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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Your Hand in My HandAdam Stower|authortitle=Mark Sperring Murray and Britta TeckentrupBun|rating=34.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=When I was young my Mum always wanted me Murray is supposed to come over for be a lean or hold her hand if we were walkinghumble, 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. I would be asked how much I loved her and I would reply, But he's a bad magician'This Much'' whilst stretching 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 my arms as far as they would go, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. It seems that my Mum This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was quite a sentimental person, so this book would to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have been perfect for her to read to me before bed.do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408333163</amazonuk>0008561249
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=Baker CatThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Posy SimmondsWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Poor cat! All day long he works When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the mean baker and his equally unpleasant wife in Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the bakerySour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, mixingspewing hot, baking, chopping, slicing and sweeping while the baker grumblessour milk from his nostrils. Then (Please don't try this at night the exhausted cathome: it won't end well.) Fortunately, without any supperthey were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, is expected they escaped. They climbed up to catch the mice that run riot Tree Wee homes high up in the storeroom. Unfortunately he is not a particularly successful mouse catcher. Eventually the poor cattangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, denied even a name by his miserable owners, becomes thin, sad Nester Nook and weepy and slumps in despair. It is then that the mice take pity on him and concoct a clever plan to help himGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441054</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=Hooray for HatOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Brian WonChris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=45
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|summary=Helping someone is a great way Kit and Teal were just beginning to make them feel good and what wonder whether it was better way to do this than providing be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a novelty hat? large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. I can think On top of the ice was a few things myselfpolar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, but the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for Elephantit, Zebra, Turtle but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the rest of their pals; hat-giving is the joy de jourbus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441763</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=The Oxford Treasury of Nursery RhymesLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Sarah Williams and Karen KingLainey Dee
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|summary=When it comes to nursery rhymesTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, what you learn at your Mother’s knee as a baby is gospelnot least because she made the best beetle juice. Recently I have expanded my repertoire courtesy He packed two pairs of Cheshire libraries excellent rhyme time activities, but at heart I still can't quite come dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to terms with the librarian saying 'washed ''Friday Night Club at the spider'' out local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as opposed he wanted to my mum’s washed ''poor Incey'' out'make new friends. SadlyAt home, Williams’ his only friend was his mum and King’s compendium ''The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes'' doesn’t take my Mum’s side in thishe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192738666</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=SnowThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Walter de la MareAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=This is Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the 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. One day Elsie spotted a classic poem bus in the toy shop window which has been brought would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to life in a lovely picture book which is perfect pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the run up to Christmas bus for support, and close afterwalk behind it. It captures perfectly Many decades later, Elsie brought the sense of joy around Christmas for young childrenbus, now damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571305571</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=Dinosaur Poo!The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Christyan Fox Amy Sparkes and Diane FoxKatie Hickey|rating=3.5
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|summary=There are two things that I find are always popular topics Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when it comes she got to young children; dinosaurs, and pooher final destination. This book takes that very much She needn't have worried though as she went to the next level in this rhyming book home of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all about dinosaur pooto herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. It does what She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it says came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the tinChristmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277029</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Winnie's Big Bad RobotSqueakily Baby|author=Valerie Thomas and Korky PaulBeth Webb|rating=4.5
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|summary=Winnie the Witch is Much as mothers love their babies, there's something of an institution in children’s literature these daysthey all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and with good reason''wails''. From The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the very first book waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in the series Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul managed - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to capture have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a wonderful sense of fun, mischief seagull '''shouts''' and adventure. This addition we know exactly what's going to the series is no exceptionhappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192738720</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=On Sudden HillA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Linda Sarah and Benji Davies (Illustrator)Briony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Birt and Etho are best friendsPhilippa 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. They spend hours together playing Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on Sudden Hill. Usually they play with large cardboard boxes imagining that they are pirates, or soldiers or maybe kings but always they are her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the best benefits of friendsthe lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Then one day another Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little boy, Shu, brings his box amateur to Sudden Hill and asks if he can play too. The three boys sit in their boxes together and imagine that they are dragon slayers or skyscraper dancers start with but Birt feels strangethe benefits were obvious. He misses All the two-by-two rhythm he had shared with Etho. Can animals used the boys make crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a friendship of two become three?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471119289</amazonuk>safe path overnight.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Zanib Mian and Laura Ewing Ferrer1776574338|title=Never too SmallLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=There was once a young boy Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who didnlive at the top of tower blocks don't try even need to do things because he felt that he was too smallgo downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, but he was lucky. isn't it? He had What could be a good friend and that friend wrote him a letter more fun way of going to tell him that people are never too small, or too big, or too old to try something new. school? There was also is a little girl and she was afraid of the darkproblem, though. It was her brother who wrote her a letter to tell her that Leilong isn't happy in the city: he would 's always having to be there for her. There was the boy who wouldncareful about where he puts his feet and – because he't try new things to eat, the young girl who was afraid of heights, s longer than a boy who was terrified about going tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to school and a girl who was frightened of spiderstraffic regularly gets snarled up. They all had The school decides that special someone who took he can't be the time to write them the letter which gave them the confidence to overcome their fearsbus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956419658</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=Bing: Make MusicBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Ted DewanDavid Elliott|rating=3.54
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|summary=I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee''Round is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the cornerchild who still enjoys board books (er, Not far away…see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can '' These are the play'' with words I hear in my living room most afternoons followed by 6 minutes and 30 seconds of silence make something quite different from my boyeach one. I could take advantage We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and get on becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with some urgent tasks but, truth be told, I’m happy to snuggle up yellow duck) and drink in the rich artwork that then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is Bing Bunny brought to life on CBeebies. Unusually, Bing on the box was born out of Bing the book. Also, unusually, my local library have no Bing books so a ''Bing: Make Musiccrynoceros'' was my first experience of the Bingster (as he is known to his fansthink about it!) confined to paper. There The pelican who sits on the first page, just like on CBeebies, were the magic opening words followed by… his potty changes into a ''Bing’s been bongo- ing all daysm.......''. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007515421</amazonuk> OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Quentin Blake1838226834|title=The Five of UsCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=Five friends set off on It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing, complete with yellow bus and sandwichesour grandparents. There was Angie who could see a sparrow from five miles away. Ollie could hear it sneeze. Simona and Mario were so strong that they could lift anything. They were 're there to undo all amazing. Then there was Ericthe good that parents do, but Eric wasn't quite certain if he excelled at anythingso the trips out were always so much fun. Big Eddie A young boy was driving going to the bus and after they had eaten their sandwiches Big Eddie suddenly took a funny turn. What were The Five to do? Well, they set off carnival with Simona and Mario carrying Eddie (andhis Grandad, by gosh, he is big) but suddenly they came to the banks of a big river - and this was when Eric discovered exactly why he is amazing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849763046</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Foxy and Egg|author=Alex T Smith|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Long-time lovers of thebookbag.co.uk may find something familiar about the tale of Foxy DeBois who invites a young egg into her house for a meal. What can this sense of déjà vu be? More than likely you read the earlier review by our own Keith Dudhnath on [[Egg by Alex T Smith|Egg]]. With the success of Foxy in the intervening years, the book has been renamed and re-released, but does it remain as fun?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444920928</amazonuk>}}told him:
{{newreview|title=You Can Do ''It'll be brilliant, just remember, Bert!|author=Ole Konnecke|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's very rare that I get my hands on a Gecko Press picture book and find I don't like it. They seem to publish lots let go of unusual, entertaining books that become firm favourites on our bookshelvesmy hand. This one is no exception. Bert is a plump little birdie, standing on a branch, facing his big day. Can he? Will he? Should he jump?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271037</amazonuk>''
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Betty Goes BananasOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Steve AntonyCordellya Smith
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|summary=This is When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a simple, repetitive book with protector. Water Spider received a circular tale: Betty wants something, she doesn’t get it and strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so she cries that he could see the present ''and kicks and screams until someone helps her'' the future. If that makes you think that tantrums are being rewarded, in a way you’d be right, Rabbit developed intelligence - but Mr Toucan, her repeated saviourunfortunately, is keen not the ability to show her how use it well. He liked to do things rather than just do them for hertrick other animals. Teach a man He was also jealous which was how he came to fish and he’ll never go hungry, teach be in a chimp to peel race with Turtle. You might think that's not a banana fair contest but wait and she’ll be happy, for a while at leastsee. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192738151</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The New Small PersonRob Keeley|authortitle=Lauren ChildCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=Elmore Green is an only child Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and very happy about it he aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is tookeen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, thank you very muchwho tells her that carrots grow on trees. And then a small person arrives Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in his house and everything is just wrongthe ground. What is he supposed Jordan says, "I did try to do?tell her, Miss! The small person gets bigger, " and Elmore just isn’t sure how he is supposed to deal with iteveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0723293619</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=This Book Just Ate My DogYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Richard ByrneJustine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=Bella decides to take her dog for a walk across ''For the page of this very naughty bookbig, grownup girls out there, when what does the book do? It eats her dogpotty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties! The cheek" is a cry (the big-girl kind! Various people ) of toilet triumph and vehicles go in after it, but none of them come back out again! Therepersevering panty pride.''s nothing for it, Bella will just have to sort it out herself...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192737287</amazonuk>}}
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|summary=Where Bear? is a delightful picture book that is sure to charm. A bear and a boy live happily together but both baby bears and baby boys grow up, and over time the bear grows too big for the human-sized house. Sad to lose his friend, but determined to find a nice new home for him, the boy offers up suggestion after suggestion. Some bears live in zoos, or forests or perform in a circus. What about one of those places? With each ''No'' from the bear comes a defeated response from our boy ''Then where bear?''
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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= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=You Are Everybody Toots! (NotEverybody Potties!) Small|author=Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant
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|summary=Meet little purple critterToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. He Funny to talk about and joke about, that is small. Big orange critter tells him soBut horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. And indeedIn class, he is smaller than big orange crittersay, just a fraction of his sizewhen everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. But waitAt you. What if he’s not smallJustine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, but big orange critter is with the weirdo? What familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is he’s big? Did you ever think of that, Mr big orange critterperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|isbn= B09C2RVJ2W}} {{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies?Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1444918303</amazonuk>''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=The SomethingWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Rebecca CobbPeter Cotton
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|summary=Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'The Something'm getting ahead of myself: I' d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is one a snake and even those of those great books which instantly captures your imagination with us who have a very simple ideaphobia about snakes are going to warm to him. The premise is that He arrived as a boy loses his ball when it falls down present in a small hole underneath the cherry tree in his back garden. What box with holes so that he could be inside breathe and immediately became part of the hole? He asks his friends and family and , to the extent that they all come up would take Fred out with lots of different suggestions, but will he ever find them when they went out what it actually is?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230764827</amazonuk>for a walk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Digby Dog Delivers: A Search Justine Avery and Find BookNaday Meldova|authortitle=Tor FreemanEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Digby Dog is off on his roundsCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, delivering the postas any parent will tell you. But he might need some help finding the people his parcels really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are forsmall. Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, can you help himsay, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230770886</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.
{{newreview|title=Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons|author=Eric Litwin and James Dean|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Pete the Cat has put his favourite shirt on''No, No, you know No!'' is based around the one, with four groovy buttons? And he loves itsimplest text imaginable. But what happens when those buttons start to fall off one by one?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007553676</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=Smelly Louie|author=Catherine Rayner|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Louie is a smelly dog''No, until his owner gives him a bathno, no! Okay, okay. Yes, you may. Suddenly everything is wrong and Louie doesn't smell like himself any more. Will he be able to find his own smell again? Let's hope so!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230742505</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=The ScarecrowsThat' Wedding|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are going to get marrieds it! But, in fact they're going to have like all the best wedding yetpicture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the wedding inside that no one will ever forget. So they make a wedding list and set off around the farm to find it appears on the things they needoutside. Harry goes off on his own to find pink flowers, but the question is will he be back in time for the wedding?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1407144413</amazonuk>1638820457
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=194812467X|title=Bear and Bee: Too BusyThe Farm Shop|author=Sergio RuzzierDevon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=3.54
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|summary=Bear 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 trying perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to do lots the top of fun thingsthe hill, but theysee a big barn with a sign outside. It'd s a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all be much more fun if only his friendthe stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, Beegoats and chickens, would join inand even some mice. Bee, howeverExcited, has other ideas Kirelle and is just too busy to roll down hills or climb up treesSam go shopping. When Bee is finished and wants to play with Bear, Bear is trying to sleep!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1423159616</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=Ten Little Princesses|author=Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ten little princesses are going to a ball, but not all of them may get there. There are lots of distractions between the castle and the dance floor. Some of them are less than pleasant, like the scary monsters or the poison apple, not to mention the huffing, puffing big bad wolf (can see a familiar theme emergingWhat will they buy?) Others are much more enticing, like a frog just begging to be kissed or a charming prince (on a skateboard, no less).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408330105</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=WolfmanSadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Michael Rosen Maureen Duffy and Chris MouldAnita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=People are panicking. The police are afraid. The army have run away. Who or Sadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what could possibly she should be so scary? It’s Wolf Mandoing. And he’s on She lives by the looseRiver Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123748</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|title=Lord of ''When all the houses cowered in the Forestgloom,''<br>|author=Caroline Pitcher and Jackie Morris''To the Maritime Museum''. |rating=5 |genre=For Sharing|summary=Everything in Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the forest is exciting oceans on an ancient sailing ship and new for little tiger as he explores the world around himwent back regularly. His mother has told him of The Lord of One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the Forest one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and so he watches, listens missed the closing bell and waits in the hope of discovering who this mysterious animal may beattendant's warning shout. As time passes he grows puzzled and starts to ask the other animals such as the Rhino, When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the Elephant and the Peacock who The Lord midst of the Forest is and each an adventure that she could never have imagined in turn claims that it is he. The tiger does not believe them and continues his search. It is not until the tiger is fully grown with a mate world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and cubs of his own that he finally discovers the identity of the beast he has been searching fortreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805469</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1782227741|title=I Heart HolidaysLittle Gold Ted|author=Clara VulliamyVanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=Martha and her bunny brothers are going on holiday to the seaside and itOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's charming. They’re in quite a vintage camper van, deep puddle and while a traffic jam holds them up a bit, they're soon on the beach and ready to swim. Well, Martha water isswirling. But the boys don't want Poor Ted starts to so instead they have sandcastle building competitions, spin around and a picnic around and is sucked down a paddle and some ice creamsdrain on the side of the street. Every time Martha mentions Finding himself down in the seasewer, a new plan emergesTed starts to panic. Will anyone ever go in ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with her?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000741921X</amazonuk>a nice bowl of broth.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B08R7LXQ9S|title=DanloriaRemy: The Secret Forest of Germania A book about believing in yourself|author=Gloria D GonsalvesMayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Stan loves to go for walks in the forest of Danloria, located in the seven hills of GermaniaRemy is feeling miserable. He goes with his father almost every day. One particular day, Stan's father is ill in bed and canlet himself down ''again't take him out. And that's when Fern appears. Stan notices the plant waving to The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and can't help has small eyes. They are mean but investigatethey are not stupid. Fern has an invitation for Stan. He wants They are careful to take wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him to just that little bit further when the secret parts of the forestother kids are around. So, to a party. Stan has a fabulous timewhen Remy reacts, meeting all it looks as though he was the plants instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and finding out about the various ways in which they benefit humanity. The following spring, Stan is racking his brains to think of the perfect gift for his motherteachers don's fortieth birthday party t believe him when Fern appears again. More friends of the forest supply presents more wonderful than Stan could ever have dreamed of. A firm friendship ensueshe tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1491876964</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1471191303|title=Busiest People EverThe Invisible|author=Richard ScarryTom Percival
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|summary=I suspect lots This is the story of us grown ups feel Isobel, a certain amount of nostalgia when we come across little girl who made a Richard Scarry bookbig difference. He has such a distinctive style that you recognise it immediately and find yourself hunting for Huckle the pig and Lowly worm. This book tells us all about Busytown and the different things that are going on there. I actually didn't get to read the story properly until I sat down to write this review because although this has become a firm favourite Isobel lived with my two year old son he has no patience for the story and instead just wants to spend all his time looking at all the many, many different kinds of vehicles there are throughout the book!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000754636X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Following the Tractor|author=Susan Steggall|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=There's only one thing that you need to know about this book and that's that it is about a tractor. Not sold? Well, your under five will be but her parents in case you require further persuasion, try this out for size. The tractor is red and appears on every page and on one page (could there be more joy?), there is also a blue tractor and house - a green combine harvester. I've yet to meet a child who doesnvery cold house, because her parents couldn't like a tractor. My local rhyme time librarian introduced a toy for each verse of Old McDonald then had afford to invest in additional vehicles for put the tractor round as it was less 'brrmm brrmm here' more 'toddler fisticuffs there'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804896</amazonuk>}}heating on:
{{newreview|title=I Don't Want To Go To School|author=Stephanie Blake|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Simon is a rabbit. A cheeky rabbit. So when his mum tells him he’s starting school in 'Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the morning, he doesn’t accept thisbedpost. He answers back. ''I’m not going'' he says. And while at first it seems he’s just being stubborn, over night the truth comes out: he’s actually a little bit scared.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579041</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=The Sheep in Wolffamily didn's Clothing|author=Bob Hartman|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=From the Montagues and the Capulets t go to the Sharks cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. Then the Jets, there are some groups who just canday came when they couldn't mix without fireworks resulting. A sheep making friends with a Wolf was never going to end well. ''The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing'' tells afford the rent for the tale of one little lamb who decides house and they had to go move to Wolf school. She's bored of the day to day routine far side of being a sheep. The daily dips, the badminton playing, the endless knittingcity. Mum's knitting comes in handy though as a wolf suit flies off her needles. This enables Little Sheeppart of the city was cold, suitably disguised, to trot off to Wolf School sad and lonely and learn that it's ok to be friends with someone who is outwardly quite different to yourself..Isobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745965156</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Dinosaurs are Having a Party!Nick Jones and Si Clark|authortitle=Gareth P Jones and Garry ParsonsOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=You've hired the clown, there appears to be enough food Many children have an obsession and goodie bags for everyoneSandy Lane, but have you made one fatal mistake? Is the venue big enoughwho lives in Beartown, this is after all obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a party for dinosaursteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. 'The Dinosaurs are Having a Party!’ tells Every night, she looks out of one such party fully populated by our extinct friends; apart from one small boy her bedroom window and his dogsays goodnight to the bear statue outside. Everything at the party appears Every morning she says hello to be fineBee Bear, but where is the food?a colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1783440376</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]