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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion : A New Case for Precious RamotsweAdam Stower|authortitle=Alexander McCall SmithMurray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=I had already previously enjoyed [[Precious Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and the Monkeys by Alexander McCall Smith|Precious friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and , well, whatever takes his fancy next of the Monkeys]] which is one of AMStwo. But he' childrens a bad magician's stories about cat, so his No.1 Ladies Detective Agency characterfavourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, Precious Ramotswenot into the regular back garden, when she is but into a childworld of frightening adventure and whiffs. So I This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was looking forward , to this one about a missing lion. I wasnbe honest, but he't disappointed. Once again his gentle charm shines through, s turned up and this is a delightful book he'll have to read aloud or just enjoy by yourself, however old you may be!do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846972558</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=A Letter for BearThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=David LucasWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Bear 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 a postmanchasing them. He's a very good postman and always delivers all right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his letters on timenostrils. Yet (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when he's finished his work a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the day he goes back alone to his caveTree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and makes himself some soup, and he wonders what it would be like to receive a letterGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263133</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=How to Babysit a GrandadOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Jean Reagan Chris Green and Lee WildishJenny Fionda|rating=45
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|summary=It's very important Kit and Teal were just beginning to know how wonder whether it was better to babysit your grandadbe 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 shoreline. You'll need to know what he likes to eat (Icecream topped On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with cookies or anything dipped in ketchup!) wobbly legs moved from the ice. You'll also need to know how to keep Kit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him entertained (somersault across the room!) one apple and then another. In case you've ever wondered about He obviously needed to be taken home on the best ways bus and given a good meal and somewhere to look after your grandad then this is the book for sleep. What else would you!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444915886</amazonuk>do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=I Love You Father ChristmasLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Giles Andreae and Emma DoddLainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=This is a rather ''lovely letter Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to Santa'' style book, told entirely in verseshow his grandmother. It starts off with She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the title wordslocal community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, ''I love you Father Christmas'' his only friend was his mum and works through he wondered why the gentleman in question rocks: ''Your beard looks amazing''<br>''And yes, you’re rather fat''<br>''But you probably just like eating''<br>''And there’s nothing wrong with that''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408330229</amazonuk>could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=Fishy TalesThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Rob ScottonAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Even cats have Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to school too, y’know? And Splat is no exceptionthe park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. Today they’re going on One day Elsie spotted a school trip bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the aquariumcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, thoughDavid learned to stand up, which is a bit exciting if you’re a catuse the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, even if your teacher (Elsie brought the fabulously named Mrs Wimpydimple) is very clear on bus, now damaged and rusted, to the ground rules: look with your eyesRepair Shop, not hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with your handsit. And absolutely no eating of the fish!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0061978523</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=Wibbly Pig Picks a PetThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Mick InkpenAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Big PigSusan 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's sister's friend is choosing a pett have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, but Wibbly and Scruffy canwho couldn't wait have been kinder to meether. They imagine She even had her own room - all sorts of pets to herself. Gradually she might chooserelaxed and began to enjoy her life. Could She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it be an elephant, a polar bear or a dinosaur? They think of all sorts of fun choices, while hoping she chooses anything at all except a rabbit. Rabbits are boring according came to Wibbly Christmas Eve Susan and Scruffy - at least until they see oneMr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444908219</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Toucan CanSqueakily Baby|author=Juliette MacIver and Sarah DavisBeth Webb|rating=54|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=If you’ve ever wondered what Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a toucan squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can do't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, this book will tell hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and youhave the sound perfectly. The answer, mermaids join in a nutshell- ''la lou, is EVERYTHING!la lay.. Some are typical things – dancing and singing and sliding and swinging. Some are more random – banging '' And for a frying pan, doing the cancanmoment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. But they all look like Then a lot of fun, and the question remains: seagull '''shouts'''can you do and we know exactly what Toucan can?'' I bet, I bet, I bet you can!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877467537</amazonuk>s going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=The Christmas CarrotA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Allan PlenderleithBriony May Smith
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|summary=I had a feeling, when I saw the cover Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of this book, that I was going nearly getting squished as she tried to enjoy itcross the Old Oak Road. I wasnShe wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't disappointedeven get a reply. Something really tickled me as I read this book, and I have since flicked through it again, by myself, without the kids! So thatPhilippa wasn's usually t a good sign bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a good children's picture booklittle amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. Especially if I now sneak it upstairs onto ''my'' picture book bookshelf where I keep all my personal favourites from our ridiculously large collection All the animals used the crossing and I try Hedgehog was even trained up to keep sticky fingers off them and keep them for special reading times together!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444912232</amazonuk>provide a safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=WinnieLeilong's Pirate AdventureToo Long!|author=Valerie Thomas Julia Liu and Korky PaulBei Lynn|rating=3.54
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|summary=We like Winnie Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the Witch stories in our housecity, picking up children as he goes. We have a whole bag full Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of them, the window and have read them many times over, so when my daughter saw this new one she was very excitedslide down his neck. SadlyIt's perfect, isn't it didn? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't quite live happy in the 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 and traffic regularly gets snarled up to our (admittedly high) expectations. This new story sees Winnie head off on a pirate adventure which should, you would think, have The school decides that he can't be the makings of an excellent storybus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192736019</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=Ding Dong GorillaBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Michelle Robinson and Leonie LordDavid Elliott|rating=54
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|summary=We never learn the name of the main character in I love a good board book! ''Ding Dong GorillaBumblebee Grumblebee''. This book is told in aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first person, sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the point of view of elephant who dons a very young child tutu - and addressed to his parentbecomes a ''balletphant''. This works quite well in this story, because most children will be able to identify very easily The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with the protagonist yellow duck) and most parents will identify then dries off with the unseen mother whom this story is directed toa hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The story begins with rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a sheepish looking wee boy reminding ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his mother how they had ordered potty changes into a huge pizza''sm....... Unfortunately'' OK, he has a bit of bad news to break first.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408312018</amazonuk>let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1838226834|title=Rosie Revere, EngineerCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Andrea Beaty and David RobertsEd Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=Andrea Beaty and David Roberts make a great teamIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. Their previous book, They''Iggy Peckre there to undo all the good that parents do, Architect'', is a best seller and has a lot in common with ''Rosie Revere, Engineer''so the trips out were always so much fun. Both stories offer hope and encouragement A young boy was going to children who feel at odds and left out of the mainstream. Rosie is very shy and cannot bring herself to join in at school. But at home she sparkles and comes to life while building inventive gadgets from odds and endscarnival with his Grandad, often using things rescued from the bin. When her favourite uncle laughs at one of her contraptions (made especially for who told him), Rosie is mortified and it takes the exuberant help of another relative to bring her back out of her shell.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419708457</amazonuk>}}:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Pigeon Pie, Oh My!Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Debbie Singleton and Kristyna LittenCordellya Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=This tale is 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 gently humorous picture book gem from Debbie Singleton and illustrator Kristyna Littenstrong web that even fire could not burn. Farmer Budd goes about his daily work, feeding animals Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and repairing '' the old scarecrowfuture. But when he sets off to market he forgets Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to close the gate…use it well..leaving the way open for the goat He liked to cause havoctrick other animals. Down tumbles the scarecrow and He was also jealous which was how he came to be in come the pigeons a race with their beady eyes set on the corn cropTurtle. Tiny chick cleverly stops their plan in a way You might think that may remind some young readers of 's not a certain mouse in Julia Donaldson’s [[The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson|The Gruffalo]]fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192734148</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Upside Down BabiesRob Keeley|authortitle=Jeanne Willis and Adrian ReynoldsCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=Upside Down Babies Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is not about flipping little ones over keen to explain how good they are for you and getting them how nice to do headstands before they can walk (thougheat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, seriouslywho tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the earlier you start the better). Noteacher, it’s even more fun than who explains that. The Earth has flipped! The sky is no longer blue – it’s brown fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground instead. And the ground is brown like the sky used Jordan says, "I did try to be. Uh ohtell her, Miss! Everything " and everyone has gone tumbling, from the animals in the pictures to the text on the page. And while what goes up must come down, it might not come down in the place it shouldlaughs at poor Lily. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849395330</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=The Faber Book of Nursery StoriesYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Barbara Ireson Justine Avery and Shirley HughesKate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=A whopping 45 stories make up this reissued book of nursery stories perfectly pitched at ''For the pre-school and early years audience. There are animal stories and stories about fantasy creatures. There are tales of goodbig, grownup girls out there, sweet children and tales of naughtythe potty masters in training, crotchety ones. There are stories that go on for pages and others that finish after "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a few paragraphs. There are entries you might end up reading again and again, cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and entries you might read once or not at all, in favour of the favourites insteadpersevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571307590</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|titleauthor=Hugless Douglas Finds A HugJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=David MellingEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=The fun in 'Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn'Hugless Douglas Finds A Hug'' jumps out at yout find them irresistibly funny. LiterallyFunny to talk about and joke about, that is. In the form of a Douglas puppet who arrives poking his head through the centre of But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the bookwrong time. He pops up on every page of the storyIn class, sporting his red scarf and his slightly dopey looksay, when everyone will hear it and as his body seems to grow everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with every page that’s turnedtooting and gently and calmly, you just know there’s something special waiting for you on with the last pagefamiliar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Can you guess what Everybody does it is? Hint: the clue’s in the title.''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444912674</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title=Poppy Cat's Counting AdventureWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Lara JonesJustine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=Just how much can you pack ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in one short book? That’s the question you’ll be asking when you pick up ''Poppy Cat’s Counting AdventureEverybody Potties!''series from Justine Avery. How about: rhyme (check), flaps This series of fun picture books aims to lift (check), holes to peep through (check), bright colours, happy characters take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a funworthy aim, educational aspect (check, check, check)as any frustrated parent will tell you. This book really has it all .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>023075404X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=Bob When Fred the Bursting BearSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Michael Rosen and Tony RossPeter Cotton
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|summary=I knew from the title this would be a good bookMeet Fred. All that alliteration couldnWell, actually, you't re going to be meeting Fred-Fred for nothing, surely? reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. Then But I'm getting ahead of myself: I saw the cover, with 'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a delightful bear wearing round wire-rimmed glasses snake and an oversized bowtieeven those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. 'Better He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and betterimmediately became part of the family,' I thought to myselfthe extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And you'll be relieved to hear that was where the story does not disappointproblem started. This is one of my favourite books this year, and I Fred didn't have read it repeatedly with both my six year old and my one year old, both of whom enjoy it in different ways!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849396876</amazonuk>any road sense. Or brakes.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Breaking the Spell: Stories of Magic Justine Avery and Mystery from ScotlandNaday Meldova|authortitle=Lari Don and Cate JamesEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=I love folk tales and fairy tales and have a vast collection from many countries and culturesCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. Finding ones from Britain however is surprisingly difficult. I must But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have at least ten Asian folktales for every British one I own. Of course we love learning about other cultures, but children should to learn about their own heritage our bodily functions just as well. While we live in Northern Ireland, the cultures of Northern Ireland and Scotland have intertwined from the first human settlements in Scotlandto learn about everything else when we are small. In fact I would argue very strenuously that one of these stories is Northern IrishWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, originating in learning about why the Tain Bo Cuailnge, but in fact, many of these stories are told in more than one place, sun and I do feel that the stories of Scotland reflect a part of our heritage as well. Whether you live in Scotland, or simply have an interest moon take turns in the heritage of this country, this book would make an excellent addition to a child's book shelf, and should be required reading within the Scottish schools.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847803423</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.
''No, No, No!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rindert Kromhout and Annemarie van Haeringen194812467X|title=Eat UpThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Little DonkeyJustine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Little Donkey won't eat 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 lunchsmart grey fur coat. He reallyAs they walk to the top of the hill, really doesnthey see a big barn with a sign outside. It't want to eat at s a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: allthe stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. SoThere are sheep and ducks and cows, without a fuss Mama Donkey packs him into the pushchair goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and off they Sam go to the parkshopping. I wonder what she has in mind What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579335</amazonuk>
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|summary=Sadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She 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|isbn=1782227741|title=The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster RaceLittle Gold Ted|author=James Thorp Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Angus Mackinnon Sasha Satha
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|summary=I really enjoyed this bookOne day, but it is pretty clear from the outset, that this book will not be everyoneGold Ted falls into a puddle. It's cup of teaquite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. I'm just waiting for it Poor Ted starts to make an appearance spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the banned or challenged books lists ( I read them regularly and get many side of my best books from them)the street. Curious George has been challenged more than once for being having a pipe Finding himself down in one illustrationthe sewer, but Weasel in this book is never without hisTed starts to panic. Coupled with the surreal, psychedelic images ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the dream like quality attention of this book - there are sure to be complaintsReg the sewer rat, but I don't think who plucks him out of the author or illustrator will mind. I can't imagine this book being written or illustrated by anyone who gives dirty water using his cane, which might look just a fig about political correctnessbit like an old cricket bat. And in all honesty, there Reg is nothing in this book that children are going to take the wrong way. The illustrations in this book are not going to make a child smoke kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a pipe anymore than they will make them try to go swimming in the fish tank. But if you prefer more mainstream children's books you might want to give this one a missnice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909428027</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B08R7LXQ9S|title=We Love You, Hugless DouglasRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=David MellingMayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=We first met [[Hugless Douglas by David Melling|Douglas]] when he was simply a bear wanting a hugRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. Since then he’s [[Hugless Douglas The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and the Big Sleep by David Melling|Brandon, have been to a sleepover ]] laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and had a few little issues in [[Don't Worry Douglas by David Melling|Don't Worry, Douglas]]has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. Now he’s returning back They are careful to his original sort of set wind upRemy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. This timeSo, instead of a hugwhen Remy reacts, he’s after someone it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don't believe him when he tries to call his best friendexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444908308</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs1471191303|author=Giles Paley-Phillips and Liz Pichon|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summarytitle=The idea of a dinosaur on a trampoline or playing football is just plain silly. After all, everyone knows dinosaurs died out yonks ago…didn’t they? Nope. No, they did not.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472319842</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Elmer and the WhalesInvisible|author=David McKee Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=Elmer and Wilbur are spending some time with Grandpa EldoThis is the story of Isobel, something lots of children will identify a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with. He tells them that her parents in his youtha house - a very cold house, this was the time of year he’d go down because her parents couldn't afford to put the coast for some Whale watching and, well, that sounds like a marvellous idea, so Elmer and Wilbur decide to try it for themselves. But it turns out there’s more to Grandpa Eldo’s story than he’s telling them, and Elmer and Wilbur soon find themselves heating on a wild adventure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939749X</amazonuk>}}:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Ten Little PiratesNick Jones and Si Clark|authortitle=Mike Brownlow and Simon RickertyOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=''Ten little piratesMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, sailing 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 sea,''<br>''Looking for adventurethe bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, happy as can bea colourful painted bear that lives at her school.''<br>''Are they hunting treasure? Are they going far?''<br>''Ten little pirates all say, 'ArrrrrrrShe even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!''|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408320037</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}