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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=0008561249}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob- Remove lolly -->and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Donaldson and Sara OgilvieB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Detective DogWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=Detective dog NellKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, with her great sense of smellbored but warm, is or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a rather remarkable dog! She works very hard from Tuesday to Sunday, finding lost things, like snowy beach when a ball down large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the toilet, and solving mysteries such as where is shoreline. On top of the lost shoe by sniffing it outice was a polar bear. It's in As the ice bumped onto the shed, actuallysand, the bear woke and if you look a little more closely you might start to suspect that actually Nell might have had more to do with these lost things and mysteries than she should have! Anyway, those are her busy days, but on Mondays she goes to school with Peter, and she listens to wobbly legs moved from the children reading her booksice. She loves Kit was all sorts of booksfor making a run for it, about dinosaurs but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and princes gave him one apple and dragons and dogs, and she loves the smell of the booksthen another. So when she goes He obviously needed to school one Monday be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and finds that all the books are missing, Detective dog Nell is the one they need somewhere to help find all the bookssleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509801596</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jorg Muhle1913839656|title=Tickle My EarsLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=Little Rabbit is getting ready for bedTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. It's getting late, so can you help him? He's going to need to get packed two pairs of dungarees and his pyjamas on, favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his pillow needs fluffing, grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he might need a little stroke on wanted to make new friends. At home, his back, or for only friend was his ears to have a ticklemum and he wondered why that could be. What a sleepy little rabbit Grandma thought that it might be because he is!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776570766</amazonuk>looked different.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tracey Corderoy and Jane Chapman 1529504775|title=Squish Squash Squeeze! The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=When Mouse moves into his new house, he thinks it's going Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to be perfectthe park and watch the red buses drive past. But then he finds there Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn's already quite a collection of animals t - he'll have to share d been born with: he discovers cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a big brown bear behind bus in the piano toy shop window which would help David - and a crocodile crammed in was happy to use the bathcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. When a tiger comes whizzing down Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bannister bus for support, and walk behind it becomes a bit of a squish. Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, a squash now damaged and a squeeze. The animals don't know what rusted, to do until they hear a rumble under the floor – Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it looks like they're going to have an even bigger problem. Or are they?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691904</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Britta Teckentrup1529504767|title=One is Not a PairThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=I Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the type home of child that would sit indoors on a sunny day with their head in a puzzle book rather than getting anything important like Vitamin DMr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. I may be pasty white nowadays, but at least I know my way around a good spotShe even had her own room -all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the-difference book baking and when I see oneit came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. And I spy with my little eye, one right hereThe best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704632</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=T S Eliot and Arthur Robins1916459943|title=Macavity's Not There!: A Lift-the-Flap BookSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Looking backMuch as mothers love their babies, one of the first games Ithere've played with every s something they all dread - a squeakily baby I. He's so tired but he can't - or won've encountered is the one where you hide behind your hands t - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and then appear surprised when you drop them ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and see the babywaves sing ''hush, hush''. It never fails to get Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a smilesandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. (I know The mermaids join in - it was probably wind''la lou, la lay...) '' Macavity has perfected the game, because - wherever you look - he's not thereAnd for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Here at Bookbag Towers Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we loved [[Macavity,the Mystery Cat by T S Eliot and Arthur Robins|the full version]] of T S Eliotknow exactly what's poem, but what about the very youngest children - the ones who really love the idea of someone - or something - not being where you expect them going to be?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571328636</amazonuk>happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adam Guillain, Charlotte Guillain and Lee Wildish140639131X|title=Treats A Practical Present for a T RexPhilippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=34.5
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|summary=One hot summer our family got a new Labrador puppy and, seeing as I Philippa Pheasant was at home most ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the time revising for exams, it was decided that I would be Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the person to train said dogproblem but didn't even get a reply. After Philippa wasn't a few months bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of hard training came a grown dog… the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that was the worst trained we ever hadshe would set up something similar herself. Laddy may have been an expert in play fighting Her uniform and eating, lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but not much elsethe benefits were obvious. With my spotted history in animal husbandry I am not equipped All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to train any animal and especially not provide a T Rex, but perhaps George issafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405273623</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sam Hay and Nick East1776574338|title=Do Not Wash This BearLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=Dad is not very good at washingEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. There are those of us Children who would shrug this off and feel happy that live at least he gives it a the top of tower blocks don't even need to go, but then I guess after a while shrunken T-shirts downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and dyed vests become a little tiresome! slide down his neck. AnywayIt's perfect, one day dad decides that Bear has become isn't it? What could be a little bit stinky and needs more fun way of going to go in the washschool? There is a problem, and although the child though. Leilong isn't happy in the story shows dad the very clear label stating ''Do not wash this bearcity: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he' s longer than a tennis court – he decides often causes damage without intending to ignore the advice and throws him into the machinetraffic regularly gets snarled up. Washing Bear turns out to The school decides that he can't be a very big mistake, since some combination of the bubbles and the spin setting drastically alter poor Bear's personality, and when he comes out he is a very decidedly naughty and troublesome Bear!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405277157</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Brown and Rowena Blyth1776574028|title=The Mood HooverBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=3.54
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|summary=No one could ever have confused Stan with I love a sunbeam. good board book! He was mischievous ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (weller, personally, Isee my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''d have said play'unpleasant') with words and he had a secret: an invention, in factmake something quite different from each one. He'd created We have the elephant who dons a machine which could suck up anything which was happy or fun tutu - and it was called becomes a ''balletphant'the mood hoover'. His sister's bedroom was the first place he put the machine through its paces The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and within then dries off with a matter of moments all the girly niceness had been replaced by dull, grey ordinarinesshair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) It didnThe pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''t just work in confined spaces either: the couple admiring a rainbow were surprised to find the vivid colours turned to dullnesssm.... You don't want to know what he got up to in the zoo...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910851132</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway1838226834|title=I Love My DaddyCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=FatherIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They's Day is a great time re there to really pump up your Dad's ego. If he is anything like me he already thinks he is a bit of an Adonis; seeing undo all the good that paunch in parents do, so the mirror more as relaxed muscle than the beer gut that it istrips out were always so much fun. To be honest, as a Pop, I am pretty much content A young boy was going to the carnival with a pinthis Grandad, a book or a football gamewho told him: ''It'll be brilliant, but if a child does insist on getting their elder a giftjust remember, a nice book about the parent/child relationship may just warm the coldest don't let go of cocklesmy hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691785</amazonuk>''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ed VereB09MYXSRV4|title=Max Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and BirdHare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Ed Vere has a unique style of artwork for his picture books. The colours are vibrant, When the characters are distinctiveworld was made, the style is animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a little bit scrappy, in protector. Water Spider received a very charming waystrong web that even fire could not burn. We are big fans in our house Owl had excellent sight so we sat down eagerly to read that he could see the present ''and'' the latest offeringfuture. Here we have MaxRabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a sweet black cat race with enormous eyes who meets and befriends a birdTurtle. Well, initially his plan is You might think that they play chase and then Max will eat up Bird for 's not a tasty snack fair contest but Bird has another idea…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241240190</amazonuk>wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Morag HoodRob Keeley|title=Colin and Lee, Carrot and PeaCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=3.54
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|summary=Sometimes people don’t quite fit in Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. Perhaps When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are much taller than for youand how nice to eat. One day, or perhaps they aren’t round enough to rollpoor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Does this meanInfuriated, thenLily checks with the teacher, who explains that if someone is so different you can’t be their friend? When it comes to Colin fruits grow on trees and Leevegetables, they are about as different as you can getlike carrots, since one is small and round and green and a pea and grow in the other isground. Jordan says, well"I did try to tell her, a carrotMiss! But does that get in the way of their friendship?" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1509808949</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Bright and Chris Chatterton B09FFJF8YS|title=ThereYou Can's a Bison Bouncing on the Bedt Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5
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|summary=Becoming a parent gives you many new insights into life; ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the pleasure potty masters in seeing training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a child smile or cry (the amazement 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 they start she proudly explains to utter words. Howeverher dog, her cat, the one thing her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that you really begin to understand is – how much stuff costs''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. ClothesNeither can the flowers, foodnor the fish, transport, toys, even furniture. It all costs money and you now have a tiny wrecking ball running around nor the house seemingly doing their best to destroy them allbirds. It may seem like harmless fun to jump on the bed, but who pays for it when it breaks? The bison? I donBoy's certainly can't think so.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848692358</amazonuk>She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alex T Smith Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Claude All at Sea Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=Claude 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 a small dog who likes wearing a beret . But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and a lovely red jumpereveryone will laugh. At you. He lives Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with Mr tooting and Mrs Shinyshoes gently and his best friend calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is a stripy sock called Sir Bobblysockperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444903675</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachel BrightB09BG8V3Q6|title=Amazing DaddyWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=Daddy Panda and Baby Panda are spending ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the day together, and Baby Panda is thinking about all latest release in the different reasons why his daddy is brilliant''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. These range from how he smells safe and warm This series of fun picture books aims to take the extra large breakfasts that daddy makes! There are lots pain out of common, everyday situations, so little ones will enjoy making comparisons potty training children and replace it with their own lives, and discussing what makes their daddy amazingsome fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408331675</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nadia Shireen|title=The Bumblebear|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ever a sucker for a book about It's a bearworthy aim, this one has fast become a favourite for meas any frustrated parent will tell you. Norman is an ordinary kind of bear, small and cuddly and a big fan of honey. He is such a big fan, in fact, that he comes up with a cunning plan in order to make his honey hunting much easier. He decides to dress up as a bee (a giant bee, from Giant Bee Land, obviously) and join Bee School where he has the most marvellous time learning about things like buzzing and finding smelly flowers. However, although most of the bees are convinced of his bee-ness, there is one rather clever little bee who grows increasingly suspicious of poor Norman…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780080158</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Catherine Rayner B07GZ81J7C|title=Augustus When Fred the Snake Got Squished and His SmileMended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary= Trying Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to find be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a tiger's smile bit more about Fred. Fred is no easy feata snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. The chances are He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that it will be on he could breathe and immediately became part of the end of their face and this is a face full off teethfamily, attached to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a powerful cat with clawswalk. Personally, I would leave finding a tiger's smile to someone far more trained And that I, or was where the animal themselvesproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Thankfully, Augustus is a practical chap and he sets out to discover what exactly did happen to his smileOr brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848692323</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jeanne Willis Justine Avery and Leonie LordNaday Meldova|title=Lottie Potter Wants an OtterEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=34
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|summary=Purchasing a new pet is a complex enough business without trying Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to use alliteration, so reading a book learn about pet purchases and tongue twisters can get tricky. The adult can end up tripping over their own words everything else when reading out loud to their childwe are small. The kid may find this funnyWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, but does it make for a pleasurable readlearning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007501331</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Claire PhillipJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Convertible Submarine No, No, No!
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|summary=They told me life would say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be easy reviewing books; grab ittruer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. ''No, read itNo, review itNo!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable. What they did not say that I would have to do is also play with it ''No, no, build it and sit in itno! There is a thin line between an interactive book and a toyOkay, okay. When this thin line involves a book that Yes, you can convert into a play mat and also a submarinemay.'' That's it! But, it is hard to understand what it is at like all. Welcome to the world best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the ''Convertible Submarine''outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782099980</amazonuk>1638820457
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg McLaren194812467X|title=Life is MagicThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=54
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|summary=It is not often that you pick up a book Kirelle and feel her best friend Sam the warmth and magic come of itcat decide to go for a walk. It Kirelle is extremely rare dressed for all weathers in adult fiction, but her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in children's books you find it more often if you only lookhis smart grey fur coat. Great illustrations and wonderful stories can combine As they walk to make the top of the hill, they see a book that will entrance both big barn with a youngster and adult as they read togethersign outside. When you find one of these books you should treasure it as it It's a farm shop! But this is something that may be read to your grandchildren in a farm shop with a difference: all the futurestallholders 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. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443383</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Chae Strathie and Nicola O'Byrne0995647895|title= Gorilla Loves Vanilla|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= One day, I imagine it's probably a sunny Saturday, all the animals are heading to Sam's Sundaes for special treats. A bit like the wonder that is ''Marble Slab'' (google it), Sam can create any flavour you desire. Blue cheese flavour for Mouse? Easy. Worm flavour for Chicken? Ick…but not problem. Mud flavour for Hippo, fish finger flavour for Cat, time and again Sam gets it right. But then Gorilla arrives Sadie and all the animals strain to hear what this big beast will request…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407148109</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewSea Dogs|author= Judith Kerr|title= Mog Maureen Duffy and Me and other Stories|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary=''Mog and Me'' is a set of 4 stories in one board book. They are ''very'' short stories which make them a great introduction to Mog for those whose attention span is only for a few minutes before the temptation to chew on the book become overwhelming. This book, then, is perfect. Great sturdy design with pages so stiff even an older child would have to try hard to destroy. Glossy sheet that can withstand a bit of dribbling. And bright, bold illustrations that are not too complicated for tiny eyes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008171173</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Matt Robertson|title=Super StanAnita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=Stan is no ordinary little brotherSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, oh no, because Stan can run faster and throw further and jump higher than his big brother Jackher mind never on what she should be doing. Stan can also fly, of course! Poor Jack finds that even when he is helpful She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and kind, his little superhero brother can go she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one better, so when Jack finds someonerainy afternoon''<br>''s wallet on When all the houses cowered in the floor and returns itgloom, Stan captures a burglar in his car & carries ''<br>''To the car Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the police! oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. So when One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it is Jack's birthday he is hopeful that perhaps for just the one day, he will be where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the special one attendant's warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the familymidst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and Stan won't do anything to spoil his funtreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408337282</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julie Fulton and Elina Ellis1782227741|title=Bossy Jonathan Fossy (The Ever So Series)Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=Jonathan Fossy was ever so bossyOne day, demanding that his Mum bring him chocolate Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and gum around and then paint his bedroom bright blueis sucked down a drain on the side of the street. He made demands of everyoneFinding himself down in the sewer, including the neighbours (a ten feet wide boat with a cabin for him) and you might wonder why Ted starts to panic. ''anyoneOH HELP ME PLEASE'' put up with it. (I had in mind a sharp slap across he cries and alerts the back attention of a couple Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of bare legsthe dirty water using his cane, but that's probably illegal, albeit effective, these dayswhich might look just a bit like an old cricket bat.) Finally PC Moran hatched Reg is a dastardly plan: I'm not going to tell you what it was, but suffice it to say that kind soul and he got his comeuppance in a most effective way dries Ted off and was warms him up with a decidedly more pleasant young man thereafternice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861869</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross|title= Lucinda Belinda Melinda McCool|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Lucinda Belinda is extremely beautiful and she feels it's her duty to bring beauty to the world. And if this means telling others to sort out their eyebrows, lose their big behinds, file their nails or just up their grooming generally then so be it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783442026</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Michelle Robinson|title= Goodnight Spaceman|rating= 3.5|genre= For Sharing|summary='Goodnight Spaceman' is a warm and tender look at space exploration told through the eyes of two young boys who have an astronaut for a Dad. On the upside, this seems to mean that you get to keep moon rock in your bedroom. On the downside, space is too far to reach out for a hug. So, the boys blast off to see Dad's workplace before bed time. Not only is this topical when the International Space Station currently orbits with a British astronaut on board, there is an introductory letter from the great man himself, Tim Peake. Sounds like a winning formula when for so many tots space is the favourite frontier. I was eager to read this with my three year old.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141365625</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|authorisbn= Lizzy StewartB08R7LXQ9S|title= There's a Tiger in the Garden|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Though it's said that you should never judge a Remy: A book by a cover, the front of 'There's a Tiger about believing in the Garden' gives cause to linger. Here is a taste of the splendid illustrations to come – verdant foliage, bright dragonflies, and, of course, a bright orange tiger. Should you not be convinced to pick it up by the visuals alone, the gorgeous embossing adds a further dimension. Lovely pop-out richness you can feel. What a great start.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808069</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewyourself|author=Dr Seuss|title=Horton and the Kwuggerbug Mayuri Naidoo and More Lost StoriesCaroline Siegal
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|summary=Going back Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and revisiting characters once an author has died is small eyes. They are mean but they are not always the best idea, too often the result smacks of a cash in stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that does not have any of the charm of little bit further when the originalother kids are around. HoweverSo, when Remy reacts, revisiting lesser works by it looks as though he was the author is a different thinginstigator. If a fan has all And then he gets into trouble at school and the writerteachers don's books, but never managed t believe him when he tries to get their hands on their obscure short stories or tales written for magazines, a new collection may just work. Even for as eccentric an author as Dr Seussexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008131279</amazonuk>
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|summary=Anyone This is the story of Isobel, a little girl who has read made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on: ''Ice curled across the same story over inside of the window and over again to their child will have felt crept up the crushing feeling corner of mundanitythe bedpost. It's very tempting ' The family didn't go to hide that bland, the cinema or on holidays but popular, book they had each other and explain to your child that it must be lostthey were happy. The adult may feel like this, but once a child gets a little older, Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and they too may feel had to move to the far side of the samecity. Why not interject a little more action into a tired story This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and make it anew?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>014135738X</amazonuk>Isobel felt invisible.
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|summary=It was the middle of the night, but Emily could ''not'' sleep for the noise. There was bellowing and stomping and growling Many children have an obsession and trumpeting. Brave girl that she wasSandy Lane, she got out of bed and looked out of the windowwho lives in Beartown, thinking that the animals had escaped from the zoo, but the street was empty. Then she checked all the usual hiding places as well as her toy box - and suddenly realised that the noises were coming from the animals in her wallpaperis obsessed with bears. Emily's not just brave - she's resourceful too and she set She collects books about settling the jungle down for the nightbears. And one solution turns out to work just perfectly.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691866</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Michelle Robinson and Emily Fox|title= Elephant's Pyjamas|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= I've read a lot of stories recently about animals who don't have many friendsHer favourite toy is Berisford, at least at the beginning of their tale. For this age group it's pretty much a given that teddy bear passed down by the last page they'll have lots of lovely companions with whom to spend their daysher grandmother. Elephant is not one of those unlucky soulsEvery night, though. He has TONS she looks out of friends her bedroom window and he's just been invited to a party with all of them. Lucky thing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007580037</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Fabi Santiago|title= Tiger in a Tutu|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Everyone should have the chance says goodnight to dance, non? Especially in such a wonderful city as Paris, bursting as it is with artists and appreciators of the arts. It is with a sad heart, then, that I must tell you about Maxbear statue outside. Every day, he goes morning she says hello to ballet school, and every day he is turned away. Not only is he lacking the requisite attireBee Bear, but he's a boy, and a tiger. And apparently colourful painted bear that is not allowedlives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>140833688X</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} {{newreview|author=Alex T Smith|title=Claude Going for Gold!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I've been a fan of Claude from the beginning. He charmed me from the start, with his plump tummy, little legs, red jumper and rather fetching beret. I can't help but love a dog who wears a beret! He also has a charming best friend, Sir Bobblysock, (who is indeed a woolly sock) who always makes me laugh. In this particular book they are off Move on another hunt for an adventure, and although it seems for a while that there is simply no fun to be had outside of the house they finally fall, literally, into a Very Exciting Sports Competition!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444926489</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]
