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[[imageCategory:lumplump.jpgNew Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|centertitle=Murray and Bun|linkrating=https://books4.google.com/books?id5|genre=dDc9DQAAQBAJ&printsecConfident Readers |summary=frontcover&dq=lump+lump+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+blanket+catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of+dreams&hlfrightening 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=en&sa0008561249}}{{Frontpage|isbn=X&ved1732898766|title=0ahUKEwiz47visd3QAhVT_WMKHQ8CA8UQ6AEIHTAA#vThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=onepage&q=lump%20lump%20and%20the%20blanket%20of%20dreams&fWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=false]]4<hr/>[[Category:New Reviews|genre=For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!|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-lolly - Remove -->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=Sophy HennB0CC9W7GLR|title=EdieOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda

|summary=Edie is a gorgeous little girl Kit and with the sort of nature which we all hope that our children will have in abundance. She's Teal were just so ''helpful''. For instancebeginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, she's gets up extra early herself just so that she can make certain that everybody else in or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the house gets up in good timeshoreline. The cymbals work well on her brother, but if not, dragging him out On top of bed usually achieves the desired resultice was a polar bear. As for her parentsthe ice bumped onto the sand, playing her guitar the bear woke and serenading them usually does with wobbly legs moved from the trickice. She's an independent young lady Kit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and likes to dress herselfthen another. It's not ''exactly'' school uniform He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and her mother might well be wondering where some of her clothes have got to - but what's given a girl good meal and somewhere to sleep. What else would you do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141365005</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Roger Hargreaves1913839656|title= My Mummy|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In ''My Mummy'Let' we learn of all the ways Mummy is wonderful. And, funnily enough, her positive attributes are quite a lot like those singular, nominal traits beheld by certain Little Misses. For example, she is happy like Little Miss Sunshine, she is curious about things like, erm, Little Miss Curious, and she enjoys her cake, just like Little Miss Greedy. Ooops.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285508</amazonuk>}}{{newreviews Celebrate Being Different|author=Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown|title=The Glump and the Peeble Lainey Dee|rating=3.5

|summary=When does someone learn who they truly are? Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. As a baby, you don't know what your feet are, so any sense He packed two pairs of true self-discovery is going dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to at least wait until you are out of nappiesshow his grandmother. As a child you start She had promised to take him to see the world, but most of us only see our part in it. Enter your teenage years Friday Night Club at the local community centre and twenties and you start Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to understand what role you play in life, but do you really know yourself? make new friends. If you are luckyAt home, very lucky, you may start to figure stuff out in your thirties his only friend was his mum and know who you are and what you want to dohe wondered why that could be. Things may have happened a little quicker if you had read more books as a child all about being whomever you want to Grandma thought that it might bebecause he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807100</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=George Szirtes and Tim Archbold1529504775|title=How to be a TigerThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|genre=Children's Rhymes and VerseFor Sharing|summary=''Wet again, yet again! Down it drips, Elsie and her little fingertips, tapping brother David loved to go to the park and snapping as if watch the rain were crossred buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'<br>''See d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a bus in the branches toss? See toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the puddles grow? Has coins from her money box to pay for it stopped raining?NOas cash was tight at home.'' Yes Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, sometimes only a quote will doand walk behind it. After allMany decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, we do come to poetry for snappy concisionthe Repair Shop, and hoping that the experts there could make it so that's what we get here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910959200</amazonuk>her grandchildren could play with it.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ellie Sandall 1529504767|title=Everybunny Dance The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5

|summary=Children's book have a long history of the lion lying down with the lamb Susan was very young when most adults understand that the only thing that the lamb she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be lying on is greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the lining home of the lionMr and Mrs Russell, who couldn's stomacht have been kinder to her. However, there is plenty of time She even had her own room - all to learn about what creature eats what creature herself. Gradually she relaxed and perhaps we should just allow children began to imagine that bunnies like enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to dance Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the night away and perhaps even get along with a foxChristmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444919865</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carna Brooks1916459943|title=What are Aunties Made Of?Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=3.54

|summary=We Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all know what little boys and girls are made ofdread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, although I have to confess to having always been he just a little bit jealous of the puppy dog tails lies on his blanket and quite willing ''wails''. The sea offers to pass on help. It rocks Baby gently and the sugarwaves sing ''hush, spice, slugs hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and snailsyou have the sound perfectly. But what are The mermaids join in - ''auntiesla lou, la lay...'' made of? Could And for a moment it be: seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull ''Smelly old cars and old milk jars?'shouts'<br>''Or fragrances of lavender and roses in our noses?we know exactly what''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524666424</amazonuk>s going to happen next.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia Monks140639131X|title=Queen Munch and Queen NibbleA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith

|summary=Queen Munch and Queen Nibble are two very different queens, in two very different kingdomsPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. Queen Munch, as you might imagine from her name, really loves her foodShe wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Her Saturdays begin with 'The Munching of the BreakfastPhilippa wasn' which is t a grand extravaganza that bird to sit back on her people all come and watch involving tail feathers when there was a grand setting, the Royal Musicians playing problem which needed solving: she saw the 'Queen Munch Tune', dancing and an important reader benefits of the menu, a delicious breakfast all finished off with a nice belch from lollipop lady at the Queen! Queen Nibble, then, is much the opposite of Queen Munchschool crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. She is tall Her uniform and ''as pale as lollipop stick were both a stick of celery''! She lives alone, barely eats, little amateur to start with but she makes beautiful jewellry from raindropsthe benefits were obvious. One day, Queen Munch invites Queen Nibble over for All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a visit, and what will happen when these two extremely different rulers come together?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829261</amazonuk>safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julian Gough and Jim Field1776574338|title=Rabbit Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bear: The Pest in the NestBei Lynn

|summary=Getting a new pet is rife with things that you have Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to dogo downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. Where will they sleepIt's perfect, isn't it? What will they eat? And, could be a more fun way of course, what on Earth are you going to call themschool? Giving There is a pet problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the right name when they are tiny can city: he's always having to be an issue in itself careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a cute fluffy dog can grow into a massive hound called Fluffy, or you could call your male cat Clairetennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. Perhaps it would help if The school decides that he can't be the animal itself could tell you what name they want?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124134</amazonuk>bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar 1776574028|title=That's Not How You Do It! Bumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=Lucy the cat knows how to do everything. I love a good board book! Yes, she ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is one of those dreadful know-aimed at quite a niche market: it-alls '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 build a tower, ''play the xylophone, eat '' with a knife words and fork..make something quite different from each one.you name it, she can do it! Everyone knows that sheWe have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant's the best at all of these things, so she's the one they go to if they need help. One day, however, there's The buffalo who has had a new panda in town, Toshi, bath (complete with yellow duck) and Lucy watches him and sees that he doesnthen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''t know how to do anything right at all! His music . The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is strange, and he eats differently to everyone else, and he cana ''crynoceros''t make paper stars, only some weird-looking bird(think about it! ) Lucy finds this more and more frustrating until she suddenly canThe pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......''t contain herself any longer and she tells Toshi that he OK, let's doing everything wrong…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846439280</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Lisle and Richard Watson1838226834|title=Stone UnderpantsCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall

|summary=Poor Pod has a chilly bottom! His leafy clothing is just not cutting it, and he needs to find It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an alternativeouting with our grandparents. But what can he use They're there to make himself some pants? This is a madcap story undo all the good that will see Pod wearing everything from stone pants to feather pantsparents do, to even, in desperation I suspect, some pants made from spider's webs! so the trips out were always so much fun. Will he ever manage A young boy was going to find something suitable to make the carnival with his pants from?Grandad, who told him:|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862210</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Kyo Maclear and Julia Sarda|title=The Liszts|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=When you read enough children's books you start to be able to pick up patterns in the genre. 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 children's books that are seemingly designed for adults to enjoy and do not appeal to children. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445157</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff|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 childrenIt's book. Told from the perspective of the new born infant in his first hours of birthll be brilliant, just remember, this charming little story feels different to other childrendon's Christmas books whilst at the same time goes back to the basics in exploring the true nature t let go of Christmasmy hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gwen Jackson and Lissa CalvertB09MYXSRV4|title=Lump Lump and the Blanket of DreamsOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: Inspired by Navajo Culture A Cherolachian Tortoise and FolkloreHare|author=Cordellya Smith

|summary=In When the fir tree in world was made, the forest there animals were two holes: in given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the small hole at present ''and'' the top Blue Bird livedfuture. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, but the big holeunfortunately, in not the ground below the fir tree was the home of Mother Bear and her little bear, Lump Lumpability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. It He was also jealous which was coming how he came to the time when bears should be hibernating, but Lump Lump wanted to run in the forest and eat more honeya race with Turtle. Somehow he didn't You might think that sleeping could be ''that'' much funs not a fair contest but wait and see. Blue Bird sang him a song about a blanket of dreams and Lump Lump ''had'' to have oneThings are not always as they seem. There was a snag though - before the blanket could be woven Lump Lump had to collect the white light of morning, the red light of evening, the falling rain and the rainbow for Spider Woman to weave into his blanketI'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1460299299</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Gary Sheppard and Tim BudgenRob Keeley|title=As Nice as Pie Carrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=The day that you build that bird table Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and set out some nuts you are unwittingly creating a millstone for your own neckaubergines. From now on your inner voice When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is going keen to keep telling explain how good they are for you and how nice to keep the food topped upeat. What will happen to those One day, poor little birdies should they go withoutLily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, will you be to blame for their hunger? Worse than Lily checks with the voice teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in your head is if the birds themselves started ground. Jordan says, "I did try to demand more foodtell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily. Could you deal with a cheeky chaffinch or a rabid robin? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848862229</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Lina Sunderland and Daniel EgneusB09FFJF8YS|title= Raven Child You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and the Snow WitchKate Zhoidik|rating= 3.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= A beautiful story of hope''For the big, grownup girls out there, family and love. In the frozen north and safe away from the icy wilderness, young Anya lives a happy care-free life potty masters in the Snow Garden. She playstraining, she "You Can't Wear Panties!" is at one with a cry (the animals big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and she dreamspersevering panty pride. On one day, no different ''  And so it is! This latest book from any other, Anya’s mother sets off on Justine Avery celebrates a journey little girl's final goodbye to the glacier nappies and pull-ups and graduation to collect a special flower "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to plant in the Snow Garden. Anya waits for her mother’s return and keeps busy throughout the day. After a long while of waiting Anya falls asleep and dreams of a terrible event involving the most dreadful enchantress of them all – the Snow Witch. From here ondog, her cat, Anya becomes determined to find her stuffed rabbit and save her mother but baby sibling that ''she has no idea what lies ahead'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Can Anya pit her wills against Neither can the frozen wildernessflowers, nor the wild wolves and ultimately the Snow Witch herself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704187</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Farm|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this sturdyfish, interactive board book little ones have clues to animals you might find on nor the farm, and can then slide the pieces of picture round on the facing page to uncover the answerbirds.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493660X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Hush...Little Bear is Sleeping|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this somewhat ironic interactive board book, Baby Bear is trying to sleep but other animals around him keep making a noise. I say ironic because this would otherwise be a perfect bedtime story, but because itBoy's a certainly can''press and listen'' book with sound effects on every page, itt. 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. What is unlikely They are mean but they are not stupid. 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, but what caused her to have a lacks in friends may help her when a Christmas crisis occurs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085763707X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy|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 childrenRemy reacts, along comes Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy with a tale of a mouse who it looks as though he was once injured the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at Christmas time. A falling bauble hit poor mouse school and that was enough to convince mouse that Christmas meant danger. Mouse dons his hard-hat and high-visibility jacket to inspect the animalteachers don's village Christmas preparations. In true health and safety style, nothing is up t believe him when he tries 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 cancelledexplain what happened. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192744291</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alex T Smith1471191303|title=Santa ClaudeThe Invisible|author=Tom 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, there was another explorer of Space – Laikawho lives in Beartown, is 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}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]