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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 -->{{newreview|author= Phil Allcock and Richard Watson|title= Clumpety Bump|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Clumpety Bump likes apples. Nothing wrong with that, after all: they're tasty and full of goodness. But you don't get delicious, juicy treats like that unless you deserve them, and naughty Clumpety is a bit too keen on saying ''I can't be bothered'' when his friend Wally asks for help. So, after several disasters, Wally decides he'd be better off leaving Clumpety at home and using his tractor instead. Unfortunately, things don't turn out too well, and our two heroes learn that if you want to be properly happy, other people need to be happy too. Selfishness just makes everyone sad. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862458</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jackie Morris and James Mayhew|title= Mrs Noah's Pockets|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= The heavy rains, Noah building his ark and the animals going in two by two to be saved. This most familiar of stories has been retold time and time again but not like this. This time there is twist and someone else quietly takes centre stage. When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>191095909X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Lisa PappAdam Stower|title=Madeleine Finn Murray and the Library DogBun

|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Madeleine Finn doesn't like Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to read - not anythingsleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. ItBut he's a bad magician's not really her faultcat, you know. Her teacher tries to encourage herso his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, but some of and the other kids giggle when she makes mistakes. And catflap they pull faces of both use can chuck them out, not into the type which would have given me my head in my hands to play with when I was regular back garden, but into a childworld of frightening adventure and whiffs. The words just don't seem This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to come out right for her. The other children are getting gold stars (I've ''never'' liked that system) be honest, but all Madeleine gets is a heart sticker which tells her to keep trying. Shehe's got plenty of those. All week she tries her best but doesnturned up and he't get the star she longs for.ll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910646326</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Rose Blake1732898766|title= Going to SchoolThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)

|genre= For Sharing|summary= At When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the start Forest of a new school year parents often ask for recommendations for books that would help make things a little easier for those Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about to start school for : the first time or for slightly older children making the transition to Junior SchoolSour 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. This vibrant ) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and cheerful picture book contains much in both text when a ladder of moss and images that would be useful and encouraging vines was lowered for anxious children 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 equally anxious parentsGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808980</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rob BiddulphB0CC9W7GLR|title=KevinOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda

|summary=Sidney Gibbons is always in trouble Kit andTeal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, to make matters worsebored but warm, he insists or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on blaming a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the mess he makes on his invisible friend – Kevinshoreline. On top of the ice was a polar bear. This As the ice bumped onto the sand, howeverthe bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for it, changes when Sidney actually meets Kevin but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and discovers what it is like then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the receiving end of bad behaviour. In bus and given a magical world of make-believe, Sidney finally comes to realise that he's been selfish good meal and resolves somewhere to put things right for both his invisible chum and his very own mumsleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008207410</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rob Biddulph1913839656|title=Sunk!Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5

|summary=''Hoist Todd was excited about spending the Colours! Set the Sail! It's time to hit weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the treasure trailbest beetle juice.'' Penguin Blue He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his friends are prepared grandmother. She had promised to take him to sail the seven seas in search of gold but they become unstuck when a rip in their ship means they're suddenly SUNK! Luck is, however, on their side Friday Night Club at the local community centre and they find a handy desert island in the nick of time. Here they Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make a special new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and ultimately find a treasure he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that's worth much more than goldit might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008207402</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jason Rekulak and Kim Smith1529504775|title=The X-Files: Earth Children are Weird. A Picture BookToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=We know that Dana Scully Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and Fox Mulder didnwatch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't know each other as children, for they met much later on, at work for the FBI- he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. But if they had, they may well have camped out One day Elsie spotted a bus in the back yardtoy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. They made have read scary stories Gradually, David learned to each otherstand up, but one thing is use the bus for sure – Mulder's imagination would have seen aliens everywheresupport, and walk behind it. He would have seen mystery in the deep impression in the yardMany decades later, horror in Elsie brought the shadowsbus, now damaged and rusted, to the unexplained in any vaguely mysterious noise. For Repair Shop, hoping that's what happens on the pages of this picture book – but experts there could make it so that's not ''all'' that happens – the truth is something much more peculiar…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1683690273</amazonuk>her grandchildren could play with it.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Akala and Sav Akyuz1529504767|title=You Can do AnythingThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=3.5

|summary= If you think Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about rapping, what comes how she would be greeted when she got to mind? her final destination. The hard streets She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of the East Coast Mr and West Coast of America as they brag about what cars they Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and women they date? Rap is like any musical form; it varies greatlybegan to enjoy her life. There is loads of Gangster Rap, but what about She'd help Mrs Russell with the pop of Will Smith, or baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the Grime of decorations on the UK? Christmas tree. Just have a look at the 80s for loads of unqualified people having a dabble in The best surprise happened the format (Wham! Rap). Rap in of itself is nothing but a way to project a message and if this message is about trying hard and succeeding, it could just be suitable for a kid's bookfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192747800</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jon Burgerman1916459943|title= Rhyme CrimeSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating= 54|genre= For Sharing|summary= Sometimes books for sharing need Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to be calm and gentle, soporific evensleep: instead, to lure little ones under the duvet he just lies on his blanket and off ''wails''. The sea offers to sleephelp. And sometimes books need to be utterly zany It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, full hush''. Think of bright colours, daft doodle-style illustrations gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and crazy rhymes for you have the child to shout out loudsound perfectly. Please The mermaids join in - ''la lou, dear parent, do not try la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to read this wonderful book have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to your offspring within an hour or two of lights out. Seriously, be warned - You Will Regret Ithappen next. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192749501</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Georgiana Deutsch and Ekaterina Trukhan140639131X|title= 10, 9, 8... Owls Up Late! |rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= It's tough being a mother owl. Rather than just one or two rambunctious little ones to calm down ready A Practical Present for bed, she has ten of them! And there's so much going on in her tree that she must sometimes despair of ever getting them to sleep. But gradually, one by one, the owlets' eyes begin to droop and they make their way to their comfy little nest until at last . . . zzzzzz! |amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869704X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewPhilippa Pheasant|author=Michelle Robinson and Claire Powell|title=Have You Seen My Giraffe?Briony May Smith

|summary=Imagine, if you will, Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a world in reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which you no longer win goldfish needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the fair, school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but you could potentially be coming home with a giraffe! the benefits were obvious. This is All the situation that animals used the family in this story find themselves in, crossing and it turns out that having Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a giraffe in your house may not go down too well with your parents!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857075993</amazonuk>safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon Puttock and Matt Robertson1776574338|title=FluffywuffyLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=3.54

|summary=Mr MootEvery 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 go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his dog Fluffywuffy, are very happy in their quiet little life togetherneck. But one day, Mr MootIt's cousinperfect, Clarence, comes knocking at the door and announces that he has come isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to stay for school? There is a weekproblem, or a month, or a year! though. Clarence turns out Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a most inconsiderate house guesttennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. Whatever will Mr Moot do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847808719</amazonuk>The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emilia Dziubak and Przemyslaw Wechterowicz1776574028|title=The Secret Life of a TigerBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=If David Attenborough has taught us anything I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is that aimed at quite a lot goes on in niche market: it's for the natural world child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that we are unaware ofyou can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. Animals will hunt in interesting ways, or find We have the elephant who dons a mate using secret dances, but did you know that Tigers sometimes sneak up on apes tutu - and give them new haircuts? becomes a ''balletphant''. You will be amazed The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with the revelations found in Emilia Dziubak yellow duck) and Przemyslaw Wechterowiczthen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo's book, but I am not convinced that this kid's book . The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is based a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on factshis potty changes into a ''sm...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>191027724X</amazonuk>....'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Peter Bently and Charles Fuge1838226834|title=A Home Full of FriendsCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=4.5

|summary=Bramble Badger It was out looking for nuts by one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the river when good that parents do, so the storm broke and he was trips out were always so cold that he decided to go straight homemuch fun. On A young boy was going to the way he met a trail of devastationcarnival with his Grandad, who told him: Snuffle Dormouse 's house has been squashed by a falling tree. She'd like shelter in BrambleIt's settll be brilliant, if he has room. He's a ''little'' bit reluctant because he thinks his sett is in a mess and there isnjust remember, don't much space or dinner available, but what can you do when a friend is in need? Next itlet go of my hand.'s Tipper the Toad whose home is full of mud, then Boo the Hedgehog's nest has been covered by leaves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144492057X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jill Atkins and Barbara VagnozziB09MYXSRV4|title=Peck, Hen, Peck! and BenOtter's Pet (Early Reader)Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith

|summary=It probably sounds obviousWhen the world was made, but you really shouldn't keep your pet chickens in the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a bag! strong web that even fire could not burn. Well, Owl had excellent sight so thathe could see the present ''and''s what I learned from this book which tells us first the story of Tom who puts his hen in a bagfuture. The hen pecks through the bagRabbit developed intelligence - but, as hens are wont to dounfortunately, and escapes! A simple and somewhat tragic tale! not the ability to use it well. This is swiftly followed by a story about Ben's petHe liked to trick other animals. Will it He was also jealous which was how he came to be another hen, I wondered? in a race with Turtle. No, actually, after several incorrect guesses, we discover You might think that Ben's pet is only not a rabbit!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862482</amazonuk>fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alice Hemming and Louise ForshawRob Keeley|title=Buzz and JumpCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees! Jump! (Early Reader) |rating=54

|summary=After hearing a mysterious buzzing in the kitchen Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, mum traps a fly in a jarbroccoli, but then she hears the buzzing againcabbage and aubergines.When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat.One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees.what could be going on? MeanwhileInfuriated, Ken Lily checks with the Kangaroo (who declares himself to be the best at jumping), is jumping everywhere he can. In this red level bookteacher, aimed generally at those who have completed their reception year in schoolexplains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, there are two simplelike carrots, sweet stories grow in one bookthe ground. Jordan says, perfect for those who are just learning "I did try to readtell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848862504</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alice Hemming and Julia SealB09FFJF8YS|title=Bamboo and I Wish You Can't Wear Panties! (Early ReaderNo More Nappies!) |author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5

|summary=With two stories in one book''For the big, grownup girls out there's plenty to like about this simple, and funnythe potty masters in training, early reader. The first story, Bamboo, deals with a cheeky panda who has run off to hide. Where can he be? The second story "You Can't Wear Panties!" is about a wishing well which is granting wishes left, right and centrecry (the big-girl kind! Evaluated as a red level book, it sets itself as being about the right level for those around the end ) of their reception year.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862512</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Sarah Brennan toilet triumph and Jane Tanner|title= Storm Whale|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= This is one of the most beautiful picture books that I have read for a whilepersevering panty pride.''

So begins this story of three sisters who set off 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 walk "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to the beach together in this stunning her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and rather special picture bookher baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. The cover illustration is reminiscent of traditional family holidays depicting three girlsNeither can the flowers, nor the fish, hand in hand and wearing sunhats disappearing over sand dunes on their way to nor the beachbirds. The story then departs from Boy's certainly can't. She's a typical seaside theme as the sisters find a stranded whale on the beach big girl now and spend the day in desperate attempts she wants everyone to save know it. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910646253</amazonuk>!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Barney SaltzbergJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= Chengdu Can DoEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating= 54|genre= For Sharing|summary= There's something utterly delightful (andToots, it must be saidtrumps, sometimes infuriatingfarts. Whatever your word for them, especially when you're in find us a hurry) about the toddlerchild that doesn's determination t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to be independenttalk about and joke about, that is. Scrambling along using any handy piece of furniture or, But horribly embarrassing if they don't move fast enough, you let one go at the family pet as a propwrong time. In class, exploring cupboards full of the most enticing objectssay, when everyone will hear it and the daily struggle to get as much dinner everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in his or her own mouth as on the walls – all that requires grit ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and a refusal to fail which augurs well for calmly, with the little one's future. That can-do attitude, so lauded by education, enterprise and big businessfamiliar humour attached, explains that tooting is a quality Chengdu the panda has in bucket-loadsperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''! |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1484758471</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Sean Taylor and Kasia MatyjaszekB09BG8V3Q6|title=I am Actually a PenguinWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=The list of entertaining things about toddlers does not include any of ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the following; throwing food against your recently painted walls, nappy deposits, or deciding to stay up way past their bedtime''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. There are few things more unsettling This series of fun picture books aims to a parent than a toddler used to their routine suddenly deciding to stay up way past their bedtime; they scream, they procrastinate, they blub and then finally collapse (and that is just Mum take the pain out of potty training children and Dad)replace it with some fun. The reason that so many childrenIt's books are about settling down and going to bed is to avoid the staying up eventualitya worthy aim, so as any frustrated parent will a book about an insomniac panda work?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1484775651</amazonuk>tell you. .

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=Libby Walden When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Stephanie Fizer ColemanMended|titleauthor=Hidden World: ForestPeter Cotton

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction For Sharing|summary=SometimesMeet Fred. Well, actually, less is moreyou're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But a wood doesnI't understand that, does it – it just stretches on and on, expanding outwards and outwards, and upwards and upwards – itm getting ahead of myself: I's quite d better tell you a galling thing for bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a young person phobia about snakes are going to warm to understandhim. This book reverts to the very basic detail that will let the very young student get He arrived as a grip on the life present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the forestfamily, whether to the extent that they can actually see it would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the trees in real life or not…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575971</amazonuk>problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Carles BallasterosJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Nee NahEverybody Pees! Nee Nah(Everybody Potties! To the Rescue: Press the tabs, hear the sounds (Sound of the City)

|summary=The cover of this book might tell you all that you need to know if youCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn're buying a book for a boy who loves noisy vehiclest, but if you dismiss it on those grounds you might be making a mistake. Let me as any parent will tell you a bit about it. ItBut really, why shouldn's a substantially-built board book with suitably rounded corners for when t it's used be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as a missile and it has tabs which take you we have to the pages for the vehicles learn about everything else when weare small. Why shouldn're going to t potty training be looking at. There's a helicopteras much fun as, a police carsay, a fire engine learning about why the sun and an ambulance. For a lot of books for the youngest children that would be it - and a lot of children would enjoy looking at moon take turns in the pictures. But - there's more...sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784937428</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Craig ShuttlewoodJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Town and Country (Turnaround Book)No, No, No!|rating=54

|summary=I know I should have been working but I've just spent They say the best picture books are the last hour pouring over simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. ''Town and CountryNo, No, No!''is based around the simplest text imaginable. On the face of it there ''s a very simple idea here: on each double-page spread you get examples of what happens in towns and what happens in the countryside with regard to various activitiesNo, no, no! Okay, modes of transport and even things like beaches and snowokay. You turn the book one way for the country scene and then flip it over for what happens in the townYes, you may. Down the side of each page there'' That's a list it! But, like all the best picture books, this tiny snippet of things for you to find, complete with text is a thumbnail of what veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it is you're looking forappears on the outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782404422</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreview <!-- remove 11/8 -->Frontpage|authorisbn=B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen194812467X|title=Henry The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and the Hidden TreasureEma Tepic|rating=4.5

|summary=Henry is Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a careful young manwalk. He has a lot of treasure Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and he keeps it very well hiddenSam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. We might not call it 'treasure': like his parents we'd probably call it 'pocket money' and suggest that what he's not going As they walk to spend he should put in the banktop of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. But HenryIt's worried a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and ''he'' knows that only ''he'' can keep his treasure safecustomers are farmyard animals. But whatThere are sheep and ducks and cows, or whogoats and chickens, is he keeping his treasure safe ''from''? Welland even some mice. Excited, he has a little sister called Lucy Kirelle and despite the fact that his parents think he should be nicer to Lucy, Henry knows that she's really a secret ninja spy sent to steal his treasureSam go shopping. Isn't that true of ''all'' little sisters What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0995359253</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Anna Kovecses|title= Counting Things|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Little Mouse is learning lots of new things in this series of books by the Hungarian illustrator Anna Kovecses, and here we see the delightful little rodent counting its way through the jungle, the farmyard, the countryside and the town. On every page the same question is asked, beginning with 'How many . . . ?', and the toddler, with the help of an adult or older sibling, will soon learn to touch the named items on the page and under the flap. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030365</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Alison Jay|title= Alison Jay's ABC|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= At first glance, this is a beautiful but fairly standard alphabet book: one letter per page with a nice big picture of an apple or a panda front and centre - after all, the ABC format is pretty restrictive, isn't it? And truth be told, that's all most small people will see first time round. But look a little closer . . . |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1787410196</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|authorisbn=Anna Kovecses0995647895|title=Opposite Things|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Rearing a child is not a competition, but have a conversation with a certain type of parent Sadie and they won't agree. Their child can speak four languages. Their child wrote their first sonnet at the age of three. Their child can be seen wistfully looking into the middle distance just wanting to play on the bouncy castle. For me, I am happy, if my child is happy; be that doing sums, or eating play-doh. However, even with a relaxed attitude to educating your kid, it can be fun to learn a little, especially when a book is as fun as Little Mouse's ''Opposite Things''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030381</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewSea Dogs|author= Sarah Powell|title= Search and Find: Pride & Prejudice: A Jane Austen Search and Find Book|rating= 4|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= Search and find books are usually aimed at children. They are a good bit of fun, but they are also a good study tool for adult readers alike. Jane Austen is a fantastic novelist, but her style of writing can be daunting for those not used to such heavy prose. It is very easy to become lost in the myriad of dialogue, characters and events. I find a good plot summary helps when approaching her works, this was especially so in the case of the perplexing Maureen Duffy and long-winded Emma. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783708271</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Bob Shea|title=The Scariest Book EverAnita Joice

|summary=Ghost is Sadie's mother always said that she was a bit of a scaredy-cat! dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. After spilling some orange juice on his sheet, he stays She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at homeCutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the gloom, naked, and we as readers head out into ''<br>''To the woods to tell him whatMaritime Museum''s there. Her imagination was fired. Whilst he tries She'd love to persuade us that sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the woods one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are super scary on show) and full of bad things, and that we'd be much better off staying in missed the closing bell and cleaning the bathroom, we get to see whatattendant's really going on warning shout. When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the woodsmidst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and try to persuade ghost to come out with us…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1484730461</amazonuk>treasure.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bethan Woollvin1782227741|title=RapunzelLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha

|summary=Ah RapunzelOne day, how well we all know about her long golden hair Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and her difficult-the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to-escape tower! Here, however, the story spin around and around and is told with sucked down a twist, because there is no handsome Prince who comes riding by to save Rapunzel from her incarcerationdrain on the side of the street. Finding himself No, instead we see Rapunzel is smart enough to figure her own way out, defeating down in the witchsewer, and going on Ted starts to a successful witch-hunting careerpanic.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509842675</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Simon Puttock and Daniel Egneus|title= The Thing|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= One day ''the ThingOH HELP ME PLEASE'' falls from the sky he cries and four strangers stumble across it. At first they are confused. What is ''alerts the Thing''? What does it do? What is it for? Then attention of Reg the four sewer rat, who plucks him out of them decide to work together to the dirty water using his cane, which might look after and care for '''the Thing''just a bit like an old cricket bat. Soon word spreads about ''the Thing'' Reg is a kind soul and others come from far he dries Ted off and wide to find out more. Gradually warms him up with a media circus builds up around ''the Thing''. Throughout all nice bowl of this ''the Thing'' remains silent. Then just as suddenly and silently as it arrived ''the Thing'' departsbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405283718</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Bond and R W AlleyB08R7LXQ9S|title=Best-loved Paddington StoriesRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|summary=With the sad passing of Michael Bond there Remy is no time like the present to revisit some of the adventures of his most iconic creation; Paddingtonfeeling miserable. As the character has proved so timeless regular re-issues of the books have appeared and He's let himself down ''Best-loved Paddington Storiesagain'' brings three of these stories together. The school bully Jayden, Does this collection really reflect the best that the bear together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has to offer or small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just three random tales stuck together with marmalade?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008245037</amazonuk>that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, 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 happened.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Heather Pindar and Sarah Jennings1471191303|title=Wishker|rating=4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Mirabel is a small girl who wants rather a lot from life and is sadly frustrated when everyone says no to her. Then a stray cat appears in her garden. He's a rather special cat with wish-granting whiskers. All Mirabel's problems will be instantly solved. Or so she thinks…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184886244X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewThe Invisible|author=Judith Kerr|title=My First Mog ABCTom Percival|rating=4.5

|summary= There are few childrenThis is the story of Isobel, a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn's series that have been as long lasting as Judith Kerrt afford to put the heating on: 's 'Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the bedpost.'Mog' The family didn' books and even though t go to the cat may no longer be with us, there is a huge back catalogue of old stories cinema or on holidays but they had each other and images that could be repurposedthey were happy. In Then the day came when they couldn't afford the wrong hands reusing old Mog images would seem like a crass cash in, but done right, rent for the house and they could still hold had to move to the same sentimental appeal that far side of the daft old cat has for so many peoplecity. Which way does ''My First Mog ABC'' fall?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008245509</amazonuk>This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Tracey Corderoy Nick Jones and Jorge MartinSi Clark|title= Fairy Tale Pets|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Bob is neat. He lives in a neat and tidy house with Rex his friendly and really quite neat dog. All is well One Night in their neat and happy world except for one thing. Bob needs a job. He decides to be a pet-sitter and is looking forward to looking after cute little hamsters and bunnies. What actually arrives is unfortunately something quite different and poor Bob is quite unprepared for the chaos that ensues when his ''pets'' misbehave. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848694415</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Mini Grey|title=The Bad Bunnies' Magic ShowBeartown|rating=4.5

|summary=In a slight change to the schedulingMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, the Great Hypno is unavailable for tonight's magic showobsessed with bears.She collects books about bears.Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by her grandmother.but not to worryEvery night, ready she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to step into the breach are Mr Abra and Mr Cadabrabear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a pair of innocent looking bunniescolourful painted bear that lives at her school. Their show promises to be fast and dangerous, and it certainly turns out to be both, though perhaps not quite in the way the bunnies imaginedShe even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471157601</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]