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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__ {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Paul GeraghtyAdam Stower|title=Help Me!|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=At the waterhole, the elephants wander by, an impala watches and waits, and a tortoise makes his way slowly to the water's edge. One animal after another gets into trouble, Murray and is helped by an unlikely ally. It all makes for an amazing day with the wildlife of Africa.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709798</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ruth Brown|title=Snail TrailBun
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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Slimy Snail sets out on an adventureMurray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, up whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a hillbad magician's cat, through so his favourite bun has been turned into a tunnelhyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and on the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and onwhiffs. When he finally comes to rest in This time round it drops them into a dark caveViking land, we take where a look at the trail troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's left, turned up and discover just where he's been travelling.ll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849392528</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Foreman1732898766|title=Jack's Fantastic VoyageThe Adventures 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=Jack loves spending time with his sea-loving grandfather, hearing tales of his old ocean voyages, and seeing his beautiful paintings. When other kids in the village cast doubts about whether Grandfather really has ever been to sea, Jack begins to see things in a new light. However, as he's drifting off to sleep, Jack, Grandfather we first meet Birpus and GrandfatherBulbus they's house are all whisked away on a fantastic voyage across the sea.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392560</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski|title=Meg and Mog: Meg Goes to Bed|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Meg is a witch who re running for their lives with her cat, Mog, and Owl. This is in the latest in a lovely series Forest of picture books by Helen Nicoll and illustrator Jan PienkowskiFine Repute. In other books in the series they travel around Their greatest fear has come about: the world and beyond, but Meg Goes to Bed describes an evening/night at home.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141331232</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Bob Hartman and Krisztina Kallai Nagy|title=The Lion Storyteller Christmas Book|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Christmas Sour Milk Dragon is such a magical time of year especially for childrenchasing them. Sometimes though He's right behind them, with all the excitement of presentsspewing hot, decorations and parties, they can forget what Christmas is really about. The Lion Storyteller Christmas Book is perfect for sharing wonderful tales and legends sour milk from around the world that help to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>074596916X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tony Ross|title=A Little Princess Treasury|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Most parents of two to three year olds will surely be aware of The Little Princesshis nostrils. She is used universally whilst potty training thanks to (Please don'I want my potty!t try this at home: it won' and always seems to raise giggles and sniggers from little ones when her stories are read aloudt end well. ) I do enjoy reading them aloudFortunately, as I get to be loud they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and shouty and obnoxious! This treasury is when a lovely collection, with a wide range ladder of stories as well as some puzzles for slightly older toddlers thrown in too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392048</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Foster|title=See You Later, Escalator|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes moss and Verse|summary=Always a sucker vines was lowered for a good poetry anthology here at Bookbagthem, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Fosterthey escaped. ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the same vein, tangled woods where they lived with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosentheir Grand Wees, Michelle Magorian Nester Nook and Brian PattenGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731831</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elizabeth BeresfordB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The WomblesWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=A scruffyKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, shaggybored but warm, slightly overweight, furry creature is riding around part or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of South London, barely in control silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of his bicyclethe ice was a polar bear. No As the ice bumped onto the sand, not the political memoirs of bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the incumbent Mayor of Londonice. Better Kit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. Far better He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep. It's Orinoco Womble and the gang are back!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808374</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kenneth Steven and Jane Ray1913839656|title=Stories for a Fragile Planet: Traditional Tales About Caring for the EarthLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=Stories for a Fragile Planet is a wonderful anthology Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of stories from long ago dungarees and also from the present. The stories come from far his favourite hat and wide – from China then gathered together his button collection to Alaskashow his grandmother. They all seem She had promised to involve brave characters that care greatly take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about their environment and who are prepared this as he wanted to do things differently whether it is looking after a blackbird's nest for days until the eggs hatch or caring for a young lion cub who would otherwise diemake new friends. There are ten stories in total At home, his only friend was his mum and each one is short but self contained with a very satisfying conclusionhe wondered why that could be. Each one can easily Grandma thought that it might be read in a single sitting and would make ideal bedtime stories for slightly older childrenbecause he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961576</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKee1529504775|title=Elmer The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Papa RedKatie Hickey
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|summary=Elmer Elsie and Papa Red is a lovely picture story book that features some very excitable elephants. It is only two days before her little brother David loved to go to the visit of Papa Red park and all watch the young elephants are so excited that they can hardly contain themselvesred buses drive past. Elmer takes them for a walk to fetch Elsie would race the big tree whilst buses along the older elephants make side of the preparationspark but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. They have One day Elsie spotted a great time especially as they see snow for bus in the first time toy shop window which would help David - and that leads was happy to a great deal of fun and frolicking. Once use the tree is brought coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home it is decorated and surrounded by lots of presents and the young elephants hide so that they might catch a glimpse of Papa Red. He duly arrives out of Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the sky on a sleigh pulled by six moose. Surprisingly thoughbus for support, rather than the sleigh being laden and walk behind it is empty until Papa Red loads it up with all the presents under the tree. The elephants have all seen him taking Many decades later, Elsie brought the presents but instead of being upsetbus, now damaged and rusted, they are excited as they know that he is taking them to those who need them most! As they fall asleep exhausted thoughthe Repair Shop, Elmer delivers one small gift to each elephant – especially left by Papa Redhoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849391971</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Ross1529504767|title=Don't Do That!The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=In this story we meet a little girl called Nellie who is fortunate Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to have a very pretty noseher final destination. She wins competitions and gets needn't have worried though as she went to the best part in the Christmas play because home of that nose. HoweverMr and Mrs Russell, during a rehearsal, the teacher suddenly shouts out 'Donwho couldn't do that!' as he notices Nellie and have been kinder to her fellow angels with their fingers sticking up their noses. Unfortunately Nellie's finger becomes stuck fast and she is sent home for She even had her parents to remove it. It is impossible though which sets off a chain of events where own room - all sorts of people attempt to remove the offending finger but all in vainherself. They all go to extreme lengths such as tying Nellie Gradually she relaxed and began to the back of a tractor or sending enjoy her up into spacelife. Throughout all of this, Nellie She's brother Henry keeps declaring that he knows how to get d help Mrs Russell with the finger out but he is always ignored. You might think that is probably a good thing baking and when you take a look at it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the brilliant illustrations and notice some of decorations on the hazardous implements he is holding at various timesChristmas tree. So can any of The best surprise happened the sensible grown ups help Nellie or is she facing a future with a permanent finger up her nose? But then again, Henry is very persistent..following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709364</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Marisa Laycock1916459943|title=Santa's DelightSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=ThereMuch as mothers love their babies, there's only one more night something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to go before Christmas Eve sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and Santa knows that his preparations are going well''wails''. The reindeer are fed sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and strong the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the elves were just finishing wrapping all the presentssound perfectly. HeThe mermaids join in - ''s done the planning and was grateful for the different time zonesla lou, la lay... '' But Mrs Santa knew that there was something worrying her husband and gently she persuaded him And for a moment it seems to talk about ithave worked as Baby closes his eyes. He was worried about all the people in our communities who help so much, from the doctors Then a seagull '''shouts''' and nurses, rescue services and the armed forces who are on duty over Christmaswe know exactly what's going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848762682</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jane Ray140639131X|title=The Dolls' House FairyA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Rosy has a beautiful dollsPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired'' house that of nearly getting squished as she enjoys playing with every Saturday with her dadtried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. However, one Saturday she wakes up Philippa wasn't a bird to find sit back on her dad is ill tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and has gone to hospital, so decided that she is left would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to play alonestart with but the benefits were obvious. When she goes All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to the dolls' house, however, she discovers that provide a messy little fairy named Thistle has moved in!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169097</amazonuk>safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ann Bonwill and Russell Julian1776574338|title=PocketLeilong's Christmas Wish|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's Christmas morning and Pocket the rabbit sees a snow angel on the ground. He decides to follow the angel's tracks to discover the true meaning of Christmas. He leaves his brothers and sisters playing in the snow, and off he hops on an adventure, taking in a variety of sights and sounds.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192728202</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewToo Long!|author=Anthea Simmons Julia Liu and Georgie Birkett|title=Share!Bei Lynn
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|summary=AhEvery morning Leilong, sharing! the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Perhaps one Children who live at the top of the hardest lessons tower blocks don't even need to teach a toddler is how to let go downstairs – they simply climb out of a chosen toy the window and share it with someone elseslide down his neck. My weekly playgroup is always full of loud parental demands of It'share!s perfect, isn' followed by wails t it? What could be a more fun way of distress from small children being forced going to part with the one thing they absolutelyschool? There is a problem, positively must havethough...until they spot something else they want! This promising-looking story deals with just such an issue, and Leilong isn't happy in this case it is an older sister learning to share everything, from favourite blankets to tea-time food with her baby brother.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390096</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Yeoman|title=Mouse Trouble|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mouse trouble tells the story of an old windmill that is overrun by mice. The grumpy miller never sees these clever mice but city: he knows they are there and determines to get rid of them. He buys a large tabby cat but is too mean to feed him which means that the cat never has the energy to catch the mice. Rather than rejoicing in this fact though, the mice actually feel quite sorry for him and decide to make his life a bit easier. Without ever allowing themselves 's always having to be caught, they let the cat chase them and help him to become fitter and healthier. They also pretend to be very scared whenever they see the cat which does wonders for careful about where he puts his self esteem.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392013</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Brian Wildsmith|title=A Christmas Journey|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel feet and told that she– because he'll give birth s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to Jesusand traffic regularly gets snarled up. So far so good for the Nativity story. Skip ahead to Mary and Joseph leaving for Bethlehem, and The school decides thathe can's where we part ways with them for a while. Instead, we travel with their cat and dog, who are left behind but decide to follow. They meet up with t be the other animals and people from the Nativity story on their way, until finally they come to the manger in Bethlehembus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789805</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester Clark1776574028|title=The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|summary=With ''The Princess and the Pea'', ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''The Tinderbox'', ''The Little Match Girl'', ''The Emperor's New Clothes'', ''The Tin Soldier'', ''The Swineherd'', ''The Nightingale'' and ''The Little Mermaid'', this is a must-have compendium of classic fairy tales. You can't really go wrong with Hans Christian Andersen's best, can you? Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester Clark have not just churned out the old classics, but they've given them an amazing freshness and vibrancy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169380</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Melanie Williamson|title=Cactus AnnieDavid Elliott
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|summary=ItI love a good board book! 's Cactus Annie'Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first day at cowgirl school, sentence) but she really struggles has mastered sufficient language skills to fit inhave realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. Her teacher encourages her to believe in herself, but Annie We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''s having . The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a hard time doing that, especially as there are scary rat rustlers on the loose''fluffalo''. When the cows go missing, Annie The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is secretly pleased, as a ''crynoceros'' (think about it means she won!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......'t have to do any cowgirl things' OK, but shelet's soon faced with an opportunity to prove herself.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340981415</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alex T Smith1838226834|title=EggCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=Egg rolls up to the house It was one of the wicked Foxy DuBoisthose memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. Foxy invites Egg in - sheThey's always very kind re there to strangers - but she's got a glint in her eyeundo all the good that parents do, and has devilish plans for what she's so the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to do to the little egg. The clues are therecarnival with his Grandad, who told him: recipe books, and pictures of fried eggs adorning her walls. Be careful, Egg!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340959851</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kimara Nye and Marcin BruchnalskiB09MYXSRV4|title=The Four Little Pigs|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Tom loves visiting his Granny especially as she is a witch and can cast magical spells. However, he doesnOtter't always enjoy the bedtime stories that she reads, and when she picks up s Coat: The Three Little Pigs he declares that it is boring because he has heard it so many times. Granny suggests that it might be interesting to find out what would happen if another pig entered the fray Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and before he realises what is happening, Tom is transported into the story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860633</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewHare|author=Tony Ross|title=The Three SilliesCordellya Smith|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=If your children like silly things, they will definitely enjoy the story of The Three Sillies, written and illustrated by Tony Ross, who is perhaps best known for his wonderful [[I Want a Sister (Little Princess) by Tony Ross|Little Princess]] stories. The story of The Three Sillies is indeed very silly and you can tell that it is going to be just that by looking at the front cover and seeing three very strange people standing on their heads looking, unsurprisingly, very red faced.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709607</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Chris Van Allsburg|title=The Polar Express|rating=5
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|summary=It's Christmas EveWhen the world was made, and the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a young boy is waiting up to catch protector. Water Spider received a glimpse of Santastrong web that even fire could not burn. When a train pulls up instead, Owl had excellent sight so that he soon finds himself on could see the present ''and'' the Polar Expressfuture. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, chuffing away not the ability to the North Pole, with scores of use it well. He liked to trick other childrenanimals. With hot chocolate He was also jealous which was how he came to be in hand, and snowy landscapes whizzing past the windows, hea race with Turtle. You might think that's having not a fabulous journey. At the North Pole, he meets the elves fair contest but wait and Santa, and waits to see which child will be given the first gift of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390983</amazonuk> Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Patricia Borlenghi and Eleanor TaylorRob Keeley|title=The Bloomsbury Nursery TreasuryCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=I am sure that all small children love traditional tales Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. Maybe for some the appeal is the beguiling innocence of Little Red Riding HoodShe likes carrots, broccoli, or the audacity of Goldilocks as she invades the three bears' cottage or even Jack's daring cabbage and courage as he climbs the beanstalk aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and steals the giant's gold from under his nosehow nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Whichever tale is favouriteInfuriated, there is always something very satisfying when Lily checks with the good characters win teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the nasty characters are beaten especially as this always leads of course ground. Jordan says, "I did try to a happy endingtell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0747597472</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James MayhewB09FFJF8YS|title=Ella Bella Ballerina You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and CinderellaKate Zhoidik
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|summary=Ella Bella Ballerina's back! Before she was dancing to [[Ella Bella Ballerina and The Sleeping Beauty by James Mayhew|Sleeping Beauty]], and this time it's Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella. The music washes over hereFor the big, and suddenly she's whisked away to the fairy talegrownup girls out there, with the princepotty masters in training, fairy godmother and all "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the magic that every reader knows big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and lovespersevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169275</amazonuk>}}''
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|summary=Winnie The Witch is backToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, and this time she has find us a hankering child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go into spaceat the wrong time. With a wave of her magic wandIn class, she creates a rocketsay, when everyone will hear it and she everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and her cat Wilbur are whizzing along from planet to planetcalmly, exploring with the cosmosfamiliar humour attached, and getting into all sorts of trouble with space rabbitsexplains that tooting is perfectly normal.Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192732188</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachael Mortimer and Liz PichonB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Three Billy Goats Fluff|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mr Troll has a headache. The Billy Goats Fluff keep trip-trapping over his bridge, making an awful racket. He's not happy one little bit. He's cursing the newspaper advert that brought him under the bridge, and desperate for something to stop the goats from ruining his life. Whatever can a troll do in those circumstancesWho Needs Nappies?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989904</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewNot Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Georgie Adams Justine Avery and Emily Bolam|title=The Three Little WitchesSeema Amjad
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|summary=What happens when three little witches decide to throw a Halloween party''Who Needs Nappies? This entertaining story takes us through their decisions over who to invite: Baby Dragon and Wizard Wink are definite, but what about Not Me!'' is the naughty little witch called Melissa? Then once latest release in the invitations have been sent they need to clean the house, await every one's replies, shop for the party and finally host the Halloween celebrations'Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000802</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ross Collins|title=Dear Vampa|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bram Pire is writing This series of fun picture books aims to his Vampa about their new neighbours, take the Wolfsons. The Pires love dressing in black, staying up all night pain out of potty training children and getting up to all sorts of fiendish replace it with some fun. They have It's a hard time adapting to the Wolfsons with their sunny dispositionsworthy aim, unpleasantly cheerful pets and jolly partiesas any frustrated parent will tell you. . Ick! Whatever can be done?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144490020X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mij Kelly and Ross CollinsB07GZ81J7C|title=Where Giants Hide|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A little girl has stopped believing in giants. She ain't never seen no fairy neither, nor mermaids, witches or trolls. As she wanders around When Fred the world decrying the lack of magic, strange things seem to happen around her, until she discovers just where the magic lurks.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340960000</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Penny Dann|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your BabyPeter Cotton
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|summary=Milo is returning his Granny's umbrella to herMeet Fred. As he sets out Well, actually, it begins you're going to rainbe meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. One thing leads to another, and he finds himself caught up in But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a thrilling adventure involving bit more about Fred. Fred is a whale, pirates, dinosaurs snake and alienseven those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He swings between good news and bad news arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he gets up could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to all sorts of scrapes and japesthe extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes. Will Granny ever get her umbrella in one piece?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849391238</amazonuk>
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|summary=DogCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, Cat and Mouse live together by the seaas any parent will tell you. But really, each with their own chores why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to take care of in their own special waylearn about everything else when we are small. They think that theyWhy shouldn're happyt potty training be as much fun as, but when a stranger say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns up from in the Winds of Change companny, each of them reassesses their position in their friendship.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0224083627</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McKeeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Elmer AgainNo, No, No!
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|summary=Elmer They say the patchwork elephant is back... umm... Again. Everything is gearing up for best picture books are the annual Elmer's Day Parade, where the other elephants paint themselves brightly and he paints himself greysimplest ones. Being a bit And nothing could be truer of a scamp, he decides that things need to be livened up, so he plots and plansthis latest from Justine Avery, then sets about putting a smile on everyone's facesBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842707507</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James Mayhew194812467X|title=Katie The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and the Waterlily PondEma Tepic
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|summary=When Katie Kirelle and Grandma are at her best friend Sam the art gallery, they see there's a competition cat decide to paint go for a picture walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in the style of Monethis smart grey fur coat. Grandma has a bit of a rest, whilst Katie goes off As they walk to look at the Monet exhibition for inspiration. When one top of the paintings speaks to her - really speaks to her - she steps inside it and explores..hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. Subtitled ''A Magical Journey Through Five Monet Masterpieces'', ''Katie and the Waterlily Pond'It' s a farm shop! But this is a wonderful introduction for children to art in general farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and Claude Monet in particularcustomers are farmyard animals. They'll get a feel for ''In The Woods There are sheep and ducks and Giverny''cows, ''Bathers at La Grenouillère''goats and chickens, ''Path Through the Poppies'', ''The Waterlily Pond''and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and ''The Rue Montorgueil, Paris''Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304635</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Karen King Sadie and Marina Le Raythe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Silly MooMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=When an apple falls on CowSadie's headmother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she gets all woozy so decides to go home for a bit of a lie downshould be doing. She's got mild amnesia, so she goes from place to place on lives by the farmyard, getting to meet all the animals, River Thames at Greenwich and causing all sorts of problems as she doesn't realise where she needs loves to gospend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846669014</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1782227741|title=Just BecauseLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=4.5
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|summary=TobyOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's best friend quite a deep puddle and the water is his big sister, Clemmieswirling. She can't walk, talk or move Poor Ted starts to spin around and around muchand is sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Just becauseFinding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. He loves her dearly''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, and we discover all who plucks him out of the many ways they play togetherdirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. It's an utterly gorgeous tale Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of sibling affectionbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962351</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony BrowneB08R7LXQ9S|title=Play The Shape GameRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Milo the lemur discovers a pretty pebble one dayRemy is feeling miserable. He prods it's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to his surprise it moves! He listens carefully, wind up Remy when nobody can see and finds then push him just that it's breathinglittle bit further when the other kids are around. So, so he realises that it's an eggwhen Remy reacts, calls it Snappy, looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the two of them get up teachers don't believe him when he tries to all sorts of adventuresexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408802007</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross1471191303|title=Big Bad BunThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|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. He passed This is the initiation ceremony of being buried up to his nose in cowpats, and has since gone on to do all sorts story of baaaaad thingsIsobel, like getting his ear pierced and never washing his whiskersa little girl who made a big difference. What on Earth will Big Bad Bun's Isobel lived with her parents make of all this? ...It IS truein a house - a very cold house, right? He REALLY has joined because her parents couldn't afford to put the Hell Bunnies, right? ...Right?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709453</amazonuk>}}heating on:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alan Durant Nick Jones and Simon RickertySi Clark|title=UnfortunatelyOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=One day a boy is walking through the jungle. Unfortunately, a lion tries to get him. FortunatelyMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, he escapes. Unfortunatelywho lives in Beartown, a huge snake is poised to snaffle him upobsessed with bears. FortunatelyShe collects books about bears... and on and on it goesHer favourite toy is Berisford, with good news followed by bad followed a teddy bear passed down by goodher grandmother. OkEvery night, so that might make it sound a little simple she looks out of her bedroom window and boringsays goodnight to the bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, but trust me: it's fantastica colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408309890</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}