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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!-- Peter Lynas '' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and Andy S Gray -->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:0993340350|rating=4.jpg5|linkgenre=httpFor Sharing|summary=Meet 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/0993340350/ref And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.}}{{Frontpage|author=nosimJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= Everybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|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.

It was one of those blissful days in What will they buy?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Sadie and the forestSea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3. Mrs Rabbit was collecting carrots because 5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Sadie's mother always said that she wanted to make a cake. Mrs Blue Bird was gathering twigs to build a nest. Mrs Spider was busily spinning a web to catch juicy flies. Mrs Squirrel was piling up acorns. And Mr Bear sat comfortably in a chairdreamer, fishing for lunchher mind never on what she should be doing. What could be better? And then... [[The Very Rude Toytoise She lives by Peter Lynas the River Thames at Greenwich and Andy S Gray|Full Review]]she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.

''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<!-- Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster --br>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0993340318.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993340318/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Recipe for Making a Snowman by Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Who knew it? You can even get a recipe book which tells you how to make a snowman - and there's no cooking involved! Mum, Dad and the two children are absolutely meticulous though: they're going to get everything right, even down to doing some mining to get When all the coal for houses cowered in the eyesgloom, searching through the bits 'n bobs jar for buttons for the snowman's coat and picking out the perfect piece of headgear. There's quite a choice available, but the family decide on the bobble hat, presumably to keep the snowman warm. The moth-eaten pair of mittens simply won't do and a pair with purple and pink stripes are chosen. [[Recipe for Making a Snowman by Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster|Full Review]] <!-- Fegan --br>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1925810097.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925810097/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[Don't Drink 'To the Pink by B C R Fegan]]=== [[image:4starMaritime Museum''.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]

Madeline is very fond of Grandfather GilderberryHer imagination was fired. He She's always busy in his workshop, creating crazy potions, d love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and he always has a smile on his facewent back regularly. Madeline's dad thinks he's One day she fell asleep under a bit bonkers and Madelineglass case (it's mum thinks the same but gives him a pass because heone where Nelson's old. But Madeline? She thinks Grandfather Gilberberry is just great. Particularly Trafalgar breeches are on her birthday when he unfailingly arrives with a selection of potions show) and allows her to choose one as a gift. And he always says the same thing... [[Don't Drink missed the Pink by B C R Fegan|Full Review]] <!-- Teresa Heapy closing bell and Katie Cleminson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1910989339.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910989339/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''Loved to Bits'' is the heartwarming story of a boyattendant's love for his bearwarning shout. Bear When she woke (hard floors don's adventures with boy take him to all kinds of places and together they fight and defeat every obstacle put t make comfy beds) she was in their way, from the jungle to the sea. Inevitably mishaps occur on the way . The loss midst of an arm, adventure that she could never have imagined in a legworld of dolphins, an ear or an eye are nothing to Stripy Ted who shrugs off all injuries with a cheery ''don't worrypirates, I've got one more''. But boy loves him just as he is mermaids and won't hear of him being mended. His place, after all, is in Boy's bedtreasure. [[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson|Full Review]]}}<!-- Lee -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1782227741| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Little Gold Ted[[image:0874869722.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0874869722/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee]]===4[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]summary=One day, [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] There is Gold Ted falls into a place on this earth that, at the time of writing, is resplendent with lifepuddle. In the spring seals gambol in the river – not venturing too far, for fear of being slashed open on the razor wire the humans have put in place. In the autumn, salmon come upstream, looking doleful as well they might, for they will spawn and die, if they reach their birthing grounds. Mountain goats gambol prettily among the hills – if the landmines men left behind do not prevent them from doing so. This is a snapshot of life in the DMZ, the demilitarized zone between the two countries with Korea in their name, and it's the worldIt's least welcome wildlife sanctuary. [[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 quite a Girl deep puddle 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 the water is a climber, the best chimney sweep in Londonswirling. She is growing fast, so what will happen Poor Ted starts to her when she gets too big to climb, when people realise she is a girl? Everything changes, when she spin around and around and is stuck in sucked down a chimney, set drain on fire, and saved by a golem. A story the side 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 oldstreet. Finding himself [[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]]down in the sewer, [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth PixieTed starts to panic. She's cursed! She can't speak unless itOH HELP ME PLEASE'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 he cries and sometimes it's better to say nothing at all. You might not want to attract alerts the attention of Reg the school bully by calling him mean and nastysewer rat, 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 who plucks 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 out 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 dirty water using 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]]cane, [[: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 which might look just a rather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting peoplebit like an old cricket bat. He's Reg is a bit better now kind soul and something which he really enjoys is going for a walk. It's not just a case of attaching a lead dries Ted off and heading for your favourite spot - there are warms him up with a lot nice bowl of other things to think about firstbroth. [[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review]]}}<!-- Owen -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|B08R7LXQ9S[[image:199999650X.jpg|linktitle=httpRemy://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/199999650X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21A book about believing in yourself]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| author===[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children Mayuri Naidoo and families by Kelly Owen]]===Caroline Siegal[[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;"|4[[image:1788039971.jpg|linkgenre=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]]===For Sharing[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Tungtang Remy is not like other toadsfeeling miserable. 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 grandfatherHe's stories of humans and ancient toad prophecies, Tungtang decides 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 let himself down ''My Favourite Peopleagain'' the central character takes us to meet all the important people in his life. There's Auntie MegThe school bully Jayden, who does brilliant haircuts together with his sidekicks Ryan and loves cats. She has four of them! There's Uncle SteveBrandon, who's a gentle giant and an inveterate joker. There's best friend Alicehave been laughing at Remy, 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 calling him names because he is invitedshort and has small eyes. [[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) They are mean but Gillie is really taken by the way that they smell. Lips are being lickednot stupid. Does she dive in and eat them? No, she doesn't There are eight cookies. Two - a carrot and a rabbit - They are for Grandma and Gillie hops off careful to deliver them. Another two are for Grandpa wind up Remy when nobody can see and then there push him just that little bit further when the other kids are two for Mummyaround. Now there are just two left and Daddy gives them to GillieSo, but Gillie is a kindwhen Remy reacts, generous and thoughtful rabbit and whilst she eats one cookie, a rather scrumptious looking rabbit is offered to it looks as though he was the readerinstigator. 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 And then 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 gets into trouble at school and comfortable bed. But Mr Noo is a considerate host and he shows his guests around the hotel. There's only one rule: teachers don't ever look behind door 32. Now, you're going believe him when he tries to wonder about explain 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 Hoohappened. [[Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen|Full Review]]}}<!-- Pankhurst -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1471191303| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Invisible[[image:Pankhurst_Women.jpg|left|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408878909/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Tom Percival| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|rating===[[Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst]]===5[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Children's Non-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 -->|-| stylesummary="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 This is a kingdom the story of mushrooms in a land far away. Many types and colours of mushroom live there and they are all ruled over by King PoliPoliIsobel, a big brown mushroom little girl who is made a wise and kind leaderbig difference. King PoliPoli is married to the beautiful Queen Nobilia. But Queen Nobilia cannot conceive a baby and this makes Isobel lived with her very sad. She sings parents in 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=thebookbaghouse -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 cold house is on fire, the key is inside, and because her little boy Tommy is locked in. Tommy is in terrible danger and what if the fire brigade doesnparents couldn'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 afford to put the window and let their minds wander. Why be stuck in a stuffy room when you could be in space or heating 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]]

The 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| stylegenre="vertical-alignFor 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. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|isbn=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: top; text-alignwhat 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?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1849767009|title=It Isn't Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=[[The Elephant This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is OK and the ones who ''know'' that it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and-bothered person in the Room by James Thorp 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 Angus Mackinnon]]Liuba Syrotiuk|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|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''

[[image:3And so begins the latest picture book from Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk.5starIt's a clarion call to children to use their imaginations and not logic alone when it comes to solving problems.jpg}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1948124440|title=What Wonders Await Outdoors|linkauthor=Category:{Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=The second book in Justine Avery's Wonders series is the perfect antidote to long summer days with bored children - or, indeed, as we've found recently, for those long lockdown days when an awful pandemic is rolling across the world. What do you do when every book has been read and every toy has been played with, repurposed, 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. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that she'd get me a book about it. A couple of days later I was handed a pamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, in clinical 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.}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:{{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Daria Yudina|title= This Book Wants to Make You Laugh (Living Book)|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|For Sharing]]summary=This Living Book is on a mission. What's the mission? To make you laugh! I can't think of many better missions than that, can you? Let's see how it does...

Somebody has smashed Father Giant.... well, it opens up with a terrible joke. A groany joke, an eye-roll joke. The joke isn't very funny but it is funny to see how enthusiastic and how generously this book wants to make you laugh - ''Oh, I's elephantm terrible at jokes. Some books are so good at them. Who on earth could it be? Can Father Giant unravel the mystery of what happenedI always wanted to help someone laugh.'' |isbn= 194812453X}}{{Frontpage|author=Justine Avery and Daria Yudina|title=Baby Trolls Get a Bad Rap (Underrated Babies Book 1)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Horatio, Saul and Grizelda are three baby trolls who will face being banished from the house forever once he discovers the truth? Told are fed up that everyone forgets about baby trolls. They are ignored in books and TV shows and films in favour of their very scary grown ups. Our three heroes want equal rights for baby trolls. They want to be seen and heard and they've started a rhyme petition about it that gets more and more surreal as they want you to sign. But how should they go about it goes along, this is a wild and brightly illustrated mystery story, with an interesting moral at the end.? |isbn= B07XGN4LGY}}