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[[image:lumplump.jpg|center|link=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDc9DQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lump+lump+and+the+blanket+of+dreams&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz47visd3QAhVT_WMKHQ8CA8UQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=lump%20lump%20and%20the%20blanket%20of%20dreams&f=false]]<hr/>[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Roger HargreavesAdam Stower|title= My MummyMurray and Bun|rating= 4.5|genre= For SharingConfident Readers |summary= In 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'My Mummy'' we learn of all s cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the ways Mummy is wonderful. Andcatflap they both use can chuck them out, funnily enoughnot into the regular back garden, her positive attributes are quite but into a lot like those singular, nominal traits beheld by certain Little Missesworld of frightening adventure and whiffs. For example This time round it drops them into a Viking land, she is happy like Little Miss Sunshine, she where a troll hunter is curious about things likeexpected – well, ermone much bigger than Murray was, Little Miss Curiousto be honest, but he's turned up and she enjoys her cake, just like Little Miss Greedy. Ooops.he'll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405285508</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown1732898766|title=The Glump Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and the Peeble Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=34

|summary=When does someone learn who we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they truly are? 're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. As a babyTheir greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, you sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't know what your feet are, so any sense of true self-discovery is going to try this at least wait until you are out of nappieshome: it won't end well. ) As Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a child you start to see the worldladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, but most of us only see our part in itthey escaped. Enter your teenage years and twenties and you start They climbed up to understand what role you play the Tree Wee homes high up in life, but do you really know yourself? If you are luckythe tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, very lucky, you may start to figure stuff out in your thirties and know who you are Nester Nook and what you want to do. Things may have happened a little quicker if you had read more books as a child all about being whomever you want to beGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807100</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=George Szirtes and Tim ArchboldB0CC9W7GLR|title=How to be a Tiger|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=''Wet again, yet again! Down it drips, little fingertips, tapping and snapping as if On the rain were cross.''<br>''See the branches toss? See the puddles grow? Has it stopped raining?NO.'' Yes, sometimes only a quote will do. After all, we do come to poetry for snappy concision, and that's what we get here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910959200</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBeach: The Winter Visitor|author=Ellie Sandall |title=Everybunny Dance Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5

|summary=Children's book have Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a long history large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the lion lying down with shoreline. On top of the lamb when most adults understand that ice was a polar bear. As the only thing that ice bumped onto the lamb would be lying on is sand, the lining of bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the lion's stomachice. HoweverKit was all for making a run for it, there is plenty of time to learn about what creature eats what creature but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and perhaps we should just allow children then another. He obviously needed to imagine that bunnies like to dance be taken home on the night away bus and perhaps even get along with given a foxgood meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444919865</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carna Brooks1913839656|title=What are Aunties Made Of?Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee

|summary=We all know what little boys and girls are Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of, although I have dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to confess take him to having always been just a little bit jealous of the puppy dog tails Friday Night Club at the local community centre and quite willing Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to pass on the sugarmake new friends. At home, spice, slugs his only friend was his mum and snailshe wondered why that could be. But what are ''aunties'' made of? Could Grandma thought that it might be: ''Smelly old cars and old milk jars?''<br>''Or fragrances of lavender and roses in our noses?''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524666424</amazonuk>because he looked different.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia Monks1529504775|title=Queen Munch The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Queen NibbleKatie Hickey

|summary=Queen Munch Elsie and Queen Nibble are two very different queens, in two her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very different kingdomsdifficult. Queen Munch, as you might imagine One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her name, really loves her foodmoney box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Her Saturdays begin with 'The Munching of Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the Breakfast' which is a grand extravaganza that her people all come bus for support, and watch involving a grand settingwalk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the Royal Musicians playing the 'Queen Munch Tune'bus, dancing now damaged and an important reader of rusted, to the menuRepair Shop, a delicious breakfast all finished off hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with a nice belch it.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Susan was very young when she was evacuated from the Queen! Queen Nibble, then, is much the opposite of Queen MunchLondon in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She is tall and 'needn't have worried though as pale as a stick she went to the home of celeryMr and Mrs Russell, who couldn''! t have been kinder to her. She lives alone, barely eats, but even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she makes beautiful jewellry from raindropsrelaxed and began to enjoy her life. One day, Queen Munch invites Queen Nibble over for a visit, She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and what will happen when these two extremely different rulers come together?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829261</amazonuk>it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julian Gough and Jim Field1916459943|title=Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the NestSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=Rabbit was strugglingMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. There He's so tired but he was having a nicecan't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, peaceful sleep in he just lies on his friend Bearblanket and ''wails''s cave when a terrible noise woke him. Was it thunder? The sea offers to help. NoIt rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, it was Bear snoringhush''. Very loudly. Rabbit tried putting his paws over his ears although that's not very successful when Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have small paws and very big ears. But there was something good: when Rabbit went outside the cave he realised that spring had sprungsound perfectly. Suddenly he felt The mermaids join in - ''strongla lou, la lay...''. After And for a winter spent in his friend Bear's cave moment it was time to go home seems to have worked as Baby closes his burroweyes. Only there was Then a surprise lurking there - seagull '''shouts''' and it looked suspiciously like a snakewe know exactly what's going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444934260</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jodie Parachini and Daniel Rieley140639131X|title= This is a Serious Book|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= If you want a silly book, this is not the one A Practical Present for you. This is, as the title says, a ''serious book''. And just so there's no doubt, it shows you all the things you won't find in this book (because they are silly and this is serious). So we see pictures of donkeys pulling silly faces and doing backflips but only as a warning. They are examples to show us what we ''won't'' find in this book. For they are silly things (yuck).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571329462</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewPhilippa Pheasant|author=Simon Philip and Ella Bailey|title=I Don't Know What to Call My CatBriony May Smith|rating=34.5

|summary=Getting a new pet is rife with things that you have Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to docross the Old Oak Road. Where will they sleep? What will they eat? And, of course, what on Earth are you going She wrote to call them? the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Giving Philippa wasn't a pet the right name bird to sit back on her tail feathers when they are tiny can be an issue in itself – there was a cute fluffy dog can grow into problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a massive hound called Fluffy, or you could call your male cat Clairelittle amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. Perhaps it would help if All the animals used the animal itself could tell you what name they want?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124134</amazonuk>crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar 1776574338|title=ThatLeilong's Not How You Do ItToo Long! |author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn

|summary=Lucy Every morning Leilong, the cat knows how to do everything. Yes, she is one of those dreadful know-it-alls who can build a towerbrontosaurus school bus, play makes his way through the xylophonecity, eat with a knife and forkpicking up children as he goes...you name it, she can do it! Everyone knows that she's Children who live at the best at all top of these things, so shetower blocks don's the one they t even need to go to if downstairs – they need helpsimply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. One day, however, thereIt's a new panda in town, Toshiperfect, and Lucy watches him and sees that he doesnisn't know how it? What could be a more fun way of going to do anything right at all! school? His music There is strangea problem, and though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he eats differently 's always having to everyone else, be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he can't make paper stars, only some weird-looking bird! Lucy finds this more and more frustrating until she suddenly can't contain herself any s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and she tells Toshi traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that hecan's doing everything wrong…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846439280</amazonuk>t be the bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Lisle and Richard Watson1776574028|title=Stone UnderpantsBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=Poor Pod has I love a chilly bottomgood board book! His leafy clothing ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is just not cutting aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and he needs to find an alternativemake something quite different from each one. But what can he use to make himself some pants? We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. This The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a madcap story that will see Pod wearing everything from stone pants to feather pants, to even, in desperation I suspect, some pants made from spider's webs'crynoceros'' (think about it! ) Will he ever manage to find something suitable to make The pelican who sits on his pants from?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862210</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Kyo Maclear and Julia Sarda|title=The Liszts|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=When you read enough childrenpotty changes into a ''s books you start to be able to pick up patterns in the genresm...... There are books that are aimed at the child alone and alienate the adult and there are those that cater for both. '' Perhaps the oddest grouping is those childrenOK, let's books that are seemingly designed for adults to enjoy and do not appeal to children. go there |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445157</amazonuk>Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff1838226834|title= Sun Moon Star|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In his own delightfully imaginative way Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of the birth of Christ in this unique and long out of print children's book. Told from the perspective of the new born infant in his first hours of birth, this charming little story feels different to other children's Christmas books whilst at the same time goes back to the basics in exploring Carried Away With the true nature of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCarnival|author=Gwen Jackson and Lissa Calvert|title=Lump Lump and the Blanket of Dreams: Inspired by Navajo Culture and FolkloreEd Boxall

|summary=In the fir tree in the forest there were two holes: in the small hole at the top Blue Bird lived, but the big hole, in the ground below the fir tree It was the home one of Mother Bear and her little bear, Lump Lumpthose memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. It was coming They're there to undo all the time when bears should be hibernatinggood that parents do, but Lump Lump wanted to run in so the forest and eat more honey. Somehow he didn't think that sleeping could be ''that'' trips out were always so much fun. Blue Bird sang A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him a song about a blanket of dreams and Lump Lump : ''had'It' to have one. There was a snag though - before the blanket could ll be woven Lump Lump had to collect the white light of morningbrilliant, just remember, the red light don't let go of evening, the falling rain and the rainbow for Spider Woman to weave into his blanketmy hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1460299299</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Gary Sheppard Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Tim BudgenHare|titleauthor=As Nice as Pie Cordellya Smith|rating=54

|summary=The day that you build that bird table and set out some nuts you are unwittingly creating a millstone for your own neck. From now on your inner voice is going to keep telling you to keep When the food topped up. What will happen to those poor little birdies should they go withoutworld was made, will you be to blame for their hunger? Worse than the voice in your head is if the birds themselves started to demand more foodanimals were given gifts. Could you deal with Bear was given strength so that he could become a cheeky chaffinch or a rabid robin? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862229</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lina Sunderland and Daniel Egneus|title= Raven Child and the Snow Witch|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= A beautiful story of hope, family and loveprotector. In the frozen north and safe away from the icy wilderness, young Anya lives Water Spider received a happy care-free life in the Snow Gardenstrong web that even fire could not burn. She plays, she is at one with Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the animals present ''and she dreams'' the future. On one dayRabbit developed intelligence - but, no different from any otherunfortunately, Anya’s mother sets off on a journey to not the glacier ability to collect a special flower use it well. He liked to plant in the Snow Gardentrick other animals. Anya waits for her mother’s return and keeps busy throughout the dayHe was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with Turtle. After You might think that's not a long while of waiting Anya falls asleep fair contest but wait and dreams of a terrible event involving the most dreadful enchantress of them all – the Snow Witchsee. From here on, Anya becomes determined to find and save her mother but she has no idea what lies aheadThings are not always as they seem. Can Anya pit her wills against the frozen wilderness, the wild wolves and ultimately the Snow Witch herself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704187</amazonuk>I'll tell you how it came about.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Surya SajnaniRob Keeley|title= FarmCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!

|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this sturdy Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, interactive board book little ones have clues Lily is keen to animals explain how good they are for you might find 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 farmteacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and can then slide vegetables, like carrots, grow in the pieces of picture round on the facing page ground. Jordan says, "I did try to uncover the answertell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178493660X</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Surya SajnaniB09FFJF8YS|title= Hush...Little Bear is SleepingYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating= 43.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this somewhat ironic interactive board book''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, Baby Bear "You Can't Wear Panties!" is trying to sleep but other animals around him keep making a noisecry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride. I say ironic because this would otherwise be ''  And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a perfect bedtime story, but because itlittle girl's a 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 ''press and listenshe'' book with sound effects on every pagecan wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, itnor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's far too much fun a big girl now and more likely she wants everyone to get them engaged and playing than carefully drifting off to slumber.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784936626</amazonuk>know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Eoin Colfer Justine Avery and Oliver JeffersNaday Meldova|title=Imaginary FredEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Fred is an imaginary friendToots, trumps, farts. He really loves being an imaginary friendWhatever your word for them, and he throws himself into his role wholeheartedly whenever he is 'summoned' by find us a childthat doesn't find them irresistibly funny. The problem Funny to talk about and joke about, that is that his children always end up finding a real friend. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, and then they don't need himsay, when everyone will hear it and slowly he fades away until the wind whisks him away into the clouds where he waits until he is summoned once moreeveryone will laugh. At you. When he becomes SamJustine Avery's friend he thinks that all his dreams have come true - they like latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the same things, they have so much fun togetherfamiliar humour attached, but Fred has a funny feeling in his imaginary tummy explains that one day, Sam wontooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''t need him any more either…!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>000812616X</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Yuval ZommerB09BG8V3Q6|title=One Hundred SausagesWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=Mmm, sausages''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! Everyone knows that dogs have special hearing when it comes to the discussion of what's for dinner, especially when it comes to sausages. My mum used to hide ' is the worming tablets latest release in sausages as our dog would eat the sausage so fast he wouldn't notice the tablet. Well, most times'Everybody Potties! Anyway, this book is all about one particular dog's love ' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of sausages, potty training children and what happens when he is falsely accused of stealing all of the townreplace it with some fun. It's sausages!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783705752</amazonuk>a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=Sue Hendra When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Paul LinnetMended|titleauthor=Gordon's Great EscapePeter Cotton

|summary=The life of the humble balloon is one full of fear and dangersMeet Fred. Imagine Well, actually, you're going out to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of the house each day and all that protects your vulnerable self is myself: I'd better tell you a thin sheet of taut rubberbit more about Fred. Even if you do get to survive into your dotage, this Fred is not a long timesnake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. Who has not left He arrived as a balloon alone for present in a week or box with holes sothat he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, it starts to sag and go wrinkly until it is nothing more than the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a floppy bagwalk. Depressing as this may be, Gordon And that was where the balloon looks on the bright side of life and is determined to enjoy every moment he hasproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471143635</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Caryl Hart Justine Avery and Ed EavesNaday Meldova|title= How to Save a SuperheroEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating= 54|genre= For Sharing|summary= Can potty training ever be joyous? Itoften isn's just an ordinary day for Albie – het, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn's playing with his toys t it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just like any little boyas we have to learn about everything else when we are small. However little does he know that his day is going to Why shouldn't potty training be super in more ways than one. This is another fantastic adventure in as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the next moon take turns in the series of books by Carol Hart and Ed Eaves. sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>147114478X</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Valerie Thomas Justine Avery and Korky Paul Naday Meldova|title=Winnie and Wilbur Meet Santa No, No, No!

|summary=Winnie and Wilbur They say the best picture books are writing their letters to Santathe simplest ones. Wilbur wants lots And nothing could be truer of things including this latest from Justine Avery, a wind up mouseBookbag favourite. ''No, tins of sardinesNo, and a cuddly blanketNo!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable. Winnie ''No, no, no! Okay, howeverokay. Yes, just wants a lovely surpriseyou may. When Christmas Eve arrives that is what she gets – but it'' That's not exactly it! But, like all the surprise that Santa had in mind. He gets stuck in their chimney for best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so long much bigger on the inside that he might not have time to deliver all it appears on the presents. Luckily Winnie and Wilbur find him in time and, for once, Winnie's magic seems to be workingoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192747371</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Walliams and Tony Ross 194812467X|title=There's a Snake in My School! The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=54|genre=For Sharing |summary=Miranda loves Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to be different so no one go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is really surprised when she arrives at school on Bring-your-pet-perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to-school Day riding on the back top of an enormous slithery python called Penelope. But the hill, they are see a bit frightened. After all, pythons EAT people. Miranda, however, soon convinces her classmates that Penelope is both friendly and lots of fun to play big barn witha sign outside. It looks like it's going to be a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the best day of school EVERstallholders and customers are farmyard animals. But that's before Miss BloatThere are sheep and ducks and cows, the headmistressgoats and chickens, intervenes and locks up all the petseven some mice. Luckily Penelope has a special talent that will save the dayExcited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008172706</amazonuk>What will they buy?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Juliette MacIver Sadie and Sarah Davisthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=That's Not a Hippopotamus!Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice

|summary=With the onset of TVSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, the internet and colourful books we take for granted that we know her mind never on what different animals look likeshe should be doing. A giraffe has a long neck, a lion has big teeth She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and a Dodo does not look like much anymoreshe loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. However, imagine a time before  ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all this technologythe houses cowered in the gloom, ''<br>''To the closest you would get to an exotic animal might be the assorted stuffed creatures in a local Natural History Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. Perhaps She'd love to sail the children of Juliette MacIver oceans on an ancient sailing ship and Sarah Daviswent back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it' s the one where Nelson''Thats Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the attendant's Not a Hippopotamus!'' learned from some poor taxidermy, as they sure warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't know what make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a Hippo looks likeworld of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271967</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alice Pattullo1782227741|title=An Animal ABCLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=4.5

|summary= If you have ever tried to print a design using traditional methods such as screen printing or block printingOne day, you will know how tricky Gold Ted falls into a feat this ispuddle. Making It's quite a simple black deep puddle and white design the water is tough enough as you try and spread the paint evenly and avoid bleeding, but multicolours are even more complexswirling. You have Poor Ted starts to remove your screen spin around and add another, then make sure around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the new colour sits exactly where it shouldstreet. Finding himself When it goes wrong it looks amateurish and you have down in the sewer, Ted starts to start againpanic. Do it right and it can look as wonderful as ''An Animal ABCOH HELP ME PLEASE'' by Alice Pattullohe 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843653133</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Steve AntonyB08R7LXQ9S|title= The Queen's Present|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= We join the story on Christmas Eve. The Queen hasn't finished her shopping yet, which is probably unlikely for a grandmother and great grandmother, but then I suppose most people in that position don't have a job ruling the country so she can be forgiven. She's shopping for the little prince and princess, but in a surprisingly unpatriotic moment she realises the UK just won't do, and she needs to venture further afield. If only there was someone with access to airborne transport who could whisk her away to the likes of France and Egypt and Italy and China at the drop of a hat (or the tug of a reign).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444925636</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Michael Morpurgo (Editor)|title= Greatest Animal Stories|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= We all know of Aesop and his animal fablesRemy: the hare and the tortoise, the boy who cried wolf or the ant and the grasshopper. In this stunning collection of animal stories, Michael Morpurgo has collated well-known and much-loved animal stories in a beautifully presented A book. In the introduction he writes that we often first meet animals in stories before we meet them in real life and this collection is selected from his favourite childhood animal tales. Within his own stories, Morpurgo favours the inclusion of animals as the central character and these are all well received by children. As a primary school teacher, I value the fact that such a well-known author has collected these valuable animal-centred stories which can be used not only to engage children with tales from different cultures but also about believing in providing life lessons. Each is beautifully illustrated and individual in style to each story. Prefacing each tale is a short paragraph giving information on the origin of the story and often a question or two to promote thought and discussion within the story. The stories originate from across the globe: Iceland, Africa, China and North America to name a few. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192748629</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Felix Bernard, Richard Smith and Tim Hopgood|title= Walking in a Winter Wonderland|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= It’s the end of October – almost November – and the embers of Christmas are just being brought back to life now. The weather is changing, the leaves are falling and it’s dark before six o’clock. No matter how much we try not to, our thoughts are turning to Christmas. Now, I absolutely love Christmas. However, what I love more than Christmas is the idea of Christmas. Walking in a Winter Wonderland paints the idea of Christmas better than anything else. It is a Christmas card in words and although it may be 13 degrees on Christmas day with grey skies, in our hearts sleigh bells are ringing, snow is glistening, Mister snowmen are being built and we all conspire as we dream by the fire. What a fantastic way to epitomise Christmas by using this great song, made famous by Peggy Lee and originally written in 1934, as a story book for children.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192743759</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewyourself|author=Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton|title=The Princess Mayuri Naidoo and the Christmas RescueCaroline Siegal|rating=4.5

|summary=Christmas can be an awesome time surrounded by friendsRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, but if you don't have manybeen laughing at Remy, it can also be a rather lonely time. One way you could get more friends calling him names because he is to socialise a little short and perhaps join a hobby group or twohas small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. What is unlikely They are careful to help is locking yourself wind up in a workshop Remy when nobody can see and inventing things on your own all then push him just that little bit further when the timeother kids are around. This is exactly how Princess Eliza spends her timeSo, when Remy reacts, but 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 caused her to have a lacks in friends may help her when a Christmas crisis occurshappened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085763707X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy1471191303|title= The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= When you think there can't possibly be a different way to tell a Christmas story for children, along comes Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy with a tale of a mouse who was once injured at Christmas time. A falling bauble hit poor mouse and that was enough to convince mouse that Christmas meant danger. Mouse dons his hard-hat and high-visibility jacket to inspect the animal's village Christmas preparations. In true health and safety style, nothing is up to scratch: the star is too pointy; the tree too tall and the lights are too bright on the tree, not to even mention the spikiness of the pine needles. Quite frankly, Christmas is jolly well too dangerous, so mouse wants it cancelled. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192744291</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewInvisible|author=Alex T Smith|title=Santa ClaudeTom Percival

|genre=For Sharing |summary=Ah Claude! He This is such an endearing the story of Isobel, a little doggirl who made a big difference. HeIsobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn's back t afford to put the heating on an adventure with Sir Bobblysock : ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the bedpost.'' The family didn't go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and this time it is a Christmas adventurethey were happy. There are baubles Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and trees and carols and reindeer and, they had to move to the far side of course, there's trouble! the city. For who else but Claude would accidentally handcuff Santa to an armchair on Christmas EveThis part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and then need to deliver all the presents himself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444926497</amazonuk>Isobel felt invisible.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Henning LohleinNick Jones and Si Clark|title=Ludwig the Space DogOne Night in Beartown

|summary=Before there was Neil Armstrong Many children have an obsession and before there was Yuri GagarinSandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, there was another explorer of Space – Laikais obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. This was no man howeverHer favourite toy is Berisford, but a dogteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Laika was one Every night, she looks out of the first animals to explore space; the less said about her fate the better, but surely her adventures would encourage other canines bedroom window and says goodnight to explore the great beyond? Ludwig is one such Mutt and although we may not have a rocket ship bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to help him with his adventuresBee Bear, we do have a set of 3D glassescolourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178370389X</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} {{newreview|author=Mick Inkpen and Chloe Inkpen|title=Fred|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's tricky being a puppy. There are so many things Move on to try to understand, like sit, and stay, and fetch! Whilst the pup in this story has learned all of these tricky commands, and is doing very well at being a good boy, he is having some issues around the word 'Fred'...what on earth does everyone mean when they keep shouting it at him? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444929526</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]