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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Until you spend a day hanging out with a child you will never know how exhausting it can Murray is supposed to be. As an adult you are used to peppering your day with little downtime treats; a cup of tea perhapshumble, a biscuits, or maybe even a cheeky nap? The kids I know have no end of energy tidy and at best you will get a sip of cold coffeefriendly cat, have one who is able to give them most of the biscuit sleep and eat and eat and a nap would consist of them jumping on your head. However, although their enthusiasm sleep and zest may be tiring, it is also infectiouswell, just ask any old tiger you meetwhatever takes his fancy next of the two.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869444X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=DK|title=Baby Dinosaurs (Follow the Trail)|rating=4|genre=Children But he's Non-Fiction|summary= If you ever have the misfortune to stumble across some as yet undiscovered dinosaur I offer this piece of advice; dona bad magician't take your finger and track their spines cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, don't put it in their mouth and don't go following the catflap they both use can chuck them to their parent. Insteadout, run. Run faster than you have ever run before in not into the opposite directionregular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. The unfortunate thing is that anyone with This time round it drops them into a toddler knowsViking land, they love to grab and poke anything where a troll hunter is expected – including terrible lizards if they got the chance. Better play safe well, one much bigger than sorry Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and just get them a book that allows them he'll have to get their dinosaur touching thrills vicariously. do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0241273129</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1732898766|title=Jana Novotny Hunter The Adventures of Birpus and Paula BowlesBulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|titleauthor=My Tail's Not Tired!Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Little Monster 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 supposed to be going to bedchasing them. He's right behind them, but how can hespewing hot, when sour milk from his knees are still bouncy nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and his arms still need to fly and his bottom has lots when a ladder of jiggling moss and wiggling left to do?! As Big Monster groans and sighsvines was lowered for them, Little Monster's energy seems to have no endthey escaped. But will Little Monster finally wear himself out and end They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in bed?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846439868</amazonuk>the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Silvia BorandoB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Hamster BookWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5
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|summary=Look! You finally have your very own petKit 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 sweet little hamsterlarge slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. You can give her On top of the ice was a name, smooth down her furpolar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, watch her do tricks the bear woke and give her some foodwith wobbly legs moved from the ice. It’s not Kit was all fun for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and games with your new hamster however! gave him one apple and then another. Of course, every responsible pet owner knows that they need He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to clean up after their pet, if there are any little accidentssleep...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406367729</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg McLaren1913839656|title=Pigeon P.I.|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=The world of birds is in a flap. TheyLet're being nabbed – plucked from the air (or at least from their cages). Murray MacMurray, the brilliant pigeon private eye, doesn't want anything to do with crime now his old partner has flown the roost, but an eager and bright young thing might just about persuade him to take up the case. But both will have to be plucky to survive the dangers it leads to…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783444835</amazonuk>}}{{newreviews Celebrate Being Different|author=Eric Veille|title=My Pictures after the StormLainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary= One of Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the staples of baby books are those that look at oppositesbest beetle juice. This elephant is big, whilst this mouse is smallHe packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. They help children She had promised to take him to understand the world around them, but can also be a little dullFriday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. What about a more interesting book about cause At home, his only friend was his mum and effect he wondered why that looks at what happens before and after an eventcould be. You could start off gently by seeing what happens to items after a storm, but if you are Eric Veillé you can soon spiral into a madcap world of elephant stampedes and babies being bornGrandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571045</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristyna Litten1529504775|title=Norton The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and AlphaKatie Hickey
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|summary=We are used Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the world around us 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 every even just standing up was very difficult. One day take amazing things for granted; Elsie spotted a sunset, or that cold bite bus in the air that makes you want toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to go and walk use the dogcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. To a robotGradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, our world would look pretty strange as everything would be newand walk behind it. What would you think Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the first time experts there could make it so that you happened upon a flower?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471145778</amazonuk>her grandchildren could play with it.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1529504767|title=Dalmation on a Digger|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=What's all that noise just outside the bedroom window? ''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER'' It woke our young pup up! ''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782025960</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Jorg Muhle|title=Bathtime for Little RabbitAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Bathing a child normally goes one 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 home of two ways; they love itMr and Mrs Russell, or they hate itwho couldn't have been kinder to her. Very rarely will you find a child that sits in the bath with a nonplussed expression on their face, suffering the ridicules of hygiene with an air of indifferent sanguineShe even had her own room - all to herself. You are much more likely Gradually she relaxed and began to have a child that splashes water everywhere in enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the hopes of finding that one gap in baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the grouting, or a child that will arch their entire body in decorations on the hope that doing so will prevent them touching anything wetChristmas tree. A book that teaches a toddler how bathtime is meant to be may just help your nightly routine, but also greatly entertain everyoneThe best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571371</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Duncan Beedie1916459943|title=The Lumberjack's BeardSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=4.5
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|summary=Jim Hickory is Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a Lumberjack of routinesqueakily baby. Every morning, after He's so tired but he gets upcan't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he does just lies on his limbering up exercises (very important for a lumberjack!)blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, then he eats his breakfast hush''. Think of pancakes with maple syrup, before finally getting his trusty axe gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and heading out into you have the forestsound perfectly. One day, however, this routine becomes interrupted when he hears someone peckThe mermaids join in -pecking at his door''la lou, only to discover itla lay...'s a small owl who has been made homeless by Jim's tree felling. Jim allows the owl And for a moment it seems to set up home in have worked as Baby closes his big bushy beard, without realising just quite eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what he is letting himself in for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783706880</amazonuk>'s going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Rosen and Tony Ross140639131X|title=Barking A Practical Present for BagelsPhilippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Philippa Pheasant was ''Barking for Bagelstired'' is of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the story of Schnipp Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the dog, who loves her owners very much, though she does find their snickering problem but didn't even get a little annoying from time to timereply. One day, whilst out for Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a walk in problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the park, she starts to run away, school crossing and she finds decided that once she starts running she can't stop, would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and she runs and she runs until she finds Bessie lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the Bagel lady crossing and thus discovers her new favourite food, and her new homeHedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178344505X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Antony1776574338|title=Thank You, Mr PandaLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=Mr Panda is back! And this timeEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, rather than makes his box of doughnutsway through the city, picking up children as he has a large pile goes. Children who live at the top of presents for all tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his friendsneck. Accompanied by his friendIt's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the ring-tailed Lima, city: he goes around giving out the presents, whilst Lima helpfully reminds everyone on the receiving end that ''its always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's the thought longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that counts'he can' since it turns out that Mr Panda is perhaps not t be the best judge of gift giving!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144492785X</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Greg Gormley and Steven Lenton1776574028|title=Fairytale Frankie and the Mermaid EscapadeBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=If you think about it enough it I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is amazing how many characters in fairytales are thick. How long would aimed at quite a niche market: it take you to figure out that was not your Nan's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but a wolf? Or, how many people would decide has mastered sufficient language skills to start eating a house have realise that appears to be made out of gingerbread, but is overseen by what looks like a crazy lady? you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. Nope, We have the only reason that fairytale characters make it half the time is because elephant who dons a sensible tutu - and brave character saves the day; an intelligent brick laying pig, or becomes a feisty woodsman''balletphant''. Your average story dweller needs The buffalo who has had a guardian angel bath (complete with yellow duck) and this may just come in the form of Fairytale Frankiethen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408333872</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sophy Henn1838226834|title=EdieCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=54
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|summary=Edie is a gorgeous little girl and with the sort It was one of nature which those memories we all hope that treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our children will have in abundancegrandparents. SheThey's just so ''helpful''. For instance, she's gets up extra early herself just so that she can make certain that everybody else in re there to undo all the house gets up in good time. The cymbals work well on her brother, but if not, dragging him out of bed usually achieves the desired result. As for her that parentsdo, playing her guitar and serenading them usually does so the tricktrips out were always so much fun. She's an independent A young lady and likes boy was going to dress herself. Itthe carnival with his Grandad, who told him: 's not 'It'exactlyll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand.' school uniform and her mother might well be wondering where some of her clothes have got to - but what's a girl to do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141365005</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Roger HargreavesB09MYXSRV4|title= My Mummy|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In Otter''My Mummy'' 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, s Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and she enjoys her cake, just like Little Miss Greedy. Ooops.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285508</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewHare|author=Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown|title=The Glump and the Peeble Cordellya Smith|rating=34
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|summary=When does someone learn who they truly are? the world was made, the animals were given gifts. As Bear was given strength so that he could become a baby, you don't know what your feet are, so any sense of true self-discovery is going to at least wait until you are out of nappiesprotector. As Water Spider received a child you start to strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the worldpresent ''and'' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, but most of us only see our part in not the ability to use itwell. Enter your teenage years and twenties and you start He liked to understand what role you play in life, but do you really know yourself? trick other animals. If you are lucky, very lucky, you may start He was also jealous which was how he came to figure stuff out be in your thirties a race with Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and know who you see. Things are and what you want to donot always as they seem. Things may have happened a little quicker if I'll tell you had read more books as a child all how it came about being whomever you want to be.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807100</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=George Szirtes and Tim ArchboldRob Keeley|title=How to be a Tiger|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=''Wet again, yet againCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees! Down it drips, little fingertips, tapping and snapping as if 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>}}{{newreview|author=Ellie Sandall |title=Everybunny Dance |rating=4.5
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|summary=Children's book have a long history of the lion lying down with the lamb when most adults understand that the only thing that the lamb would be lying on is the lining of the lion's stomach Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. HoweverWhen her friends at school turn up their noses, there Lily is plenty of time keen to learn about what creature eats what creature explain how good they are for you and perhaps we should just allow children how nice to imagine eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that bunnies fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground. Jordan says, "I did try to dance the night away tell her, Miss!" and perhaps even get along with a foxeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444919865</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carna BrooksB09FFJF8YS|title=What are Aunties Made Of?You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=We all know what little boys and ''For the big, grownup girls are made ofout there, the potty masters in training, although I have to confess to having always been just "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a little bit jealous cry (the big-girl kind!) of the puppy dog tails toilet triumph and quite willing to pass on the sugar, spice, slugs and snailspersevering panty pride. But what are ''aunties'' made of? Could it be:
And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn'Smelly old cars t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and old milk jars?joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''<br>Everybody Potties!''Or fragrances of lavender series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and roses in our noses?calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|isbn= B09C2RVJ2W}} {{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1524666424</amazonuk>''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia MonksB07GZ81J7C|title=Queen Munch When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Queen NibbleMended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=Queen Munch and Queen Nibble are two very different queens, in two very different kingdomsMeet Fred. Queen MunchWell, actually, as you might imagine from her name, really loves her food're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. Her Saturdays begin with But I'The Munching m getting ahead of the Breakfastmyself: I' which d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a grand extravaganza that her people all come snake and watch involving even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a grand setting, the Royal Musicians playing the 'Queen Munch Tune', dancing present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and an important reader immediately became part of the menufamily, a delicious breakfast all finished off to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a nice belch from the Queen! walk. Queen Nibble, then, is much And that was where the opposite of Queen Munchproblem started. She is tall and Fred didn''as pale as a stick of celery''! t have any road sense. She lives alone, barely eats, but she makes beautiful jewellry from raindropsOr brakes. One day, Queen Munch invites Queen Nibble over for a visit, and what will happen when these two extremely different rulers come together?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829261</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Julian Gough Justine Avery and Jim FieldNaday Meldova|title=Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the NestEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Getting a new pet is rife with things that 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 dolearn about everything else when we are small. Where will they sleep? What will they eat? AndWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, of coursesay, what on Earth are you going to call them? Giving a pet learning about why the sun and the right name when they are tiny can be an issue moon take turns in itself – a cute fluffy dog can grow into a massive hound called Fluffy, or you could call your male cat Claire. Perhaps it would help if the animal itself could tell you what name they wantsky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471124134</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=That's Not How You Do ItNo, No, No!
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|summary=Lucy They say the cat knows how to do everythingbest picture books are the simplest ones. Yes, she is one And nothing could be truer of those dreadful know-it-alls who can build a towerthis latest from Justine Avery, play the xylophone, eat with a knife and forkBookbag favourite...you name it ''No, No, she can do itNo! Everyone knows that she's the best at all of these things, so she's is based around the one they go to if they need helpsimplest text imaginable. One day ''No, howeverno, there's a new panda in townno! Okay, Toshiokay. Yes, and Lucy watches him and sees that he doesnyou may.'' That't know how to do anything right at alls it! His music is strangeBut, and he eats differently to everyone elselike all the best picture books, and he can't make paper stars, only some weirdthis tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis -looking bird! Lucy finds this more and more frustrating until she suddenly can't contain herself any longer and she tells Toshi so much bigger on the inside that he's doing everything wrong…it appears on the outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846439280</amazonuk>1638820457
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Lisle and Richard Watson194812467X|title=Stone UnderpantsThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Poor Pod has Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a chilly bottom! His leafy clothing walk. Kirelle is just not cutting it, dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and he needs Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to find an alternativethe top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But what can he use to make himself some pants? This this is a madcap story that will see Pod wearing everything from stone pants to feather pantsfarm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, to and evensome mice. Excited, in desperation I suspect, some pants made from spider's webs! Will he ever manage to find something suitable to make his pants fromKirelle and Sam go shopping. What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862210</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Kyo Maclear Sadie and Julia Sardathe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=The LisztsMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=When you read enough childrenSadie's books you start to mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be able doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to pick up patterns spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the genregloom,''<br>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. There are books that are aimed at the child alone and alienate She'd love to sail the adult oceans on an ancient sailing ship and there are those that cater for bothwent back regularly. Perhaps One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the oddest grouping is those childrenone where Nelson's books that Trafalgar breeches are seemingly designed for adults to enjoy on show) and missed the closing bell and do not appeal to childrenthe attendant's warning shout. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445157</amazonuk>When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff1782227741|title= Sun Moon StarLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|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 childrenOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's bookquite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Told from Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the perspective side of the new born infant street. Finding himself down in his first hours of birththe sewer, this charming little story feels different Ted starts to other childrenpanic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE's Christmas books whilst at ' he cries and alerts the same time goes back to attention of Reg the basics in exploring sewer rat, who plucks him out of the true nature 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 Christmasbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gwen Jackson and Lissa CalvertB08R7LXQ9S|title=Lump Lump and the Blanket of DreamsRemy: Inspired by Navajo Culture A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and FolkloreCaroline Siegal
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|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 was the home of Mother Bear and her little bear, Lump LumpRemy is feeling miserable. It was coming to the time when bears should be hibernating, but Lump Lump wanted to run in the forest and eat more honey. Somehow he didnHe't think that sleeping could be s let himself down ''thatagain'' much fun. The school bully Jayden, Blue Bird sang together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him a song about a blanket of dreams names because he is short and Lump Lump ''had'' to have onehas small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. There was a snag though - before the blanket could be woven Lump Lump had They are careful to collect wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the white light of morningother kids are around. So, the red light of eveningwhen Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the falling rain instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the rainbow for Spider Woman teachers don't believe him when he tries to weave into his blanketexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1460299299</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gary Sheppard and Tim Budgen1471191303|title=As Nice as Pie The Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|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 This is going to keep telling you to keep the food topped up. What will happen to those poor story of Isobel, a little birdies should they go without, will you be to blame for their hunger? Worse than the voice in your head is if the birds themselves started to demand more foodgirl who made a big difference. Could you deal Isobel lived with her parents in a cheeky chaffinch or house - a rabid robin? very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on:|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862229</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lina Sunderland and Daniel Egneus|title= Raven Child ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the Snow Witchbedpost.''|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= A beautiful story of hope, The family and love. In didn't go to the frozen north cinema or on holidays but they had each other and safe away from the icy wilderness, young Anya lives a they were happy care-free life in the Snow Garden. She plays, she is at one with Then the animals and she dreams. On one day, no different from any other, Anya’s mother sets off on a journey to came when they couldn't afford the glacier to collect a special flower to plant in the Snow Garden. Anya waits rent for her mother’s return and keeps busy throughout the day. After a long while of waiting Anya falls asleep house and dreams of a terrible event involving they had to move to the most dreadful enchantress far side of them all – the Snow Witchcity. From here on, Anya becomes determined to find and save her mother but she has no idea what lies ahead. Can Anya pit her wills against This part of the frozen wildernesscity was cold, the wild wolves sad and ultimately the Snow Witch herself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704187</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Farm|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this sturdy, interactive board book little ones have clues to animals you might find on the farm, lonely and can then slide the pieces of picture round on the facing page to uncover the answerIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493660X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|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 it's a ''press and listen'' book with sound effects on every page, it's far too much fun and more likely to get them engaged and playing than carefully drifting off to slumber.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784936626</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Eoin Colfer Nick Jones and Oliver JeffersSi Clark|title=Imaginary FredOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=Fred is Many children have an imaginary friend. He really loves being an imaginary friendobsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, and he throws himself into his role wholeheartedly whenever he is 'summoned' by a childobsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. The problem Her favourite toy is that his children always end up finding Berisford, a real friendteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and then they don't need him, and slowly he fades away until says goodnight to the wind whisks him away into the clouds where he waits until he is summoned once morebear statue outside. When he becomes Sam's friend he thinks that all his dreams have come true - they like the same things, they have so much fun togetherEvery morning she says hello to Bee Bear, but Fred has a funny feeling in his imaginary tummy colourful painted bear that one day, Sam won't need him any more either…lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>000812616X</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]