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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mick InkpenAdam Stower|title=Kipper's ToyboxMurray and Bun
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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=There are things in life that make you feel old; when Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the last Premiership footballer born two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the same year as you retirescatflap they both use can chuck them out, or when their arresting officer looks like they don’t even shavenot into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. The fact that Kipper This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is over 25 years old makes me feel my age; this collection of books always felt a little ageless expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and classic. The new 25 year anniversary releases look he'll have to cement this.do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444923773</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Zurine Aguirre1732898766|title=Sardines The Adventures of LoveBirpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=This is a love story about Lolo When we first meet Birpus and Lola, and grandfather and grandmother whose Bulbus they're running for their lives revolve around sardines (stay with me!) in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. Lolo goes out fishing for sardinesHe's right behind them, and loves to eat sardinesspewing hot, whilst Lola sour milk from his wife runs a shop selling sardinesnostrils. Lola doesn(Please don't try this at home: it won't like to eat sardinesend well.) Fortunately, but she happily cooks they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them for her husband, albeit with a peg on her nose because of they escaped. They climbed up to the smell! But one day, Tree Wee homes high up in the unthinkable happenstangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Lola finds that she has run out of sardines for LoloGranny Cranny. What will she do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846437261</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tim WarnesB0CC9W7GLR|title=I Love You to On the Moon Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and BackJenny Fionda
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|summary=I do love Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of the ice was a good polar bear story. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the bears in this one are wonderfully appealingice. Sweetly drawn, in Kit was all for making a gentlerun for it, loving story, this is a perfect 'winding-down' storybut Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. It's loaded with sentiment (I'm sure I'd He obviously needed to be crying if I were pregnant!) taken home on the bus and given a good meal and is just very sweet somewhere to share with small, snuggly, just out of the bath toddlers|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869069X</amazonuk>sleep. What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien1913839656|title=Hoot Owl, Master of DisguiseLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=As quick as a shooting starTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, like a wolf in not least because she made the air, who could it be? It’s Hoot Owl! And Hoot Owl is hungrybest beetle juice. Owls are well known for being wise, but what people don’t know is that Hoot Owl is also the Master He packed two pairs of Disguise; a skill which he’s going dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to use show his grandmother. She had promised to use take him to get himself some dinnerthe Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. The question is At home, will it work? And what will his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be eating for dinner? I don’t think you’ll . Grandma thought that it might be able to guess..because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406348414</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Copus and Eunyoung Seo1529504775|title=The Hog, the Shrew and the Hullabaloo Toy Bus (A Harry The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Lil Story)Katie Hickey
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|summary=Harry Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the hog is buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just trying standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to get use the coins from her money box to sleeppay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, when he hears a terrifying noise outside. It frightens him so much that he has David learned to call his best friend Lil stand up, use the shrew over to try bus for support, and help him find out what the noise waswalk behind it. As Many decades later, Elsie brought the night goes onbus, they hear many a wild thingnow damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, but none of hoping that the noises are what Harry heardexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it. Will they ever find out what it was? Will they ever get any sleep? You’ll just have to read and see for yourself!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571316964</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric Litwin and James Dean1529504767|title=Pete the Cat Rocking in My School ShoesThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=My love of Pete the Cat is well documented here at The Bookbag, as I’ve previously reviewed two of his adventures. This latest title, Pete the Cat Rocking Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in My School Shoes hasn’t let me down, 1939 and I think it’s great. Pete is going to school, which can nervous about how she would be a bit scary, especially greeted when you’re having she got to do lots her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of new thingsMr and Mrs Russell, like go who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the library or eat in decorations on the lunch roomChristmas tree. Is Pete scared? Goodness no, he’s rocking, reading and eating in his school shoes The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000755365X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julie Fulton and Elina Ellis1916459943|title=Daniel O'Dowd Was Ever So LoudSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Daniel O’Dowd is ever Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so loudtired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, which shouldn’t come as a shock he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to any help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you given that have the book is called Daniel O’Dowd was Ever So Loudsound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay. Much ..'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his teacher’s dismay, Daniel never listens eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to a word she says because he’s too busy being loud!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861184</amazonuk>happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Meeuwissen140639131X|title=Remarkable AnimalsA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Can I introduce you Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Ally-Topus? He’s Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn'powerful enough t a bird to drag sit back on her tail feathers when there was a man in to water'', likes 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 little amateur to ''hover over fragrant flowers'' start with but seems the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to be ''extremely shy'provide a safe path overnight.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=Leilong' s Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=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''almost impossible t even need to keep in captivitygo downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn'. Sound familiar? Maybe t it would help to describe the accompanying picture – an alligator’s head, a bird’s body and a platypus tail. Still don’t recognise him? Maybe we can try another animal. What about the Pleevillar? The By-Tollar? Nocould be a more fun way of going to school? I’d best stop thereThere is a problem, though. There are one thousand creatures Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he'Remarkable Animals'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' so we could t be here rather a long timethe bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806325</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan Litton and Kasia Nowowiejska1776574028|title=Cheep Cheep Pop-Up Fun (Little Snappers)Bumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=The animals on the farm are in I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a playful mood and some of them are hiding. Duck knows that thereniche market: it's a dotty animal playing peek-a-moo behind for the tractorchild who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but who is it? Lift the flap and we has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can all see that it's laughing cow, 'play'' with her head popping right out to greet uswords and make something quite different from each one. Someone is playing We have the same game with ginger cat elephant who dons a tutu - and there's an becomes a ''awfulballetphant'' lot of mud around. Who can it be? Well, when you move the mud out of the way The buffalo who has had a bath (doncomplete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo't worry - it's . The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a flap - rubber gloves are not required''crynoceros'' (think about it!) we can see that it The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......''s piglet OK, wholet's having a wonderful time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848574355</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway1838226834|title=Egg: An Egg-Citing Easter Eggs-Capade! (My Little World)Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=There's a big hole in the front It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They''Egg'' and - curiously - it's egg-shaped. Behind this hole and on every page re there's another egg-shaped hole and they get smaller and smaller leaving a neat shape which you could easily balance on egg into undo all the good that parents do, so the trips out were always so much fun. The colours shout A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him: ''SPRINGIt'll be brilliant, just remember, don' and in case you are in any doubt wet let go of my hand.'re told it's ''An eggs-citing Easter egg-scapade!'' You get the idea?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848959656</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Tracy Gunaratnam Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Marta CostaHare|titleauthor=Preposterous RhinocerosCordellya Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Reading is easy! When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. You may say Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that, after all you are reading this very revieweven fire could not burn. However, if you Owl had never read a book before excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and someone gave you one, would you know what to do? '' the future. When King Lion loses his voiceRabbit developed intelligence - but, Preposterous Rhinoceros thinks he can helpunfortunately, but not the ability to use it takes more than just hope to read a book aloudwell. Will Rhino figure out what He liked to do before the trick other animals get restless?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861656</amazonuk>. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Richard ScarryRob Keeley|title=Best Lowly Worm Book EverCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=Since we have worn our copy of [[Busiest People Ever by Richard Scarry|Busiest People Ever]] almost to shreds it was with great delight that we sat down to take a look at this book all about Lowly Worm. Lowly Worm is already a well known character in our house, Lily loves eating fruit and so there's something delightful in having a whole book about him! And what a book! This has a little bit of everything invegetables. She likes carrots, from the Lowly Worm alphabet right at the startbroccoli, through counting cabbage and what it's like aubergines. When her friends at schoolturn up their noses, Lily is keen to a delightful chapter all about explain how good manners they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on to trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the never-ending fun of playing 'where's Lowly Worm'ground. It's possible this will become our new favourite bedtime readJordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007581017</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard ScarryB09FFJF8YS|title=A Day at the Fire StationYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=We're 'For the big fans of Richard Scarry , grownup girls out there, the potty masters in our house. Though I have to admit we dontraining, "You Can't usually read Wear Panties!" is a cry (the story big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.'' And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and we tendgraduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, insteadher cat, to just spend our preher stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-bedtime reading minutes scanning duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the pages for where flowers, nor the cheese car isfish, or who has stolen nor the bananas, or what Mr Frumble has crashed into birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl nowand she wants everyone to know it! This particular Scarry comes as a small disappointment}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, thenfarts. Whatever your word for them, if find us a child thatdoesn's what you're looking for as it focuses solely on the fire station t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and the activities of the firemenjoke about, but the story (that is. But horribly embarrassing if you bother to read let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear itand everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!) '' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is actually quite goodperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007574959</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Claire Freedman and Kate HindleyB09BG8V3Q6|title=Oliver Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and PatchSeema Amjad
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|summary=Moving house ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is never easy, especially when youthe latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!''re a childseries from Justine Avery. Oliver has moved from the countryside This series of fun picture books aims to take the city, pain out of potty training children and he finds that not only is he having to adapt to his new surroundings, but hereplace it with some fun. It's also dealing with terrible lonelinessa worthy aim, as he misses all his friends dreadfullyany frustrated parent will tell you. One day, when Oliver can't bear being shut up inside any longer, he ventures out into the big city...will he manage to find a friend?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857079549</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tatyana FeeneyB07GZ81J7C|title=Small Elephant's Bath TimeWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=Water is the funnestMeet Fred. Well, actually, and Small Elephant knows ityou're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But the one time he’s not the biggest fan I'm getting ahead of aqua myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is when it’s bath time. Ewww. Bor-ringa snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He will do anything to avoid having arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to get into the tub and Mummy has to extent that they would take drastic measuresFred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192737376</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Rob Biddulph|title=Blown Away|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=If you thought penguins didn’t fly, think again. Penguin Blue is up in the sky but it’s not what you might think – thanks to a fun kite and a cheeky gust of wind, he’s soaring up, up and away from the home, and as his friends try to help they get pulled up and away too. Uh oh. Where will the wind take these South Pole creatures? The answer, in this amazingly fun book, is to a lush, tropical island. It’s full of friendly creatures and wondrous green foliage like none they’ve ever seen before. But it’s rather hot and far from home.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007593821</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Walliams Justine Avery and Tony RossNaday Meldova|title=The Queen's Orang-UtanEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=The Queen felt trapped in the palace with all those stuffed animals which she has been given on foreign tours. There are mountains of them and every night she would dream of escaping. When her birthday drew near the family dutifully asked her what she would like Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as a presentany parent will tell you. The Prince was thinking of a goldBut really, diamond encrusted stairlift whilst the Duke was considering a great big bottle of brandy. The Royal Baby had some decorated thimbles in mind, but the Queen became why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just a little snappish as she explained that what she really wanted was 'One's own orang-utan'we have to learn about everything else when we are small. And she didnWhy shouldn't mean a stuffed one, either.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008135134</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Steve Jenkins|title=Actual Size|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=There’s an enormous disembodied eye staring at me. At 30cm it’s potty training be as big much fun as a dinner plate , say, learning about why the sun and it’s in my living room. Which is no bad thing because if I met it in the sea then I’d really be moon take turns in trouble. Fortunately the eye is contained on page four of the intriguing and really rather splendid, book 'Actual Size'.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847805949</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kate Leake Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Don't Chew the Royal ShoeNo, No, No!
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|summary=Dogs, love ‘em or loath ‘em, they get underfoot and have a tendency to chew on things that They say the best picture books are left around the housesimplest ones. One set And nothing could be truer of dogs that you would expect are better trained are the Royal Corgis, they wouldn’t dare chew on a royal shoe. It turns out that they might notthis latest from Justine Avery, but that won’t stop Chips, the other royal dog and he likes nothing better than getting his gnashers round a boot or twoBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407139355</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Timothy Knapman and Rosie Reeve194812467X|title=Mighty SmallThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Max Kirelle and her best friend Sam the mouse has cat decide to go for a secretwalk. He Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a superherofarm shop! He can't run super fastBut this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, or jump really highgoats and chickens, or do anything particular 'super' but stilland even some mice. Excited, he has a cape Kirelle and he likes to wear his underpants over his trousers, if his mum isn't looking! He is sure that if he just tries hard enough he will figure out what his super power must beSam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192737228</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kylie Westaway and Tom Jellett0995647895|title=Whale in the Bath|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It’s bath time, which is often not a favourite time of day. Really, it’s a sign that the fun is over and it’s time for bath, maybe a story, Sadie and then bed, at least for the little ones. The grown ups get to stay up later. Hmpf. But Bruno is not moaning too much about getting in the bath, though you get the impression that’s a battle he’s had, and lost, in the past. The problem is…there’s a whale in the bath. And whales are pretty big so there’s not much room for Bruno to hop in beside him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1743318588</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewSea Dogs|author=Margaret McAllister Maureen Duffy and Holly Sterling|title=15 Things Not to Do with a BabyAnita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=There’s Sadie's mother always said that she was a new arrival at homedreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. A foreignerShe lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. An imposter. An alien. A BABY. What on Earth should you do with it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780506X</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Danielle Wright (editor) and Mique Moriuchi (illustrator)1782227741|title=My Village: Rhymes from Around the WorldLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=The Really Abominable Snowman, it turns outOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is just sucked down a little yeti called Milodrain on the side of the street. He’s not even abominableFinding himself down in the sewer, never mind really abominable! But that isnTed starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE't what everybody else thinks, they're all terrified he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks himout of the dirty water using his cane, even though all which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he wants is dries Ted off and warms him up with a friend to share his favourite cupcakes with…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406355844</amazonuk>nice bowl of broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerB08R7LXQ9S|title=Charlie Cook's Favourite Book|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=As a parent, you’re always Remy: A book about believing in search of it. That one, elusive thing; the perfect bedtime story. Well, in Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, I think we quite possibly have it. This ten year anniversary edition of the book will hopefully bring it to slightly wider attention than some of Donaldson’s more well known titles, as it is a completely charming and timeless book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447276787</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewyourself|author=Jeanne Willis Mayuri Naidoo and Tony Ross|title=The Pet PersonCaroline Siegal
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|summary=ChildrenRemy is feeling miserable. He's stories often turn a familiar idea on its headlet himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, In this story it 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 of pets, for little bit further when the main characters in the story other kids are a family of dogsaround. So, when Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and one of them would very much like his own pet person! Will Rex succeed in persuading his parents to get the teachers don't believe him a person? And if so, will it be everything when he ever dreamed of?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783442425</amazonuk>tries to explain what happened.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Max Velthuijs1471191303|title=Frog in LoveThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=Frog has been feeling This is the story of Isobel, a little strangegirl who made a big difference. He finds himself wanting Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to laugh put the heating on: ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and cry at crept up the corner of the bedpost.'' The family didn't go to the same time, cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and his heart is beating strangelythey had to move to the far side of the city. Pig declares that Frog must have a This part of the city was cold, but Hare suggests that perhaps Frog is in lovesad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible. But who can Frog possibly be in love with?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441453</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Tony RossNick Jones and Si Clark|title=I Feel Sick! (Little Princess)|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I should think most parents of small children are familiar with fake sicknesses, One Night in an attempt to get out of nursery/school/the dentist or whatever other trauma you are heartlessly inflicting on them. I remember my daughter aged about three trying to convince me that she had a broken leg, pointing to the broken one and then limping on the other! Here we see the Little Princess insisting that she is terribly, dreadfully sick. Especially when she has been asked to do something she doesn't want to do. Then she feels really terrible!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441151</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Algy Craig Hall and Ali Pye|title=The Deep Dark Wood|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Children love a fairytale. Forests, monsters, Little Red Riding Hood. They open up a world of possible adventures, wonder and mystery. The Deep Dark Wood taps into that format brilliantly, taking ideas and myths already deeply ingrained into our culture and creating a really fun story for children (and adults) to engage with.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408325152</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette Louden|title=The Jolly Dodgers! Pirates Who PretendedBeartown
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|summary=I’ll get started with this point; the layout of this book is utterly wonderful. It’s got a great subject matter, pirates are always popular both with adults Many children have an obsession and childrenSandy Lane, and the story of a group of pirates who don’t really want to be pirates but who are being forced into it by their pushy wiveslives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a terribly entertaining oneteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. But it is the layoutEvery night, style she looks out of her bedroom window and all says goodnight to the extras which are working the hardest in this book's favourbear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1908702125</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]