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[[Category:New Reviews|Emerging Readers]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Marshmallows for MartiansNigel Baines|authortitle=Lee Wildish, Adam Guillain and Charlotte GuillainA Tricky Kind of Magic|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=What kid Cooper loves to perform magic tricks. His father was a magician, and named Cooper after the great Tommy Cooper. But sadly Cooper's father died suddenly, and now Cooper doesn't like sweets quite know who to be, or aliens? This book combines the two as George packs up and leaves how to be. And when his house on a mission dad's prop rabbit starts talking to Mars to find out him, he ''really'' doesn't know what sweets aliens love best's going on anymore!|isbn=1444960261}}{{Frontpage|author=Jane Lightbourne|title= My Cat Called Red|rating= 4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary= Robin has red hair. He builds a spaceship hates it, and takes off, meeting some very surprising aliens the freckles that go along the waywith it. From the first page, I knew I would enjoy this story He's been bullied and I wasnmocked at school because of it. 't disappointed at all'Ginger Minger! Carrots!'' Kids are mean. But red hair is not Robin's only misery in life. I laughed throughout He's already lost his dad to a mountaineering accident when his mum gets ill and looked forward to turning each page to find out what happened nextis taken into hospital. She doesn't come home again.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405266813</amazonuk>1838216812

 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=The Secret Dinosaur: Giants AwakeFrancesca Simon and Steve May|authortitle=N S BlackmanTwo Terrible Vikings

|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=When Marlin Maxton goes on In a school visit small Viking village there live two twins, Hack and Whack, who are eager to be the local museumvery worst Vikings ever! Nothing can stop their mad marauding, as they cause havoc at a birthday party, chaos whilst tracking a troll, he is looking forward to seeing Protos - the dinosaur that his Uncle Gus remembers so fondly. But Protos is nowhere to be seen and the museum's Mr Grubbler seems undertake a grand journey to be doing his utmost raid Bad Island with their friends! They get up to take all the fun out kinds of the school visit Marlin had been anticipating mischief and naughty behaviour, along with such excitement. So Marlin sneaks off to explore by himself..their wolf-cub Bitey-Bitey, and their crazy cast of friends.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0992752507</amazonuk>0571349498

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1838593187|title=My Teacher is a MonsterGuess What I Found in the Playground! (No, I Am Not.)|author=Peter BrownVictoria Thompson

|summary=School can be a difficult place for childrenTilly is excited. She's just come dashing out of the classroom, especially if your teacher is pigtails flapping behind her and a stomping, roaring monster like Miss Kirbybig grin on her face. Bobby spends most of his time worrying about what Dad's come to do about his monster of a teacher, collect her and her brother and the best place for him he ''has'' to try to think about it is guess what she found in the parkplayground today, although she concedes that he will never guess. He goes there one day Dad wants to contemplate the situationknow how school was, but who does he meet''obviously'' that's not important. Could Tilly have found more collectable things for her scrap box? Miss Kirby! She isn (Isn't stomping or roaring thoughthat so much more sensible than a scrap ''book''?) Well, actually, Tilly did find exciting stuff. There are sequins, glittered paper and all sorts of other things in her pocket, but that's not what she is feeding the duckswants Dad to guess.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447257472</amazonuk>

 {{newreview|title=Sir Scallywag and the Deadly Dragon PooFrontpage|author=Giles Andreae and Korky PaulInnosanto Nagara|rating=5|genretitle=For Sharing|summary=King Colin has spent his fortune on a giant sweet machine, which he guzzles from each and every day. The entire kingdom has grown fat and lazy, except M is for Sir Scallywag. It's lucky somebody in the castle still has their wits about them, because Baron Greedyguts has heard all about their sweet machine, and he's coming to get it!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718197364</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Max the Brave|author=Ed VereMovement

|summary=I can truly believe that Curiosity Killed Set in Indonesia, in the Catnot too distant past, if the cat this is anything like Max from ‘Max the Brave’ by Ed Verea story about social change. ThankfullyDealing with some difficult issues, such as well as being curiouspolitical corruption and nepotism, cats are also known for having several lives, Max uses some of them up in this adventure. Being an cat of action Max wishes to go out in the big world and chase some mice, but he is also young so does not know what a mouse book isneither boring nor preachy. After asking several animals if they are a mouse (including one It educates gently, with big earsvibrant, challenging illustrations, whiskers and a penchant for cheese)it portrays how social movements need people who will try, Max even when it seems that they will fail. The message is pointed a positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, we do still have the direction of something a little larger and greener than your average rodentpower to instigate change.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0723286698</amazonuk>1609809351

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1949471004|title=The Moonshine Dragon (Little Gems)Dog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Cornelia FunkePamela Brookes|rating=4.5

|summary=What happens do you do when stories escape from your child has dyslexia and you need bookswhich will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? One moonlit night Patrick is woken up by You can risk buying early readers, but the sounds in the book might not be the noise ones you've been working on and encountering words which are just too challenging can have more of a tiny dragon emerging from his storybook and chased by an equally tiny knight negative effect on horsebackthe young dyslexic than a child without that problem. Suddenly Patrick finds himself shrunk You need to be able to buy books at a reasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, without anything else being thrown into the mix. You need a story book size too which engages the young mind and you need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. Some online support and he games wouldn't go amiss, either. Reading - and the dragon find themselves under attack''learning'' to read - should be a pleasure. It should be ''fun''. Can Patrick save them both before time runs out?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123535</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=099334030X|title=When Angus Met AlvinCan You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Sue PickfordPeter Lynas and Charlie Roberts

|genre=For SharingCrafts|summary=Angus is not like other aliens. He is a peace-loving little fellow, who likes nothing better than sitting in his garden watching the flowers grow and sipping You're going to get a nice cup hint of teawhat this book's about very quickly. Unfortunately, one day When you see the title page, a strange spaceship crash lands in his garden and you'll find out pops a cheeky, hyperactive green alien what the book's called Alvin and that it's been written by Peter Lynas. Then we move on to who is rather has done the illustration - and there's a show-offgap. ''You'' are going to put your name there. It’s time It's ''your'' responsibility to provide the pictures for Angus this book about one of the largest creatures ever to teach Alvin a lesson about mannersroam the earth. Can There's some help available, but your name is on the two aliens put their differences aside title page - and become friends in the end?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847803040</amazonuk>you have work to do!

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1609809335|title=Horrid Henry's WeddingThe Lizard|author=Francesca Simon Jose Saramago, J Borges, Nick Caistor (translator) and Tony RossLucia Caistor (translator)|rating=52|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=What on earth was Prissy Polly thinking? If she had wanted her wedding to Pimply Paul to go without One day a hitchgiant lizard appears in the city. We don't even get told how it arrived, whybut it certainly appeared. People took against it, oh why had she insisted on asking her awful cousin Horrid Henry to be a page boy? One thing is for certain: when you take a certain horrid boy with a reputation for mischief and force him to wear if they weren't shrugging it off as a lilac shirthallucination brought on by tiredness just as they fled it, green satin knickerbockersthey wanted something done about it. Can something be done about it, tights, a pink cummerbund and white satin shoes with gold buckles, you are just asking for trouble...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001213</amazonuk>though?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1789016320|title=Foxy Tales - The Cunning PlanTadcaster and the Bullies|author=Caryl Hart and Alex T SmithRichard Rutherford

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Foxy DuBois is on In some ways it was a mission gentler time: video games were around, but children usually went outside to get rich quick enjoy themselves. They flew kites and went sledging if there was snow around. Tim and to get rid of that pestMary's great-grandfather started a business in 1899 so our story is probably set in the nineteen seventies. Something which hasn't changed, Alphonso the Alligator for goodunfortunately, otherwise the greedy alligator is going to eat Foxy bullying and two lads are making life miserable not just for breakfast. However she needs Alphonso’s help to ensure that her plan will succeed. In order Tim and Mary but for other children who gather in the scheme to work Alphonso must dress as a lady dog walker and distract a rich old lady while Foxy kidnaps her small dogsplayground. Alphonso will then pretend Tim's probably about ten - just at the stage where he's beginning to find the dogs and the rich old ladyfeel responsible for his younger sister, full of gratitudewho's two years younger than him, will give them a generous reward. How could this possibly go wrong? Very, very easily..but he's not yet at the stage where he knows how to deal with bullies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444909312</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Angela BannerB01N0OZQOD|title=Ant and Bee and Kind DogNickerbacher|author=Terry John Barto

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=When you learn to read it has to be funNickerbacher is doing his dragonly duty as all dragons do. You have to master the skill but it mustn't be ''too'' daunting or you're ''not'' going to enjoy it and - worst That dragonly duty is, of all course, princess- you might be put off reading for lifeguarding. ItThat's best if you can share the reading until you get to grips with decoding whatdragons are for, after all. But Gwendolyn isn's on the page, so if an adult could read most of t any princess. She finds the words but you read others to which you've already been introduced whole princessing thing quite boring really and which are she is much less interested in a different colour then that fairy tales than she is going to be a helpin watching comedy on ''The Late Knight Show''. If the words are introduced with a nice big picture and if they appear Nickerbacher likes ''The Late Knight Show'' too - in alphabetical orderfact, then thatit's going his favourite TV show because he wants to be fun, isn't it? It's going to make reading easier too if the book is the right size for your hands and has a nice firm cover which is easy to hold stand- and wipes clean if thereup comedian himself. He tries out his jokes on Princess Gwendolyn but they don's an accidentt always come off quite as Nickerbacher intended.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405270756</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0008265836|title=Famous Five Colour Reads: A Lazy AfternoonRory Branagan Detective|author=Enid BlytonAndrew Clover and Ralph Lazar

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Perhaps the only thing better than a favourite author publishing a new book, is one of their Ten-year-old works that you missed first time around being re-released. The Famous Five, you see, didn’t Rory Branagan isn't just feature in their most well-known talesa normal kid. They also had some short story adventures that were first seen in albums He's a detective and magazines and whatnot, but are now being published as books in their own right. Hurrah!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916297</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Blamehounds (Little Gems)|author=Ross Collins|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=The idea began with Mr Lime’s bodily explosions (didn’t I put that nicely?) After three of them it was Norman the dog (who was entirely blameless in this matter so long as you’re willing he has a mystery to overlook the fact that solve – why did his dad disappear when he was having a lovely dream about dropping cats off bridges) who got the kick three? Rory doesn't know where to speed him from the room. There were a couple more occasions when something similar happened start but instead of getting a complex about what was happening, Norman saw an opportunity. A business opportunity. If dogs were going to get the blame then there should be something , Cassidy moves in it for them next door and he went into partnership with his best mate, Ringo (discovers he has an accomplice who does seem to be obsessed with sausages) and Blamehounds was bornis full of ideas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781123926</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=BarbapapaThis is just as well as they soon discover a very serious crime: Corner Boy's Ark|author=Annette Tison dad has been poisoned and Talus Taylor|rating=5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=is at risk of dying but no-one else will believe he''Barbapapa’s Ark'' is the fourth book s in the popular series about a shape-shifting pink blob, his wife and seven childrendanger. It follows on from the previous book, in which Barbapapa and his family built themselves a beautiful house in a peaceful valley. One day, after a picnic, the family decide 's up to take a leisurely ride along the river, but are horrified to see sick and injured animals suffering from the effects of pollution. Over time, more Rory and more animals come Cassidy to Barbapapa for help. He decides that uncover the only way to teach the humans a lesson is to take the animals to a new, green planet where they will be safe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408331381</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Convertible Spaceship|author=Claire Philip truth and Belinda Gallagher|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=When is a book, not save a book? When it is also a playmat and also a spaceshiplife. With ‘Convertible Spaceship’ you get all three; a book that folds out into a playmat or into a spaceship. Can I hear the excitement from here?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782094970</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0192758748|title=Mr Monkey and Horace & Harriet Take on the Birthday Party (Early Reader)Town|author=Linda Chapman and Sam HearnClare Elsom

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=What is When Harriet, aged seven and a young girl quarter, decides to go to Princes Park to do? Anya wants practise 'Going to go the Park on Her Own' (i.e. with the rest of her primary school class to a swimming party, but Grandad walking at least thirty steps behind) shecan's worried t believe her eyes. The statue of being laughed at Lord Commander Horatio Fredrick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the Third (or Horace for staying at toddlersshort) starts to move. He not only moves but stamps his foot, shouts something that would get him in serious trouble with Harriet' depths mum, and climbs down from his pillar. Understandably Harriet can't resist following and quickly finds herself dragged all around the town as Horace searches for she is not a confident swimmernew – and more suitable – home. As luck would have His sights are firmly set on the Mayor's mansion and it, she has been picked therefore, falls to Harriet to persuade him that there must be a better alternative. Sadly, Horace's visits to take home the class 'pet'museum, cinema, the cuddly toy called Mr Monkeytrain station, for the weekplayground, bank and just as luck would have itlibrary all cause mayhem. Luckily, however, he's actually a secretly magical beingcompetition in the park reveals the perfect answer. But could even he get Anya out of her jam and make a Cinderella moment come true?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444009850</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Saulles_Bee|title=Chocolate Porridge (Early Reader)Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens|author=Margaret Mahy and Terry MilneTony De Saulles

|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=Young Timothy has been drummed out of his motherMel's kitchen by her friend has left and the beehive is now his sistersto look after. Unfortunately, so he cannot join Mel lives in with their baking. Instead he goes to a tower block and not all of his neighbours agree that it is the garden and devises chocolate porridge – correct place for a lot of mud, plus some other ingredientshive. But only Things change when Mel suddenly realises he's happy with his craft does has an amazing superpower; he begin to realise that not even calling mud chocolate porridge makes it ediblecan become a bee. Oh what is a boy to do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444011308</amazonuk>

{{newreview|title=Fleatectives: Case of the Stolen Nectar|author=Jonny Zucker|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Someone Joshua Davidson has been stealing all written about the nectar. The bees Night Zookeeper before and there are in online cartoons devoted to the character but this marks a buzz! One hive is blaming another hive new launch and although the Sheriff a new series. This is investigating, Buzz not just a book but a whole online event with huge educational tie-ins and Itch decide a push to take get children using their own imagination. The story itself mirrors what the case on themselves to try and figure out what exactly author is going on. How will they manage trying to figure out achieve in real life; the truth power of what's happened? And will they manage to do it without being crushed to death by the bees?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407136941</amazonuk>imagination makes everything better.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Seuss_Read|title=The Dragon's DentistI Can Read With My Eyes Shut|author=John McLayDr Seuss

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Harry would like to be a knight. It seems like everyone else in his family is a knight. Nobody takes Harry very seriously though because Harry is quite small. He's very determined'The more that you read, however, and so he decides that he ''<br>''The more things you will go on a mission to prove his worth as a knightknow. ''<br>''The mission more that he sets himself is to catch a dragon!|amazonuk=you learn,''<amazonuk>1444011049</amazonukbr>}}''The more places you'll go.''

{{newreview|title=A Walk In Paris|author=Salvatore Rubbino|rating=5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Welcome to the City of Lights! Come join This is a little girl classic Dr Seuss quote from this book, and her grandad as they spend a magical day exploring one that I painstakingly stickered onto the sights wall of Paris. my children's school library! Follow them as they see the LouvreThe book is very silly, the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame. Sit down with them in the bistro as they tuck into lunchDr Seuss always is, and then look longingly alongside them as they gaze at but is also a good rhyming ode to the delicious treats in the window joys of the pâtisseriereading.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406341525</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Neal_Words|title=Mi Words and Museum CityYour Heart|author=Linda SarahKate Jane Neal|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Mi lives in Museum CityTrolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, whatever-it's-called-this-week-ing – all act as proof that the adage about sticks and stones is actually a lot of piffle. In a world where we all have hearts, but he we should have a heart that what we say to other people is lonely positive. We can examine our world and bored. Most of the museums there are dull sound it makes through communication, we can make each other smile, laugh, sing and grey be happy together, and uninterestingbit by bit the world can be a better place. It is only when he meets Yu one day that he starts to And hang the 'no, after you' attitude some people would have funin response. There, and he wonders if I've given the mayor will let them open up their ownentire plot of this book away in my summary, new, fun museum?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907912282</amazonuk>but that's not really an issue.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Tavares_Red|title=Old Possum's Book of Practical CatsRed and Lulu|author=T S Eliot and Rebecca Ashdown (Illustrator)Matt Tavares

|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseEmerging Readers |summary=It has always struck me to be the very definition of disappointment to think youMeet Red and Lulu. They're going to study Eliota committed couple of cardinals and they have lived for some time in someone's poetry at college or universitygarden, only safely in an evergreen tree. It seems to find it is some errant dross like 'The Four Quartets'. His book of Cats poems is them that every year people mention their home in a lovely song, which tells the strictest of versetree thy leaves are so unchanging. But one year, it's bursting with levity, it's surely great fun to share – what's not to prefer here? If I were you, I'd just ignore what kind as the seasons turn for the cold of show these pages once inspiredwinter, and turn or return to themthe tree vanishes, Prufrock be damned.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571311865</amazonuk>taking Lulu with it…

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Dickens_Search|title=Squishy McFluff: the Invisible Cat!Search and Find A Christmas Carol|author=Pip JonesCharles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott

|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseEmerging Readers |summary=Meet Ava. SheRecently I got to applaud a book that branched away from the Where's Wally? style volume, and taught the explorer about a girl of great imagination and non-fiction subject as they went a big heart-searching. Well, who brings an invisible cat home to mum one day, who humours Ava by feeding it invisible food and letting seems tweaking the two bond. But when mess gets madeform is going to be a big thing, and mistakes for this book tries yet another different approach – to teach us about a fictional story. They've started at the house happendeep end, Ava declares innocencewith a book hastening towards being two centuries old, and blames one that has been adapted countless times before now, yet always has people returning to it all on at a certain time of the cat – and you'd be surprised how many accidents can be year for its ageless lesson. But does the result rich content of having an invisible kitten indoors…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571302505</amazonuk>Dickens, even at his most populist, survive this quirky variation?

 {{newreview|title=A Book is a Book|author=Jenny Bornholdt and Sarah Wilkins|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Yes, children – adults lie to you. Sometimes, even in the titles of the books they make for you, like this one. A book is a door, it's great for boredom, it's fine for time up a tree, or in the bath (just not the shower). It can be borrowed, and then lent if it's a great one you enjoyed. It's certainly never the case that a book is just a book, as the title of this book would have you believe.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877579920</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=I am Cat (mini edition)|author=Jackie Morris|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=You're always supposed to tell when a dog is dreaming – the twitching limbs and jerking joints allegedly proving the sleeping Fido is imagining himself on the chase. Cats are, as always, a bit more secretive, but [[:Category:Jackie Morris|Jackie Morris]] offers evidence here that they are more or less thinking the same thing – even the domestic moggy, curled up and closed in, is picturing a different self – one sleeking through snows, relaxing on the savannah or alertly moving through its territory. It's a very pleasant view into the mindset of cats.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805078</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewSeuss_Eggs|title=Choosing CrumbleScrambled Eggs Super|author=Michael Rosen and Tony Ross (Illustrator)Dr Seuss

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Terri- Lee wants a dogPeter T. Hooper doesn't mean to show off, but he is ''very'' good at cooking. Some would say he is ''The Best'' capital T, capital B. She And his signature dish is positive that a dog will be the perfect pet for her and will settle for nothing elsescrambled eggs. When Terri-Lee and her mum visit the pet shop together they You might think that they will be choosing 's quite an easy dish, one with which it's a dog howeverlittle hard to showcase one's prowess, Crumblebut not so. For Peter T. Hooper, the dog, has very different ideas. He wants to be sure that what makes his prospective owner scrambled eggs so super is the perfect match for him choice of the egg itself, and has a few questions he will go out of his ownway to procure the best of the best from whatever nest. Will Terri- Lee be able to convince Crumble that she should be his owner?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849395284</amazonuk>

{{newreview|title=The Christmas Present (Hello Kitty and Friends)|author=Linda Chapman and Michelle Misra|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Hello Kitty and her friends have a series of books but you don’t need to know about their previous adventures to enjoy this one. There’s a helpful illustration of the whole gang at the beginning, including Grandpa and Grandma who don’t feature in these two stories, and you also get to see all the friends with their mixed up names: Hello Kitty’s twin is Mimmy (why not Hi Mimmy?!) and then there’s Tammy, Fifi and the slightly odd Dear Daniel.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007515812</amazonuk>}} {{newreview<!-- 13/12 -->|author=Dom Conlon and Carl Pugh|title=Tommy Tickletail: A Tall Tale|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Sophie and Sam are on a midnight mission. It's a long time since supper and they're both hungry. Obviously a trip to see what's in the fridge (they've got high expectations) is essential but there are dangers to overcome. It's dark. They really ''shouldn't'' be raiding the fridge and - most frightening of all - there's Tommy Tickletail who has a body twelve feet long and sleeps under the kitchen table. They've got to get to the fridge without waking the monster - or who knows what the consequences will be?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00H53FGMM</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Dom Conlon and Nicola Anderson|title=I Am A Giant (Tiny the Giant)|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Tiny knew that he was a giant. In fact you couldn't help thinking that he was a little bit cross about the fact that he had to keep telling people. He'd shake his fists and roar '''I AM A GIANT'''. Proof was important, of course and the first step was to measure his shadow, which he did when the sun was low - but it wasn't just one step. It was many and his shadow still ran on ahead of him. Off he went to tell the world, but the mountains were, well, dismissive and the tall trees whispered about it amongst themselves before they rejected what he had to say. The wind didn't agree either - and went on and Move on about it until Tiny ran away to the sea.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00H3PYDC6</amazonuk>}}[[Newest Entertainment Reviews]]