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[[Category:New Reviews|Emerging Readers]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David Walliams and Tony RossNigel Baines|title=The World's Worst Children 2A Tricky Kind of Magic

|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=I sometimes wonder if David Walliams gets sick of Cooper loves to perform magic tricks. His father was a magician, and named Cooper after the comparisons with Roald Dahl that he getsgreat Tommy Cooper. ItBut sadly Cooper's such an easy comparison to make, however, because both wrote very funnyfather died suddenly, and yet really very dark stories for children. They donnow Cooper doesn't shy away from the nastinessquite know who to be, and ugliness in life and instead face it head on, and flip it around, and make you laugh along the wayor how to be. This is a rollercoaster ride through a wide range of truly dreadful children who range from being a fussy eater, And when his dad's prop rabbit starts talking to a spoiled brathim, to Harry, who never, ever did his homeworkhe ''really'' doesn't know what's going on anymore! Yes, their dark deeds vary in despicableness, and along with dreadfulness galore there are fabulous illustrations, a large variety of fonts, unusual page layouts and a Royal introduction from the Queen...|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0008259623</amazonuk>1444960261

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jeff Brown and Rob BiddulphJane Lightbourne|title=Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley)My Cat Called Red|rating=3.54

|summary=It was far too recently that I picked up [[Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and Rob Biddulph|Flat Stanley]] and met with a character now fifty years old for the first timeRobin has red hair. He hates it, and found out how he got to be flat and what happened as a result. Bizarrely, however, despite the success of freckles that first book go along with it was twenty full years before the author picked up the pen to give Stanley this sequel. Or perhaps itHe's not such a surprise – without giving too much away, the character had met with a certain change been bullied and mocked at the end school because of book one, and therefore wasn't exactly ready for more of the sameit. Well, over the decades there have been six official books by Jeff Brown, and this was the first instance where I could find out for myself if ''Ginger Minger! Carrots!'I''' was ready for more of the same…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140528806X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Giles Chapman and Us Now|title=The Story of the Car|rating=4Kids are mean.5|genre=Children But red hair is not Robin's Non-Fiction |summary=Dinosaurs… farm machinery… science fiction… trains… carsonly misery in life. I canHe't think of many other subjects that inspired the young me s already lost his dad to have a full non-fiction book about them on my juvenile shelves. Most of course I lost interest in with maturitymountaineering accident when his mum gets ill and is taken into hospital. But the young child these days wonShe doesn't be much different, for good or bad, and so they will like as not want a book about broom-brooms for the shelf. And this is pretty much the go-to volume for such an interestcome home again.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1526360268</amazonuk>1838216812

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Libby WaldenFrancesca Simon and Steve May|title=In Focus: CitiesTwo Terrible Vikings

|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers|summary=The [[In Focus: 101 Close Upsa small Viking village there live two twins, Cross-Sections Hack and Cutaways by Libby Walden|first book in this series]] promised 101 close-upsWhack, cross sections and/or cutways, but here we're restricted who are eager to just ten. be the very worst Vikings ever! Why? Because the subject matters are so much bigger – one is home to 37 million peopleNothing can stop their mad marauding, of all things. Yesas they cause havoc at a birthday party, we're talking citieschaos whilst tracking a troll, and while this book tries undertake a grand journey to follow the previous – different artist every pageraid Bad Island with their friends! They get up to all kinds of mischief and naughty behaviour, an exclusive inside look within the volume, and a selfalong with their wolf-cub Bitey-deceiving page count – we are definitely in new territory. We're seeking the trivialBitey, the geographical and the cultural, all so that the inquisitive young student can find out the variety to be had in the world's metropolisestheir crazy cast of friends.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848575912</amazonuk>0571349498

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Geraldo Valerio1838593187|title=My Book of BirdsGuess What I Found in the Playground!|author=Victoria Thompson|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction For Sharing|summary=I never really caught Tilly is excited. She's just come dashing out of the bird-watching habitclassroom, even with the opportunity of growing up pigtails flapping behind her and a big grin on the edge of a village in the middle of nowhereher face. It was Dad's come to collect her and her brother and he ''has'' to try to guess what she found in the familyplayground today, too, but I resigned myself although she concedes that he will never guess. Dad wants to never seeing much that know how school was spectacular, and once youbut ''obviously''ve seen one blackbird youthat've seen them all, was my thinkings not important. If ICould Tilly have found more collectable things for her scrap box? (Isn't that so much more sensible than a scrap ''d had this book as a youngster''?) Well, actually, who knows – I may have come out of it differentlyTilly did find exciting stuff. There are sequins, having been shown the diversity glittered paper and all sorts of the bird world other things in snippets of texther pocket, and some quite unusual illustrations…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360004</amazonuk>but that's not what she wants Dad to guess.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Danna Smith and Bagram IbatoullineInnosanto Nagara|title= The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry|rating=5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse |summary=I don't know why I was surprised by this book – I've read enough volumes for the young audiences to know that as far as subject matter is concerned, pretty much anything goes. But this M is about falconry, of all things – the use of a once-wild and still pretty much free-spirited bird of prey to hunt down animals, either for the heck of it or for the pot. An attractive girl and her father get their hawk ready, and leave the castle with all the equipment in tow – bells to hear the landed bird and what it's captured, the hood to act as blinkers for it on the way there, the lure if necessary. The story concerns just one trip out, girl, father, hound – and hawk. But while that may surprise you as a subject matter of choice, it was the whole artistic approach that won me over here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376698</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Gareth P Jones|title=Beards From Outer SpaceMovement

|summary= You might Set in Indonesia, in the not realise it but Earth too distant past, this is a story about social change. Dealing with some difficult issues, such as political corruption and nepotism, the book is under constant alien attackneither boring nor preachy. Luckily we humans don't It educates gently, with vibrant, challenging illustrations, and it portrays how social movements need to worry because the Pet Defenders (a secret society of our domestic pets) are always on standby to keep us safepeople who will try, even when it seems that they will fail. The activities of the Pet Defenders are normally kept secret but Stripes Publishing are kindly allowing human children message is a brief glimpse into their exciting adventures. In ''Beards From Outer Space'' positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, we are able do still have the power to read how a dog and cat – secret agents Biskit and Mitzy – team up to rid the world of an army of alien beardsinstigate change.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847157858</amazonuk>1609809351

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ghillian Potts and Ed Boxall1949471004|title=The Old Woman from FriuliDog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Pamela Brookes

|genre=Emerging ReadersDyslexia Friendly|summary=On top What do you do when your child has dyslexia and you need books which will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a hill in Italy there was negative effect on the young dyslexic than a castle and in child without that castle there lived problem. You need to be able to buy books at a dukereasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, without anything else being thrown into the mix. Every day he would go up to You need a story which engages the highest tower young mind and look out at all that he could see and marvel that he owned it allyou need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. Except that is for one small house, a sturdy house with stone walls Some online support and a solid wooden doorgames wouldn't go amiss, a garden either. Reading - and ''learning'' to read - should be a fieldpleasure. It should be ''fun''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190920840X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Holly Webb099334030X|title=The Homeless KittenCan You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts

|genre=Emerging ReadersCrafts|summary= Lily loves their rescue dog, Hugo. However, Lily also really wants You're going to get a cat – or better still a kittenhint of what this book's about very quickly. She, therefore When you see the title page, canyou't believe her luck when Hugo sniffs ll find out three abandoned kittens while out of his walk with Lily what the book's called and her dad. Better still (from Lilythat it's point of view at least) been written by Peter Lynas. Then we move on to who has done the animal shelter is full so Lilyillustration - and there's mum and dad reluctantly offer to hand-rear the tiny kittens until theya gap. ''You''re old enough are going to be rehomedput your name there. Lily It's in heaven looking after ''your'' responsibility to provide the pictures for this book about one of the kittens, especially largest creatures ever to roam the little fluffy white one whom she names Stanleyearth. There is just one problem – it's going to break her heart when some help available, but your name is on the time comes title page - and you have work to say goodbye.do!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1609809335|title=The Lizard|author= Jose Saramago, J Borges, Nick Caistor (translator) and Lucia Caistor (translator)|rating=2|genre=Emerging Readers |amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1847157831</amazonuk>One day a giant lizard appears in the city. We don't even get told how it arrived, but it certainly appeared. People took against it, and if they weren't shrugging it off as a hallucination brought on by tiredness just as they fled it, they wanted something done about it. Can something be done about it, though?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Matthew Clark Smith and Matt Tavares1789016320|title=Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, Tadcaster and the First Woman PilotBullies|author=Richard Rutherford|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Emerging Readers |summary=We're in ParisIn some ways it was a gentler time: video games were around, but children usually went outside to enjoy themselves. They flew kites and – not to be too rude about things – we seem surrounded by idiotswent sledging if there was snow around. For one, it seems they think the perfect place to experiment with manned hot air balloon flights Tim and Mary's great-grandfather started a business in 1899 so our story is probably set in the middle of the biggest city in the worldnineteen seventies. For anotherSomething which hasn't changed, they think only men could suffer the slightly colder and slightly thinner air experienced on such an adventure – women would never be able to cope. Meanwhileunfortunately, a young girl is dreaming of flight, as so many bullying and two lads are wont to do, completely unaware that she will soon marry one of making life miserable not just for Tim and Mary but for other children who gather in the most famed balloonistsplayground. They will have joint journeys skyward, before Tim's probably about ten - just at the stage where he's beginning to feel responsible for his early demise – leaving the young womanyounger sister, Sophie Blanchardwho's two years younger than him, but he's not yet at the stage where he knows how to go it alone and become the first female pilotdeal with bullies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763677329</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Catherine Barr, Steve Williams and Amy HusbandB01N0OZQOD|title=The Story of SpaceNickerbacher|author=Terry John Barto|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=I have no actual idea how I first got an interest in spaceNickerbacher is doing his dragonly duty as all dragons do. That dragonly duty is, of course, princess-guarding. Perhaps itThat's there because Iwhat dragons are for, after all. But Gwendolyn isn'm so old to almost coincide with t any princess. She finds the last Apollo astronauts being whole princessing thing quite boring really and she is much less interested in fairy tales than she is in watching comedy on the moon (and that's pretty old, it's been so long) and it kind of rubbed off on meThe Late Knight Show''. Perhaps Nickerbacher likes ''The Late Knight Show'' too - in fact all young children are interested in space anyway, and donit't need any impetus or reason s his favourite TV show because he wants to look be a stand-up in wondercomedian himself. But if He tries out his jokes on Princess Gwendolyn but they do, this is the newest way of nudging the newer child towards a keenness for all things celestial. And itdon's a pretty good way indeedt always come off quite as Nickerbacher intended.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807488</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Philip Ardagh and Tom Morgan-Jones0008265836|title=Norman the Norman from Normandy (Little Gems)Rory Branagan Detective|author=Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyEmerging Readers |summary=Meet Norman. Norman the Norman, from Normandy. Not Big Bad Norman the Norman from Normandy, and not Norma the Norman from Normandy – and not even Nora the Norman from, well it doesnTen-year-old Rory Branagan isn't say, but my guess is Normandyjust a normal kid. Norman isn't very big at all – heHe's just a little boy, detective and he's not bad. Or at least has a mystery to solve – why did his dad disappear when he was three? Rory doesn't think know where to start but, then, Cassidy moves in next door and he discovers he has an accomplice who isfull of ideas. But because his father, Big Bad Norman, This is buried in three parts (donjust as well as they soon discover a very serious crime: Corner Boy't ask), s dad has been poisoned and little baby Norman has inherited Big Bad Normanis at risk of dying but no-one else will believe he's big bad Norman sword, hein danger. It's going up to visit Rory and Cassidy to uncover the three parts – but only good will happen… Right?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126976</amazonuk>truth and save a life.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ryan Tubridy and P J Lynch0192758748|title=Patrick and Horace & Harriet Take on the PresidentTown|author=Clare Elsom

|summary=Meet Patrick. Such a direction is When Harriet, aged seven and a little facetious herequarter, because itdecides to go to Princes Park to practise 's who Going to the Park on Her Own'(i.e. with her Grandad walking at least thirty steps behind) she can'he's'' going t believe her eyes. The statue of Lord Commander Horatio Fredrick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the Third (or Horace for short) starts to meet move. He not only moves but stamps his foot, shouts something thatwould get him in serious trouble with Harriet's the key. He lives in New Ross, County Wexfordmum, and climbs down from his school has been chosen to perform pillar. Understandably Harriet can't resist following and quickly finds herself dragged all around the town as Horace searches for a choir for new – and more suitable – home. His sights are firmly set on the much-anticipated arrival of President J F KennedyMayor's mansion and it, as the man traces the path of his Irish ancestrytherefore, in what (in addition falls to stop-overs in England and Italy on the same trip) was Harriet to persuade him that there must be his last state visit abroada better alternative. But surely just being one among three hundred on such an auspiciousSadly, Horace's visits to the museum, cinema, train station, yet briefplayground, occasion is not enough for such an enterprising lad? Wellbank and library all cause mayhem. Luckily, nohowever, for his connected parents have got another trick up their sleeve for him…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406366927</amazonuk>a competition in the park reveals the perfect answer.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adam HancherSaulles_Bee|title=Taking FlightBee Boy: How Clash of the Wright Brothers Conquered the SkiesKiller Queens|author=Tony De Saulles

|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=Flight. It happens all around us, wherever we may be, Young Mel's friend has left and many are the young audience members for this book who have taken beehive is now his to the air alreadylook after. But Unfortunately, Mel lives in a tower block and not all of his neighbours agree that it was once something impossible to take is the correct place for granted, and this book easily takes us back to those daysa hive. It presents us with danger, determination, and Things change when Mel suddenly realises he has an amazing superpower; he can become a certain pair of American brothers going all out to get both their names in the history books and their feet in the skies…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809286</amazonuk>bee.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hilda OffenDavidson_Night|title=Message from the Moon|rating=4|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Yes, that is really a 'Message from the Moon' you receive courtesy of this book. You also get the point of view of the sea itself, as well as children seeing the city night from their bedroom window and other people witnessing geese flying over, and you even get a message from a snail. Night Zookeeper: The range of verses in this book is however but one Giraffes of its many qualities…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909991430</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewWhispering Wood|author=Phil Earle|title= SuperDad's Day OffJoshua Davidson|rating= 4.5|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyEmerging Readers |summary= Stanley's dad is tired. It can be exhausting work being A straight-laced student makes one defiant act of creativity and has a Superheroworld of magic and imagination opened up for him. For six days Will is the new Night Zookeeper and his tenure in the role of protector to a magical world starts with the week he saves repulsion of a dangerous invasion. Joshua Davidson has written about the world from disasters Night Zookeeper before and defeats there are online cartoons devoted to the baddies as Dynamo Dan. Stanley decides his poor dad needs character but this marks a day off new launch and a new series. This is determined to make sure that he gets not just a book but a proper rest. So they head off to the park for some much needed Dad whole online event with huge educational tie-ins and Son bonding time. However people don't seem a push to understand that even Superheroes need time to recuperateget children using their own imagination. The requests for help keep on coming so story itself mirrors what can poor Stanley do other than step the author is trying to achieve in to save real life; the power of the dayimagination makes everything better. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126844</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Yuval ZommerSeuss_Read|title=The Big Book of Beasts (Big Books)I Can Read With My Eyes Shut|author=Dr Seuss

|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=One of the many issues people have with the TV nature programme''The more that you read, such as [[Planet Earth II by Stephen Moss|Planet Earth II]]''<br>''The more things you will know.''<br>''The more that you learn, ''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This is a classic Dr Seuss quote from this book, and one that I painstakingly stickered onto the obvious one wall of all the blood and guts it features – yes, in amongst all the cutesy, comical animal life are creatures eating other creatures (normally the cutesy, comical ones, whatmy children's worse). school library! You'll be pleased to know, however, that this The book is very light on death and destruction. Yessilly, here are lions sharing some chunks of meat (while the females that caught and killed it sit and wait their turn), here are salmon seemingly willingly flying towards brown bears, and here as Dr Seuss always is a red fox stashing a dead mouse while in a time of plenty, but there is so little also a good rhyming ode to make this even a PG book – it will be perfect for the home shelf or that in a primary schooljoys of reading.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>050065106X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Quentin BlakeNeal_Words|title= The Story of the Dancing Frog|rating= 4.5|genre= Dyslexia Friendly |summary= When Jo's Great Aunt Gertrude's sea captain husband is drowned at sea she is grief-stricken Words and, in despair, she goes for a walk alone. During this walk she notices a small frog on a lily-pad. But he is no ordinary frog - he's a dancing frog and the two quickly become good friends. Soon the duo are touring the world with their routine, spreading joy and fun - and carrying out the occasional rescue - wherever they go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125910</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewYour Heart|author=DK|title=Forest Life and Woodland CreaturesKate Jane Neal

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Emerging Readers |summary=This book knows Trolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, whatever-it's-called-this-week-ing – all act as proof that if you're going to learn the adage about forest life sticks and the animalsstones is actually a lot of piffle. In a world where we all have hearts, plants we should have a heart that what we say to other people is positive. We can examine our world and trees in the sound itmakes through communication, we can make each other smile, then you're only going to laugh, sing and be itching to go happy together, and explore bit by bit the woods for yourselfworld can be a better place. ItAnd hang the 's for a very young audienceno, so always expects an adult hand to guide after you – but provides a warm companion itself through several quick and easy tasks, and a few lessons' attitude some people would have in response. The balance between carrot and stickThere, or duty and rewardI've given the entire plot of this book away in my summary, is great – but what exactly is the edutainment going to provide, and what will it demand of us?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241273110</amazonuk>that's not really an issue.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DKTavares_Red|title=Sharks Red and Other Sea Creatures|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Never before have I found much cause to point out the sort of lower-case, almost-a-subtitle wording on the front of a book. I say that because very little of this is about sharks – so if you have a youngster intending to come here and learn all their bloodthirsty imagination can hold, then they may well be disappointed. If you take it on board that the 'other sea creatures' make up the bulk of the book, then all well and good. And even better, if you expect yourself to ''make'' the bulk of said creatures…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241274389</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewLulu|author=Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano|title=Life on Earth: Farm: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!Matt Tavares|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=I'm sure I was full of questions when I was a nipper – which means I was too full of questionsMeet Red and Lulu. Parents just donThey't need to be deflecting questions all the time, do they? Living on the edge of re a village in the middle committed couple of nowhere as I did, I knew quite a lot about farms and farming – that different animals gave different results, that different vehicles meant different things cardinals and that the crops behind our house changed. But for the inner city child, there is a chance they have never met a cow or seen a silo. This colourful book, bright lived for some time in both senses of the word, will allow the very young reader the opportunity of their own fantasy trip to the working countryside.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808999</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano|title=Life on Earth: Human Body: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!|rating=5|genre=Childrensomeone's Non-Fiction |summary=I wonder how much time I've saved garden, safely in not being a parent – and therefore not having had an evergreen tree. It seems to answer such pesky questions as why is the sky blue, where did I come from, where does my wee come from, what is earwax, and why do I have them that every year people mention their home in a spleen? Stilllovely song, apart from which tells the first twotree thy leaves are so unchanging. But one year, those questions and just as the answers to them and more are in this book, which is a lovely primer seasons turn for biologythe cold of winter, and a great source of quick facts for the very youngtree vanishes, all presented taking Lulu with an addictive lift-the-flap approach.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809006</amazonuk>it…

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dickens_Search|title=Chris Packham Search and Jason CockcroftFind A Christmas Carol|titleauthor=Amazing Animal BabiesCharles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Many children love animals, but they love baby animals even more. Would you rather watch Recently I got to applaud a dog or watch a puppybook that branched away from the Where's Wally? A cat or style volume, and taught the explorer about a kitten? A meerkat or non-fiction subject as they went a smaller meerkat? The answer is a no brainer to most children who enjoy -searching. Well, it seems tweaking the wide-eyed stumbling of youth that form is not dissimilar going to their own. Howeverbe a big thing, someone needs for this book tries yet another different approach – to give them the facts teach us about baby animals and who better than wildlife presenter Chris Packham?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405277467</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Clara Vulliamy|title=The Midnight Mystery (Dotty Detective, Book 3)|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=If you haven't already, meet Dota fictional story. SheThey's an ace child detectiveve started at the deep end, inspired by her favourite TV programmewith a book hastening towards being two centuries old, and her pet dog and best friend from school. But at least one of those is left behind this timethat has been adapted countless times before now, as Dot and the rest of her class go yet always has people returning to an adventure camp playground for it at a couple certain time of nights. Daytimes are spent being sporty and adventurous, as are the evenings supposed to be, but someone seems intent on ruining things year for Dotits ageless lesson. What is But does the evil and bragging Laura up torich content of Dickens, even at his most populist, survive this quirky variation?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008132429</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg McLarenSeuss_Eggs|title=Pigeon P.I.|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=The world of birds is in a flap. They're being nabbed – plucked from the air (or at least from their cages). Murray MacMurray, the brilliant pigeon private eye, doesn't want anything to do with crime now his old partner has flown the roost, but an eager and bright young thing might just about persuade him to take up the case. But both will have to be plucky to survive the dangers it leads to…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783444835</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewScrambled Eggs Super|author=Catharina Valckx and Nicolas Hubesch|title=Bruno|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Meet Bruno. No, not that Bruno – for pity's sake, this is a book for the under-eights and not a character from teen comedy movies. No, Bruno is a quite unmistakeable cat, in a bright blue cloth cap, and this is a book regarding various days in his life that he thinks are of note – whether they're the day the power goes out, or a day that would be completely uninteresting were it not for a joke from his best friend. But don't you dare make the mistake of thinking this sounds mundane – here is a background couple, of a hippo and a crocodile, just walking past the heroes. Here is said best friend, an elderly pony, forced somehow to walk backwards. Here is when Bruno is playing host to a turtle dove addicted to jam, who is forced to hide when a wet wolf gate-crashes. I think you'll agree that any day spent reading this book will not be a boring one.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571258</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jenny Colgan|title=Polly and the Puffin: The New FriendDr Seuss

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Polly was just about to start Big School and, being honest, she wasn't keenPeter T. She couldnHooper doesn't wear her spotty wellies for one thingmean to show off, but worst of all, she couldnhe is ''t take Neil with her. We heard about Neil the rescued puffin in the [[Polly and the Puffin by Jenny Colgan|first book]] in this series and although Neil now has a nest in the nearby lighthouse, he and Polly are still very close. When she gets to school Polly doesn't really feel like joining in any of the games: she's the lonely little figure on the edge of everythinggood at cooking. Her teacher suggests that she and Ronita make friends: have you ever noticed how Some would say he is ''difficultThe Best'' it capital T, capital B. And his signature dish is to even speak when someone suggests something like scrambled eggs. You might think that? Polly and Ronita don't make friends - they end up shouting at each other in a 'mine's bigger/better than yours' argument. What about? Wellquite an easy dish, birds of course. Ronita has a macaw.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1510200908</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Frau Isa|title=Little People, Big Dreams: Marie Curie|rating=4|genre=Childrenone with which it's Non-Fiction|summary=Some a little girls want hard to be princessesshowcase one's prowess, but the girl who would become Marie Curie wanted to be a scientistnot so. She was from a poor family in Warsaw but she was determined to do well and won a gold medal for her studiesFor Peter T. In PolandHooper, in what makes his scrambled eggs so super is the middle choice of the nineteenth centuryegg itself, only men were allowed to and he will go out of his way to University, so Marie moved to Paris where she had to study in an unfamiliar language, but was soon procure the best maths and science student. It was here that she met and married Pierre Curie, another scientist and they jointly discovered radium and polonium: they would eventually win of the Nobel Prize for Physics for this work. Marie was the first woman to receive the honour. Pierre was killed in a road accident, but Marie went on to win a second Nobel Prize, this time for Chemistry. Her work is still benefiting people todaybest from whatever nest.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809618</amazonuk>