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|summary= In the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you that I've often shouted at people on UK quiz programmes m a sucker for their ignorance of geography about their nationdogs. People just donIn nearly eight decades, I've never met one I didn't seem to have learnt about or been to other areas trust and I've loved most of them. I wish I felt the place they call homesame about human beings. But while they get little sympathy from me when they lose the programmeSo, any book about dogs, I's cash prize, m going to sit down and devour. Then I can imagine that 'm going to go back and read it would be much harder for them if they actually lived in a large country, such as the USAproperly. 50 whole states And so it was with ''A World of different sizeDogs'', all with a rich history ninety-six pages devoted entirely to my four-legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the accidental owner of their own, their own famous places and their own noted people – the facts involved in absorbing all thatan American Dingo - she's relevant would take learned quite a lot of research – or, paradoxically, this handy child-friendly bookabout dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807119</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Axel Scheffler, Emily Gravett et al1529507987|title=Draw It! Colour It! CreaturesThe Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=Colouring books for adults are all the rage at the moment and itI love ''The Repair Shop''. It's too easy my go-to programme when I want to forget that adults be cheered up. After a hard day, there's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. You see, the value is in what these possessions are not worth to the only ones people who benefit from the calming, soothing therapy of colouring or own them and the improvement in hand-eye co-ordination which comes with practicememories they hold. Children's picture books have tended No expense appears to be flimsier spared and the experts spend as much time and not put together with quite such panache or by such well-known names, but we now have a children's colouring book effort as is required to bridge achieve the gapdesired result. ''Draw It! Colour It! Creatures'' has projects from 43 artists, well known in Regular viewers know the field of childrenexperts and they's book illustration, re all packed together in a stylish book with flaps so that youbrilliant at explaining what it is they're not going to lose your placedoing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447290704</amazonuk> But how did they start?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Long and Nicholas Stevenson024162343X|title=Diary of a Time TravellerStolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera|rating=3.5

|summary=With I was the usual complaint that 'History is Boring!', Augustus slumps over his bad company other people got into at school desk – until his teacher, a certain Professor Tempo, comes to his aid. She gives him a notebook and yellow pencil and says he should imagine himself I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the existence of a place in 'god'. Where was the past to see how interesting proof? In history lessons, it actually could bewas probably worse still. And lo and behold he's there, seeing Not too long after the world end of WWII, I didn't so much want to learn about the pastBritish army's effect successes (and occasional failures, but we didn't dwell on those) in what came to be called 'the colonies' as want to dispute what right the world of army had to be there in the present for his very own eyesfirst place. He ends up doing this more than a couple dozen timesLooking back, filling I still believe I was right - but I regret that I lacked the maturity to approach 'the notebook with amazing sights heproblem' politely. I wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's seen and people he's stood alongside, from Mozart to Einstein, from Chaucer to Lincoln, and what we read is what he comes up with in this brisk and colourful volume'Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806368</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Teal Triggs Jeremy Dronfield and Daniel FrostDavid Ziggy Greene|title=The School of Art: Learn How To Make Great Art With 40 Simple LessonsFritz and Kurt|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionConfident Readers|summary=Written We start with an interesting approachthe 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, this book treats 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 reader Sabbath preventing them for using anything nearly as mechanical and workmanlike as a new art student to The School of Artlight switch. The five professors of But this is the school take time just before the student through 40 different lessonsAustrian leader is going to cave to Hitler's will, looking at and instead of having a huge range of ideas right from how national vote to draw a linekeep the Nazis out, perspective and proportioninvite them in with open arms. ''Kristallnacht'' happened in Vienna just as much as in Germany, composition and aestheticsas did all the round-ups of Jews. Aimed probably These in their turn leave the younger Kurt at senior school children it couldhome with his mother and sisters anxious to hear word of an evacuation to Britain or the US, howeverwhile Fritz and his father are, also be used by older primary children who are particularly interested in artunknown initially to each other, packed off on the same train to Buchenwald and if you were working through the book with your child then a younger child stone quarry there. And us wondering how the titular event for the adult variant of all this could also try out some of the lesson ideas and suggestions.come about…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847806112</amazonuk>024156574X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adam Ford1913750353|title=Stars: A Family Guide to Britannica's Word of the Night SkyDay|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy

|summary=If an innovative book and a beautiful piece ''Britannica's Word of art got together and had offspring, the result would probably look Day'' has a lot like an Ivy Press publication. This publisher never ceases sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to impress Stretch Your Cranium and their books are the kind of ones Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you keep need to pass onto subsequent generations. With know about this in mind, I was excited to receive a lovely children's brilliant book called . It starts on January 1st with ''Stars: A Family Guide to the Night SkyRazzmatazz'' for review, which invites families tells you how to pronounce it (''explore the cosmos from your own backyardraz-muh-TAZ''. Would it live up to ), gives you a definition and then includes the standard of its predecessors? I was getting starry-eyed word in anticipationa sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and frequently amusing illustration too..|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402764</amazonuk> I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clive Gifford and Professor Anil Seth0711266204|title=Brain Twisters: The Science Secret Life of Thinking Birds|author=Moira Butterfield and FeelingVivian Mineker (illustrator)|rating=3.5

|summary=Meet I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the brainvast numbers of birds which visit our garden on a daily basis. We all have oneAn hour can pass without my noticing. We all use it (and by I'it' I mean a heck of a lot more of it than ve established which species feed from the 10% of urban myth) every second of ground, which pop to the day. We engage with different parts of it feeders for balance, catching a ball, memorising a list quick snatch of moves some food and who settles in controlling for a video game character, or understanding things ranging from written instruction to body languagegood munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. Itwould have been wonderful if, as a child, I's d had access to a book such a vital part of the body, taking up 20% of our glucose fuel intake as well as ''The Secret Life of oxygen, that understanding of it cannot come at too young an ageBirds''. But in this varied and complex book, looking at a varied and complex subject, I do wonder if the right approach has been taken at all times.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402047</amazonuk>So – what is it?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jenny Broom and Kristjana S Williams0192779230|title=Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Wonder Garden: Wander through the world's wildest habitats and discover more than 80 amazing animalsInvisible World of Germs|author=Isabel Thomas|rating=45

|summary=Is it any wonder that this book calls 'Germs' seems to have become a catch-all word to cover anything unpleasant which has the outside world The Wonder Garden? potential to make you ill. I know things In the first book in fiction books, on TV and in games can what looks to be fabulous, but can they compete – really – with what nature has presented? You only need a gate through which to govery promising new series, OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a willingness clear and accessible introduction to explorethe world of germs. This book provides those gates – there We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they are, shining luxuriously on thought caused them and how the cover of this jumbo-sized hardbackthinking has developed over time. And in five easy-to-take steps, the rest The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a scientist' which explains some of the book provides for that explorationtrickiest concepts and you'll soon be familiar with bacteria, taking us down south in Amazonia, down below the waters of the Great Barrier Reeffungi, protists and up viruses – to deserts and mountains, via Germany's own Black Forest. And the trip is nothing if not spectacular to look athow we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806473</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Martin Haake and Georgia Cherry1800464495|title=City Atlas100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Discover the world with 30 city mapsSupport All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=It's not every time I mention the feel of the book I'm reviewing, but this time it's worth a mention. This volume has been lavishly presented Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in a roughened card coverthe womb, as opposed to the gloss being aware of others in this format from this publisherquantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and so looks comprehending addition and feels like an subtraction at nine months old stamp catalogue. The title image '' Did you know this? I didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to school is indeed a stampstrong predictor of later achievement, stuck on the centre double that of the coverliteracy skills. And just as all stamps the world over '' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are practically 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 yet completely different way about maths, beyond counting? I don't think we do, in design, part because so many of us are afraid of maths. But why are the world's citieswe? 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. }} {{Frontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=The point Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-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 brought about sleep problems. Some teens will dismiss this book is as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? - I've got loads to be doing) and others will worry unnecessarily. Most people, from children to bring adults will have the common elements as well as the unique features odd bad night but worrying about your lack of all the worldsleep is only likely to make it worse. And there's capitals to also the forefact that for far too long, to show that while a city may be a city is lack of sleep has been lauded as a city, their constant variety is what makes each virtue and every one worth a visitsleep made to seem like laziness. With that being Being up early, working late has been praised and the ability to survive on little sleep has almost become something to put on the costly side, this is a decent enough substituteyour CV.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806481</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom1849767343|title=Dino DinnersCount on Me|author=Miguel Tanco|rating=34.5

|summary=Ask most children if dinosaurs are cool The title and format of this book might lead you will get an emphatic – Yes! The thought to think that giant looming monsters once roamed it's either about responsibility - or it's a basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the Earth, fighting and eating eat one other, sounds excitingnumbers journey. It isn't: it's a hymn of praise to maths. It 's about why maths is important to encourage this enthusiasm so wonderful and there are loads of books that are full of dinosaur facts, but are there any full of dinosaur fun as well?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806651</amazonuk>how you meet it in everyday life.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Carron Brown and Bee Johnson1849767009|title= On the Construction Site It Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating= 45|genre= Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary= Building buildings This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is OK and the ones who ''know'' that it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and-bothered person in the topic of this interactive book that shows construction from plans supermarket who is coughing fit to completionbust. For the right little boy (or girl) But... Rosie Haines makes it will no doubt be into something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. It's a hitcelebration of bodies: bodies large and small and of every possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and markings. They're fine. In fact, they're wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402691</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=The Self-Esteem Team1776572858|title=The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and WTFs?!!Don Bartlett (translator)|rating= 45|genre=TeensHome and Family|summary= Did you know It's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that there are she'd get me a book about it. A couple of days later I was handed a pamphlet (on averagewhich delivered nothing more than the basics, in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) three children in every British classroom who are self-harming? Or and I was told that 48% of teenage girls avoid everyday school activities because of a lack of body confidence? Shocking, isnit wouldn't be discussed any further as it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784186422</amazonuk>''wasn't something which nice people talked about''. I ''knew'' more, but was little ''wiser''. Thankfully, times have changed.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Backshall1526362759|title=Favourite Deadly FactsDosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande|rating=45

|summary=Many people have wondered What a relief! A book about money, for children, with clear explanations of what it is, why it matters, how to acquire more of it (nope - robbing banks is out) and what limbo must feel likeyou can do with it when you've managed to get hold of it. I Your reasons for one think wanting money don't matter: we all need it will be like being trapped on a long car journey with an enthusiastic child clasping a bumper book of factsto some extent. There is nothing quite like You might want to go into business, be a book about how longclever shopper, how short or how wide a saver (you might even become an ''investor'') and there might be something is you really, ''really'' want to put a certain type of child in cloverbuy. This type There's also the possibility of book should come with a warning sticker on using to do good in the front as any nearby adult is going to get their ear talked off, especially if it is a bumper fact bookworld.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444015397</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom178112938X|title=Woolly Mammoth|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Survival in Space: The Ice Age is a fascinating time, but do you think that dinosaurs still roamed the Earth alongside both man and mammoths? Ray Harryhausen has a lot to answer for and the earlier that someone learns that man and dinosaurs did not walk the land together, the better. Plus everyone knows that Woolly Mammoths are almost as cool as T-Rex – who doesn't love a hairy elephant?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806643</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewApollo 13 Mission|author=Francesca Simon David Long and Tony Ross |title=A Horrid Factbook: Crazy CreaturesStefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=The perceived wisdom is that it is harder to get young boys to read than it is young girlsIt's fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, but you try telling that to my nephews. They often have their heads so far in a book the story of that their nose sticks out the other end. However, whilst journey remains one loves fiction, of the other loves factgreatest survival stories of all time. If you think about it, you could use an extremely popular fiction character to tell children some real facts and trick them; but that would be ''Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'' is a horrible thing to dobrilliant retelling of what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444014447</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mick Manning Kathleen Boucher and Brita GranstromSara Chadwick|title=William Shakespeare: Scenes from the life of the world’s greatest writer|rating=4.5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= Sumptuously and appealingly illustrated, this imaginative and innovative approach to the life of William Shakespeare uses quirky comic strip style speech bubbles while also paying tribute to some of his most famous plays. Occasionally losing focus in the order of scenes from his life, which is why it’s not quite a 5 star review, it is still an entertaining and insightful introduction Nine Ways to the bard of Stratford upon Avon. This book includes maps, a bibliography, a glossary and quotations from the bard’s plays.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847803458</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Sara Starbuck|title= Born Free Lion Rescue: The True Story of Bella and SimbaEmpower Tweens

|summary=Bella was not supposed to be worked as a youngster as a model for holidaymakers' photos on the Black Sea CoastBrash and elegant, but that probably happened before she ended up in a poor Romanian zoosophisticated, blind in one eye controversial and losing vibrant, the sight 1889 World's Fair in Paris encompassed the other. Simba was not supposed to be shaking his magnificent maned figure about a circus cage in southern France. But she wasbest, the worst and he was, the beautiful from many countries and things weren't rightcultures. LuckilyThe French Republic laid out model villages from all their colonies, the zoo was too poor to operateput on art shows, dance performances, food festivals and people were already on hand concerts to relocate stun the animalssenses. And towering above it all, the most popular and fortunately someone realised the circus was a no-starter as well, when it comes most hated monument to keeping a fully-grown lion in captivity. In alternating chapters French accomplishment and daring – the two cats' tales eventually combine to one, in this great little read with a heart-warming messageEiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444015338</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Owen Davey1848576536|title=Mad About MonkeysHumanatomy: How the Body Works|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank|rating= 45

|summary=Of all the many millions of animals on our planet that deserve a large format hardback non-fiction book''Get under your own skin, pick your brains, and go inside your insides!'' That's what ''Humanatomy'' invites you to do and honestly, I guess monkeys are one of don't see how you could resist. This informative book provides a wonderful primer about the ideal places human body to start. They are, of course, our distant cousins, with curious children- from the ancestor we have in common with them walking around our world within skeletal system to the past thirty million years. They have a large range across the planet, they have over 250 variant speciesmuscular system via circulation, respiration and they have a lot of interesting facts and details regarding their social lifedigestion, their diet, their diversity and their potential future – all of which right up to the DNA that makes this an interesting read whatever your species bias may bewho we are.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263575</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Cath Senker and Melvyn EvansLangford_Emily|title=Ancient Egypt in 30 Seconds: 30 Awesome Topics for Pharaoh Fanatics Explained in Half a Minute (ChildrenEmily's 30 Second)Numbers|author=Joss Langford

|summary=EgyptEmily found words ''useful'', but counting was what she loved best. ItObviously, you can count anything and there's up there with dinosaursno limit to how far you can go, space travel but then Emily moved a step further and began counting in twos. She knew all about odd and not much else that can hold a young child throughout the length of their school careereven numbers. Considering a lot Then she began counting in threes: half of them will grow up declaring they have no interest in, or the list were even a hatred for, historynumbers, but the other half was odd and it all was relevant a long, long time ago – and with Carterthis list of odd numbers which occurred when you counted in threes which she called ''s finding of King Tutthreeven's tomb closing in on its centenary it won't go away yet. There are indeed books that solely concern themselves with the history of our love affair with Egypt. But I guess it does boil down to it being introduced by (Actually, this confused me a fine teacher. Whether this latest book will supplant the human in giving us all the lessons we need remains to be seen.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402373</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewplain|title=National Geographic Kids Infopedia 2016|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=Annuals. They are not what little bit at first as they used to be. As 're a child, I remember snuggling into a chair with my 1983 “Crackerjack” annual and being completely immersed by subset of the facts, stories, jokes and activities inside. Maybe I'm getting old, odd numbers but many of today's annuals seem sound as though they ought to be little more than a few flimsy sheets subset of colouring paper and posters sandwiched inside a hard cover. Ifthe even numbers, as a parent, you are aching to buy your children something with a little more substance and quality, then the National Geographic Infopedia 2016 may be just what you are looking forbut it all worked out well when I really thought about it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1426322445</amazonuk>)

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher EdgeBuckingham_Dawn|title=How to Write your Best Story Ever!|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Oh those feared words from my primary school days – just sit and write a story. The countless hours I spent, sifting my mind for what little I knew and what I had read before, and no real guide on hand to what to put down on the page and how. How times change. This volume, for all the vivid design and hyperbolic title, might have been the best companion to the budding author version Little Book of me, for it will easily sit alongside the junior scribbler wherever s/he may be from now on. It has a beginning, middle and end (and index), and can be counted on for some great, no-nonsense advice.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019274352X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewDawn Chorus|author=Jen Green Caz Buckingham and Wesley Robins|title=Oceans in 30 SecondsAndrea Pinnington

|genre=Popular ScienceAnimals and Wildlife|summary=Oceans in 30 Seconds is What a treat! I really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of the latest book in Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the innovative series from Ivy Press, which aims sounds of a dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to give resist on a cold and rather wet February morning. I spent an informative indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and entertaining overview of a given subject in bitelistening to their song. Then -sized chunks. Each given subject has its own twojust because I could -page spread, with a concise description on the left, covering I went back and did it all of the main points, again and a colourful illustration on it was just as good the right hand page, complete with extra snippets of informationsecond time around. Each chapter also has a handy 3-second sum up So, which further condenses the main idea of the chapter into a single sentence.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178240239X</amazonuk>what do you get?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paula BriggsPankhurst_Women|title=Drawing Projects for ChildrenFantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst

|genre=CraftsChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=''Drawing Projects for Children'' A lot of history is a beautiful, full-colour guide that encourages children to use a range of materials to create stunning about men. Kings and generals and inventors and thought-provoking artworkpoliticians. As the author points outSometimes, the end result is not always it feels almost as important though there were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as the journey role models. Of course, this isn't true and there are plenty of women who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or created something never seen before. So here, in this wonderful picture book helps children to move away from Kate Pankhurst, are the more traditional, or 'safe' type stories of some of drawing styles and indulge in a little more experimentation and risk takingthem. The book is ideal for parents to use with their children, but each chapter is a self-contained lesson plan that facilitators and teachers can use with groups.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908966742</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna KovecsesIgnotofsky_Sport|title=One Thousand ThingsWomen in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Rachel Ignotofsky

|summary=When you are ''Women in Sport'' is coming to us just short of two years old there’s a whole lifetime of learning aheadbefore the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. Where to begin? Well, you could do It celebrates a lot worse than get Mum or Dad to buy century and a copy half of the development of Anna Kovecses’ ''One Thousand Things'women's sport by looking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and much more. Don’t believe the mouse on the front cover holding Think of a balloon saying ''learn your first words''. To bill this book as sport and a ‘vocabulary builder’ pioneering woman succeeding at it is to woefully underplay its hand. Study hard and probably in this book will see you safely through nursery somewhere. Each entry is a double-page spread with a brief biography and in to reception as an assured four year old who can hold their own in the cut and thrust of classroom debatea striking portrait.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806074</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carron Brown and Bee JohnsonRooney_Dino|title=On the TrainDiscovering Dinosaurs|author=Anne Rooney and Suzanne Carpenter

|summary=This seems to be a firmly established publishing practise now – Lift the enhanced readership experience offered to fans of a franchise by flap books have progressed somewhat since I was a tie-in activity bookchild. This is yet another example – looking like a genuine entry in an on-going series, it instead offers the fan of the characters the chance to interact one comes with them in new wayssounds! Taking us layer by layer, as well as looking back through the shelves various different ages of their collectiondinosaurs, and inwardly as wellwe meet a variety of creatures, at their own thoughts and tastes. Note some of whom are very familiar but some I say it's for a fan – this example will alienate anyone else from d never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, showing you what the first page – but for the right audience it’s generally various dinosaurs are getting up to, with background noises, roars and squawks to accompany them! The book creates a good thing. And in this instance dinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's a veryvisual, very good thing indeedplacing the dinosaurs in their habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007569076</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom Mason_poo|title=Wild AdventuresThe Poo That Animals Do|author=Paul Mason and Tony de Saulles|rating=45

|summary=When I was growing upknow, TV only had four channels and games consoles came in the form of the rubber keyed ZX Spectrum. Despite these meagre offeringsI know, we would still spend endless summer hours in the sitting room if our parents had not thrown us outside. In 2015, there are far more TV channels sometimes you really don't want to watch and games come in high fidelity, what chance does nature have against ‘Call of Duty’? You would be surprised, as despite all the creature comforts of the front room, encourage your children still want to play outside's poo jokes, all they have to be - but this book is inspired.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804365</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Adrienne Barman|title=Creaturepedia|rating=4|genre=Animals brilliant! I sat and Wildlife|summary=''Creaturepedia'' welcomes young readers to read it by myself when the greatest show on earth, showcasing more than 600 different creatures within its pages. Rather than listing the animals in traditional alphabetical order, this book groups creatures according kids had gone to a variety of criteria, including colour, habits school and outstanding physical characteristics. Of course, found it fascinating! Who knew there is a handy index at the end was so much I didn't know about poo? The book manages to keep the traditionalists happy too. There are a few unusual categories thrown in, such as mythical beats be both funny (and extinct animals, silly) as well as endangered species that sadly, may become extinct being very soon|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806341</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anna Weltman|title=This is Not interesting and educational. Using a Maths Book|rating=5|genre=Art|summary=I have to admitmixture of facts and figures, photographs and funny cartoons, I wasn't you come away having sniggered a huge fan of maths little at school. Maybe if I'd had this book when I was a child, I would have been. 'This is not the vulture who poos on its own feet but also knowing a Maths Book' cleverly bridges the gap between maths and art and teaches kids how to make beautiful patterns and shapes by using mathematical principles. We learn lot about parabolic curvesdifferent types of poo, Pascal's triangle, the stomachionwhy poos smell, tesselation and 3D drawingswhy wombats do square poos. Because the pages are interactive and hands-on, kids are learning the rules of maths without realising it. After all, there is no reason why maths shouldn't be fun!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402055</amazonuk>