroline Siegal
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|summary=Everyone knows that foxes eat chickensRemy is feeling miserable. ItHe's a storybook standardlet himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, But heretogether with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, in this storyhave been laughing at Remy, Arnold 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 Fox likes chickens to be his friendsother kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, not his dinnerit looks as though he was the instigator. HeAnd then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don'd rather have a peanut butter sandwich instead!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444008102</amazonuk>t believe him when he tries to explain what happened.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Wauters1471191303|title=One Night, Far From HereThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=I didn't think they made books like this any more. It's very rare to see a book with transparent pages nowadays. I have literally searched for years, snapping up This is the odd one from used book sellers. These may have gone out of style now in favour story of books with batteriesIsobel, buttons and bells, but these engage a child in little girl who made a way no battery operated contraption possibly couldbig difference. Children are fascinated by the pages, not just my own children, but every child I have seen Isobel lived with these. This book is wonderful for story time, but it is also the type of book that children seek out, quietly turning the pages, lost her parents in their own imagination. Experts are beginning to recognise playing with books as a crucial step in emergent literacy. This is house - a book children will turn very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to again and again, experiencing a different adventure each time they lose themselves in put the pages, and learning that books offer excitement and adventure. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263028</amazonuk>}}heating on:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Chloe Inkpen Nick Jones and Mick InkpenSi Clark|title=Zoe and Beans: Look at me!One Night in Beartown
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|summary=This is the first board book in a Zoe Many children have an obsession and Beans series Sandy Lane, who lives in developmentBeartown, so it will be played is obsessed with and handled bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by very young childrenher grandmother. Babies and toddlers will like the cheery picsEvery night, friendly faces she looks out of her bedroom window and Beans, says goodnight to the faithful playmate-dogbear statue outside. I loved Beans. He conveyed all the resignation of Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a household mutt dominated by an ever-demanding toddlercolourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230766544</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]