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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Squishy McFluff: the Invisible Cat!Adam Stower|authortitle=Pip JonesMurray and Bun|rating=34.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseConfident Readers |summary=Meet Ava. She's Murray is supposed to be a girl of great imagination humble, tidy and a big heartfriendly cat, one who brings an invisible cat home is able to mum one daysleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, who humours Ava by feeding it invisible food and letting whatever takes his fancy next of the two bond. But when mess gets madehe's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and mistakes about the house happencatflap they both use can chuck them out, Ava declares innocencenot into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and blames whiffs. This time round it all on the cat 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 youhe'd be surprised how many accidents can be the result of having an invisible kitten indoors…ll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0571302505</amazonuk>0008561249

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=Best Counting The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book EverOne: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Richard ScarryWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=54

|summary=There are a number When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of things I like 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 bookat home: it won't end well. One is the illustrations which are reminiscent of the Richard Scarry books of my youth) Fortunately, not surprising since this is they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a reissue ladder of a book that first hit the shelves in 1975moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They are bright and colourful, but simple too and climbed up to the restrained plain colour pallet is refreshing Tree Wee homes high up in a world of patterns the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and glitterGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007531141</amazonuk>

 {{newreview|title=A Book is a Book|author=Jenny Bornholdt and Sarah WilkinsFrontpage|ratingisbn=4B0CC9W7GLR|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Yes, children – adults lie to you. Sometimes, even in the titles of the books they make for you, like this one. A book is a door, it's great for boredom, it's fine for time up a tree, or in the bath (just not the shower). It can be borrowed, and then lent if it's a great one you enjoyed. It's certainly never the case that a book is just a book, as the title of this book would have you believe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579920</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=I am Cat (mini edition)|author=Jackie Morris|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=You're always supposed to tell when a dog is dreaming – the twitching limbs and jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is imagining himself on On the chase. Cats are, as always, a bit more secretive, but [[Beach:Category:Jackie Morris|Jackie Morris]] offers evidence here that they are more or less thinking the same thing – even the domestic moggy, curled up and closed in, is picturing a different self – one sleeking through snows, relaxing on the savannah or alertly moving through its territory. It's a very pleasant view into the mindset of cats.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805078</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Choosing CrumbleThe Winter Visitor|author=Michael Rosen Chris Green and Tony Ross (Illustrator)|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Terri- Lee wants a dog. She is positive that a dog will be the perfect pet for her and will settle for nothing else. When Terri-Lee and her mum visit the pet shop together they think that they will be choosing a dog however, Crumble, the dog, has very different ideas. He wants to be sure that his prospective owner is the perfect match for him and has a few questions of his own. Will Terri- Lee be able to convince Crumble that she should be his owner?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849395284</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Giraffe's Big Night|author=Carrie Grant and David GrantJenny Fionda|rating=3.5

|summary=To my generation, Carrie Kit and David Grant are the slightly annoying couple from Pop Idol. True story – I asked Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at Cheer home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and based building sand sculptures on my description a snowy beach when a large slab of them (her with silvery ice drifted onto the bright red hair), that’s shoreline. On top of the adjective I gotice was a polar bear. For As the ice bumped onto the next generationsand, howeverthe bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for it, they are a much loved duo from CBeebies but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and associated TV whatnot, gave him one apple and, now, then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the authors of bus and given a series of ''Jump Up good meal and Join In'' bookssomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405258373</amazonuk> What else would you do?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=ThereLet's a Wocket in my PocketCelebrate Being Different|author=Dr SeussLainey Dee

|summary=If you like made up creatures, this is Todd was excited about spending the book you needweekend with his grandmother, not least because virtually all she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of it is invented in a cuckoo, mixed up, doolally kind of waydungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. Not only is there a ''wocket'' in a pocket, but there’s also a ''wasket'' in She had promised to take him to the basket, a ''yottle'' in Friday Night Club at the bottle local community centre and ''bofa'' on the sofa Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and so onhe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different. What a funny house this boy lives in!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007487738</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=CrayonThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Simon RickertyAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5

|summary=Meet Red Elsie and Blue. They are colours who like her little brother David loved to go to colourthe park and watch the red buses drive past. Red colours 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. One day Elsie spotted a blue crayon, bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and Blue with a red onewas happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Are you keeping Gradually, David learned to stand up? Red , use the bus for support, and Blue are usually friendswalk behind it. Many decades later, but when one colours on Elsie brought the other’s pagebus, now damaged and then on rusted, to the other colour himselfRepair Shop, things get messy. And scribbly. And at one point, almost violenthoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471116794</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=Noguchi the SamuraiThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Burt Konzak Amy Sparkes and Johnny WalesKatie Hickey

|summary=Noguchi the Samurai is the story of two Samurai. Michihara is old and wise, while Noguchi is Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and brash but very powerful and strongnervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. Noguchi and Michihara both find themselves on a boat, with several very frightened passengers She needn't have worried though as Noguchi vents his anger on all around him and revels in she went to the fear he causes. While the rest home of the passengers huddled in fearMr and Mrs Russell, Michihara slept, unperturbed by the events around himwho couldn't have been kinder to her. This drove Noguchi She even had her own room - all to even greater extremes, taking a swipe with his great sword near the sleeping Samurai, who still showed no fearherself. No matter how much Nogushi tried, he could not provoke Michihara or disturb his calm Gradually she relaxed and peaceful naturebegan to enjoy her life. But She'd help Mrs Russell with the safety of others at stake as well, the quiet old man at last agrees baking and when it came to a duel. It seems like victory will be certain for Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the young and powerful Noguchi against decorations on the small and age wizened elder, but things are not always as they seemChristmas tree. I don't wish to give away exactly how this ends, but I am sure you can guess who will come out victorious. Michihara triumphs, not through might, but through wisdom. But even in victory his calm and quiet nature remain unchanged and his compassion becomes all The best surprise happened the more evident - turning an enemy into a friendfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>189555554X</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Meet the ParentsSqueakily Baby|author=Peter Bently and Sara OgilivieBeth Webb

|summary=What are parents for? Perhaps young children think that all their parents do is nag them about what they should be doing such Much as remembering mothers love their mannersbabies, tidying up and eating there's something they all their vegetablesdread - a squeakily baby. Well He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, it may be that parents do all this but they do so much more toohe just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. This lovely It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle picture book describes wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the other very important roles that parents fulfilsound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, covering everything from the slightly unusual ketchup targets la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and tent pole holders we know exactly what's going to the much loved storytellers and cuddle- givershappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857075829</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=There's a Shark in the BathA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Sarah McIntyreBriony May Smith

|summary=What would you do if you found Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a shark in your bath? Or worse still, if you found bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a whole family problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of sharks in there? As luck would have it the person who does discover her bath has been invaded by scary sea creatures is Dulcie lollipop lady at the school crossing and Dulcie is one of life’s copersdecided that she would set up something similar herself. She uses her skills Her uniform and several sneaky games in her efforts lollipop stick were both a little amateur to outwit start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the sharks in this jolly crossing and enjoyable adventureHedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>140712191X</amazonuk>Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't 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. The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=Bear, Bird and FrogBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Gwen MillwardDavid Elliott|rating=4.5

|summary=Bear and Bird are friends who live together. They have an exciting day planned but when Frog shows up unannounced, Bear is surprised and momentarily forgets what they had been going to do. Like I love a good friend, even to those who drop round without warning, he invites Frog in for tea and cake and they have a chat. Bird board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a little bored, to be honest. He’s waiting niche market: it's for them to go out, him and Bearthe child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but Bear seems has mastered sufficient language skills to have forgotten all about itrealise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. In We have the end, it’s Bear elephant who dons a tutu - and Frog becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who go out, leaving Bird behindhas had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. Bird The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is really a bit upset ''crynoceros'' (think about the way he thinks they’re treating him, and even when Bear and Frog try to include him he’s it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a bit too proud and so stays away''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405266805</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!

''It'll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand.''}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Monkey BusinessOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and David WojtowyczCordellya Smith|rating=54

|summary=We’re on Noah’s Ark and all When the animals are hereworld was made, from the snakes to 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 lions to present ''and'' the crocodilesfuture. There are two of everyone Rabbit developed intelligence - but, of courseunfortunately, though randomly there only appears not the ability to be one monkey, Charlie Chatteruse it well. And uh, oh. He’s lost his potty! Now Charlie Chatter is a bit big He liked to be going on the potty, so the trick other animals, and Noah, try . He was also jealous which was how he came to convince him to try the loo instead, extolling its virtues, explaining how much fun it can bein a race with Turtle. Charlie Chatter remains unconvinced though, You might think that's not a fair contest but when his potty fails to reappear his has a troubling choice to makewait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408313782</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Rules of SummerRob Keeley|authortitle=Shaun TanCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=''Rules of Summer'' is not one of those books that Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is ever likely keen to earn the blanket recommendation ''One explain how good they are for every child's bookshelf''you and how nice to eat. This book is not for every childOne day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. For some it could be the stuff of nightmares. But for those children who have grown bored Infuriated, Lily checks with the pedestrian banality of many of the books on the high streetteacher, for children with a vivid imagination who are not too easily frightenedexplains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, this book can be pure magic. It is a story of friendshiplike carrots, of grow in the relationship between brothersground. Jordan says, of anger and rivalry, and also of love and redemption"I did try to tell her, told with minimal text Miss!" and the beautiful surreal imagery of Tan's paintingseveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0734410670</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreview<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- 13/12 -->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!}} {{Frontpage|author=Dom Conlon Justine Avery and Carl PughNaday Meldova|title=Tommy Tickletail: A Tall TaleEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Sophie and Sam are on a midnight missionToots, trumps, farts. It's Whatever your word for them, find us a long time since supper and theychild that doesn're both hungryt find them irresistibly funny. Obviously a trip Funny to see what's in talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the fridge (they've got high expectations) is essential but there are dangers to overcomewrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. ItJustine Avery's dark. They really 'latest entry in her 'shouldn'tEverybody Potties!'' be raiding the fridge series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and - most frightening of all - there's Tommy Tickletail who has a body twelve feet long gently and sleeps under calmly, with the kitchen tablefamiliar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. TheyEverybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''ve got to get to the fridge without waking the monster - or who knows what the consequences will be?!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>B00H53FGMM</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dom Conlon and Nicola AndersonB09BG8V3Q6|title=I Am A Giant Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Tiny the GiantEverybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=Tiny knew that he was a giant. In fact you couldn't help thinking that he was a little bit cross about the fact that he had to keep telling people. He'd shake his fists and roar Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!''is the latest release in the 'I AM A GIANT'Everybody Potties!''series from Justine Avery. Proof was important, This series of course and the first step was fun picture books aims to measure his shadow, which he did when take the sun was low - but pain out of potty training children and replace it wasn't just one stepwith some fun. It was many and his shadow still ran on ahead of him. Off he went to 's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell the world, but the mountains were, well, dismissive and the tall trees whispered about it amongst themselves before they rejected what he had to sayyou. The wind didn't agree either - and went on and on about it until Tiny ran away to the sea.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00H3PYDC6</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=Max When Fred the Snake Got Squished and the Won't Go To Bed ShowMended|author=Mark Sperring and Sarah WarburtonPeter Cotton

|summary=Prepare Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to unleash your inner Barnum with ‘Max and the Won’t Go To Bed Show’be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. You don’t read this book – But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you perform ita bit more about Fred. So, what’s it all Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about? Wellsnakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, if you give me to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a drum roll (PLEASE!) … I will tell youwalk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007468393</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=A Deal's a DealJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=Stephanie BlakeEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=There is always that stageCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, with childrenas any parent will tell you. But really, where they always seem why shouldn't it be? We all have to want whatever someone learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else has gotwhen we are small. I think it lasts until they areWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, wellsay, learning about thirty seven?! Here we see why the beginnings of envy with Simon, our little rabbit friend from [[Stupid Baby by Stephanie Blake|Stupid Baby]]. He's off to play with his friend Ferdinand, sun and he takes along three cars - a yellow car, a green car and a blue car. But then, of course, Ferdinand has a red car...the moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1877579831</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=It's Time to Say GoodnightJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=Harriet Ziefert and BarrouxNo, No, No!|rating=3.54

|summary=When a little boy wakes up happy and decides to They say 'Good morning' to everything he sees he probably doesn't realise the task he has set himselfbest picture books are the simplest ones. IndeedAnd nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, after saying 'Good morning' to twenty-plus things around him it seems it's now time to say 'Good night'!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609053745</amazonuk>}}a Bookbag favourite.

{{newreview|title=Alphaprints ABC|author=Jo Ryan and Sarah Powell|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A is for Alternative. B is for Bright. C is for Charming. D for Delight. Well, that’s my opinion of the alphabet board book ''Alphaprints ABCNo, No, No!'' – take it from me, is based around the actual rhymes are better!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849159424</amazonuk>}}simplest text imaginable.

{{newreview|title=Asterix and the Picts|author=Jean-Yves Ferri, Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo and Didier Conrad|rating=5|genre=Graphic Novels|summary=I've never been entirely certain if Asterix was written for children or adults. I am quite certain children were the original target audience, but it is equally apparent that many of the jokes are thrown in for adults as well. It does seem as if more adults are buying Asterix than children now'No, and comics in general have been taken over by the adult consumerno, but Asterix still has plenty to offer the younger reader as well. If it is perhaps a bit more sophisticated than the average children's book todayno! Okay, all the betterokay. I'm all for children's books that are light and easy to readYes, but I think we are doing our children a disservice by filtering out any book with a more complex vocabulary or a fair number of unfamiliar wordsyou may. My children did find a few words like ''solidarity'', ''fraternise'' and ''diaphanous'' challenging, but if we don't challenge them at all - how will they learn?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444011677</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|title=The Snow Queen|author=Hans Christian Andersen and P J Lynch (Illustrator)|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Determined heroine Gerda has a series of adventures on her journey to find her friend Kay after he has been spirited away by the Snow Queen to live in her palace of ice. 'The Snow Queen' is one of Hans Christian Andersen’s less disturbing fables with a message about the power of love and true friendship. No heart wrenching deaths like 'The Little Match GirlThat's it! But, no tortured longing like 'The Little Mermaid'all the best picture books, it has the benefit this tiny snippet of text is a happy ending. And, in contrast to veritable tardis - so many traditional tales where much bigger on the hero is usually male, its star is a lively girl who rescues her friend against all inside that it appears on the oddsoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842709011</amazonuk>1638820457

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=194812467X|title=While He Was SleepingThe Farm Shop|author=Ayano ImaiDevon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|summary=Who needs friends when you have Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a fine walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart hat? Not Mr Browngrey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see a bear big barn with a strong sense of style but a lack of companionssign outside. He can please himself. So he does, until It's a determined woodpecker decides that Mr Brown’s hat farm shop! But this is prime real estate to house him a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and a flock of his feathered friendscustomers are farmyard animals. Mr Brown quickly grows to like his new tenants. His hat attracts imitators howeverThere are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, the birds choose only himand even some mice. When winter comesExcited, the birds depart Kirelle and Mr Brown goes in to hibernationSam go shopping. Will he hear their singing again What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881595584</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Song of Sadie and the Golden HareSea Dogs|author=Jackie MorrisMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5

|summary=If you buy one picture book this year, make it this one. Not because it’s a good story, or because you know Sadie's mother always said that she was a child who would love it (both sound reasons)dreamer, but because it is also a stunning work of arther mind never on what she should be doing. The pictures are full of carefully observed wildlife She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and glorious colours. Every inch adds she loves to the telling of the talespend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804500</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|title=A Mammoth ''When all the houses cowered in the Fridgegloom,''<br>|author=Michael Escoffier and Matthieu Maudet''To the Maritime Museum''. |rating=5 |genre=For Sharing|summary=Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day, Noah opens she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the fridge closing bell and finds the attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that there is she could never have imagined in a mammoth inside! His dad tells him not to be sillyworld of dolphins, pirates, but when he mermaids and mum open the fridge to check there, indeed, is a very large mammoth, squashed up inside! Whatever will they do to get him out?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579157</amazonuk>treasure.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1782227741|title=A Treasury of Fairy TalesLittle Gold Ted|author=Helen CresswellVanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha

|summary=Once upon a timeOne day, in Gold Ted falls into a village not so far away, puddle. It's quite a mother deep puddle and her son received a parcel. In that parcel was ‘A Treasury of Fairy Tales’, kindly sent by the publisher Harper Collinswater is swirling. They curled up on the sofa Poor Ted starts to spin around and started to read… would they be enchanted?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007546513</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Octopus's Garden|author=Ringo Starr around and Ben Cort|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This is sucked down a beautifully illustrated book which takes drain on the readers into a lovely world side of fantasythe street. There is no story Finding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to speak ofpanic. The text of this book consists only of the lyrics to The Beatles song ''Octopus'sOH HELP ME PLEASE'' ''Garden'' from their 1969 album - Abbey Road. I loved this song as a very young child, he cries and I always felt this was written for childrenalerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, at least on some level. I used to close my eyes listen to who plucks him out of the words as I pictured the Octopus and dirty water using his enchanted gardencane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. It Reg is the only song, to my knowledge written solely by Ringo, a kind soul and he dries Ted off and the last song which featured Ringo as the lead vocalistwarms him up with a nice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471120074</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B08R7LXQ9S|title=ChristmasRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Dick BrunaMayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|summary=Dick Bruna’s picture book ‘Christmas’ tells the story of Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the nativity in his own inimitable mannerother kids are around. Drawn in his archetypal Miffy styleSo, when Remy reacts, this tale sweetly captures it looks as though he was the spirit instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and meaning of the seasonteachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471121127</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1471191303|title=PongoThe Invisible|author=Jesse HodgsonTom Percival|rating=4.5

|summary=The rainforest This is not all it’s cracked up to be. It may be the story of Isobel, a beautiful and important eco system but one of the residents is not little girl who made a happy apebig difference. Pongo the orangutan is wet and lonely. He lives Isobel lived with her parents in the depths of the forest and yearns for the warmth of the sun. He’s heard it’s bright and orange, just like him, so he sets out to find it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263095</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Red Sledge|author=Lita Judge|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=In the middle of a snowy winter, house - a child leaves his red sledge leaning against the wall of his very cold house overnight. Little does he know that , because her parents couldn't afford to put the woodland creatures have their eye heating on it for some midnight fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849397937</amazonuk>}}:

{{newreview|title=Barbapapa's Voyage|author=Annette Tison and Talus Taylor|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=In [[Barbapapa by Annette Tison 'Ice curled across the inside of the window and Talus Taylor|Barbapapa]], we were introduced to a friendly, pink, shape-shifting blob who used his special talents to help the local townsfolk, who hailed him as crept up the new town hero. However, despite having lots corner of human friends, our pink protagonist is looking decidedly off-colour at the beginning of this sequelbedpost. It seems that being the only one of your species is a pretty lonely affair and poor Barbapapa is longing for a ''Barbamama'' to share his life with.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408330725</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|title=I Love You Too|author=Michael Foreman|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It’s bedtime and you know what that means. Little Bear is tucked up cozy in bed and Dad’s just finishing reading his story. It’s time The family didn't go to sleep… the cinema or is it? Little Bear seems a bit too awake on holidays but they had each other and every time Dad makes a move to go, Little Bear tells him how much he loves himthey were happy. And it’s Then the day came when they couldn''A Lot''. He loves him more than all t afford the toys, more than all rent for the birds in the trees house and they had to move to the stars in far side of the skycity. More than… well, you get This part of the picture. It’s very sweetcity was cold, but it is bedtime sad and lonely and, you know, Dad’s looking rather tired himselfIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849397651</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=All Thought The NightNick Jones and Si Clark|authortitle=John Ceiriog HughesOne Night in Beartown|rating=2.54

|summary=‘All Through the Night’ Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is based on Berisford, a choral stapleteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, beloved she looks out of male voice choirs across the world. It’s an interesting her bedroom window and intriguing choice of verse says goodnight to interpret as an illustrated children’s bookthe bear statue outside. Many children need some reassurance as they head Every morning she says hello to bed at nightBee Bear, but does this publication work as a book to share to send them to sleep?colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1927018099</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}

{{newreview|title=The Bear in the Book|author=Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben |rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Readers of my reviews may be aware that I am quite partial Move on to stories about bears. I jumped at the chance to read this one. It has that wonderful picture of a smiling black bear on the cover after all - who could resist?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849397619</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]