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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__ {{Frontpage|author=Rob Keeley|title= Carrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating= 4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground. Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|isbn= B09HHN541V}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.''

And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class-"wikitable" cellpadding, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|isbn="15" B09C2RVJ2W}} <{{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->(Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing<|summary= ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!-- Teresa Heapy '' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and Katie Cleminson -->replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=B07GZ81J7C| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton[[image:1910989339|rating=4.jpg5|genre=For Sharing|linksummary=httpMeet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself://wwwI'd better tell you a bit more about Fred.amazon Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him.co He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk.uk/dp/1910989339/ref And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.}}{{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= Everybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=nosim4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn't it be?tagWe all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky? |isbn= B098BJZYHH}}{{Frontpage|author=Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=thebookbag-21]]No, No, No!|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.

[[image:5starThat's it! But, like all the best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside.jpg|linkisbn=Category:{1638820457}}{{Frontpage|isbn=194812467X|title=The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:=4|genre=For Sharing|For Sharing]]summary=Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping.

''Loved to Bits'' is What will they buy?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Sadie and the heartwarming story of a boy's love for his bearSea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3. Bear5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Sadie's adventures with boy take him to all kinds of places and together they fight and defeat every obstacle put in their waymother always said that she was a dreamer, from the jungle to the seaher mind never on what she should be doing. Inevitably mishaps occur on She lives by the way . River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The loss of an arm, a leg, an ear Maritime Museum or an eye are nothing to Stripy Ted who shrugs off all injuries with a cheery ''don't worry, I've got one more''. But boy loves him just as he is and won't hear of him being mendedgazing at Cutty Sark. His place, after all, is in Boy's bed. [[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson|Full Review]]

''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<!-- Lee --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.}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=1782227741|title=Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4|genre=For Sharing[[image:0874869722|summary=One day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Finding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of broth.jpg}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B08R7LXQ9S|linktitle=httpRemy://wwwA book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Remy is feeling miserable.amazonHe's let himself down ''again''.coThe school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes.uk/dp/0874869722/refThey are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1471191303|title=The Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=5|genre=nosim?tagFor Sharing|summary=thebookbagThis is the story of Isobel, a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house -21]]a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on:

| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When Spring Comes to ''Ice curled across the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee]]===inside of the window and crept up the corner of the bedpost.''

[[image:5starThe family didn't go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and they had to move to the far side of the city. This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible.}}{{Frontpage|author=Nick Jones and Si Clark|title=One Night in Beartown|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to the bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school.jpgShe even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|linkisbn=Category:{B08NFH7H9X}} {{Frontpage|isbn=1849766920|title=Everything is MINE|author=Andrea D'Aquino|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Marcello Von Cauliflower Bonaparte Jackson is a schnauzer: what else could you be with a name like that? He knows that you'll realise that he's kind, clever and loyal. You'll also need to know that everything is '''MINE'''. And he means ''everything''. It begins with the slipper: mum still has one. Why would she need more? You sense that Marcello feels that he's being generous in allowing that. Then it was the pork chop. Well, did you see anyone's name on it? ''And'' he left the carrots for Leo. That's another example of Marcello's generosity. There was the acorn which squirrel was gnawing at: there was no documentation to prove ownership. And talking of ownership the tree would provide all the sticks he could ever want to chew. There's nothing unreasonable in any of that, is there?}}} Star Reviews]] [[{{Frontpage|isbn=1849767009|title=It Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir':Categorythe 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 supermarket who is coughing fit to bust. But... Rosie Haines makes it into something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. It's a celebration of bodies:bodies large and small and of every possible hue. Bodies with disabilities and markings. They're fine. In fact, they're wonderful.}}{{Frontpage|author=Blake Nuto and Charlotte Ager|title=Child of Galaxies|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=What does it mean to be alive? What are we made of, and where are we going? ''Child of Galaxies'' is a lovely children's picture book that deals with all the big questions. Written as a poem, the lyrical words don't shy away from darkness, nor talk down to the children you are reading to, but rather than work beautifully together with the illustrations to create a powerful, uplifting reading experience.|isbn=1912497425}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1948124572|title=Think Outside the Box|author=Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk|rating=4|genre=For Sharing]], [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]]summary=''Whenever you find a problem <br>''Wherever there's a puzzle to solve <br>''However you get stuck in a sticky situation <br>''Just think outside the box''

There is a place on this earth that, at And so begins the time of writing, is resplendent with lifelatest picture book from Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk. In the spring seals gambol in the river – It's a clarion call to children to use their imaginations and not venturing too far, for fear of being slashed open on the razor wire the humans have put logic alone when it comes to solving problems.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1948124440|title=What Wonders Await Outdoors|author=Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=The second book in place. In Justine Avery's Wonders series is the autumnperfect antidote to long summer days with bored children - or, salmon come upstreamindeed, looking doleful as well they mightwe've found recently, for they will spawn those long lockdown days when an awful pandemic is rolling across the world. What do you do when every book has been read and dieevery toy has been played with, if they reach their birthing groundsrepurposed, and played with again?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1776572858|title=How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and Don Bartlett (translator)|rating=5|genre=Home and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I asked how babies were made. Mountain goats gambol prettily among the hills – if the landmines men left behind do not prevent them from doing so My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that she'd get me a book about it. This is A couple of days later I was handed a snapshot of life in pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the DMZbasics, the demilitarized zone between the two countries with Korea in their nameclinical language which had never been used in our house before) and I was told that it wouldn't be discussed any further as it ''wasn't something which nice people talked about''. I ''knew'' more, but was little ''wiser''. Thankfully, times have changed.}}{{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and itDaria Yudina|title= This Book Wants to Make You Laugh (Living Book)|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary=This Living Book is on a mission. What's the worldmission? To make you laugh! I can't think of many better missions than that, can you? Let's least welcome wildlife sanctuarysee how it does... [[When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee|Full Review]]

|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1419731408.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1419731408/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Nan is a climber, the best chimney sweep in London. She is growing fast, so what will happen to her when she gets too big to climb, when people realise she is a girl? Everything changes, when she is stuck in a chimney, set on fire, and saved by a golem. A story of outcasts, and friendships, told through two tales, the girl and the sweep, and the girl and her monster. Both intertwined beautifully, so that you have a fairy tale within a fairy tale. Moments of sadness slip easily into glorious happiness, then swiftly into heart-breaking tragedy. This is a heart-warming and engaging read for both young and old. [[Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier|Full Review]] <!-- Haig -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1786894327.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894327 /ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth Pixie. She's cursed! She can't speak unless it's to tell the truth. You might think this is a good thing because telling lies is bad, right? But sometimes the truth isn't nice and sometimes a white lie is okay and sometimes it's better to say nothing at all. You might not want to attract the attention of the school bully by calling him mean and nasty, for example, or you might not want to tell someone that you think their brand new haircut looks awful. [[The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould|Full Review]] <!-- Kermani -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1785899953.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785899953/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Frog Who Was Blue by Faiz Kermani]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''Biriwita the blue frog longs to be accepted at Croak College, the most famous school for frogs in Malawi, but the other students all turn their backs on him. He is just too different!'' Biriwita hails from Lake Ticklewater. Many creatures find a home there, including frogs. For some reason that nobody can remember, all the Lake Ticklewater frogs are blue. They think nothing of it. So, when Biriwita wins a place at Croak College, the first Ticklewater frog to manage such a feat, he is filled with excitement and his only worry is how much he will miss his friends and family. [[The Frog Who Was Blue by Faiz Kermani|Full Review]] <!-- Pickles -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1787112926.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787112926/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|last met Worzel Woolface]] he was a rather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting people. He's a bit better now and something which he really enjoys is going for a walk. It's not just a case of attaching a lead and heading for your favourite spot - there are a lot of other things to think about first. [[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review]] <!-- Owen -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:199999650X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/199999650X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children and families by Kelly Owen]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]  ''The Owen family were feeling sad. There used to be five of them. There was Mum, Dad and three children: Abi, Jenny and Joe. But then Abi died. Now there were only four of them. Life felt very strange without their sister, and they were all very unhappy.'' How does a family cope with the loss of a beloved child and sibling?[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children and families by Kelly Owen|Full Review]]  <!-- Kermani -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1788039971.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788039971/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Toad Who Loved Tea by Faiz Kermani]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Tungtang is not like other toads. She can't sit still, tongue protruding, and wait to catch a fly. Tungtang needs to be on the move. Sometimes, she even hops right the way over to the rotten tree stump in her community of Muddy River. And she loves to regale her fellow toads with stories of her exploits. That is, until a mean old crow comes along and tells Tungtang that a real adventure would take her a lot further than a tree stump by a bridge everyone knows. Infuriated by the crow and inspired by her grandfather's stories of humans and ancient toad prophecies, Tungtang decides Move on a Real Adventure and heads off to the town of Little Cobblestone... [[The Toad Who Loved Tea by Faiz Kermani|Full Review]] <!-- Keeley -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1789013313.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789013313/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[My Favourite People by Rob Keeley]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]  In ''My Favourite People'' the central character takes us to meet all the important people in his life. There's Auntie Meg, who does brilliant haircuts and loves cats. She has four of them! There's Uncle Steve, who's a gentle giant and an inveterate joker. There's best friend Alice, who can do that clever whistle when you put your fingers in your mouth. There's Carmel the library lady, who always suggests brilliant books to read. And loads more. The book ends with a fabulous party to which everyone is invited. [[My Favourite People by Rob Keeley|Full Review]] <!-- Wills -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1911167022.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1911167022/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Gillie Can Share by Sarah-leigh Wills]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Gillie the rabbit is baking cookies with Daddy. We might think they look most appetising (they're shaped liked carrots and rabbits, you know) but Gillie is really taken by the way that they smell. Lips are being licked. Does she dive in and eat them? No, she doesn't There are eight cookies. Two - a carrot and a rabbit - are for Grandma and Gillie hops off to deliver them. Another two are for Grandpa and then there are two for Mummy. Now there are just two left and Daddy gives them to Gillie, but Gillie is a kind, generous and thoughtful rabbit and whilst she eats one cookie, a rather scrumptious looking rabbit is offered to the reader. I wanted to hug her! [[Gillie Can Share by Sarah-leigh Wills|Full Review]] <!-- Fegan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0648101908.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0648101908/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Mr Nicholas Noo is the host of the magical Hotel of Hoo and he's just welcoming his very first guests. They're going to be in room number one and it looks very comfortable with a cosy fire and comfortable bed. But Mr Noo is a considerate host and he shows his guests around the hotel. There's only one rule: don't ever look behind door 32. Now, you're going to wonder about what, exactly is in room 32, because we'll see some exciting and wonderful things as you move from room 2 to room 31. Forget expensive theme parks: you'd be much better off going to the Hotel of Hoo. [[Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen|Full Review]] <!-- Pankhurst -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Pankhurst_Women.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408878909/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Children's Non-Newest General Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]] A lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, it feels almost as though there were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as 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 from Kate Pankhurst, are the stories of some of them. [[Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst|Full Review]]<br><!-- Gonsalves -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Gonsalves_Queen.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546287663/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Lamellia: The Wicked Queen by Gloria D Gonsalves]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Lamellia is a kingdom of mushrooms in a land far away. Many types and colours of mushroom live there and they are all ruled over by King PoliPoli, a big brown mushroom who is a wise and kind leader. King PoliPoli is married to the beautiful Queen Nobilia. But Queen Nobilia cannot conceive a baby and this makes her very sad. She sings a sad song so emotive that her sorrow infects the whole land. [[Lamellia: The Wicked Queen by Gloria D Gonsalves|Full Review]]<br><br> <!-- Seuss -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Seuss_Read.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008240019?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008240019]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: Emerging Readers| Emerging Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''The more that you read,''<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 wall of my children's school library! The book is very silly, as Dr Seuss always is, but is also a good rhyming ode to the joys of reading. [[I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Campbell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Campbell_Bog.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1546282718?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1546282718]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Adventures of Billy Bog Brush!: The Fire Brigade by Ian Campbell and Tim Constable]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Billy Bog Brush's family have gone out for the day, leaving him staring out of the window at the lovely weather outside and wondering what he could do to pass the time. Suddenly, he hears a desperate cry for help. Mrs Brown's house is on fire, the key is inside, and her little boy Tommy is locked in. Tommy is in terrible danger and what if the fire brigade doesn't arrive in time? [[The Adventures of Billy Bog Brush!: The Fire Brigade by Ian Campbell and Tim Constable|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Donald -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Donald_Pirates.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848862474?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1848862474]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Pirates in Classroom 3 by Alison Donald and Ben Whitehouse]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Not all of us were the child that paid attention in class. Some would look out of the window and let their minds wander. Why be stuck in a stuffy room when you could be in space or on the high seas? Sometimes you do not need to seek adventure as it may just find you. It makes perfect sense to me that if the teacher leaves the classroom there is ample time for a pirate to enter and ask all the children to help him find some lost treasure. Who could possibly give up this opportunity? [[Pirates in Classroom 3 by Alison Donald and Ben Whitehouse|Full Review]] <!-- Thorp -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Thorp_Elephant.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1783707739/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Elephant in the Room by James Thorp and Angus Mackinnon]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Somebody has smashed Father Giant's elephant. Who on earth could it be? Can Father Giant unravel the mystery of what happened, and who will face being banished from the house forever once he discovers the truth? Told in a rhyme that gets more and more surreal as it goes along, this is a wild and brightly illustrated mystery story, with an interesting moral at the end. <!-- Bakos -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Miller_Rooster.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1848862822/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans by Jessie Miller and Barbara Bakos]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] One of the best things about modern online shopping is the knock on the door and the parcel arriving. What was it I ordered again? It could be something as exciting as a new toy, or something as boring as a new mixer for your shower. The anticipation of opening the box is as close to the feeling of Christmas that an adult is going to get (except perhaps for Christmas). Rooster has ordered something online and it arrived quickly. Will his farmyard pals appreciate his buy as much as he does? [[Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans by Jessie Miller and Barbara Bakos|Full Review]] <!-- Graham -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Graham_How.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1406373451/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[How the Sun Got to Coco's House by Bob Graham]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] A tale of small moments: sunlight on a sailor's cap as he sets out on an early-morning fishing expedition, a rainbow after a shower and a glint of light in a whale's eye. While Coco sleeps, curled up snugly in her bed, creatures and people across the world are waking up to the sun. It chases the night away across the globe, until at last a bright ray finds its way to Coco's window and wakes her to another day of fun and laughter as she plays outside in the snow. [[How the Sun Got to Coco's House by Bob Graham|Full Review]] <!-- Haworth -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Haworth_Beauty.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1783704578/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Beauty and the Beast by Katie Haworth and Dinara Mirtalipova]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] We all know the story of beauty and the beast. A prince, transformed in to a monster for his cruel and malicious nature, trapped in his grotesque form seemingly for the rest of his days. Then comes along a young woman, the beauty of the story, who mellows the beast's harsh character and grows to love him for who he is, and not because of his appearance. It's a fairy tale of old and a story of love crossing boundaries which has been adapted countless times both on screen and in literature. So is this new retelling worth the read? I think so, because I loved it. [[Beauty and the Beast by Katie Haworth and Dinara Mirtalipova|Full Review]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS POINT -->|}