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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anne Rooney and Suzanne Carpenter1839948493|title=Discovering DinosaursA World of Dogs|author=Carlie Sorosiak and Luisa Uribe|rating=45

|summary=Lift In the flap books have progressed somewhat since interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that I was 'm a childsucker for dogs. This one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layerIn nearly eight decades, through various different ages of dinosaurs, we meet a variety of creatures, some of whom are very familiar but some I'd ve never heard met one I didn't trust and I've loved most of before! them. I wish I felt the same about human beings. Each scene peels openSo, layer by layerany book about dogs, showing you what the various dinosaurs are getting up I'm going to, with background noises, roars sit down and squawks devour. Then I'm going to accompany them! go back and read it properly. The book creates a dinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs And so itwas with ''A World of Dogs''s very visual, placing with ninety-six pages devoted entirely to my four-legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the dinosaurs in their habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imaginationaccidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a lot about dogs since then. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938750</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Mason and Tony de Saulles1529507987|title=The Poo That Animals DoRepair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=I know, love ''The Repair Shop''. It's my go-to programme when I know, sometimes you really don't want to encourage your childrenbe cheered up. After a hard day, there's poo jokesnothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. You see, but this book the value is brilliant! I sat in what these possessions are worth to the people who own them and read it by myself when the kids had gone to school and found it fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn't know about poo? memories they hold. The book manages No expense appears to be both funny (spared and silly) the experts spend as well much time and effort as being very interesting and educationalis required to achieve the desired result. Using a mixture of facts Regular viewers know the experts and figures, photographs and funny cartoons, you come away having sniggered a little they're all brilliant at the vulture who poos on its own feet, but also knowing a lot about different types of poo, why poos smell, and why wombats do square poosexplaining what it is they're doing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526303949</amazonuk> But how did they start?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Susan Wood and Ross MacDonald024162343X|title=American Gothic: The Life of Grant WoodStolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera|rating=4.5

|summary=Who won I was the bad company other people got into at school. I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the existence of a national prize for a crayon drawing of three oak leaves before he 'god'. Where was properly in his teensthe proof? Who sought acclaim as an artist In history lessons, it was probably worse still. Not too long after the end of WWII, I didn't so much want to learn about the British army's successes (and occasional failures, but we didn't dwell on those) in what came to Europe be called 'the colonies' as want to study from dispute what right the greats, only to reject all they army had to offer? be there in the first place. Who instinctively knew a picture of his dentist (yesLooking back, his dentist) would be more appealing and say more I still believe I was right - but I regret that I lacked the maturity to people than approach 'the problem' politely. I wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''floating water lilies and frilly ballet dancersStolen History''? The answer in all cases was Grant Wood, practically the most well-known painter in America at one time, and still the best, alongside Edward Hopper, at presenting his world minus any Modernist trappings.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419725335</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Stuart Hill Jeremy Dronfield and Sandra LawrenceDavid Ziggy Greene|title=The Atlas of MonstersFritz and Kurt

|summary=There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as trolls, leprechauns, goblins and minotaurs. They're 'Britannica's Word of the stuff of far too many stories Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to remain mysterious, Stretch Your Cranium and every schoolchild should Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to know all about themthis brilliant book. There are monsters and mysterious characters It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', such as Gog and Magog, Scylla and Charybdistells you how to pronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''), gives you a definition and then includes the bunyip. They are what you find if you take an interest word in this kind of thing to the next level; even if you cannot place them all on a map sentence so that you know how it should have come across thembe used. But there are monsters You also get an engaging and mysterious characters, such as the dobhar-chu, the llambigyn y dwr, and the girtablilifrequently amusing illustration too. To gain any knowledge of them you really need I don't think I've ever encountered a book that knows its stuff. A book like this one…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783706961</amazonuk>word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lily Murray and Chris Wormell0711266204|title=Dinosaurium The Secret Life of Birds|author=Moira Butterfield and Vivian Mineker (Welcome to the Museumillustrator)

|summary=The misuse I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the vast numbers of language is birds which visit our garden on a modern diseasedaily basis. Too many times something is described as awesome or stupendous, but were you truly awed by it? Or stupefied? People just seem to pluck words out of the ether and pretend that they are the correct onesAn hour can pass without my noticing. Are the recipes in Susanna Tee and Santy GutierrezI's 'This Cookbook is Gross' truly gross? For once ve established which species feed from the language is not overplayed. These recipes may taste niceground, but in appearance they are absolutely vile.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938289</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jojo Siwa|title= Jojo's Guide which pop to the Sweet Life|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= JoJo with the Bow Bow has written feeders for a Book Book! And without meaning to sound like my expectations were low, it was surprisingly good. I say this because we know JoJo as the girl from ''Dance Moms'' with the outspoken mother (well, one quick snatch of the outspoken mothers) some food and who is known settles in for her dancing and the big bows she wears, a good munch but I wish I was more than for her brainsknowledgeable. And yet this book shows us another side It would have been wonderful if, as a side in which she is an articulatechild, insightful and intelligent young woman. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419728172</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Rob Beattie and Sam Peet|title= Stupendous Science|rating= 5|genre= Popular Science|summary=Education should be fun. We learn best when we are engaged with practical, enjoyable tasks. ThatI's the secret behind the experiments in d had access to a book such as ''Stupendous Science.'' They have the fun element, the The Secret Life of Birds'wow factor,' and most importantly, can be easily replicated with items that are readily available in the home. Each experiment teaches an important scientific concept; essentially teaching through play.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938467</amazonuk> So – what is it?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Gianni Sarcone and Marie Jo Waeber0192779230|title= Optical Illusions|rating= 5|genre= Popular Science|summary=I used to work as a library assistant and I remember arriving to work one morning to find all Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Invisible World of my fellow librarians crowded around a book, chattering excitedly and...squinting rather oddly. The book was called ''Magic Eye'' and promised a magical 3D viewing experience if you looked at the psychadelic pictures in a certain way. For a brief period in the early 90s, the pictures had a sudden spike in popularity, until everyone presumably got eye strain and went back to their everyday lives. Well good news Magic Eye fans! The pictures are back (albeit only two images), in the engrossing and immersive new book ''Optical Illusions.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938475</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewGerms|author=Joey Chou|title=Make and Play: NativityIsabel Thomas

|summary=I always feel a slight disappointment for children at Christmas when they're presented with Germs' seems to have become a tree catch-all word to decorate with a box of ornaments and a nativity scene (sometimes quite precious, so it's Not To Be Played With) cover anything unpleasant which is set up Somewhere Safehas the potential to make you ill. Where's the imagination, the creativity, In the sense of pride first book in that? How much better what looks to be a very promising new series, OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a child create their own nativity scene, which they can then play with? clear and accessible introduction to the world of germs. That's exactly We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they get with Joey Chouthought caused them and how the thinking has developed over time. The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 's speak like a scientist'which explains some of the trickiest concepts and you'Make ll soon be familiar with bacteria, fungi, protists and Play Nativity''viruses – and how we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788000064</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Philip Parker1800464495|title=50 Things You Should Know About the Vikings100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith

|summary=You might think''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, what with books about dinosaurs being just as varied (and almost as aware of quantities at seven hours old) as dinosaurs themselves, that there was little to say about them that hadn't been saidassessing probability at six months old, and few new ways of giving us information about themcomprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old. Well, '' Did you know this? I would put it didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to you that this school is a novel variantstrong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills. Over many jumbo spreads, we get '' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a different dinosaur good start in a different situation each timeliteracy - reading stories, whether it be being bornteaching pen grips, being slain or learning to fly, and the book singing rhymes - gives us all children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the usual factssame way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, not in chronological order, nor part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in some other more spurious fashion, but grouped by where these dinosaurs liveddaily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial. }} {{Frontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=The continentAwesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-wide chapters Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Nicola Morgan|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=2020 has been a strange year: I doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of our routines have been completely dismantled and for some teenagers this will have several entrants in eachbrought about sleep problems. Some teens will dismiss this as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? - I've got loads to be doing) and others will worry unnecessarily. Most people, and what with from children to adults will have the book hitting all corners odd bad night but worrying about your lack of our current globe, sleep is only likely to make it brings worse. And there's also the world fact that for far too long, lack of dinosaur remains right sleep has been lauded as a virtue and sleep made to our doorseem like laziness. Being up early, working late has been praised and makes this old subject feel remarkably new…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030349</amazonuk>the ability to survive on little sleep has almost become something to put on your CV.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Long and Harry Bloom1849767343|title=Pirates Magnified: With a 3x Magnifying GlassCount on Me|author=Miguel Tanco

|summary=The title and format of this book might lead you to think that it's either about responsibility - or it's a basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the numbers journey. Itisn't: it's becoming easier and easier a hymn of praise to spot books for the young maths. It's about pirates – that surely why maths is about the only career from the seventeenth century that gets so many volumes produced about wonderful and how you meet itin everyday life. }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1849767009|title=It must Isn't Rude to be a combination Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the derring-do, only people who'll buy it are the illegality, people who know that nudity is OK and of course the fancy dress and silly speak ones who ''know'' that appeals – nowhere else would you see a youngster studying one countryit's attacks on another, shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and reading -bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to bust. But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more than a book about how treasures, slaves and other resources changed handsnot wearing clothes. This volume, however, tries its best to stand out, and has adopted the equally prevalent concept It's a celebration of getting the reader to pore over bodies: bodies large dioramas to seek the and small detail hidden in the imagesand of every possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and markings. They're fine. For onceIn fact, though, therethey's a thoroughly educative reasoning behind itre wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030276</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Caroline Alliston1776572858|title= Build It! 25 Creative STEM Projects for Budding EngineersHow Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)|rating= 45|genre= Popular ScienceHome and Family|summary=''Build It! 25 Creative STEM Projects for Budding Engineers's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that she' takes d get me a strictly hands-on approach to science to show how scientific ideas can be applied to real-world situationsbook about it. The book contains 25 projects with varying degrees A couple of complexity to demonstrate topics such as air traveldays later I was handed a pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, programmable machines, light, motion in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and electricityI was told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which nice people talked about''. The book is designed with the younger scientist in mind I ''knew'' more, so there is a focus on the fun aspectbut was little ''wiser''. Thankfully, with many of the projects involving toystimes have changed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938483</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Laura Knowles and Chris Madden1526362759|title=We Travel So FarDosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande|rating=4.5

|summary=The lead singer What a relief! A book about money, for children, with clear explanations of Foreigner said ''Iwhat it is, why it matters, how to acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and what you can do with it when you've travelled so far managed to change this lonely lifeget hold of it.'' Well, heYour reasons for wanting money don's gone nowhere in comparison t matter: we all need it to many of these creatures, who probably wouldn't call their life lonely, eithersome extent. Masses of animals gatherYou might want to go into business, herd, schoolbe a clever shopper, a saver (you might even become an ''investor'') and fly in unisonthere might be something you really, and all make their migration ''really'' want to change their livesbuy. Some hide from There's also the danger possibility of winter storms, many seek the food they need before hibernation or their first meals after breeding, some just trot up a volcano using to lay eggs do good in the one place they know will keep them warm. It might seem to be an unusual approach – having a sparsely-texted book solely about one aspect of animal nature, but on this evidence it's an approach that certainly worksworld.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277339</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DK178112938X|title=13½ Incredible Things You Need to Know About EverythingSurvival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=Having It's fifty years since the Internet Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in the home for a child to learn from is all well and goodFlorida, but it won't replace an encyclopaedia. For the story of that journey remains one thing, there definitely is an instance of having too much of a good thing – it is no use for the young mind to be exposed to every bit greatest survival stories of knowledge we may have amassed. No, you need someone authoritative enough to come along and collate the important bits, letting you learn just enough, and the key things you do need to know, all from one placetime. This book doesn't really term itself as an encyclopaedia, that has to be said, but its large format puts it on the shelf next to them, and its colourful and educative mien proves it's Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a very close relative, at least brilliant retelling of the modern kind. What it has decided to do is to structure the world into certain subjects, and to give us 13½ facts regarding every topic. And what a diverse range of topics it has amassedhappened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241238935</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=DKKathleen Boucher and Sara Chadwick|title=My Encyclopedia of Very Important AnimalsNine Ways to Empower Tweens

|summary=The animal kingdom is a diverse oneBrash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the 1889 World's Fair in Paris encompassed the best, full of creatures that do all sorts of thingsthe worst and the beautiful from many countries and cultures. The number of animals French Republic laid out there is so vast that even vets need to do a quick google when something strange appears in model villages from all their practice. For budding vet-to-be animals are a constant source of fascination colonies, put on art shows, dance performances, food festivals and they will absorb as much knowledge as you can give them. It is not practical concerts to visit stun the zoo every daysenses. And towering above it all, but getting an educational the most popular and entertaining animal encylopedia isthe most hated monument to French accomplishment and daring – the Eiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241276357</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DK1848576536|title=DK Children's EncyclopediaHumanatomy: How the Body Works|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank|rating=4.5

|summary=More than sixty years ago my grandparents bought me an encylopedia: it was a major purchase for them as they didn't really ''do'' booksGet under your own skin, but it was a treasure trove for me and I still have it today. It didn't just teach me facts - it taught me how to find out information for myself and how to use an index. It opened my eyes to subjects I'd never considered and widened my knowledge on those I already loved. In formatpick your brains, in size and content it was very similar to go inside your insides!''DK Children That's Encyclopediawhat '' and I can imagine a younger me hunched over it and begging just to be allowed to finish this bit before I went to bed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241283868</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano|title=Life on Earth: Dinosaurs: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!|rating=5|genre=ChildrenHumanatomy's Non-Fiction |summary=I was a big fan of dinosaurs when I was a nipper. Since then the science regarding them has evolved leaps and bounds. We've got in touch with them perhaps being feathered, and have assumed colours and noises they made – we can even extrapolate from their remains what their eyesight, hearing and so much more may have been like. But science will never stop, and the next generation will need invites you to be on board with the job of discovering them, analysing them, do and presenting them to a world that never seems to get enough of the nastyhonestly, superlative beasties of Hollywood renown. As you're the kind of person to ask questions, you may well ask I don't see how do you get that next generation ready for their place in the field and in the laboratory?' I would put this as the answer – even if it is made itself of a hundred questionscould resist.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808972</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano|title=Life on Earth: Jungle: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction |summary=We're constantly being asked to save something. Save the hedgerows, save the elephant, save our seas. There's absolutely nothing wrong with any of those goals – some of them are larger than the others, and more demanding, but they are all worthy. But seeing as it's (This informative book provides a) wonderful primer about the largest land feature we need human body to save, and (b) it's curious children- from the most worthwhile skeletal system to save, why not just go for the jugular – and try and save the Amazonian rainforest? Forget jugular, you'll be saving the jaguar; you'll be protecting the source of a lot of our foodmuscular system via circulation, spices and medicines – respiration and when did a hedgerow near you have almost fifty different species of ant on a singular tree? The first step to saving anything is to understand itdigestion, right up to let us appreciate it, and this primer is how the DNA that makes who we get in touch with what's important about jungles so we can deem them worthwhileare.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809014</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Andrea Beaty and David RobertsLangford_Emily|title=Iggy PeckEmily's Big Project Book for Amazing ArchitectsNumbers|author=Joss Langford

|summary=Out Emily found words ''useful'', but counting was what she loved best. Obviously, you can count anything and there's no limit to how far you can go, but then Emily moved a step further and began counting in twos. She knew all about odd and even numbers. Then she began counting in threes: half of all the things I wanted to be as a childlist were even numbers, an architect but the other half was odd and it was not one this list of themodd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called ''threeven''. Which is (Actually, this confused me a shamelittle bit at first as they're a subset of the odd numbers but sound as though they ought to be a subset of the even numbers, perhaps – but it all worked out well when I might have had really thought about it.)}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Buckingham_Dawn|title=The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington|rating=5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=What a few Prince Charles-friendly ideas under my belt, and even if treat! I hadnreally did mean to just ''glance''t exactly progressed at that I might have been more at ease at those stupid team-bonding 'build-'The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of a-this-or-that' exercises you are sometimes forced dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to undergo as an adultresist on a cold and rather wet February morning. I never knew I would ever hold any importance in my ability spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and listening to draw buildings, conceptualise towns and create model structures of my own creations – partly their song. Then - just because I knew could - I had no ability. But for the likes of Iggy Peck, went back and did it all again and it was just as good the whole idea is never in doubt – he spends his entire second time thinking of buildings and how to improve on the ones he knowsaround. And so, for the duration of your engagement with these pagesSo, will what do you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419718924</amazonuk>get?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Isabel Otter and Maxime LebrunPankhurst_Women|title=My First Wild Activity BookFantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst|rating=4.5

|summary=You sit down together A lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, it feels almost as a family and ask your child what they would though there were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to read from your bulging bookcaseabout or regard as role models. Will they choose the timeless classic that you yourself read as a child? Perhaps they will pluck for a modern tale with its dayglo colouring Of course, this isn't true and storyline based around pants? Nope. Neither there are plenty of thesewomen who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or created something never seen before. All you will hear is ''Stickers!'' Your child would rather play with a sticker activity So here, in this wonderful picture book than read with youfrom Kate Pankhurst, so best make it a worthwhile sticker activity bookare the stories of some of them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575726</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Steve Martin and Essi KimpimakiIgnotofsky_Sport|title= Scientist AcademyWomen in Sport: Are You Ready For the Challenge?|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Kids seem Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to have an innate curiosity about the world around them. They are constantly asking ''How?'' and ''Why?'' Curious kids and budding scientists are going to love the new ''Scientist Academy'' book by Ivy Kids, which is filled with practical experiments and fun activities with an educational twist.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178240502X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewWin|author=Rebecca Jones|title=The Colouring Book of Cards and Envelopes: Unicorns and RainbowsRachel Ignotofsky

|genre=CraftsChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=I've a problem with many colouring books for children: some initial effort goes into 'Women in Sport'' is coming to us just before the colouring, but the chances are that little will be kept on Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. It celebrates a long-term basis century and ita half of the development of women's not particularly satisfying. How much better would it be if the colouring produced something which could be sent to someone elsesport by looking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, who would appreciate that it's unique and that effort and care has gone into the card? How much better to give more. Think of a child something like ''The Colouring Book of Cards sport and Envelopes: Unicorns a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. Each entry is a double-page spread with a brief biography and Rainbows'' than an ordinary colouring book which will soon be discarded?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788000897</amazonuk>a striking portrait.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stephan LompRooney_Dino|title=Wilfred Discovering Dinosaurs|author=Anne Rooney and Olbert’s Totally Wild ChaseSuzanne Carpenter

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction |summary=Meet Wilfred and OsbertLift the flap books have progressed somewhat since I was a child. They're not only the kind to completely flout the rules This one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of the natural history explorer's club they belong todinosaurs, but when they both spot an undiscovered butterfly togetherwe meet a variety of creatures, they some of whom are the kind to fight tooth and claw to be the first to lay claim to it alone, and devil take the other one. What they donvery familiar but some I't know is that the drama that ensues when they're tailing this particular specimen will involve no end d never heard of peril – nearly drowningbefore! Each scene peels open, almost being eaten layer by a lionlayer, crashing a hot air balloon one of them just so happened showing you what the various dinosaurs are getting up to have in his pocket… This, thenwith background noises, is roars and squawks to accompany them! The book creates a fun and silly biology lesson – but thatdinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's only very visual, placing the best kind, surely?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848696795</amazonuk>dinosaurs in their habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imagination.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby Walden and Stephanie Fizer ColemanMason_poo|title=Hidden World: ForestThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Paul Mason and Tony de Saulles|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction |summary=SometimesI know, less is more. But a wood doesnI know, sometimes you really don't understand thatwant to encourage your children's poo jokes, does but this book is brilliant! I sat and read it – by myself when the kids had gone to school and found it just stretches on fascinating! Who knew there was so much I didn't know about poo? The book manages to be both funny (and silly) as well as being very interesting and educational. Using a mixture of facts and onfigures, expanding outwards photographs and outwardsfunny cartoons, and upwards and upwards – it's quite a galling thing for you come away having sniggered a young person to understand. This book reverts to little at the very basic detail that will let the very young student get vulture who poos on its own feet but also knowing a grip on the life in the forestlot about different types of poo, why poos smell, whether they can actually see it for the trees in real life or not…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575971</amazonuk>and why wombats do square poos.