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|summary=In the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that I don't know about you, but as m a young child I was always looking ahead, not backwardssucker for dogs. MusicallyIn nearly eight decades, I could bear a few of my older brother's records, but wanted to know what was released next week, ve never what was in the charts met one I didn't trust and I've loved most of my parent's erathem. I think wish I felt the same would have been said about my readinghuman beings. So, any book about dogs, and my interests – although thatI's only m going to a certain extentsit down and devour. I don't think Then I'd have thanked you for pointing m going to my dinosaur books, right next to my space go back and science fiction shelves, and I think Iread it properly. And so it was with ''d have preferred you to see the latest novel, rather than those books A World of myths I also enjoyed. Myths? TheyDogs''re, like, old. But they don't need much embellishment with ninety-six pages devoted entirely to be seen as great funmy four-legged friends. The next step, however, to see them as something you yourself could write, well – thatAuthor Carlie Sorosiak found herself the accidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a bit greater. But it's one taken by this book, neverthelesslot about dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0712356436</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Camilla Hallinan1529507987|title=The Ultimate Peter Rabbit: A Visual Guide to the World of Beatrix PotterRepair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=I had a deprived childhood: I never knew Peter Rabbitlove ''The Repair Shop''. HeIt'd have been at about his half century by the time s my go-to programme when I could have been reading himwant to be cheered up. After a hard day, but books at home didnthere's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they't go beyond Enid Blytonre worth. Peter was drawing his old age pension by You see, the time that I discovered him when my daughter fell in love with him and - value is in her turn - read them what these possessions are worth to her the people who own children thirty years laterthem and the memories they hold. He's well past his century now No expense appears to be spared and still delighting children of all ages: he's accessible the experts spend as much time and relatable effort as is required to achieve the desired result. Regular viewers know the experts and I canthey't recollect ever meeting a child who didnre all brilliant at explaining what it is they't have a soft spot for himre doing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241289653</amazonuk> But how did they start?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DK024162343X|title=My Encyclopedia of Very Important ThingsStolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera|rating=45

|summary= Depending on I was the bad company other people got into at school. I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the curiosity level existence of your child, you may start to hate the word whya 'god'. Why is Where was the sky blueproof? Why do some elephants have bigger ears than others? In history lessons, it was probably worse still. Why, why, whyNot too long after the end of WWII, why! I can suggest didn't so much want to most parents that they make something up that sounds vaguely intelligent. The problem is that kids are canny little things. Solearn about the British army's successes (and occasional failures, rather than trying but we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be called 'the colonies' as want to download dispute what right the entirety of army had to be there in the internet into your head, get your child their own first encyclopaediaplace. Looking back, something like I still believe I was right - but I regret that I lacked the maturity to approach 'the problem'My Encyclopedia of Very Important Thingspolitely. I wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241224934</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Isabel Sanchez Vegara Jeremy Dronfield and MariadiamantesDavid Ziggy Greene|title=Little People, Big Dreams: Amelia EarhartFritz and Kurt|rating=3.54|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=Amelia Earhart was born just before We start with the end pair of the nineteenth century but she brothers Fritz and Kurt, and their muckers, doing things any Jewish lad in 1930s Vienna would become want to do – kicking things around the most famous female pilot of empty market place, helping the twentiethneighbours, having first become interested in planes being dutiful when she went it comes to an airshow when she was just nineteenthe synagogue choir and at a vocational school. Shortly afterwards Kurt has to make sure the lamps are turned on at their very Orthodox neighbours' each Friday night – the Sabbath preventing them for using anything nearly as mechanical and workmanlike as a pilot gave her light switch. But this is the time just before the Austrian leader is going to cave to Hitler's will, and instead of having a ride national vote to keep the Nazis out, invite them in with open arms. ''Kristallnacht'' happened in a biplane Vienna just as much as in Germany, as did all the round-ups of Jews. These in their turn leave the younger Kurt at home with his mother and sisters anxious to hear word of an evacuation to Britain or the US, while Fritz and from that moment his father are, unknown initially to each other, packed off on she knew that she had the same train to flyBuchenwald and the stone quarry there. There had been precursors to And us wondering how the titular event for the adult variant of all this obsession though: when she was a little girl she like to imagine that she could stretch her wings and fly like a bird.come about…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847808859</amazonuk>024156574X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Helen Bate1913750353|title=Peter in PerilBritannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy|rating=3.5

|summary=Meet Peter. He hasn't got 'Britannica's Word of the Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to know about this brilliant lifebook. It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', by modern standards – always getting into troubletells you how to pronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''), gives you a definition and playing some form of football with coat buttons, but with then includes the word in a loving nanny sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and parentsfrequently amusing illustration too. The trouble is that he is living in Budapest, and while Peter understands nothing about the outside worldI don't think I's problems as yet, he is about to see what happens when ve ever encountered a word which uses the Nazis take control. And, in these graphic novel-styled pages, so are we…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>191095957X</amazonuk>letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Raman Prinja0711266204|title=50 Things You Should Know About SpaceThe Secret Life of Birds|author=Moira Butterfield and Vivian Mineker (illustrator)|rating=3.5

|summary=Space is I have recently discovered a cold great pleasure: I sit and desolate place, but learning about it does not need to be. Nothing else quite captures watch the immensity that is Space – all the stars and planets out there that could contain alien lifevast numbers of birds which visit our garden on a daily basis. How An hour can you capture this majesty and put it onto a page so that you inspire the youth of today to be the astronauts and astronomers of tomorrow? pass without my noticing. A series of dry fact is perhaps not I've established which species feed from the best optionground, unless they happen which pop to be the feeders for a very specific type quick snatch of child.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934720</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Clive Gifford|title=This is Not a Science Book: A Smart Art Activity Book|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary=''This is Not a Science Book'' explores the often-overlooked link between science and creativity. This interactive book encourages readers to get cutting, glueing, twisting, colouring some food and shading who settles in order to create a variety of at-home experiments that are as entertaining as they are educational. The activities are also perfect for a rainy day; making this book a welcome resource during the long (and often wet) school holidaysgood munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782403973</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Laura Barwick|title=Animal Babies|rating= 4.5|genre= Confident Readers|summary=Let's face it: with It would have been wonderful if, as a fluffy lion cub on the coverchild, inviting readers I'd had access to take a peek inside, only the most hard-hearted of individuals could resist the temptation to pick up book such as ''Animal BabiesThe Secret Life of Birds'' to explore the further delights within its pages. Once hooked, the reader So – what is rewarded with a visual feast of adorable baby creatures, each page seemingly cuter than the last.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785941003</amazonuk>it?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nikalas Catlow and David Sinden0192779230|title=Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Arty Book|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Arty is your creative friend. He is the star Invisible World of this art activity book from Nikalas Catlow and David Sinden. He's a bit brusque on the first page. This is Arty announces a big, black arrow. And Arty commands, Colour me in. Who could resist? Because Arty is a winsome little figure with nutty, curly hair and great big red glasses. On the cover, those red glasses spell book and they look unruly and exciting, don't you think?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408870665</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewGerms|author=CoderDojo|title=Build Your Own Website: Create with CodeIsabel Thomas

|summary=The Nanonauts want 'Germs' seems to have become a website for their band, and who better catch-all word to build it for them than cover anything unpleasant which has the CoderDojo network of free computing clubs for young people? potential to make you ill. In this handbook, created the first book in conjunction with the CoderDojo Foundation, children of seven plus will learn how what looks to build be a website using HTMLvery promising new series, CSS OUP and JavascriptIsabel Thomas have provided a clear and accessible introduction to the world of germs. Don't worry too much if some of those words don't mean anything to you - all will be made clear as you read through We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they thought caused them and how the bookthinking has developed over time. ThereThe vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 's also information about how to start speak like a CoderDojo Nano club with friends - scientist' which has great benefits in terms explains some of harnessing creativitythe trickiest concepts and you'll soon be familiar with bacteria, learning fungi, protists and viruses – and how to code - and the benefits of teamworkwe should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405278730</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby Walden1800464495|title=In Focus100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: 101 Close Ups, Cross-Sections and CutawaysSupport All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=Only recently I've had reason to applaud a children's non-fiction book for concentrating on showing its audience what they have no hope Babies seem to see – be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in that casethe womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, the underground and underwater worlds, from the shallowest plant roots to the deepest oceanic explorations comprehending addition and everything in betweensubtraction at nine months old. Other unseen worlds are all around us, however – they're what goes ' Did you know this? I didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on on the inside entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of things – inside literacy skills.'' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a pocket watch (remember them?)good start in literacy - reading stories, inside a yurtteaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a space shuttlesolid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, a volcanobeyond counting? I don't think we do, a toilet… This pleasant square block in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of book not only gives us the outside image use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a caption, but the full story of the innards, meaning the young reader is certainly going where they've never been before…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184857505X</amazonuk>similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=CoderDojo1406395404|title=Build The Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Own Website: Create with CodeTeenage Brain|author=Nicola Morgan

|genre=Children's Non-FictionTeens|summary=The Nanonauts want 2020 has been a website for their band, strange year: I doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of our routines have been completely dismantled and who better to build it for them than the CoderDojo network of free computing clubs for young people? some teenagers this will have brought about sleep problems. In Some teens will dismiss this handbook, created in conjunction with the CoderDojo Foundation, children of seven plus will learn how as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? - I've got loads to build a website using HTML, CSS be doing) and Javascriptothers will worry unnecessarily. Don't worry too much if some of those words don't mean anything Most people, from children to you - all adults will be made clear as you read through have the bookodd bad night but worrying about your lack of sleep is only likely to make it worse. ThereAnd there's also information about how the fact that for far too long, lack of sleep has been lauded as a virtue and sleep made to start a CoderDojo Nano club with friends - which seem like laziness. Being up early, working late has great benefits in terms of harnessing creativity, learning how to code - been praised and the benefits of teamworkability to survive on little sleep has almost become something to put on your CV.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405278730</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Bright1849767343|title=See Inside Dinosaurs Count on Me|author=Miguel Tanco|rating=34.5

|summary=What would you do if the doorbell rang The title and when format of this book might lead you opened the door you saw to think that it's either about responsibility - or it's a giant Trojanbasic 1-Horse waiting 2-3 book for you? I for one would not drag those just starting out on the thing in; it would be too big and could be full of angry Greeksnumbers journey. The same could be said of It isn't: it'See inside Dinosaurs'' by Michael Brights a hymn of praise to maths. You may think that It's about why maths is so wonderful and how you are buying one thing, but instead you are getting an impressive triceratops skeleton, or a T-Rex model, or maybe even a bookmeet it in everyday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934739</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Parker1849767009|title=100 Facts Butterflies & MothsIt Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine

|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=Damn This could have been one of those bees. Theybooks which 'preaches to the choir're not : the only flying creatures vanishing from our world at alarming rates, people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is OK and the others, ones who ''know'' that it's shameful will avoid it like butterflies they avoid the hot-and moths, are actually runners-up bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to Mr Bumble and his mysteriously dying ilk in pollinating plantsbust. Plus they're But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more visually attractivethan a book about not wearing clothes. But even though this book has two nudges and a thanks given to the Butterfly Conservation body, thatIt's certainly not the more notable feature a celebration of bodies: bodies large and small and of these pagesevery possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and markings. What stands out is the superlative contentThey're fine. In fact, they're wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786170116</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= National Geographic Kids1776572858|title= Angry Birds Playground: Atlas How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (Angry Birds Playgroundstranslator)|rating= 5|genre= Confident ReadersHome and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that she'Angry Birds Playground'' is d get me a new educational book series based on a geographical themeabout it. Rovio-the team responsible for the popular game- have teamed up with National Geographic Kids to create A couple of days later I was handed a stunning set of books that perfectly blend pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the cheeky humour from the game with informative text basics, in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and breathtaking real-world photographyI was told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which nice people talked about''. I ''knew'' more, but was little ''wiser''. The series will appeal to young fans of the game and anyone who has an interest in the wonders of the natural world Thankfully, times have changed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1426324596</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joe Archer and Caroline Craig1526362759|title=The Kew Gardens Children's CookbookDosh: PlantHow to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, CookGrow It, EatGive It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande

|summary=I grew up in the immediate post war period. What a relief! Growing your own vegetables had been a necessity in the war and it was still a habit for those who had a bit of gardenA book about money, so ''The Kew Gardens Children's Cookbook'' was a real pleasure for mechildren, as well as a touch with clear explanations of nostalgia. The principle what it is very simple: show children , why it matters, how to grow their own vegetables acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and then how what you can do with it when you've managed to transform them into delicious foodget hold of it. It sounds simple, doesnYour reasons for wanting money don't matter: we all need it? to some extent. WellYou might want to go into business, it be a clever shopper, a saver (you might even become an ''investor'') and there might come as a surprisebe something you really, but it is!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0750298197</amazonuk>''really'' want to buy. There's also the possibility of using to do good in the world.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= John Haslam and Steve Parker178112938X|title= A Journey Through NatureSurvival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating= 4.5|genre= Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary= Beautifully presented, this is a book that takes a worldwide look at It's fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the natural world, in both urban and rural locations. We start off Kennedy Space Centre in the city, looking at pigeonsFlorida, but the American racoon, the Australian possum and the South American Marmoset. I learnt 3 things from those first two pages, including what Kits are, how long babies live with the possum mothers and story of that journey remains one of the pregnancy traits greatest survival stories of the monkeysall time. We were off to ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a good startbrilliant retelling of what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934496</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Aleksandra MizielinskiKathleen Boucher and Sara Chadwick|title=Nine Ways to Empower Tweens|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=''9 Ways to Empower Tweens'' is a self-help book for tweens, Daniel Mizielinski setting out to show them vital #lifeskills. Don't groan! I know there is a market glut of such books for we grown-ups and Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)for young adults too, but there is a needful space in an increasingly technological world accessible to younger and younger children for material for tweens too. |isbn= 0228818826}}  {{Frontpage|isbn=1609809173|title=Under Earth, Under WaterEiffel's Tower for Young People|author=Jill Jonnes

|summary=One of Brash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the major remits of children1889 World's non-fiction books is to get them to look around them and gain a better understanding of what they're seeing. After a volume such as thisFair in Paris encompassed the best, the obvious response is to see that as an incredibly narrow focus. For this book will take worst and the reader beautiful from many countries and show them exactly what they can't see – cultures. The French Republic laid out model villages from microscopic things living in soil even seasoned Scrabble players haven't heard ofall their colonies, put on art shows, dance performances, right down food festivals and concerts to stun the fish swimming their way towards the Mariana Trench, the deepest section of sea on earthsenses. Make no bones about And towering above itall, this book is entirely focused on what is beneath our feet the most popular and sea levels, the most hated monument to French accomplishment and daring – no pie in the sky response this – it is a winnerEiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783703644</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= John Haslam and Steve Parker1848576536|title= A Journey Through Humanatomy: How the WeatherBody Works|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank|rating= 4.5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= We're British. We LOVE to talk about the weather. But beyond the usual platitudes of 'Get under your own skin, pick your brains, and go inside your insides!'Bit cold out isn't it That's what ' or 'Humanatomy'What a beautiful day'invites you to do and honestly, I don', t see how much do you actually know could resist. This informative book provides a wonderful primer about what's happening the human body to curious children- from the skeletal system to the muscular system via circulation, respiration and digestion, right up in to the sky? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493450X</amazonuk>DNA that makes who we are.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma Adams and James Weston LewisLangford_Emily|title=The Great Fire of London: 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of 1666Emily's Numbers|author=Joss Langford|rating=54

|summary=While the average primary school child may not quite be able to fathom the importance Emily found words ''useful'', but counting was what she loved best. Obviously, you can count anything and actual length of 350 years, it is there's no reason not limit to put how far you can go, but then Emily moved a book out looking back that distance of time to major historical eventsstep further and began counting in twos. But it has to be a good book to justify the mental time travel that entailsShe knew all about odd and even numbers. And you have to hit on a remarkable subjectThen she began counting in threes: half of the list were even numbers, something that will open the young eyes to but the danger, tragedy other half was odd and drama it was this list of our historyodd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called ''threeven''. Something like (Actually, this confused me a little bit at first as they're a subset of the Great Fire odd numbers but sound as though they ought to be a subset of Londonthe even numbers, as seen in this large hardback, which but it all worked out well when I really thought about it comes down to it, and for many reasons, is a very good book indeed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0750298200</amazonuk>)

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Young Rewired StateBuckingham_Dawn|title=Get Coding!: Learn HTML, CSS & JavaScript & build a website, app & gameThe Little Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington

|genre=Children's Non-FictionAnimals and Wildlife|summary=Learning What a treat! I really did mean to code, even heading into my seventh decade, changed my life and for todayjust ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus's children it's important because it opens so many doorsbut the pull of the sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a cold and rather wet February morning. It might look complicated, but I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all it required is concentration about the birds and listening to their song. Then - eventually just because I could - imaginationI went back and did it all again and it was just as good the second time around. I had a reasonable mastery of the skills of basic HTML in three days with the benefit of a personal tutorSo, but where to go if what do you don't have that privilege or if you need some extra supportget? ''Get Coding!'' seems like the perfect answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406366846</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Andrea MillsPankhurst_Women|title=Top Of The League Fantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst|rating=3.5

|summary=Football A lot of history is known as the beautiful game and when I was younger I kind of believed thisabout men. I would spend my free time playing Heads Kings and Volleys with my mates generals and then go home to try inventors and complete my Panini sticker albumpoliticians. There was even the halcyon days when Blackburn Rovers won the title. As I have grown olderSometimes, it feels almost as though there were no women in history at all, my cynicism has grown toolet alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as role models. Leicester may be championsOf course, but the day I feel that a group this isn't true and there are plenty of multimillionaires beating a group of slightly richer multimillionaires is a win for the everymanwomen who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, will be a sad oneor created something never seen before. Perhaps the love of football still burns bright So here, in this wonderful picture book from Kate Pankhurst, are the youth stories of today? ''Top Of the League'' certainly hopes so as it is full some of facts and figures all about the ball they call footthem.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784934577</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Justin MilesIgnotofsky_Sport|title=Ultimate Mapping Guide for KidsWomen in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Rachel Ignotofsky|rating=45

|summary=I've always been fascinated by maps: diverse features can be converted into symbols, drawn on a piece of paper and then passed to someone else to interpret. Making or reading maps are skills which stay with you throughout life and learning 'how toWomen in Sport'' is relatively simple and great funcoming to us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. Author Justin Miles had It celebrates a car accident in 1999 and brain injuries meant that he had to learn to walk century and talk from scratch. Whilst he was doing this he decided to become a full time explorer and to support charities which inspire children to learn. He raises funds half of the development of women's sport by taking on daring challengeslooking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, which have included climbing mountainsriding, exploring the Arcticskating, crossing deserts and cutting his way through the junglemuch more. If Think of a sport and a man knows about maps, then pioneering woman succeeding at it's Justin Milesis probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double-page spread with a brief biography and a striking portrait.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493464X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Imogen Greenberg and Isabel GreenbergRooney_Dino|title=The Ancient Egyptians|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=There was more to the Ancient Egyptians than keeping the entrails of their dead in a jar, but that is a pretty cool fact anyway. As a civilisation they knocked around for centuries until Cleopatra had a nasty incident with an Asp. Cramming all the information on one of the most complex and intriguing peoples of all time is a big ask; making it assessable to children is even bigger. Imogen Greenberg and Isabel Greenberg have attempted this in ''The Ancient Egyptians''. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808255</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewDiscovering Dinosaurs|author=Imogen Greenberg Anne Rooney and Isabel Greenberg|title=The Roman EmpireSuzanne Carpenter

|summary=You may not think it from my writing, but Lift the flap books have progressed somewhat since I actually have was a degree in historychild. Some This one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of this was on the Roman Empiredinosaurs, we meet a variety of creatures, some of whom are very familiar but even some I struggle to remember 'd never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, showing you what happened when during the time period. The Republic and Empire spanned hundreds of years, so Alexander rocking various dinosaurs are getting up with his elephants did not happen anywhere near the rise of Julius Caesar. Modern youths would not think to shove the invention of the microchip in , with the Napoleonic Warsbackground noises, so why would you do this with Rome? Kids need roars and squawks to accompany them! The book creates a simple book that tells them dinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's very visual, placing the Roman Empire, but also puts it all dinosaurs in a context their habitats and timeline they can understandgiving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808565</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna KovecsesMason_poo|title=One Hundred Words: A first handwriting bookThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Paul Mason and Tony de Saulles|rating=45

|summary=Little Mouse is learning to write. ActuallyI know, I know, sometimes you really don't just learn want to writeencourage your children's poo jokes, you have to learn to hold but this book is brilliant! I sat and use a pencil and to control read it so that by myself when the point goes where you want it kids had gone to. Pencils - school and particularly crayons - have a mind of their own, you found it fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn't know! So, we start of with the tripod grip and some tips about what poo? The book manages to do if you find that difficultbe both funny (and silly) as well as being very interesting and educational. Then we're straight into the action, starting with drawing Using a straight line from side to side mixture of facts and to see what's required we have a footballer kicking a ball in the direction we're going to go. There are fifteen examples where you trace the linefigures, just so you get the hang of it photographs and then funny cartoons, you get to have come away having sniggered a go little at the vulture who poos on your its ownfeet but also knowing a lot about different types of poo, why poos smell, and why wombats do square poos.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808018</amazonuk>