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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=At the start of this book, a little field mouse, Toast, Murray is really looking forward supposed to his birthday and wants to know 'how many sleeps?' There are still quite be a few until the big dayhumble, in fact, as his mother tells him, there are too many to start counting! Howevertidy and friendly cat, before long, when he asks his daily question, he one who is told that there are 'just enough sleeps able to deliver party invitations to all your friends'. Soon after there are just enough sleeps to go sleep and collect party decorations, then to help decorate the cake eat and then eventually there are only enough sleeps to wrap the party treats, put the candles on the cake eat and to get an extra special good night's sleep. Howeverand, well, at whatever takes his fancy next of the same time, Toasttwo. But he's father is anxiously asking how many sleeps until his little boya bad magician's birthdaycat, but he does not want it to come too soon as he so his favourite bun has an extra special present to make been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and he is rapidly running the catflap they both use can chuck them out , not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time. The big question is whether he will finish round it in time or will there never be enough sleeps?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192780263</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Anna Walker|title=I Love My Mum|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ollie B is drops them into a little zebra and in this story we see him spending time with his mumViking land, doing chores, playing together and finally being settled down for the night with where a goodnight kiss. The text troll hunter is rhyming and very simple so itexpected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's nice turned up and easy for little ones to follow. The situations shown are easily recognisable to small children (and their parents!) as we watch Ollie and his mum hanging out the washing, going for a walk together, stopping along the way he'll have to look at creepy crawlies, dancing with shadows, walking on walls...do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007309163</amazonuk>0008561249
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Wiesner1732898766|title=Art The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and MaxIndre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=It can take a little while to settle into this bookWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. The format Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is unusual for a childrenchasing them. He's picture book in that right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: itwon's a lot like a comic or a graphic novel, with many pages made up of panels that progress the storyt end well. ) The story begins even before the first pageFortunately, with images on the title pages that are already introducing the characters they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and what's going onvines was lowered for them, they escaped. When they begin They climbed up to speak the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they are differentiated only by different fontslived with their Grand Wees, so it took a page or so to figure out which lizard was which Nester Nook and who was saying what. Once you figure that out though it's a wonderfully funny storyGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392668</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sarah Brennan and Harry HarrisonB0CC9W7GLR|title=Chinese Calendar TalesOn the Beach: The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit|rating=3.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Here in this tale we find ourselves back in the year 221BC, and the Emperor Qin Shi Huang is having some rodent issues. As this is from a series of books called ''The Chinese Calendar Tales'' I think I was expecting the story to relate more to the Chinese zodiac and the rabbit's place within it. However, this is really just a story about a very naughty rabbit who keeps eating the Emperor's vegetables, his mission to capture and kill her, and the unfortunate conclusion to this romp of a tale...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881888255</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewWinter Visitor|author=Oakley Graham Chris Green and Fenix|title=Milly the MeerkatJenny Fionda|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=After years of no one knowing what a meerkat was they seem to be rather fashionable now and this delightful tale is a reworking of Aesop's fable about the boy who cried wolf. Milly was on lookout and was rather bored, so she shouted to the others that a snake was crawling up to the baby meerkats' burrow. Everyone dashed out to help her chase it away – and discovered that she thought her prank was quite funny. Even when it was explained to her that she shouldn't do this she did it again – and this time everyone was angry.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563047</amazonuk>}}  {{newreview|author=Vivian French and Selina Young|title=The Kitten With No Name|rating=45
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|summary=''The Kitten With No Name'' lives under 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 hedge snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with his mummywobbly legs moved from the ice. It's Kit was all for making a very big hedge run for it, but it's very cosy Teal knew that the bear was hungry and The Kitten's mummy has told gave him that one day, they will all go apple and then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and live in given a new home with someone who will love them both good meal and hug them just the right amountsomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000780</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Aesop and Ayano Imai1913839656|title=The Town Mouse and the Country MouseLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee
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|summary=Aesop's fable of Todd was excited about spending the town mouse and weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the country mouse is well knownbest beetle juice. When visiting the country mouse, town mouse declares that he has much nicer food available in He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his housegrandmother. So country mouse goes She had promised to visit take himto the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. The food is very fancy At home, his only friend was his mum and delicious, but the risks in getting he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it are much greater, and so the country mouse decides to go back to his quiet, humble home againmight be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915430</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kveta Pacovska1529504775|title=Number Circus: 1 - 10 and Back Again!|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=This is an unusual counting book which doesn't have a story line, or the usual simplified numbers and related illustrations. It seems, instead, like a piece of art with pictures becoming numbers, or numbers becoming pictures. It's very interactive, with lots to see and do throughout the book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915295</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Michael Evans|title=Poggle Amy Sparkes and the TreasureKatie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Poggle Elsie and his friend Henry are spending her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a fun day together bus in the toy 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. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the beach playing piratesbus for support, and walk behind it. They have made a pirate shipMany decades later, eaten a pirate picnicElsie brought the bus, now damaged and fought a sea monster! Now they're hunting for buried treasurerusted, but rather than a chest full of gold they discover a largeto the Repair Shop, pink egg!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248122</amazonuk>hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Linda Newbery1529504767|title=Barney the Boat Dog: Very Brave DogThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Not too long ago Jim, Annie Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and Barney lived in a house by the canal but after Annie died Jim didnnervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't enjoy living in their house anymore, so he and Barney have worried though as she went to live on Jimthe home of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn's narrowboatt have been kinder to her. They moved around the canals as they wanted and really She even had quite a good timeher own room - all to herself. There were one or two things which worried Barney but by far the worst was the very scary tunnelGradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. It was long She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and dark when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and water dripped from Mr Russell put the decorations on the roof – and when Barney barked another dog barked back at himChristmas tree. But one day everything went wrong and Barney found himself in The best surprise happened the tunnel all on his ownfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409521982</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Juliet David and Helen Prole1916459943|title=My Very First Easter - Candle Bible for ToddlersSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=3.54
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|summary=As one 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 sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a specially written series of bible stories for toddlers, this board book tells sandy beach and you have the Easter story sound perfectly. The mermaids join in a very simplified way- ''la lou, la lay... '' It would work well And for the very young who you perhaps would like a moment it seems to experience have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a taste of bible stories without seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going into too much detailto happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859858848</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Juliet David and Steve Whitlow140639131X|title=The Story of EasterA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=This lovely board book Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the Easter story gently tells us mayor about Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a donkey, shares a meal with his disciples and is betrayed by one problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of them before facing Pilate and the crowds who condemn him to crucifixion. The story ends with lollipop lady at the resurrection school crossing and the thought decided that this is why we celebrate Easter each yearshe would set up something similar herself.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859851746</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Joanne Partis|title=We're Not Sleepy!|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's bedtime, Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the three little kittens aren't sleepybenefits were obvious. Mum suggests that they count sheep, so they head out to All the animals used the farmyard crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to find sheep to count. They find one shaggy sheepdog, two munching cows, three playful foxes, and so onprovide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731629</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carrie Weston and Tim Warnes1776574338|title=Bravo, BorisLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=Miss Cluck's class are going on a camping trip. They've got a map, butterfly net, binocularsEvery morning Leilong, and a tent. All the class are carrying somethingbrontosaurus school bus, be it Leticia makes his way through the rabbitcity, Maxwell the mole or the little micepicking up children as he goes. Boris Children who live at the grizzly bear gets top of tower blocks don't even need to carry alllllllll go downstairs – they simply climb out of the heavy stuff - wellwindow and slide down his neck. It's perfect, Fergus the fox cub couldnisn't exactly carry it? What could be a great big tent, could hemore fun way of going to school? This being There is a camping tripproblem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the class get up 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 all sorts of adventures and into all sorts of scrapestraffic regularly gets snarled up. Luckily, they have Boris on hand to help them out The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789783</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brian Wildsmith1776574028|title=Cat on the Mat and FriendsBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=The first story in this I love a good board book of four, ! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'Cat on the Mat', is aimed at quite a very simple tale in which each sentence is niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (animaler, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play's name) sat on the mat', the first animal being the cat, with accompanying pictures showing the mat getting more words and more crowdedmake something quite different from each one. Finally We have the cat hisses elephant who dons a tutu - and spits becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and so we return to just the cat sitting alone then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on the mathis potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating! |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789813</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ann Bonwill and Layn Marlow1838226834|title=Bug and BearCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=Bug really, really wants It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to play a game with Bearundo all the good that parents do, but Bear is tired and she wants a napso the trips out were always so much fun. Bug follows Bear around everywhere, pestering and pleading until, finallyA young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, Bear loses her temper and tells Bug to go away and leave her alone. She finally settles down for her nap but then discovers that she can't sleep...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729853</amazonuk>}}who told him:
{{newreview|author=Clara Vulliamy|title=Muffin and the Birthday Surprise|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''It's Fizz and Flora's birthdayll be brilliant, so Muffin the bear gets ready for the partyjust remember, and decides to take them a big bag don't let go of sugar buns as a presentmy hand. On his walk to the party, Muffin gets a little bit peckish and has a bit of a nibble of one bun, then another, then another. Erk! He puts the empty bag on the pile of presents and enjoys the party game. Will there be a way to turn an empty bag into a much-loved present?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408312441</amazonuk>''
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|authortitle=Francesca Simon Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Emily BolamHare|titleauthor=Where Are My Lambs?Cordellya Smith
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|summary=When youthe world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present 're just coming to terms with this thing called 'and'reading'' there's a big jump to be madethe future. Gone are those nice big picture books with Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not too many words and in their place is something much smaller (and not nearly so easy the ability to handle – you have to do use it yourself) with a lot more words and probably just a few black and white pictures well. He liked to break the page up and if you're lucky trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to give you be in a clue as to what those pesky words meanrace with Turtle. ThereYou might think that's not a stepping stone along the way now fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it might just help children who find that big leap a little dauntingcame about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001965</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Brett McKee and David McKeeRob Keeley|title=The Tickle GhostCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=34
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|summary=It's Dylan's bedtime Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, but the Tickle Ghost (very possibly his dad with a sheet) broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is out keen to get him. Cue plenty of giggles explain how good they are for you and not very much going how nice to bedeat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Dylan's mum shouts upstairs for them to be quieterInfuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, but when grow in the noise continuesground. Jordan says, she heads up "I did try to sort them out. ..tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.Will the Tickle Ghost get her too?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849392463</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{Frontpage
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|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.''
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|summary=The little girl in this story has a pet cat who she loves, but she's noticed that whilst her cat spends his days sleeping all her friends' cats seem to lead much more exciting lives, hunting and playing and climbing and fishing...she attempts to entice him into doing something active, but he sleeps through it all until, finally, she realises that even if he is very sleepy he's also warm and cuddly and affectionate and she loves him very much. But she still wonders what it is that makes him so sleepy...
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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=Michael ForemanJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=SuperfrogEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=3.54
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|summary=Pond City is Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a peaceful place in the daytimechild that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Little Frank the frog loves simply dangling his toes in the water Funny to talk about and watching joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the world pass bywrong time. HoweverIn class, come nighttimesay, things take a turn for the worse: the Big Boss oversees a crime wavewhen everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. When the Big BossJustine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!' creeps frighten Frank's granny series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and kidnap some frogspawn she'd been babysittingcalmly, with the familiar humour attached, enough explains that tooting is enough and Frank turns into Superfrogperfectly normal.Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849392099</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Andreae and Emma DoddB09BG8V3Q6|title=I Love My MummyWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=Mummies are good for lots of things - wiping noses, singing ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the car, helping with wee-wee's'Everybody Potties! '' series from Justine Avery. This sweet story tells us series of fun picture books aims to take the best things about mummies from a babypain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's point of viewa worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309572</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Neil Griffiths and Peggy CollinsB07GZ81J7C|title=Fatou, Fetch When Fred the WaterSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is waylaid by various friends a snake and even those of us who have gifts a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and messages for Fatou immediately became part of the family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for her mothera walk. As And that was where the gifts pile up in Fatouproblem started. Fred didn's arms, and the messages for her mother crowd her head Fatou, somehow, forgets to get t have any water!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434162</amazonuk>road sense. Or brakes.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Neil Griffiths Justine Avery and Judith BlakeNaday Meldova|title=Itchy BearEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Poor bear has an itchCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. An But really, why shouldn't it be? We all-over sort of itch. And everywhere he goes have to try and learn about our bodily functions just as we have a good scratch it seems heto learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn's disturbing someone! Will he ever find anywhere for a satisfying scratcht potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky?!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1905434111</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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|summary=They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.
{{newreview|author=Chris Van Allsburg|title=The Mysteries of Harris Burdick|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Thirty years ago, Harris Burdick walked into a book publisher's office with samples of his work. He had fourteen stories ready for publication'No, but just brought one picture and caption from each. Burdick was never heard of again. The publisher spent many years trying to track down BurdickNo, showing the pictures to people - many of whom were inspired to write their own stories. (Shh about No!''The rights of Chris Van Allsburg to be identified as...'')is based around the simplest text imaginable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939279X</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Richard Scarry|title=Best Bedtime Stories Ever|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Richard Scarry's style is instantly recognisable. I grew up reading his books so this collection is a trip down memory lane! Here there are six stories'No, about Huckle the catno, Lowly the wormno! Okay, Mr Raccoon and Mr Frumble the pigokay. Yes, plus a counting section at the backyou may. The stories are a mix of the usual text plus picture format as well as those full page spreads that Scarry is known for where he labels different parts of the picture and there are hundreds of little details to spot.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007413564</amazonuk>}}''
{{newreview|author=Mary Joslin and Anna Luraschi|title=Simon and That's it! But, like all the Easter Miracle: A Traditional Tale for Easter|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Simon is on his way to market with his eggsbest picture books, wine and bread to sell. On his way he gets caught up in a crowd watching soldiers forcing a man to carry his cross out this tiny snippet of the city. When the man text is unable to carry his cross any longer the soldiers look around for someone else to do a veritable tardis - so, and they pick much bigger on Simon. After carrying the cross to inside that it appears on the place of crucifixion Simon hurries back to get his goods, but he finds they've been spilt, broken and trampled. He returns home, dejected. The next morning, however, he discovers there has been a miracle and there are 12 white doves and Spring has come early to warm his cropsoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0745960545</amazonuk>1638820457
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elena Pasquali and Sophie Windham194812467X|title=The Three Trees: A Traditional FolktaleFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=There are three trees standing side by side on a hill. They dream together of what they hope to become in Kirelle and her best friend Sam the future; one wishes cat decide to become a chest go for the finest treasures, one wishes to be a ship carrying a mighty King, and the last wants to stay on the hillside quietly pointing up to heavenwalk. The first Kirelle is cut down dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and made into a trough, but then it turns Sam is perfectly turned out it is a trough as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the stable where Mary gives birth to Jesus, so it becomes top of the manger for him. The second is made into a simple fishing boathill, but then it is the boat which Jesus goes in when there is they see a big storm and he calms the waves. The third tree is cut down and forgotten in barn with a yard until one day it is made into a crosssign outside. It is, of course, the cross Jesus is crucified on and becomes the symbol of hope, forever pointing to heaven.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961703</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Nick Butterworth|title=Tales From Percy's Parka farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: After all the Storm|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=One day, after a particularly wild stallholders and windy evening, Percy the Park Keeper discovers on his check around the park that an old oak tree has fallen down in the storm. All of the customers are farmyard animals who lived in the tree ask Percy to help them find a new home. He loads them up in his wheelbarrow There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats andchickens, after a bit of an adventureand even some mice. Excited, they finally find a new place for Percy to rebuild their homesKirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007155158</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Alex T Smith|title=Claude in the City|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Claude is a sweet little dog who wears a beret and whose best friend is a sock called Sir Bobblysock. They live with Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes, and when Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes go out, Claude and Sir Bobblysock go out and have their own adventures which, in this book, involve capturing a thief in an art gallery and solving a medical mystery in the local hospital. Claude, who reminds me a little bit of Snoopy, is very endearing and it's amazing how much personality an old sock can have!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340998997</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kali Stileman0995647895|title=Peely WallySadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=When Peely Wally lays an egg, sheSadie's so excited mother always said that she jumps up and downwas a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. Oh no! The egg rolls out of She lives by the branch River Thames at Greenwich and lands on Jemima Giraffe! Her egg rolls from animal she loves to animal on an amazing adventure, until finally the egg makes it safely home againspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849410828</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Julia Jarman and Adrian Reynolds''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|title=''When Baby Lost Bunnyall the houses cowered in the gloom,''<br>|rating=4''To the Maritime Museum''. |genre=For Sharing |summary=A little boy goes for a walk with his mum, dad, baby brother Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and dogwent back regularly. Along One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the way baby is trying very hard to tell them all something, but they misunderstand him over closing bell and over again until, frustrated, he starts to crythe attendant's warning shout. Suddenly his big brother figures out what When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the problem is midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and is able to make his baby brother smile againtreasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846160618</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Inkpen1782227741|title=Rollo and Ruff Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and the Little Fluffy BirdSasha Satha
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|summary=Somebody has been chewing RolloOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's mat..quite a deep puddle and the water is swirling.Poor Ted starts to spin around and somebody has taken Rollo's little red ball...around and somebody has been leaving wet footprints all over is sucked down a drain on the floorside of the street. Finding himself But who could it be? Mick Inkpendown in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE''s latest book introduces us to three new characters: Rollo he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the catsewer rat, LFB (as she's referred to in who plucks him out of the bookdirty water using his cane, standing for little fluffy bird) which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and Ruff the ratwarms him up with a nice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989580</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Bedford and Rosalind BeardshawB08R7LXQ9S|title=Mole's BabiesRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Morris the mole Remy is about to become a first time dadfeeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, Excited together with his sidekicks Ryan and eager to be a good parent Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he goes looking around the farmyard is short and has 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 that little bit further when the best way to make his babies happyother kids are around. He tries to hop like a bunnySo, splash like a duckwhen Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and flap like a bird, but each attempt fails and Morris becomes worried about how the teachers don't believe him when he will ever manage tries to make his little babies happyexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405254181</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Georgie Adams1471191303|title=The Railway Rabbits: Fern and the Dancing HareInvisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=In this third episode of the delightful 'The Railway Rabbits' series Barley This is taking his five children to meet his parents for the first time. Their motherstory of Isobel, Mellow, is staying at home to look after the burrow and, as she wryly comments, tidy up the mess that five young rabbits have lefta little girl who made a big difference. SmartIsobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, tidy and clean behind the ears the rabbits head off to meet Blackberry and Primrose Longears. The journey because her parents couldn't afford to put the big burrow under the castle is full of adventure – and there's even more when they reach the big burrow.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001582</amazonuk>}}heating on:
{{newreview|author=Emily Gravett|title=Wolf Won't Bite|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Those three little pigs have captured 'Ice curled across the big bad wolf inside of the window and are showing off all crept up the corner of the tricks they can get him to dobedpost. They make him stand on a stool, and wolf won't bite. They can ride him like a horse, but wolf won't bite. He jumps through hoops and dances, looking more and more frustrated with the pigs' shenanigans.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230704255</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Chris Judge|title=The Lonely Beast|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=The beast likes family didn't go to gardenthe cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. And drink teaThen the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and they had to move to the far side of the city. And read. And bake cakes. But he lives by himselfThis part of the city was cold, sad and he is lonelyand Isobel felt invisible. So one day he decides to go on a journey to try to discover whether there are any other beasts in the world.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392552</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=John Yeoman Nick Jones and Quentin BlakeSi Clark|title=The Heron and the CraneOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=Heron Many children have an obsession and Crane live at opposite ends of the swamp. One day Crane decides that he Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is lonely and he would like to get marriedobsessed with bears. Heron seems the only suitable potential mate, and so he makes his way over to proposeShe collects books about bears. HeronHer favourite toy is Berisford, taken completely a teddy bear passed down by surpriseher grandmother. Every night, reacts badly she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to this sudden proposal and rejects Crane, rather insultingly. Poor Cranethe bear statue outside. As he makes his way home, Heron is overcome with guilt and decides perhaps Every morning she would like says hello to marry him after allBee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849392005</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}
{{newreview|author=Catherine Rayner|title=Norris: the Bear Who Shared|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Norris is a bear – a large, brown bear. He's also a very wise bear because he knows something which will always be useful to him. He knows about sharing. It all began when he saw the plorringe Move on the tree and he knew that plorringes are the best fruit of all. All he had to do was to wait for the fruit to fall. In the meantime Tulip and Violet discovered the plorringe too. They had a sniff at it – and it was gorgeous – and even a squeeze which showed that it was soft and fluffy – but what were they to do about Norris who was ''much'' bigger than them and could easily run away with the fruit?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846163099</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]