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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Some animals feature large in mythology and the hare Murray is one of these. The hare we're going supposed to meet is O'Hare - wellbe a humble, we hope we're going to meet him: hares are well known for being elusive tidy and this friendly cat, one who is no exception! We'll be following him through the churchyard on a moonlit night - see him leaping in front of the moon - able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and through a summer meadow, where we only catch sight well, whatever takes his fancy next of his hind legs and his earsthe two. Look on the riverbank - is that him in the water? Then But he's in amongst the cabbages - the farmer is a bad magician''not'' going to be pleased about that. Is he in the foxglove patch? We can see the foxs cat, but it looks as though O'Hare so his favourite bun has gone. The best sighting we have of him is on the corn fieldbeen turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, where he's leaping through and the stubble.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910646032</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Katie Cotton and Stephen Walton|title=Counting Lions|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=There are counting bookscatflap they both use can chuck them out, good counting books and ones where not into the pictures blow you awayregular back garden, whether you are an adult or but into a childworld of frightening adventure and whiffs. ''Counting Lions'' falls This time round it drops them into the last category. Just have a look at that lion on the cover: that's not Viking land, where a black and white photograph - thattroll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's a drawing turned up and youhe're going to see another nine of the same glorious quality. In her foreword ll have to the book, Virginia McKenna says that with pictures like these words almost seem unnecessary as we can see all that we need of the unique form and beauty of each creature. But there are words too.do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847807216</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1732898766|title=Garry Parsons, Patricia Hegarty The Adventures of Birpus and Annette RuslingBulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|titleauthor=Ten Spooky SkeletonsWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)

|summary=With All HallowsWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they' Eve approaching isnre running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it about time that you thought about some scary books for kids? won't end well.) Nothing quite says 'I Love You'Fortunately, more than making your toddler burst into they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a flood ladder of tearsmoss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. Perhaps you should get them a fun book about something a little worrisome – a set of smiley skeletons for instanceThey climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, rather than completely terrifying them?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848574517</amazonuk>Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Amanda McCardie and Salvatore RubbinoB0CC9W7GLR|title=A Book of Feelings|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Happy, shy, sad, jealous, angry, loved, grumpy…not the names of little dwarves, but just some of On the powerful feelings and emotions that affect everyone from time to time. Sam and Kate live with their mum and dad and a dog with a name that I just adoreBeach: Fuzzy Bean. They have a typical family life with all the ups and downs and warmth and fun and the occasional chaos that comes with the territory.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406355992</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewThe Winter Visitor|author=David Barrow|title=Have You Seen Elephant?Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5

|summary=Elephant wants Kit and Teal were just beginning to play hide and seek and Boy agrees that he Elephant should hide first. Elephant is completely fair and warns Boy that he's ''VERY'' good. Boy's fair too - he says that he'll try his best - and off Elephant goes wonder whether it was better to hide. Dog is looking slightly be at home, bored - actually he's having a good scratch - as Boy counts to ten and shouts ''Coming! Ready but warm, or Not!'' in the tradition of all hide frozen cold and seek games and Boy and Dog go in search building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of Elephantsilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. Now Elephant wasn't joking when he said that he On top of the ice was gooda polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, because he doesn't so much ''hide'' as ''disguise'' himself within the roomsbear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Boy doesn't spot himKit was all for making a run for it, but watch Dog! Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He spots Elephant every time, whether he's an armchair, obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a duvet, television stand, standard lamp or a shedgood meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776570081</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway1913839656|title=BOO!Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5

|summary=Creating a fun book for a young toddler or older baby appears easyTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, but is actually tricky not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to pull off wellshow his grandmother. Just shoving a few animals or shapes into a cardboard BOO!k is not going She had promised to take him to capture the imagination; there needs Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to be colourmake new friends. At home, fun his only friend was his mum and a certain je ne sais quoi to stand out from the many other baby booksks on the markethe wondered why that could be. Setting a book around Halloween and all things spooky may not seem to fill these criteria, but a little fear can sometimes make a small child surprisingly happyGrandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691254</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul 1529504775|title=Winnie's Haunted House The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary= Strange things are happening in Winnie 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 Witchpark but David couldn't - he's house – d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a broken vase, torn curtains, bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and a chandelier that suddenly crashes was happy to use the groundcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. There is no obvious explanation so Winnie decides her house must be haunted and reaches her spell book Gradually, David learned to solve stand up, use the problembus for support, and walk behind it. As usual Many decades later, Elsie brought the spell only makes matters worsebus, at first anywaynow 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>0192744062</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd1529504767|title=Goodnight MoonThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=45

|summary=Bunny Susan was cosily tucked up very young when she was evacuated from London in bed. It's a big room, painted green (''very'' green) 1939 and with lots of things scattered aroundnervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. Before Bunny goes to sleep heShe needn's going to look at them all and then say goodnight t have worried though as she went to each of them. There are the pictures on the walls (from nursery rhymes and fairy tales), a couple of kittens, a pair home of mittens, a doll's house Mr and a young mouseMrs Russell, a comb and a brush and a bowl of mush as well as a quiet old lady who was whispering ''hush'couldn't have been kinder to her. You get the idea? We're moving through the objects one by one in gentle rhyme before we start to say goodnight to them She even had her own room - all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230764843</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nick Denchfield and Ant Parker|title=Charlie Chick Goes to School|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Charlie Chick is always late and today is his first day at schoolherself. He's having trouble getting out of bed Gradually she relaxed and then getting began to breakfast (trailing his toy crocodile, who - if anything - looks more awake than Charlie)enjoy her life. The snap, crackle and pop of his favourite cereal frightens him into life - and then he has to grab his bag and scarf and rush off to school, because She'd help Mrs Russell with the bell's gone baking and everyone else is already there...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144727718X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Gemma Merino|title= The Cow Who Climbed a Tree|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Tina is a really curious cow who just wants to know everything there is when it came to know about, well, everything. Her sisters think that's just silly, Christmas Eve Susan and when Tina tells them that she climbed a tree and found a dragon they decide Mr Russell put the situation has gotten out of hand. But what will they find when they looking for her in decorations on the woods? You'll just have to read the book to find outChristmas tree. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447214889</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Colin Boyd and Tony Ross|title= The Bath Monster|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=A great book for parents and kids alike, with an excellent premise and brilliantly carried out, I can see this being a popular choice for bedtime reading. Even if your children might not be too fond of best surprise happened the bath for a while afterwards..following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783442891</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Seb Braun1916459943|title=The Tiger Prowls: a pop-up book of wild animalsSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary=ItMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a hardback book with a striking cover and when you open it, donsqueakily baby. He's so tired but he can't expect endpapers - or gentle introductionswon't - go to sleep: as you lift the coverinstead, the tiger of the title appears: he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The tiger prowls, stalking through sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the jungle.waves sing ''<br>hush, hush''Paw after heavy paw crunches on . Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the forest floorsound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471122158</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Rob Biddulph |title=Grrrrr! |rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary= Fred has won the contest for best bear in the wood for three years in a rowla lou, la lay. He's the best at everything from catching fish, doing the hula-hoop and scaring humans, to the all-important growling competition. But everything changes when another bear arrives and decides to enter the contest. Fred's no longer the best bear in town and, ' And for a moment it seems to make matters worse, hehave worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull 's lost his 'Grrrrr'. Fredshouts's going to need help to find his 'Grrrr' in time for the start of the competition. But will the other animals want to help him look given heand we know exactly what's been too busy training going to make friends?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007594127</amazonuk>happen next.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jane Chapman140639131X|title=No More Cuddles!A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith

|summary=Ah, what a 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 it can be, to be just so snuggly that people canbut didn't stop cuddling you! even get a reply. This is poor BarryPhilippa wasn's t a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problemwhich needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. A solitary monster by nature, he does like cuddles of course, Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but too much of anything can become trying, and so when he is leaped on by all the other little forest benefits were obvious. All the animals every single morning, he wonders if perhaps there is some way used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to transfer their cuddles to someone else?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691475</amazonuk>provide a safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma Carlisle1776574338|title=Lion PracticeLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4.5

|summary=Laura loves practising Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at being different kinds the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of animalsthe window and slide down his neck. As well as being It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a kangaroo and an elephantproblem, shethough. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's an expert at being a crocodile (much always having to the other childrenbe careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's dismay in the swimming pool!) longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. But one day she The school decides that ithe can's time for lion practice, and this is t be the day when her parents think her imagination has gone just a little too far…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144725743X</amazonuk>bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristina Stephenson1776574028|title=Molly Maybe's Monsters: The Dappity DooferBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4.5

|summary=Molly Maybe lives in Smallsbury, I love a good board book! ''snoringly, boringly, ordinary placeBumblebee Grumblebee'' - well, is aimed at quite a niche market: it is until you discover the town's best kept secret. But before we talk about for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that, let me tell you about Mollycan ''play''s treehouse, where she with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and her dog, Waggy Burns, can look out over her neighboursbecomes a ''balletphant'' gardens. Mr Bottomly Brown is doing some digging The buffalo who has had a bath (itcomplete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''s going to be . The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a pond) and he's discovered something rather peculiar: 'crynoceros'' (think about it looks like !) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a small statue''sm..... ..'' Three days later the statue is in place in the middle of the pond but thatOK, let's not what's making Mr Brown angry - go there Some people are piles of soil all over his perfect lawn. He's convinced that it's moles, but Molly has spotted a claw and she knows better.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471121070</amazonuk>eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emily Gravett1838226834|title=Bear and Hare: Where's Bear?Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=54

|summary=Bear and Hare are playing hide and seekIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. Hare covers his eyes, turns They're there to face undo all the wallgood that parents do, counts slowly to ten and then goes looking for Bearso the trips out were always so much fun. Unfortunately he's tried A young boy was going to hide ''behind'' and ''under'' the standard lamp and he's not 'carnival with his Grandad, who told him: 'exactly'It' invisible. Well, let's ll be honest - he looks as though he's wearing a very strange hat. Stillbrilliant, we can always have another gojust remember, candon't we? This time, after the ritual counting, Bear is behind a (very small) pile let go of booksmy hand. OK, one more time? This time it's the fish tank. I'd like to be able to say that he was ''behind'' the tank, but he's visible over, under and through the tank. Even the fish look rather surprised.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447273958</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Tracey Corderoy Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Tim WarnesHare|titleauthor=More!Cordellya Smith

|summary=Archie When the rhino has world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a new favourite word - more! strong web that even fire could not burn. Whatever it is Owl had excellent sight so that Archie likes, he likes it a lot! could see the present ''and'' the future. He just wants more of everything; more storiesRabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, more bubbles in not the bath, more glitterability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with Turtle.but what happens when one day, Archie You might think that's idea of not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'more' becomes a little too much to handle?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691343</amazonuk>ll tell you how it came about.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= John RyanRob Keeley|title= Captain PugwashCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=Captain Pugwash was first published in 1957 Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. It was a comic stripShe likes carrots, a TV animation broccoli, cabbage and the story series developed into a further twenty four titlesaubergines. Pugwash When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is conceitedkeen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, stupidpoor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, podgywho tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, unshaven and lovable. His crew are ''Lily checks with the laziest afloat''teacher, his enemywho explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, Cut-Throat Jakelike carrots, is satisfyingly villainous and cabin-boy Tom can always be relied on to save grow in the dayground. Many families will remember these as childhood favourites whether in print or on the screenJordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847807283</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= David LitchfieldB09FFJF8YS|title= The Bear You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and the PianoKate Zhoidik|rating= 3.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= One day ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a small bear cub finds something strange in cry (the middle big-girl kind!) of the woodstoilet triumph and persevering panty pride. Not knowing what ''  And so it is he tentatively touches it with his paw. It makes an awful sound! However the This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little bear continues girl's final goodbye to visit the object over months nappies and years pull-ups and gradually the sounds become beautiful graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and the bear feels happyher baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. The other bears love listening to Neither can the wonderful music that he makes and then one day a father and daughter visit flowers, nor the forest and tell fish, nor the bear he should take his musical talent to the big citybirds. Boy's certainly can't. So the bear embarks on She's a journey big girl now and she wants everyone to seek his fame and fortune. Although the city is all the bear could possibly have hoped for, something deep inside him is tugging him back home. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807178</amazonuk>know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Matty LongJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Super Happy Magic ForestEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=''The Lord of the Rings'' has an impressive legacyToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, both as find us a trilogy of books child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and filmsjoke about, that is. Its impact on But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the fantasy genre as a whole is almost immeasurable – in many ways the genre exists because of these bookswrong time. Frodo In class, say, when everyone will hear it and coeveryone will laugh. At you. also lives on within the people who love Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and cherish the books gently and calmly, with the fantasy genre as a wholefamiliar humour attached, but how do you spark this enthusiasm in your kids? Matty Long may just have come up with a cunning planexplains that tooting is perfectly normal.Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192742957</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joan Aiken and Quentin BlakeB09BG8V3Q6|title=Mortimer Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and the Sword ExcaliburSeema Amjad

|summary=If you think about all ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the many unsuitable items that Mortimer latest release in the raven has eaten, ''Everybody Potties!'' series from staircases Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to bowler hats, take the pain out of potty training children and replace itwith some fun. It's surprising that he's still in as good a shape worthy aim, as he isany frustrated parent will tell you. This time, Mortimer finds himself left alone with Mrs Jones' sewing machine. I'm still not sure why Mrs Jones ever lets him out of her sight, since he has an unerring capacity for trouble, yet here we find him, gobbling down the pink material that is intended for Arabel's new dress, swiftly followed by the needle! When Mortimer eventually discovers the foot pedal that makes the sewing machine go he and Arabel are turfed out of the house and allowed to go across the road to the park where a crowd has gathered around an interesting find in a large hole…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806929</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=Joan Aiken When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Quentin BlakeMended|titleauthor=The Spiral StairPeter Cotton|rating=4.5

|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'm rather fond getting ahead of Arabel myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and Mortimereven those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. I like the outlandish situations He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that they find themselves in, he could breathe and immediately became part of the way Joan Aiken wrote the stories without speaking down family, to her readers in any way, inserting humour for the grown ups reading extent that they would take Fred out with them toowhen they went out for a walk. Here our terrible twosome have been sent to Uncle Urk at And that was where the zoo whilst Mr Jones is in hospitalproblem started. Aunt Effie, however, has little patience for a noisy ravenFred didn't have any road sense. Will Mortimer land them both in trouble? Or will they somehow manage to save the zoo from a scurrilous animal-stealing plot?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806945</amazonuk>brakes.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Benedict BlathwaytJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=The Little House by the SeaEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=By the sea, on the Isle of Mull, there was a ruined cottage, but it wasnCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't entirely uninhabited, as any parent will tell you. The roof had fallen in and the windows were empty but that didnBut really, why shouldn't stop the mice finding snug and dry homes in the walls. Rabbits enjoyed the weeds in the garden and the doorway it be? We all have to the cottage was used learn about our bodily functions just as a shelter by the sheep we have to learn about everything else when it rained. Sparrows nested under the roof and a stray cat slept in the pile of leaves in the fireplace. Then one day Finn came along. He was a fisherman and he began to repair the housewe are small. He worked too - catching fish and taking tourists to see the seals and FingalWhy shouldn's cave. But what about the birds and animals who had lived in the cottage before Finn came along?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780273142</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Catherine Storr|title= Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf|rating= 5|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= Polly opens the door one day to find a large black wolf standing on the doorstep. With no preamble whatsoever, not even a cursory hello, the wolf informs Polly that he intends to eat her up. Incredibly Polly invites the wolf into her home and even into the kitchen! What can she t potty training be thinking of? Wellas much fun as, young Polly is cleversay, resourceful, independent and charming. The wolf is a wolf of very little brain. Therefore it is not long before she is able to outwit learning about why the wolf sun and send him packing. This first story is very short but sets the scene for moon take turns in the ongoing battle of wits between Polly and the wolf that will continue for the remaining twelve short stories in this charming and entertaining book.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0141360232</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McPhailJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=NONo, No, No!

|summary=A boy - we never learn his name - leaves home with They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a letter to postBookbag favourite. If we look carefully we get a hint about who the letter is going to ''No, No, but getting to the post box No!'' is not going to be easy, because based around the boy lives in a war zonesimplest text imaginable. There are planes dropping bombs ''No, no, no! Okay, tanks taking out buildingsokay. Yes, soldiers carrying bayonets kicking down doors and a policeman with truncheon aloft and vicious dog at his sideyou may. The boy walks through '' That's it ! But, like all as though completely unmovedthe best picture books, but when he reaches the postbox there's this tiny snippet of text is a bully lounging there and veritable tardis - so much bigger on the first thing inside that he does is to knock it appears on the boy's hat off. Our hero has had enough - and we know just what he says..outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847807135</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= David McKee|title= Melric and the Dragon|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= There's a hoard of dragons loose in the kingdom! Crikey! Luckily the King has a whole army of soldiers with nothing else on their plate (except quite a few jam sandwiches) so he has plenty of troops to send on a search and destroy mission.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441623</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Mick Inkpen|title= Kipper's Beach Ball|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= It's play time at the beach for Kipper and Tiger in this magical book about living in the moment because it might be over before you know it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444924028</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jenna Harrington and Finn Simpson|title= Katie McGinty Wants a Pet|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Katie McGinty wants a pet. Really, really, REALLY wants a pet. Daddy says no, not yet, not until she's bigger. So she waits. And she waits. And then the time comes.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848691408</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Julian Clary and David Roberts194812467X|title= The Bolds|rating= 5|genre= Confident Readers|summary= The Bolds, Mr and Mrs and their two small children, live in an ordinary semi-detached house in suburban Teddington. They have jobs; Mrs Bold designs and sells flamboyant hats and Mr Bold writes jokes for Christmas crackers. But they are most definitely not an ordinary family. Oh no! They are in fact hyenas. So far they have managed to successfully pretend to be human beings. Although very hairy and prone to laughing a lot they have kept the truth (and their tails!) a secret from everyone. But their grumpy next door neighbour, Mr McNumpty, is growing suspicious and then a trip to the local safari park has repercussions. Will the Bolds' carefully long kept secret be revealed?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443057</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewFarm Shop|author= Anita Pouroulis|title= Nina Goes Barking Mad!|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Nina and George are Jules' dogs. George is badly behaved. He once dug up the entire front lawn. Mum said she wanted to give him away. It's Nina who is in the dog house though in this edition of the Jules, Nina and George series. She just won't stop barking. MumDevon Avery, Jules Justine Avery and even George are being driven crazy. Inspired by a TV show, Jules sets out to think like a dog and pin down what on earth the matter can be.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909428523</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Alex English and Duncan Beedie|title=Pirates Don't Drive DiggersEma Tepic

|summary=Ah, that age old dilemma or whether Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go into for a walk. 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 family business or whether to set out alone and follow your dreams! In this story we meet Bradtop of the hill, who has been born into they see a family of pirates but who dreams of life on big barn with a building sitesign outside. His dad (friendly looking pirate though he is) has no time for BradIt's nonsensea farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and packs him off to sea to learn what pirates doeven some mice. Is this to be a tale of tragedy Excited, Kirelle and woeSam go shopping. What will they buy? Don't worry, Brad may get to drive a digger after all…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861737</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Smallman and Ada Grey0995647895|title=Poo in Sadie and the ZooSea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5

|summary=If you’re one of those parents who really can’t stand farting jokesSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or avoids nappy changing discussions with your peers gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all costs then step away from this review now! the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. This is She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a story that is made for families who enjoy a funny poo story, glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and who can bear a few armpit fart noises now missed the closing bell and then! the attendant's warning shout. For this is a book When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that is entirely about poo, from start to finish, so make sure everyone who needs to be is she could never have imagined in a nice clean nappyworld of dolphins, then get ready for a treat of a read!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691386</amazonuk>pirates, mermaids and treasure.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Silvia Borando1782227741|title= Black Cat, White CatLittle Gold Ted|ratingauthor= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary='Black Cat, White Cat' made me laugh out loud. In a lifetime of consuming literature greedily, I can count on one hand the number of books that have had this effect on me. I couldn't wait to read it with someone else to share the joke. Given that the humour relies on an element of surprise, I'm torn about how much to reveal here so, for the momentVanessa Wiercioch, I'll tell you a bit more about the book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406363162</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Hsukung Liu Poppy Satha and Xinlin Wang (translator)|title=The Only Pupil in the SchoolSasha Satha

|summary=On the first One day of , Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the school term only one pupil appeared water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the teachers began to worry about losing their jobsstreet. Finding himself So they made their minds up that they would make their only pupil the best down in the schoolsewer, which - when you think about it - wasn't going Ted starts to be ''all'' that difficultpanic. They began by trying to persuade her to come to ''theirOH HELP ME PLEASE'' classes he cries and when that didn't persuade her they began fighting amongst themselves and didn't notice our heroine creeping away. She went to alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the forest and met dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old man who taught her lots about the flowers and the insectscricket bat. A chef showed her how to make soup - it was delicious Reg is a kind soul and warming - he dries Ted off and then she had lots of fun (and exercise) warms him up with a dog she met in the park. The further she looked, the more she learned and at the library she drew a book about what she had seen - and it was there that the teachers found hernice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993215416</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jessica SouhamiB08R7LXQ9S|title=Rama Remy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and the Demon KingCaroline Siegal

|summary=Rama was a brave and good prince, the kingRemy is feeling miserable. He's favourite sonlet himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, He loved together with his wifesidekicks Ryan and Brandon, Sita have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and his best friend was his brother Lakshmanhas small eyes. Everyone loved him, except for one personThey are mean but they are not stupid. His stepmother was jealous and she was determined They are careful to get rid of Rama. Long ago she had saved the king's life wind up Remy when nobody can see and he had promised to grant her any wish. She asked then push him just that he send Rama into the forest for fourteen years and although little bit further when the king was horrified he had to keep his promiseother kids are around. Rama was sent into the forestSo, but he did not go alonewhen Remy reacts, it looks as Sita and Lakshman went with him and for a while all though he was wellthe instigator. They fought off the demons who first appeared and And then built a house he gets into trouble at school and led a simple life among the forest animalsteachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806600</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rose Lagercrantz and Eva Eriksson1471191303|title=When I Am HappiestThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival

|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=If Dani leaves her school for This is the summer holidays with one souvenir, it will either be the memories story of the fabulous friendship she formed with EllaIsobel, a little girl who struck made a chord big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in [[My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz and Eva Eriksson|book one]] then moved awaya house - a very cold house, or it will be a book she has written because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on: ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and compiled to remind her crept up the corner of all the happiness she has encountered along bedpost.'' The family didn't go to the waycinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. That is not quite finished, Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the following day is house and they had to move to be the great end far side of year party, and her classroom decorations are complete and her dress has been bought new speciallythe city. But not all This part of life is happiness the city was cold, sad and jollity – lonely and Dani is removed from the classroom to face very bad newsIsobel felt invisible. What ending is in store, for her book and for ours?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271894</amazonuk>