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{{Frontpage
|isbn=0995647895
|title=Sadie and the Sea Dogs
|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Sadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.
''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>
''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>
''To the Maritime Museum''.
Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Esiri Poem
|title=A Poem for Every Day of the Year
|author=Allie Esiri
|rating=4
|genre=Anthologies
|summary=For those who do not read much poetry, for those who do not know where to start, this is a fun and easy commitment to take on. Reading a poem a day does not take long, mere minutes, and with over three-hundred poems in here there's bound to be a poem that speaks to each reader directly.
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{{Frontpage
|isbn=Stevenson_Garden
|summary=Robert Louis Stevenson was a very versatile writer; he delved deep into the human psyche when he wrote ''The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' but he did not restrict himself to representations of the gothic and the persecuted. He also wrote brilliant children's adventure stories such as ''Treasure Island'' and ''Kidnapped'', but, again, he did not restrict himself to prose writing because here he demonstrates his ability to write poetry.
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For the past few years she has adapted many she has adapted many of her most popular stories into songs and plays them during open readings, or releases them as part of a song booksongbook. For the first time , A Treasury of Songs brings together several of her books in one omnibus and it also has a CD too of Donaldson singing the songs. [[A Treasury of Songs by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler|Full Review]] <!-- Woollard -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Woollard_Kipling| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories|author=Elli Woollard and Marta Altes[[image:Woollard_Kipling.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509814744/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Children's Rhymes and Verse| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Elli Woollard and Marta Altes]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes Now, whatever our age, there are probably a few books that we have all encountered at some point in our childhoods. They have stood the test of time to such an extent that they have become a piece of our culture common to so many of us, and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Noware known throughout the world. 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Paul Cookson, Poet in Residence at the [[imagehttp:3//www.5starnationalfootballmuseum.jpg|link=Category:com/ National Football Museum], has compiled the best football poems for young children.}}{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Frontpage|isbn=0192729934|title=Whizz Bang Orang-Utan|author=John Foster|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|Childrensummary=Subtitled ''rhymes for the very young''s Rhymes and Verse]] This collection of nonsense poetry takes in all sorts of subjects, from wannabe magicians to armpits, and from failed cowboys to a girl you know what you're getting with springs for feet''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's all very sillya poetry anthology, all very nonsensicalwith sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and good fun. A proportion of profits are being donated to [http://wwwcourse whizzing and banging orang-utans.beatbloodcancers.org/ Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research]. [[There's A Lion }}{{Frontpage|isbn=0230745865|title=In My Bathroom by Giles Paley-PhillipsSky at Twilight|Full Review]]author=Gaby Morgan (editor) <!-- Phinn -->|rating=4|-genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Off the back of the success of Stephenie Meyer's [[image:1849392021.jpgTwilight by Stephenie Meyer|link=http://wwwTwilight]] series there has been a boom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. In My Sky at Twilight is perhaps one of the most unusual books to come out of this craze as it is a collection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the series.amazon.co.uk/dp/1849392021/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[There's An Alien In The Classroom by Gervase Phinn]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] ''There's An Alien In The Classroom'' is a collection of school-based poems, and poems aimed at school-age children. Taking in all forms, from limericks and cautionary verse, to acrostics and haiku, it offers a broad overview of poetry. With themes including school, families, seasons, Bonfire Night, Nativity plays and going to the dentist, there's something to appeal to every child. [[There's An Alien In The Classroom by Gervase Phinn|Full Review]] <!-- Dann -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1408304589.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408304589/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby by Penny Dann]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] All your favourite nursery rhymes are here, from Hickory Dickory Dock, through Little Bo Peep and Three Blind Mice, to Sing A Song Of Sixpence. With over sixty nursery rhymes to choose from, all the big names are presented in a beautiful compendium that you'll treasure for years. [[The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your Baby by Penny Dann|Full Review]] <!-- Rosen -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0141324511.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0141324511/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] When he was little, Michael Rosen's dad remembered all the bad things he'd done and reminded him of them when appropriate, so Michael imagined he'd written them all down in a Big Book of Bad Things. Here he presents the eponymous poem, as well as many many other tales of childhood, from the horrors of being a second late to school, to making a raft, to going to a café. Some bad, some sad, some quirky, some funny, some touching, some light-hearted, all wonderful. [[Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things by Michael Rosen|Full Review]] <!-- Cookson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:033051086X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/033051086X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The World At Our Feet by Paul Cookson]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] With the World Cup just around the corner, football is on everyone's lips. Paul Cookson, Poet in Residence at the [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/ National Football Museum], has compiled the best football poems for young children. [[The World At Our Feet by Paul Cookson|Full Review]] <!-- Foster -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0192729934.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0192729934/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Subtitled ''rhymes for the very young'', you know what you're getting with ''Whizz Bang Orang-Utan''. It's a poetry anthology, with sweet poems about kids, what they get up to, and of course whizzing and banging orang-utans. [[Whizz Bang Orang-Utan by John Foster|Full Review]] <!-- Morgan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0230745865.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0230745865/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[In My Sky at Twilight by Gaby Morgan (editor)]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Off the back of the success of Stephenie Meyer's [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]] series there has been a boom in vampire novels aimed at teenagers. In My Sky at Twilight is perhaps one of the most unusual books to come out of this craze as it is a collection of love poetry aimed at teenage fans of the series. [[In My Sky at Twilight by Gaby Morgan (editor)|Full Review]] <!-- Children's Trust -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:140632650X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/140632650X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems by Children's Trust]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Rhymes and Verse|Children's Rhymes and Verse]] Celebrities, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Grady, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds from the book go to [http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/ The Children's Trust]. It's a fantastic charity, who help disabled children, and I urge you all to buy a copy of ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' to support them. [[The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems by Children's Trust|Full Review]]}}
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