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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__ {{newreview|author=Michael Foreman|title=Fortunately, Unfortunately|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Milo is returning his Granny's umbrella to her. As he sets out, it begins to rain. One thing leads to another, and he finds himself caught up in a thrilling adventure involving a whale, pirates, dinosaurs and aliens. He swings between good news and bad news as he gets up to all sorts of scrapes and japes. Will Granny ever get her umbrella in one piece?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849391238</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nicholas AllanAdam Stower|title=Father Christmas Needs A Wee|rating=2.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Father Christmas is doing his rounds, drinking all the treats that the boys Murray and girls have left out for him. With that much liquid sloshing around inside him, he's soon bursting for a wee, but he then realises that he's forgotten to deliver the presents, so has to rush back again. Will he ever get to the toilet in time?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849410496</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Aesop, Fiona Waters and Fulvio Testa|title=Aesop's FablesBun
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|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Everyone knows Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and loves eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he''Aesops a bad magician's Fables''. They're part of our literary tapestry and our everyday lives. We know sour grapescat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, we know [[Tortoise vs. Hare - The Rematch! by Preston Rutt and Ben Redlich|the tortoise and catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the hare]]regular back garden, the boy who cried wolf but into a world of frightening adventure and so many more. Fiona Waters has retold 60 of the most famous fables in this delightful anthologywhiffs. 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…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849390495</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mini Grey1732898766|title=Three By The SeaAdventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Dog, Cat When we first meet Birpus and Mouse live together by Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the seaSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, each with their own chores to take care of in their own special wayspewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. They think that they (Please don't try this at home: it won're happyt end well.) Fortunately, but they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a stranger turns ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up from to the Winds of Change companny, each of them reassesses their position Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their friendshipGrand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224083627</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKeeB0CC9W7GLR|title=Elmer AgainOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=45
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|summary=Elmer Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the patchwork elephant is backshoreline. On top of the ice was a polar bear.. umm... Again. Everything is gearing up for As the ice bumped onto the annual Elmer's Day Paradesand, where the other elephants paint themselves brightly bear woke and he paints himself greywith wobbly legs moved from the ice. Being Kit was all for making a bit of a scamprun for it, he decides but Teal knew that things need the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to be livened up, so he plots taken home on the bus and plans, then sets about putting given a smile on everyone's facesgood meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842707507</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Henry Fisher1913839656|title=When I Dream Of ABCLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=AppleTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, ball, cat, dognot least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. yawn... zzz? Not here. ''When I Dream Of ABC'' is an alphabet book, sure At home, but with a playful glint in the eye his only friend was his mum and delightful illustrations he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that makes it a joy to read, whether you're learning your alphabet, not ready yet, or already know it backwards and forwardsmight be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849561028</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mark Robinson and Sarah Horne1529504775|title=Vile - A Cautionary Tale For Little MonstersThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=34.5
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|summary=At Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the University side of Vile, monsters get the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up to all sorts of monstrous thingswas very difficult. Mischief, rudeness One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and naughtiness are required was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for educational successit as cash was tight at home. If you're not picking your nose and making a racket Gradually, David learned to stand up, you're use the bus for the high jumpsupport, missyand walk behind it. Then Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, one daynow damaged and rusted, two monsters get themselves into a dilly of a pickle when they fall down a hole. They couldn't possibly... (whisper it) co-operate... to get outthe Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could they?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961673</amazonuk>play with it.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Ross1529504767|title=My Favourite Fairy TalesThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=3.5
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|summary=Tony Ross has picked, retold and illustrated his favourite fairy tales, taking Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in such classics as ''Rumpelstiltskin'' 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn''Beauty and t have worried though as she went to the Beast'', whilst also offering up slightly lesser-known ones like ''The Hedley Kow'', ''The Musicians home of Bremen''Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'Sweet Porridge'', ''Prince Hyacinth'' d help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and ''Fairy Gifts''Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709801</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James Mayhew1916459943|title=Katie and the Waterlily PondSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=When Katie and Grandma are at the art galleryMuch as mothers love their babies, they see there's something they all dread - a competition to paint a picture in the style of Monet. Grandma has a bit of a rest, whilst Katie goes off to look at the Monet exhibition for inspiration. When one of the paintings speaks to her - really speaks to her - she steps inside it and exploressqueakily baby... Subtitled He's so tired but he can'A Magical Journey Through Five Monet Masterpieces't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''Katie and the Waterlily Pondwails'' is a wonderful introduction for children . The sea offers to art in general and Claude Monet in particularhelp. They'll get a feel for ''In The Woods It rocks Baby gently and Givernythe waves sing ''hush, hush''Bathers at La Grenouillère. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay...''Path Through the Poppies And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '', 'shouts'The Waterlily Pond'', and we know exactly what''The Rue Montorgueil, Paris''s going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304635</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sheryl Webster and Jan Fearnley140639131X|title=Tinysaurus A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Tinysaurus is fed-up of being little. HePhilippa Pheasant was ''tired''s tried all sorts of things to get nearly getting squished as big as Mummysaurus, Daddysaurus and Bigsissysaurus, but jumping, stretching and strapping tree trunks she tried to his feet have done nothing cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to helpthe mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. He Philippa wasn's not allowed t a bird to go to places sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and do things on his own, decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and he's certainly not allowed lollipop stick were both a little amateur to look after Mummysaurus' eggsstart with but the benefits were obvious. Then, one day All the ground shakes animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a Nastysaurus appears..safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939010X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Karen King and Marina Le Ray1776574338|title=Silly MooLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=3.54
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|summary=When an apple falls on CowEvery 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's head, she gets all woozy so decides t even need to go home for a bit downstairs – they simply climb out of a lie the window and slide downhis neck. She It's got mild amnesiaperfect, so she goes from place isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to place on school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the farmyard, getting city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to meet all the animals, and causing all sorts of problems as she doesntraffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't realise where she needs to gobe the bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846669014</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1776574028|title=Cub's First WinterBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4.5
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|summary=ItI love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first day of winter and Cub sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can't sleep, so Mum decides 'play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the best option is elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a forest walk''fluffalo''. Cub The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a mass of questions ''crynoceros'' (think about the new experiences - why are the trees undressedit!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, why can they see their breath, and why are the birds going on holiday? Mum informs and reassures Cub as they enjoy the wonders of nature and each otherlet's company.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849560994</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!
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{{Frontpage
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|summary=It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the good that parents do, so the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony BrowneB09MYXSRV4|title=Play Otter's Coat: The Shape GameReal Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith
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|summary=Milo When the lemur discovers world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a pretty pebble one dayprotector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the future. He prods it Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, and not the ability to his surprise use it moves! well. He listens carefully, and finds liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with Turtle. You might think that it's breathing, so he realises that itnot a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I's an egg, calls ll tell you how it Snappy, and the two of them get up to all sorts of adventurescame about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408802007</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony RossRob Keeley|title=Big Bad BunCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=Big Bad Bun (formerly known as Fluff) has run away from home to join the Hell Bunnies Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. He passed the initiation ceremony of being buried When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to his nose in cowpats, explain how good they are for you and has since gone on how nice to do all sorts of baaaaad thingseat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, like getting his ear pierced and never washing his whiskers. What who tells her that carrots grow on Earth will Big Bad Bun's parents make of all this? ..trees.It IS trueInfuriated, right? He REALLY has joined Lily checks with the Hell Bunniesteacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, right? .grow in the ground.Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.Right?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842709453</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Edward Hardy and Deborah AllwrightB09FFJF8YS|title=Martha, You Can't Wear Panties! (NoMore Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=Martha Felicity Molly-Anne May gets through nannies faster than most kids get through... well, everything. She's a bit of a handful is our Martha, always doing what she shouldn'tFor the big, and running her nanny ragged. Her day isgrownup girls out there, unsurprisinglythe potty masters in training, peppered with cries of "You Can''Martha, noooot Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405240784</amazonuk>}}
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!}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alan Durant Justine Avery and Simon RickertyNaday Meldova|title=UnfortunatelyEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=One day a boy is walking through the jungleToots, trumps, farts. UnfortunatelyWhatever your word for them, find us a lion tries child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to get him. Fortunatelytalk about and joke about, he escapes. Unfortunately, a huge snake that is poised to snaffle him up. FortunatelyBut 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 ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and on gently and on it goescalmly, with good news followed by bad followed by good. Okthe familiar humour attached, so explains that might make tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it sound a little simple and boring, but trust me: it's fantastic.'Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408309890</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris WormellB09BG8V3Q6|title=Molly Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and the Night MonsterSeema Amjad
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|summary=Molly ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in bed, but then she hears a creak on the stair''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. Could it be an elephant or a rhino coming This series of fun picture books aims to get her? Might take the pain out of potty training children and replace it even be a night monster? Luckily, Molly is well-armed with her monster catcher, so should be alright, as the door sloooowly inches opensome fun...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1862301859</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Daisy Dawes|title=Get Ahead Fred|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Fred loves wearing hats. HeIt's got a fezworthy aim, a bonnet, a stetson, and a glittery fedora. When the Queen announces she's coming to town, he decides to get the finest hat he's ever had. There's no possible way that anything could go wrong, is there? as any frustrated parent will tell you. ..Is there?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860404</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|authortitle=Anne Fine When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Ruth BrownMended|titleauthor=RugglesPeter Cotton
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|summary=Every dog owner has known a dog like Ruggles: theyMeet Fred. Well, actually, you're so good at escaping from where ever they are that theygoing to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I're generally known as Houdinid better tell you a bit more about Fred. Ruggles had it all worked out, from the opportunist hop over the fence aided by Fred is a pile snake and even those of newspapers, us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a present in a bucket box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the rabbit hutch family, to who the extent that they would snitch on him if he met take Fred out with them (unaccompanied) in when they went out for a walk. And that was where the parkproblem started. The dog lady knows him well and whilst you wouldnFred didn't quite call them friends it's obvious that Ruggles knows when he's met his match and hops in the van without complainthave any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392064</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jan FearnleyJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Arthur and the MeaniesEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Arthur the elephant is desperate to play, but the monkeys, Tiger, Peacock and Cheetah all say no. The big meanies. Oh sure, theyCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn're happy to be his friend when they want something from himt, but as soon as they don't need him any more, they just scamper off and leave him sadparent will tell you. Go on, ArthurBut really, give why shouldn'em a soaking! Teach 'em a lesson!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405253819</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Yeoman and Quentin Blake|title=The Bear's Water Picnic|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's a gorgeous summer's day, so the pig, hen, squirrel, hedgehog and bear t it be? We all head out on a raft for a picnic in the middle of the lake. They're disturbed by the ''awrk awrk'' of the frogs, so paddle off have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to a different part of the lake, but learn about everything else when they get stuck, they discover the benefits of working together and making new friendswe are small.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390045</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross|title=Old Dog|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=The Young Pups donWhy shouldn't want to go and see Grandpa - all he does is talk about the pastpotty training be as much fun as, his breath stinkssay, his false teeth fall out all learning about why the time, sun and he doesn't know how to play all their new games. Their mother reminds them that he's really kind and they visit him after all. When there, they discover that Grandpa wasn't always an old fuddy duddy, and actually there's plenty of excitement lurking under the surface if they just moon take turns in the trouble to get to know him.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842708805</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McKeeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Elmer and Grandpa EldoNo, No, No!
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|summary=Elmer They say the patchwork elephant is back, and this time he's visiting Grandpa Eldobest picture books are the simplest ones. Elmer reminds Eldo And nothing could be truer of all the things they did together when Elmer was really littlethis latest from Justine Avery, but Eldo can't remember them (or so he says) so Elmer keeps reminding him and reminding him, as they revisit old haunts. Grandpa and grandson, sorry, grandelephant, spend a lovely day together, enjoying one another's companyBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842708392</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Camilla Reid and Michael Foreman194812467X|title=The Littlest Dinosaur Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and the Naughty RockEma Tepic
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|summary=After Kirelle and her best friend Sam the littlest dinosaur's [[The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman|earlier]] [[The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure by Michael Foreman|adventures]], Camilla Reid takes hold of the writing reins, whilst Michael Foreman offers up his beautiful illustrations as alwayscat decide to go for a walk. This time, the dinosaur Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in a bit of a bad mood, being rude to his dad, shouting at his siblings, her bright yellow wellies and ruining Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his mealsmart grey fur coat. His mum sends him As they walk to sit on the naughty rocktop of the hill, but hethey see a big barn with a sign outside. It's in for quite a surprise when he gets therefarm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals.There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice.Excited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140880266X</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Jean Reidy Sadie and Genevieve Leloupthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Too Pickly!Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5
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|summary=ItSadie's [[Too Purply! by Jean Reidy and Genevieve Leloup|Too Purply!]] with food. That about sums it upmother always said that she was a dreamer, but for those of you who haven't already fallen in love with Jean Reidy's tale of getting dressed, ''Too Pickly!'' looks at a little boy (and his hamster) deciding her mind never on what to eatshe should be doing. Dish She lives by dish, he rejects them for being too pickly, too wrinkly, too burpy, too stringy, the River Thames at Greenwich and so on, until he finds the one that's just rightshe loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408807114</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Neil Gaiman1782227741|title=InstructionsLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=Go through the mysterious doorOne day, mind the imp, trust the wolves Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and answer the ferryman's question carefullywater is swirling. Neil Gaiman takes us Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on a tour the side of a fantasy land with a series of instructions for surviving the adventurestreet. Finding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. You'll discover wonders beyond your wildest dreams'OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, and return home safelywho plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a little older bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a little wisernice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808641</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tasha Pym and Joel StewartB08R7LXQ9S|title=Have You Ever Seen Remy: A Sneep?book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Ever fallen foul of a Sneep? (NoRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, not [[Oliver Who Travelled Far together with his sidekicks Ryan and Wide by Mara Bergman Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and Nick Maland|Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep]])has small eyes. What about a Grullock, Knoo or Loon? One poor little boy tries to go about his daily business, They are mean but keeps getting interrupted by these mysterious monstersthey are not stupid. You've never heard of them before, you say? He wants They are careful to have a word with you wind up Remy when nobody can see and thenpush him just 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>055255698X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKee1471191303|title=Elmer On StiltsThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=Who doesn't already know and love Elmer This is the patchwork elephant? This time roundstory of Isobel, he's helping all his other elephant chums avoid the nasty huntersa little girl who made a big difference. Throw Isobel lived with her parents in a CD version of the story read by Joss Ackland house - yesa very cold house, really - and youbecause her parents couldn're t afford to put the heating on to a real winner.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842708376</amazonuk>}}:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alison MurrayNick Jones and Si Clark|title=Apple Pie ABCOne Night in Beartown|rating=4.5
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|summary=Take one traditional rhyme (''A was Many children have an apple pieobsession and Sandy Lane, B bit it.who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears.She collects books about bears.'')Her favourite toy is Berisford, mix it up a bit with new wordsteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, add a pinch she looks out of sweet girl her bedroom window and a dash of naughty dog, and you've got a recipe forsays goodnight to the bear statue outside... well, a unbelievably cliched first line in a review from meEvery morning she says hello to Bee Bear, but also a super bookcolourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408308010</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}