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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__ {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Snow WhiteAdam Stower|title=Jane RayMurray and Bun|rating=34.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Jane Ray has taken the classic fairy tale of Snow WhiteMurray is supposed to be a humble, the dwarves tidy and the wicked queenfriendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and created beautiful three-dimensional tableaux, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. It But he's a much-loved story that everyone is familiar withbad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and this is the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a great opportunity to rediscover a classic in an interesting new way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406311839</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Chris Van Dusen|title=The Circus Ship|rating=3world of frightening adventure and whiffs.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=When This time round it drops them into a circus ship sinks off the coast of MaineViking land, the animals escape and make their home in where a nearby town. They soon enchant the localstroll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, who in turn decide to protect the animals from the greedy circus-owner. Very loosely based on the sinking of the ''Royal Tar'' in 1836be honest, but he's turned up and he'The Circus Ship'' is a fun picture book that animal-lovers will enjoy.ll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>076363090X</amazonuk>0008561249
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachel Isadora and Clement Clarke Moore1732898766|title=The Night Before ChristmasAdventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Everyone knows When we first meet Birpus and loves Clement Clarke MooreBulbus they're 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 poem ''A Visit From St Nicholas''right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. Even if you (Please don't go the whole hog, gathering the family round by the log fire, and reading try this at home: it together, its opening line of won'''Twas the night before Christmast end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when all through the house, not a creature ladder of moss and vines was stirringlowered for them, not even a mousethey escaped...'' fills you They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with a warm glow. You can practically smell the mulled wine their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and hear the snores of Auntie Gertrude during the Queen's Speech. It's an absolute classicGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0399254080</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Karen SappB0CC9W7GLR|title=Christmas Is...On the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=35
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|summary=Christmas is looming Kit and thus the market for picture books featuring santasTeal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, presents or frozen cold and Christmas treesbuilding sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. It's hard to come up with anything new here On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and it's rather not with wobbly legs moved from the point - is ice. Kit was all for making a run for it? Christmas is, after all, about annually repeated celebration of traditional rituals but Teal knew that add delight the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and nourishment then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the spiritual, emotional bus and given a good meal and social fabric of lifesomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007303750</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard1913839656|title=The Penguin Who Wanted To Find OutLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=Otto Todd was excited about spending the penguin lives on weekend with his father's feet at the bottom of grandmother, not least because she made the worldbest beetle juice. He's an inquisitive little thing packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and wants then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to know why they haven't fallen off the worldFriday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. His dad explains that they won't Because I say so. Otto and At home, his only friend Leo gradually expand their horizons from their fathers' feet - they meet other penguin chicks, get to know their aunts who watch them when their fathers are away, was his mum and eventually grow feathers so they're big enough to toboggan on their bellies and swim in the seahe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140523041X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrick O'Brien1529504775|title=You Are The First Kid On MarsToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=It 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 scibus in the toy shop window which would help David -fi future of no danger whatsoever, with no technological breakdown, and no fatal meteor strike, but that of course is only was happy to use the coins from her money box to be expected pay for this marketit as cash was tight at home. I say it more Gradually, David learned to highlight how well stand up, use the book has been illustratedbus for support, and walk behind it. Digital airbrush techniques and more have taken the antiseptic sheen off the whole experienceMany decades later, but have still allowed for a great detail in Elsie brought the machinerybus, now damaged and also a lovely warmth in rusted, to the face of Repair Shop, hoping that the lad we're empathising experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play withit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0399246347</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Abbott Nez 1529504767|title=Cromwell Dixon's Sky-CycleThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=45
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|summary=Meet Cromwell DixonSusan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. HeShe needn's a real tinkerert have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, forever in a barn or somewhere building something manically unusualwho couldn't have been kinder to her. Luckily She even had her own room - although his long-suffering mother may disagree all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with that word - he's around at the birth of powered flightbaking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. Will his plans for a pedalled air machine work?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0399250417</amazonuk>The best surprise happened the following morning.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jim Helmore and Karen Wall1916459943|title=Oh No, Monster Tomato!Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Marvin is entering the Great Grislygust GrowMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't -Offgo to sleep: instead, but he just like him, lies on his tomatoes arenblanket and 't growing very big'wails''. The sea offers to help. He takes It rocks Baby gently and the only sensible course waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of action: he sings his tomatoes gentle wavelets falling onto a songsandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. The results are spectacularmermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay. Victory is surely within ..'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his graspeyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140524741X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Iain Smyth and Michael Terry140639131X|title=The Wide-Mouthed FrogA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Do you know Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the joke mayor about the wide-mouthed frog? You must have heard it. Itproblem but didn's t even get a classicreply. It Philippa wasn's one t a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that you really need she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to tell in person, start with your fingers pulling your mouth wide open, but to hopefully spark your memory, the wide-mouthed frog introduces himself to a number of benefits were obvious. All the animals until he finally comes across a crocodile who eats wide-mouthed frogs, used the crossing and the frog does his best Hedgehog was even trained up to disguise who he is whilst saying ''Ooh, you don't see many of those round here, do you?'' I'm hardly doing it justice, but it's very cheesy and funny. Anyway, this is provide a book of that jokesafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408804964</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ursula Jones and Sarah Gibb1776574338|title=The Princess Who Had No KingdomLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|genre=Confident ReadersFor Sharing|summary=The princess Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who has no kingdom wanders around in a cart pulled by her horse Prettylive at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. She It's very politeperfect, friendly, and kind-hearted, but she feels like something is lacking because she doesnisn't have it? What could be a kingdom more fun way of her owngoing to school? There is a problem, though. The other royals she meets treat her nicely enough, but there Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a feeling tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that she's not quite as good as them because she isnhe can't be the princess of anywherebus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846160421</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mij Kelly and Louise Nisbet1776574028|title=The Happiest Man in the World or the Mouse Who Made ChristmasBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Mouse doesnI love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee''t like anyone and keeps herself to herself. Her things are her things and she is too selfish to share them with anyone else. One day, an old man moves in to Mouseaimed at quite a niche market: it's house. He used to be the happiest man in for the worldchild who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but now hehas mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can 's sad'play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. He We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a 's fed up of having given, given, given all his life 'balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and never got anything backthen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. He just The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits quietly and mopeson his potty changes into a ''sm.... This makes Mouse miserable, so one day she decides to cheer him up by giving him a clementine...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340931558</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nick Bland1838226834|title=The Very Cranky BearCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=Moose, Lion, Zebra and Sheep head into a cave It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to get out of undo all the rain, but little good that parents do they know that Bear is fast asleep in there. When they wake him up, he roars at them, chasing them outside, so they decide the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to cheer him up somehow. Zebra paints stripes on himthe carnival with his Grandad, Moose fashions antlers for who told him and Lion sticks a mane of straw on him. Unsurprisingly, this makes Bear even crankier, so it's down to Sheep to save the day...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989424</amazonuk>}}:
{{newreview|author=Kes Gray and Lee Wildish|title=Mum and Dad Glue|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=A young boy's parents are splitting up. He's going through the usual emotions that children of divorce go through: worry, feeling unsure, blaming himself, angerIt'll be brilliant, denialjust remember, and then trying to get them to stay together. His method for this isndon't the usual response though: he looks for glue to stick his mum and dad togetherlet go of my hand. Thankfully, he finds some wise and kindly advice in the process.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340957107</amazonuk>''
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clara VulliamyB09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Bear With Sticky Paws Won't Go To BedReal Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith
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|summary=It's PearlWhen the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present 's bedtime, but she says she's really busy and isn't going ' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to sleepuse it well. She just wants He liked to play and play and playtrick other animals. When the bear He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with sticky paws rings the doorbell, he whisks her away on an amazing adventure - although as you Turtle. You might expect, the bear has think that's not a little more energy than Pearl fair contest but wait and eventually she does get a little sleepysee. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408300648</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Stephen MackeyRob Keeley|title=MikiCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4
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|summary=It's cold Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, dark broccoli, cabbage and icyaubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and Miki and Penguin are trudging through the snowhow nice to eat. But it's Midwinter EveOne day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, when wishes come truewho tells her that carrots grow on trees. They wish for a tree, lightsInfuriated, someone strong to power Lily checks with the lightsteacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and finally a star that will shine brightly forevervegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground. Miki is taken deep below the ice Jordan says, "I did try to find the startell her, whilst up top Penguin Miss!" and new friend Polar Bear start to worry about hereveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>034095065X</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Margaret Mayo, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan SnowB09FFJF8YS|title=Magical Princess Stories|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Most little girls would love a pretty pink book all about princesses, wouldnYou Can't they? This one has seven retellings of traditional fairy tales accompanied by beautiful illustrations and would make a lovely gift for a birthday or Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140830516X</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewWear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Joyce Dunbar Justine Avery and Jimmy Liao|title=The Monster Who Ate DarknessKate Zhoidik|rating=43.5
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|summary=Jo-Jo is scared that there might be a monster under his bed. He's right! The hungry monster doesn't want to eat little boys though; he eats darkness. He starts with all For the big, grownup girls out there, the darkness potty masters in Jo-Jo's roomtraining, and keeps eating and eating until he"You Can's eaten all t Wear Panties!" is a cry (the darkness in the worldbig-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride. With no darkness at all, strange things begin to happen...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406315540</amazonuk>}}''
{{newreview
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|summary=One day, a flower opens up and a little monkey the colour of a pea pops out. He soon turns brown, and is the size of a nut, so of course he decides he's a peanut called Peanut. Peanut is a nervous little thing: dragonflies are monsters coming to eat him, the rain is the sky falling down, and night is the end of the world. Thankfully, he meets Beetle, who sets him straight about a thing or two.
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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=Michael Rosen Justine Avery and Joel StewartNaday Meldova|title=Red Ted and the Lost ThingsEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Red Ted is handed in to a lost property officeToots, trumps, where he meets Crocodilefarts. Red Ted is sure Stevie will come to Whatever your word for them, find him, because she loves Red Ted as much as she loves cheese. He then starts to have us a nagging doubt - Stevie child that doesn't know where he find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is, so what . But horribly embarrassing if she never comes?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406310379</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Various|title=Let's Play Peeka! (Waybuloo)|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Come to you let one go at the land of Nara and meet Nok Tokwrong time. In class, De Lisay, Lau Lau when everyone will hear it and Yojojoeveryone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her 'Let's Play PeekaEverybody Potties!'' accompanies the CBeebies show ''Waybuloo'', series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and is aimed at the very youngest children.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248173</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Various|title=Piplings Come gently and Play! A Sound Book (Waybuloo)|rating=1.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A tie-in calmly, with the CBeebies show ''Waybuloo''familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. There's nothing really to recommend Everybody does it as a standalone book: it's just an introduction to the characters, with annoying (and difficult to press) sound-producing buttons. Take a look at [[Let's Play Peeka! (Waybuloo) by Various|LetEverybody Toots''s Play Peeka!]] instead.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405248181</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKeeB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr Benn|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ooh, it's a book of Mr BennWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! Excellent(Everybody Potties! For those of you not already wrapping yourselves in the comforting blanket of nostalgia, I suppose an introduction is warranted. Mr Benn lives at 52 Festive Road, and enjoys visiting his local fancy dress shop. When he tries on a costume and steps through a secret door, he finds himself transported to a new and exciting world.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>034099715X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview)|author=Julia Donaldson Justine Avery and Axel Scheffler|title=Room On The Broom|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=As the witch flies around the countryside, she drops various objects, which are picked up one by one by animals. As thanks, she offers all the animals a lift, but will there be enough room on the broom? This book comes with a fantastic interactive CD to stick in your PC.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330508911</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Nick Sharratt|title=What's In The Witch's Kitchen?Seema Amjad
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|summary=The witch's kitchen 'Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is magical: if you open the fridge door one way, therelatest release in the ''Everybody Potties!''s something tasty insideseries from Justine Avery. Open it This series of fun picture books aims to take the other way, pain out of potty training children and therereplace it with some fun. It's something scary and gruesomea worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. . Dare you look in all the drawers in this delightful pop-up book?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632227X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hilaire Belloc and Mini GreyB07GZ81J7C|title=Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A Lion|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Hilaire Belloc's ''Cautionary Tales For Children'' are rightly lauded as classics. Mini Grey (also [[Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey|rightly lauded]]), has illustrated one of these fine tales, so that a new generation of children can discover just what happens when you run away from your nurse When Fred the Snake Got Squished and a lion eats you. Pay attention kids.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224083678</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewMended|author=Jan Pienkowski|title=The First ChristmasPeter Cotton
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|summary=The First Christmas isMeet Fred. Well, actually, as you might expect, the story 're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of Jesusmyself: I' birth, Gabriel, Mary, Joseph, shepherds, wise men d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and Herodimmediately became part of the family, presented as to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a picture bookwalk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141500972</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Debi GlioriJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Stormy WeatherEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Can potty training ever be joyous? Itoften isn's bedtime in millions of bedrooms across the worldt, as any parent will tell you. Stories are being readBut really, children are being tucked in, glasses of water 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 being fetchedsmall. Parents (of all animal species) explain what will happen if stormy weather hitsWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, and how they'll keep their children safesay, warm learning about why the sun and cosy.the moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0747599718</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mandy Stanley Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=TwinkleNo, TwinkleNo, Little Star and Other Nursery FavouritesNo!|rating=3.54
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|summary=Every small child should have book (or They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a few) containing traditional nursery rhymes, and every so often newly illustrated collections are publishedBookbag favourite.
''TwinkleNo, Twinkle Little StarNo, No!'' is part of such a new series called ''Time for a Rhyme'', published by Harper Collins and illustrated by Mandy Stanley known for her [[The Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|Lettice]] stories and other picture booksbased around the simplest text imaginable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Liz Martinez and Mark Beech|title=The Everyday Witch|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Jimmy has heard rumours of everyday witches living amongst us''No, then one day he spots his mother riding a broomstick with Tiddles the cat in towno, no! Okay, okay. Yes, you may. Are his eyes deceiving him? Is his mum really a witch?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747597022</amazonuk>}}''
{{newreview|author=Emily Gravett|title=Spells|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A frog discovers a book, but he wishes That's it was a boat! But, so he tears and folds the pages to turn it into like all the boat. He soon tires of that gamebest picture books, and wishes it was a castle, so he tears and folds it again, as well as cutting out a model this tiny snippet of a beautiful princess. As fun as his new game text is, it lacks a certain reality. Spotting veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it's actually a book of spells, he sets about putting together appears on the torn bits of paper, so he can turn himself into a princeoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0230531369</amazonuk>1638820457
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nick Butterworth194812467X|title=Trixie The Witch's CatFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Trixie loves being Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a witch's catwalk. 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, but from time to time shethey see a big barn with a sign outside. It's upset by her white pawa farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: witch's cats all the stallholders and customers are supposed to be all blackfarmyard animals. Trixie finally has a brainwave There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and uses magic to turn her white paw blackeven some mice. Excited, but will she really be happy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141326794</amazonuk>}}Kirelle and Sam go shopping.
{{newreview|author=Jez Alborough|title=Captain Duck (Duck in the Truck)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Duck runs out of petrol in his truck. Luckily, Goat's house is nearby and Goat uses petrol in his boat! Duck 'borrows' the can of petrol and trots off to fill his truck when the appearance of Frog distracts his attention. Frog and Sheep are ready to go on a boat trip with Goat! As Goat pops back to get something from his shed, Duck jumps in, un-moors the boat and off What will they go, along the river and into the stormy sea: and then the boat runs out of fuel! Will Goat save them? Or will the tide bring them back? And what about the truck that Duck abandoned for his maritime adventurebuy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007302908</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Camilla Reid Sadie and Ailie Busbythe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Lulu's ChristmasMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=Lulu is getting ready for Christmas and sheSadie'd like you to help her to decorate the tree. After s mother always said that there are cards to make, streamers to put up and then she helps to ice the cake. After that it's time to go outside and have a little bit of fun and build was a snowmandreamer, but it made her hands cold so mind never on what she came back inside again! should be doing. At bedtime She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she hangs up her stocking and leaves a mince pie for Father Christmas and a carrot for his reindeerloves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. In the morning she has some wonderful presents, but the best one of all is the one you might least expect!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747599912</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|author=Margaret Mayo''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>|title=The Orchard Book of Magical Tales|rating=4''To the Maritime Museum''.5|genre=For Sharing |summary=Is it sensible Her imagination was fired. She'd love to build your house in sail the path of oceans on an enormous ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one-tusked elephant? Or to visit where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the house of Baba Yaga Bony-Legs closing bell and the witch if you attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have to? This beautifully produced collection imagined in a world of folk tales featuring magic will give you the answers to these and many other questions. The collection was first published in 1993dolphins, pirates, mermaids and it had become quite difficult to find, so it's great to see it reissuedtreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846165296</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lauren Child1782227741|title=Who Wants To Be A Poodle? I Don'tLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=Trixie Twinkle Toes Trot-a-lot Delight hates being a pampered pooch. This primped and preened poodle can think of nothing she'd rather do that get messyOne day, splash in Gold Ted falls into a muddy puddle, and tear about the park like all the other dogs. Mademoiselle Verity Brulee may take good care of Trixie Twinkle Toes, but sheIt's just not in tune with her needs as quite a scruffy mutt in deep puddle and the body of a poodlewater is swirling.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141384905</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Michael Rosen Poor Ted starts to spin around and Adrian Reynolds |title=Bear Flies High|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Michael Rosen builds around and is sucked down a drain on the success side of [[The Bear in the Cave by Michael Rosen and Adrian Reynolds|The Bear street. Finding himself down in the Cave]] with Bear Flies Highsewer, Ted starts to panic. This sequel follows the same poetic formula of the original, with its ask and answer ''I'm a bear on a beach. On a beach? On a beach...OH HELP ME PLEASE'' Everything is as it was first time round, but this time Bear decides he wants to fly like cries and alerts the attention of Reg the seagullssewer rat, so his friends take who plucks him to the amusement park. What follows is a gentle tale of a day out, of being scared and exhilarated by ridesthe dirty water using his cane, and of imagining oneself soaring higher and higher.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747597979</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Spike Milligan|title=The Magical World of Milligan|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Some people you which might look just have to lovea bit like an old cricket bat. It's the law. Spike Milligan was always fantastic, Reg is a kind soul and he's much missed. He's got the perfect mix of nonsense, heart, dries Ted off and surreal humour. He speaks to people warms him up with a nice bowl of all ages, and he's just plain lovelybroth. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jill Marshall and Sam ChildsB08R7LXQ9S|title=Kave-Tina RoxRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Kave-Tina Rox lives Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with her Mughis sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, Pug have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and brother Dave-Kave in a cavehas small eyes. Her Mug tries to brush her hair and make her look pretty, They are mean but Kave-Tina's having none of itthey are not stupid. When the Caveman Games come They are careful to town, Dave-Kave doesn't let her join in with any of wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the gamesother kids are around. So, because she's just a girlwhen Remy reacts, but Kave-Tina's having none of itlooks as though he was the instigator. She shows sheAnd then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don's perfectly capable of joining in, and indeed of doing it better than Dave-Kave and his matest believe him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340957123</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway1471191303|title=Cross CrocodileThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=There's no water on This is the Great African Plainsstory of Isobel, and Cross Crocodile sits beneath the mango tree, guzzling the sweet fruit and snapping at anoyone a little girl who dares to come near made a big difference. Isobel lived with her. One dayparents in a house - a very cold house, monkey hits on a great idea for how the other animals can get because her parents couldn't afford to put the fruit...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340970324</amazonuk>}}heating on:
{{newreview|author=Sam Lloyd|title=Inspector Croc Investigates|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=All is peaceful in Whoops-a-Daisy World, until ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the phone rings at corner of the police stationbedpost. Someone has knocked over Rory Lion's paint, ridden their bike through Fix-It Fox's concrete and stomped all over Farmer Moo's crops. There's only one thing for it: Inspector Croc is going to have to investigate.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169453</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Susannah Corbett The family didn't go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and Lynne Chapman|title=Dragonthey were happy. Then the day came when they couldn's Dinner|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A hungry dragon heads into t afford the woods to see what he can catch rent for his lunch. He's soon chasing after a bear, fox, cat the house and other animals, desperately trying they had to move to munch themthe far side of the city. When This part of the dragon comes across a mousecity was cold, he soon discovers that the most unlikely animal might just fight backsad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340944226</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=John LechnerNick Jones and Si Clark|title=The Clever StickOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=The clever stick has all manner Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, she looks out of wonderful ideas her bedroom window and things he wants says goodnight to share with the world, but he has no mouthbear statue outside. He wants Every morning she says hello to write poetry, help others and tell roses how lovely they lookBee Bear, but he can't. With a heavy heart (I think sticks have hearts even if they don't have mouths) he drags himself home, and discovers colourful painted bear that he does have a way of expressing himself after alllives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1406322237</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}
{{newreview|author=Michael Rosen and Bob Graham|title=I'm Number One|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When the girl leaves for school in the morning, her toys do what all toys do during the day: they hang out with each other as friends do. A-One, the drummer boy, is at pains Move on to point out to the other toys that he rules, that he's number one, and that the others are no good, hopeless and useless. He tricks Maddy into giving him her hat, Sally into giving up her rucksack and Sid into giving up his scarf. He's a bit of a meanie is A-One.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140631465X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Colin McNaughton and Emma Chichester-Clark|title=Not Last Night But The Night Before|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Not last night but the night before, a large cast of characters came knocking at the door. The three little pigs, Goldilocks, the man in the moon and many others come rushing in, knocking the young boy over and barely paying him any attention. They each shoot straight upstairs and before he has time to think, there's yet another knock at the door, and another, and another. What are the parcels, balloons and cakes they're carrying with them?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406304263</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]