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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1839948493|title=Secrets A World of the SeashoreDogs|author=Carron Brown Carlie Sorosiak and Alyssa NassnerLuisa Uribe|rating=45
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|summary=This book starts in In the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that I'm a rock poolsucker for dogs. It’s not a boring In nearly eight decades, quietI've never met one I didn't trust and I've loved most of them. I wish I felt the same about human beings. So, calm place, though, it’s bustling with lifeany book about dogs, I'm going to sit down and devour. Then I'm going to go back and with every page that turns we learn more about the mysterious creatures that live within read itproperly. You might not see them at first And so it was with ''A World of Dogs'', but with ninety-six pages devoted entirely to my four-legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the accidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a hint of magic they appearlot about dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401105</amazonuk>
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 {{newreview|title=Earth in 30 Seconds|author=Anita Ganeri|rating=4|genre=children's Non-FictionFrontpage|summaryisbn=As a former cataloguer of children’s books there are names that are synonymous with juvenile non-fiction, in my time the author Anita Ganeri has graced my work table 112 times. She is a prolific author and her legacy continues in the form of ‘Earth in 30 Seconds’, part of a series of books for 7-11 year olds that explore scientific principles in easy bite size pieces.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401091</amazonuk>}} {{newreview1529507987|title=Flowerpot Farm: A First Gardening Activity The Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Lorraine HarrisonWalker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=34.5
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|summary=With the demand for us I love ''The Repair Shop''. It's my go-to programme when I want to eat seemingly more fruit and vegetables every be cheered up. After a hard day, the world of grow-your-own is backthere's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. Why buy from You see, the supermarket when you can release value is in what these possessions are worth to the kids into people who own them and the garden memories they hold. No expense appears to graze like cattle? However, before you do this, perhaps you should pick up a book like ‘Flowerpot Farm’ by Lorraine Harrison be spared and the experts spend as much time and Faye Bradley which will show them how effort as is required to create their own fruit, veg achieve the desired result. Regular viewers know the experts and flower garden no matter they're all brilliant at explaining what it is they're doing. But how small a space did they have to work with.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400818</amazonuk>start?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=024162343X|title=A First Book of NatureStolen History|author=Nicola Davies and Mark HearldSathnam Sanghera
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=There is 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 difference between a book for children that 'god'. Where was the kids themselves will like and one that adults will likeproof? In history lessons, it was probably worse still. A more mature person may like some interesting illustrations or imaginative storyNot 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 most of we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be called 'the colonies' as want to dispute what right the children I know are happy just army had to see some dinosaurs be there in their pantsthe first place. HoweverLooking back, there are books I still believe I was right - but I regret that transcend this and can appeal I lacked the maturity to both groupsapproach 'the problem' politely. Books that may have slightly dry reading for the very young, but illustrations that will transfix and amaze – introducing ‘A First Book of Nature’ written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Mark HearldI wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140634916X</amazonuk>
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{{Frontpage|author=Jeremy Dronfield and David Ziggy Greene|title=Fritz and Kurt|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=We start with the pair of brothers Fritz and Kurt, and their muckers, doing things any Jewish lad in 1930s Vienna would want to do – kicking things around the empty market place, helping the neighbours, being dutiful when it comes to the synagogue choir and at a vocational school. 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 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 national vote to keep the Nazis out, invite them in with open arms. ''Kristallnacht'' happened in 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 his father are, unknown initially to each other, packed off on the same train to Buchenwald and the stone quarry there. And us wondering how the titular event for the adult variant of all this could come about…|isbn=024156574X}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913750353|title=JakeBritannica's BonesWord of the Day|author=Jake McGowan-LowePatrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy
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|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=My oldest son ''Britannica's Word of the Day'' has wanted a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to be a palaeontologist since he was three Stretch Your Cranium and both boys are fascinated by how things workTickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to know about this brilliant book. Last year my youngest saw some scientific anatomy drawings and begged for more It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', so I began looking for childrentells you how to pronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''s books on skeletons), gives you a definition and anatomythen includes the word in a sentence so that you know how it should be used. There are very few available You also get an engaging and this looked frequently amusing illustration too. I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the best by far, I spent two days searching not only British but American booksellers letter Z four times before noticing that the book had not been released yet - so sadly we were forced to wait. It was worth waiting for though, this book is truly one of a kind.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783250259</amazonuk>!
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0711266204|title=The BeatlesSecret Life of Birds|author=Mick Manning Moira Butterfield and Brita GranstromVivian Mineker (illustrator)
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|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''The Beatles'' begins with the childhood of John Lennon at the end of the second world war. The first illustration seems to convey and infant John twisting and shouting on his way to the air raid shelter. The text and illustrations both paint a picture of mischievous but intelligent child. We especially loved an illustration that shows the mixed emotions of the passengers and driver as John plays an old harmonica for hours on the bus. Some of the passengers look desperate to escape, but the driver is so impressed he gives John a better harmonica.
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{{newreview
|title=Let's Paint!
|author=Gabriel Alborozo
|rating=3
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=''Are you keen to paint pictures, but afraid of making mistakes?''
 
With this opening gambit ''Let’s Paint!'', kicks off a short exploration of artistic styles and concepts. Illustrated with a combination of black pen and ink line drawings and paintings, Alborozo sets out to demonstrate how art can be fun.
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{{newreview
|title=Secrets of the Apple Tree
|author=Carron Brown and Alyssa Nassner
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=On I have recently discovered a cold winter night, long after bedtime, what could be more inviting than curling up under great pleasure: I sit and watch the blankets with vast numbers of birds which visit our garden on a book daily basis. An hour can pass without my noticing. I've established which species feed from the ground, which pop to read by torch light? What surprises might your torch reveal? In the case feeders for a quick snatch of ‘Secrets some food and who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. It would have been wonderful if, as a child, I'd had access to a book such as ''The Secret Life of the Apple Tree’ you may get more than you bargained for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400680</amazonuk>Birds''. So – what is it?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192779230|title=Eye BendersVery Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Science Invisible World of Seeing and BelievingGerms|author=Clive Gifford and Professor Anil SethIsabel Thomas
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|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=My husband doesn't usually do booksGerms' seems to have become a catch-all word to cover anything unpleasant which has the potential to make you ill. In the first book in what looks to be a very promising new series, but when this arrived in OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a clear and accessible introduction to the post it was a good two hours before anyone could get it out world of his handsgerms. The whole family ended up joining in We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they thought caused them and commenting on each illustration or illusionhow the thinking has developed over time. On The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the surfacetrickiest concepts and you'll soon be familiar with bacteria, it just seems like some light-hearted funfungi, protists and this book certainly is fun. But in addition to being great fun, this is an incredibly educational book as wellviruses – and how we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400842</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tracey Kelly1800464495|title=A Day That Changed History100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: The Assassination Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of John F KennedyMaths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I have a vivid memory of hearing about ''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the assassination womb, being aware of John F Kennedy. He was youngquantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, charismatic and a hope for the future after the comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old guard who seemed to have been in power for ever - and then he was gone. Books on JFK are easy to find - you'll find our favourites [[Top Ten Books on President John F Kennedy|here]], but it's rather more difficult to find a book which puts Kennedy and what happened into context, so I was delighted to receive a copy of 'A Day That Changed History: The Assassination of John F Kennedy'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445123576</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=Richard Hammond's Great Mysteries of the World|author=Richard Hammond|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Have you ever wondered whether or not the Loch Ness Monster actually exists? What about the Abominable Snowman? Do Did you think about what really goes on inside the Bermuda Triangleknow this? Well, donI didn't expect a definitive answer from Richard Hammond's ''Great Mysteries of the World''. You'll have to make up your own mind after being presented with the arguments. You'll need to marshal your brainpower. There are eighteen mysteries here, arranged within four topics - Weird Waters, Alien Encounters, Creepy Creatures and Ancient Treasures. All the biggies are here.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0370332377</amazonuk>}}! How about:
{{newreview|title=Deadly Detectives: Top Tips to Track Wildlife|author=Steve Backshall|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Steve Backshall is best known for his Deadly 60 series, which focuses on deadly predators. This book has plenty of predators from all around the world, but it also includes many less dangerous creatures, including a fair amount 'Maths ability on animals in the UK. Tracking a fox may not sound as exciting as tracking a leopard, but it something many children may find a chance entry to do in the UK, and Steve very helpfully shows the reader how to differentiate between school is a fox print and that strong predictor of a dog. The book has several other footprint illustrationslater achievement, teaching children subtle differences between may types double that of printsliteracy skills. It even had crab and bird prints to look for at the seaside. But this is about so much more than tracking and footprints.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444006436</amazonuk>}}''
I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be just as beneficial.}} {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=Bones RockThe Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Peter L Larson and Kristin DonnanNicola Morgan
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionTeens|summary=Most children go through 2020 has been a dinosaur phase, but there are always a few children who are strange year: I doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of our routines have been completely captivated by dinosaurs - dismantled and everything that goes with them. This is the most detailed palaeontology book for children I some teenagers this will have ever foundbrought about sleep problems. This book is written for older children, even Some teens will dismiss this as irrelevant ('who may wish needs sleep? - I've got loads to seriously consider palaeontology as a career choicebe doing) and others will worry unnecessarily. The book begins, not with dinosaurs Most people, from children to adults will have the odd bad night but with scienceworrying about your lack of sleep is only likely to make it worse. The book explains how science works. It presents science And there's also the fact that for far too long, not lack of sleep has been lauded as a set of facts, but of theories virtue and ideas that are subject sleep made to changeseem like laziness. Science becomes a living Being up early, working late has been praised and fluid thing rather than a stuffy set facts the ability to memorise. Reading this book, I can survive on little sleep has almost forget how much I hated science as a childbecome something to put on your CV.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>193122935X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1849767343|title=Alan Turing (Real Lives)Count on Me|author=Jim EldridgeMiguel Tanco|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Alan Turing was one The title and format of Britainthis book might lead you to think that it's greatest thinkers of either about responsibility - or it's a basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the last centurynumbers journey. He did pioneering work on computing and artificial intelligence. He was also It isn't: it's a hero hymn of World War II, working in the famous code-breaking community at Bletchley Park, cracking German naval codes used praise to lethal effect organising U-boat attacksmaths. Turing was the man who beat the Enigma machine It's about why maths is so wonderful and how you meet it in everyday life. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472900103</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1849767009|title=How the Meteorite Got It Isn't Rude to the Museumbe Nude|author=Jessie HartlandRosie Haine|rating=45
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=This is a cumulative tale in which could have been one small event sets off a chain of other events those books which are repeated throughout 'preaches to the story. If your child loves books like choir': the only people who'This ll buy it are the people who know that nudity is OK and the House That Jack Builtones who '', this may prove know'' that it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and-bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to bust. But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more than a very useful addition to you home library, but this is book about not wearing clothes. It's a type celebration of story telling which I have found some children really take tobodies: bodies large and small and of every possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and markings. They're fine. In fact, and others do notthey're wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052528</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776572858|title=Discover the Savage WorldHow Do You Make a Baby?|author=Simon AdamsAnna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)|rating=5|genre=Home 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'd get me a book about it. A couple of days later I was handed a pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, Camilla de la Bedoyerein clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and I was told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which nice people talked about''. I ''knew'' more, Ian Grahambut was little ''wiser''. Thankfully, Steve Parkertimes have changed.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1526362759|title=Dosh: How to Earn It, Phil SteeleSave It, Clint Twist and Amanda AskewSpend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The range What a relief! A book about money, for children, with clear explanations of subjects covered in ''Discover the Savage World'' what it is astonishing. The first three chapters are science related topics. The first section ''Earth's Power'' covers the birth of the universe, earthquakeswhy it matters, volcanoes how to acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and other natural disasters. '' Deadly Nature'what you can do with it when you' brings new meaning ve managed to the phrase get hold of it. Your reasons for wanting money don''acting like animals'', as t matter: we see the darker side of nature, from venomous creatures, deadly carnivores and a real surprise about a very common and well known birdall need it to some extent. ''Wild Science'' has a mixed bag of topics with dangerous elements, explosions You might want to go into business, fireworks and exactly how be a bullet worksclever shopper, as well as the birth of a star. saver (you might even become an ''Tough Machinesinvestor'' dips into technology ) and innovation with an incredible variety of mechanical subjects with everything from massive transport vehicles and diggers, to robots, military vehicles, ice breaking ships, rocketsthere might be something you really, and flood control systems. The focus turns to geography with ''Harsh Landsreally'' show a myriad of cultures and lifestyles in inhospitable locations. Life is difficult in some regions due want to nature, but man made hazards like Chernobyl and land mines occur as wellbuy. Finally we close with history and There''Brutal Battles''. This covers ancient warfare with events such as s also the Battle possibility of Marathon and the Siege of Masada right up using to do good in the Somme, the Battle Of Stalingrad with a heavy focus on snipers and the Battle of Kurskworld.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848109180</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=178112938X|title=Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission|author=Dominic Walliman David Long and Ben NewmanStefano Tambellini (illustrator)
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=The first thing I noticed about this book was It's fifty years since the illustrations. There is a strong nostalgic feel to this that makes me think of space race era film clips and early Flash Gordon comics. Perhaps it Apollo 13 mission was launched from the wonderfully fun illustrations that made me assume (incorrectly) that this would be less academic than most of the books Kennedy Space Centre in our space collection. I was expecting this to be a fun light read. It was certainly fun, the whole family loved this bookFlorida, but it was anything but a light read. We spent three days reading this book, researching topics online after reading about them, engaging the entire family in debates on space, conducting experiments inspired by our research etc... We had to rearrange our entire school week - and we still haven't finished - we have a number story of new projects inspired by this book planned for next week as well. This book is, without any doubt that journey remains one of the most educational books we have ever read, greatest survival stories of all the while not only holding the childrentime. ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission''s interest, but completely captivating themis a brilliant retelling of what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263079</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Book Of Space: All About Stars, Planets Kathleen Boucher and Rockets!Sara Chadwick|authortitle=Clive GiffordNine Ways to Empower Tweens
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=There's always a danger in putting a definitive article in the name of '9 Ways to Empower Tweens'' is a children's nonself-fiction help book titlefor tweens, setting out to show them vital #lifeskills. Luckily enough this volume does go almost as far as making itself definitive, with Don't groan! I know there is a lot market glut of numbers such books for we grown-ups and factsfor young adults too, yet but there is a delivery that makes all of those and the theories and terminology it uses all palatable to the browser, and still manages to throw needful space in the redundant unfunny cartoons at the side. In using an intelligent system of going through all the subjects under the broad subject of space, with none of the tables, box-outs increasingly technological world accessible to younger and so on other editors choose, this proves one of the more sober, measured and successful books of its kindyounger children for material for tweens too. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1780551398</amazonuk>0228818826}}
{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1609809173|title=RipleyEiffel's Believe It or Not! 2014Tower for Young People|author=Robert Leroy RipleyJill Jonnes
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I donBrash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the 1889 World't normally do annualss Fair in Paris encompassed the best, the worst and the beautiful from many countries and cultures. I'm afraid too many of the silly cartoon variety The French Republic laid out model villages from all their colonies, put me off on art shows, dance performances, food festivals and concerts to stun the genre, but this is something completely differentsenses. It seems a shame to even call And towering above it an annual. Instead I would call this an interactive encyclopaedia of all, the bizarre, unusual, twisted most popular and absolutely delightful facts that challenge you the most hated monument to 'Believe it or not!'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847947166</amazonuk>French accomplishment and daring – the Eiffel Tower.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=1848576536
|title=Humanatomy: How the Body Works
|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=''Get under your own skin, pick your brains, and go inside your insides!''
{{newreview|title=Horrid HenryThat's World Records|author=Francesca Simon what ''Humanatomy'' invites you to do and Tony Ross|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=My son chose this book because he does like Horrid Henryhonestly, and he especially loves books with factsI don't see how you could resist. As This informative book provides a parent, I have tried wonderful primer about the human body to supply my curious children with a wide choice of reading material, but I have - from the skeletal system to admitthe muscular system via circulation, I have leaned more towards fiction than non fiction simply because I mistakenly assumed it would be more fun. Girls do tend to prefer fictionrespiration and digestion, so I based my choices upon my own childhood reading habits. But when my sons began right up to beg for ''books a bout real things'', I saw the error of my waysDNA that makes who we are.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444009214</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Langford_Emily|title=Dork Diaries OMG: All About Me Diary!Emily's Numbers|author=Rachel Renee RussellJoss Langford
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I feel 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 pattern formingstep further and began counting in twos. She knew all about odd and even numbers. After three books Then she began counting in threes: half of the [[:Category:Rachel Renee Russell|Dork Diaries series]] came a throw-awaylist were even numbers, [[Dork Diaries: How to Dork Your Diary by Rachel Renee Russell|tie-in volume]] that offered a bit of a story to it but the other half was not full-on plot odd and action like the routine booksit was this list of odd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called ''threeven''. After six real novels comes (Actually, this, where for the confused me a little bit at first time the star as they're a subset of the book really is not Nikki Maxwell, odd numbers but whoever buys it (or gets it bought for them). This is where the franchise branches away from fiction, sound as though they ought to cover the purchaser or fan be a subset of the serieseven numbers, and gives her the chance to spill but it all worked out well when I really thought about herself, her school life, and her BFFsit. I think this is where I'm supposed to go ''SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471117731</amazonuk>)
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  {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Buckingham_Dawn|title=100 PeopleThe Little Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Masayuki SebeCaz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington
|rating=5
|genre=Confident ReadersAnimals and Wildlife|summary=If What a treat! I told you this really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a book in which every double page spread features exactly 100 people, cold and rather wet February morning. I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and there’s no real story listening to go with their song. Then - just because I could - I went back and did it all again and itwas just as good the second time around. So, you might be underwhelmed. You might wonder what the point would be. But I can tell do you in one word: fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579866</amazonuk>get?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Pankhurst_Women|title=Top 10 For Boys 2014Fantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Paul TerryKate Pankhurst|rating=45
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=OKA lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, I'll admit – sometimes it feels almost as though there comes a time when it would appear terribly easy were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to post a review of a bookread about or regard as role models. Of course, when something so self-explanatory pops up that a description of it hardly seems necessary. And you can judge the contents of this book similarly easily too – it takes the isn''Top Ten t true and there are plenty of Everything'' format developed by the late Russell Ashwomen who, and makes it funkierthroughout history, smallerhave achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, more brashly colourfulor created something never seen before. So here, and apparentlyin this wonderful picture book from Kate Pankhurst, suitable for boys. There are unofficial, opinionated lists, and bits where kids can scribble their own content and ratings. But despite how easy it is to get a handle on the book, I do hereby solemnly swear etc that I read almost every word, and just as I should, even no longer being a boy I learned a lotstories of some of them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0600623459</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Ignotofsky_Sport|title=Make a MobileWomen in Sport: 12 Cool Designs Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Press Out and HangWin|author=Lydia CrookRachel Ignotofsky
|rating=5
|genre=CraftsChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=''Make a MobileWomen in Sport'' is coming to us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. It celebrates a delightful crafting book crammed full century and a half of the development of women's sport by looking at fifty of projects for parents its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and children to sharemuch more. The Think of a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is probably in this book contains 12 unique designs that fit together beautifully and are surprisingly easy to makesomewhere. The perforated pages allow the components of each mobile to be simply pushed out from the Each entry is a double-page without the need for nimble scissor skillsspread with a brief biography and a striking portrait.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908005807</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Rooney_Dino|title=Space in 30 SecondsDiscovering Dinosaurs|author=Clive Gifford Anne Rooney and Dr Mike GoldsmithSuzanne Carpenter|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Back when Lift the flap books have progressed somewhat since I was a lad, and reading books on space science from my school library, they were nothing like thischild. There was little that was as colourfulThis one comes with sounds! Taking us layer by layer, no recap for every pagethrough various different ages of dinosaurs, no homework suggestionswe meet a variety of creatures, and certainly there was nothing as up-to-date as exoplanets or the latest dimensions some of the International Space Station. Many whom are very familiar but some I'd never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, showing you what the changes various dinosaurs are valuablegetting up to, with background noises, roars and make this volume quite squawks to accompany them! The book creates a successdinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's very visual, placing the dinosaurs in their habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908005734</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mason_poo|title=Myths in 30 SecondsThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Anita GaneriPaul Mason and Tony de Saulles|rating=45
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Back when I was a ladknow, I know, sometimes you really don't want to encourage your children's poo jokes, but this book is brilliant! I sat and reading books on mythology from my read it by myself when the kids had gone to school library, they were nothing like this. There was no full-colour, no recaps, no homework suggestions, and certainly found it fascinating! Who knew there was not the global PC-flavoured reach that broadened things out from Greekso 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 figures, Roman photographs and funny cartoons, you come away having sniggered a little at the occasional bit vulture who poos on its own feet but also knowing a lot about different types of Norse myth. You'll excuse me if I say poo, why poos smell, and why in this instance all those changes aren't completely for the betterwombats do square poos.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908005742</amazonuk>
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{{newreview|title=Paper Play|author=Lydia Crook|rating=4.5|genre=Crafts|summary=Paper Play is a virtual time machine, taking us back Move on to an era before the PC, tablet [[Newest Children's Rhymes and games console, when children had the ability to amuse themselves for hours with a few sheets of paper, some scissors and some glue. Simple papercraft skills were passed down from generation to generation, arming creative minds with a seemingly endless supply of crafting ideas, including paper dress-up dolls, flying contraptions and finger puppets.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0762449578</amazonuk>}}Verse Reviews]]