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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1732898766|title=Ann Bonwill The Adventures of Birpus and Teresa MurfinBulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|titleauthor=Naughty ToesWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=3.54

|summary=This dancing story When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is told to us by a little girl called Trixiechasing them. She tells us that her sister, Belinda, is a ballerina but that sheHe's right behind them, Trixiespewing hot, is notsour milk from his nostrils. We see Trixie shopping for dancing clothes and being drawn to bright colours rather than the pretty pink of the other ballerinas, then in class her toes (Please don't try this at home: it won't point like the other girls (hence the 'naughty toes'end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. She's dancing off They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the beat to her own jazzy rhythm.tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny..just what kind of a dancer is she?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192728512</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David MellingB0CC9W7GLR|title=Don't Worry DouglasOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5

|summary=Some 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 shoreline. On top of you may have already met Douglas, the rather dopey, yet endearing ice was a polar bear, in his first adventure [[Hugless Douglas by David Melling|Hugless Douglas]]. Here he's back againAs the ice bumped onto the sand, this time the proud recipient of bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a brand new woolly hatrun for it, a gift from his Dadbut Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. But what should he do when he has He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a bit of trouble good meal and the hat starts somewhere to unravelsleep. What else would you do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340999802</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tom MacRae and Ross Collins1913839656|title=When I Woke Up I Was A HippopotamusLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5

|summary=A small boy goes through Todd was excited about spending the day imagining that he is a variety weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of different creatures, everything from a grumpy hippo who doesn't want dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to get up, take him to a Robot who can't eat cornflakes or a statue who can't move, can't blink, can't do anything the Friday Night Club at all! the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. But when he imagines At home, his only friend was his parents are fierce dragons mum and he finds things have gone a little bit too far.wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390738</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma Chichester-Clark1529504775|title=Mimi The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Momo: No More Kissing!Katie Hickey

|summary=Momo is one puzzled Elsie and her little monkeybrother 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'Why does there have to be so much kissing?t - he' he asksd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. We travel with him through One day Elsie spotted a bus in the jungle, seeing all toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the kissing that's going oncoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. It seems Gradually, David learned to especially bestand up, as Momo notesuse the bus for support, Mummies kissing babiesand walk behind it. Momo does not want to be kissedMany decades later, Elsie brought the bus, by his family or by people he doesn't knownow damaged and rusted, but no one seems willing to listen to him..the Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392315</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gordon Volke and Fenix1529504767|title=Hullabaloo!The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=In 'Hullabaloo!Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn' t have worried though as she went to the reader meets a host home of animals that all seem intent on making a huge amount of noise. FirstMr and Mrs Russell, there is a donkey named Drew who is soon joined by a cockatoo who squawks out couldn'Boo!' There are also twin chimps called Daisy and Maisy enjoying their tea as well as hopping bunnies, a calf called Cassie (who moos a lot), downy ducklings, a kangaroo with t have been kinder to her little joey, as well as many many more. As you can imagine, when they She even had her own room - all get together they make an incredible hullabaloo as they get up to their varied anticsherself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. It She's a great deal of fun d help Mrs Russell with the baking and is a story that builds in such a way that when it will really appeal came to young childrenChristmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563055</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds1916459943|title=I'm Sure I Saw A DinosaurSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary=When Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a child in a small seaside town is sure squeakily baby. He's so tired but he saw a dinosaur can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he runs just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to tell the fishermanhelp. The fisherman tells his mum, who tells It rocks Baby gently and the butcherwaves sing ''hush, who tells the baker and so onhush''...Before you know it the whole town are down on the Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach, and more and more people are joining them to look for you have the elusive dinosaursound perfectly. It seemsThe mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a long time, that the little boy must moment it seems to have imagined it.worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.was there really a dinosaur on the beach?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842708546</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow140639131X|title=How Many Sleeps?A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith

|summary=At the start Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of this book, a little field mouse, Toast, is really looking forward nearly getting squished as she tried to his birthday and wants cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to know the mayor about the problem but didn'how many sleeps?t even get a reply. Philippa wasn' There are still quite t a few until the big day, in fact, as his mother tells him, there are too many bird to start counting! However, before long, sit back on her tail feathers when he asks his daily question, he is told there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that there are 'just enough sleeps to deliver party invitations to all your friends'she would set up something similar herself. Soon after there are just enough sleeps to go Her uniform and collect party decorations, then lollipop stick were both a little amateur to help decorate start with but the cake and then eventually there are only enough sleeps to wrap the party treats, put benefits were obvious. All the candles on animals used the cake crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to get an extra special good night's sleepprovide a safe path overnight. However, at the same time, Toast's father is anxiously asking how many sleeps until his little boy's birthday, but he does not want it to come too soon as he has an extra special present to make and he is rapidly running out of time. The big question is whether he will finish it in time or will there never be enough sleeps?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192780263</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anna Walker1776574338|title=I Love My Mum|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ollie B is a little zebra and in this story we see him spending time with his mum, doing chores, playing together and finally being settled down for the night with a goodnight kiss. The text is rhyming and very simple so itLeilong's nice and easy for little ones to follow. The situations shown are easily recognisable to small children (and their parentsToo Long!) as we watch Ollie and his mum hanging out the washing, going for a walk together, stopping along the way to look at creepy crawlies, dancing with shadows, walking on walls...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007309163</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=David Wiesner|title=Art Julia Liu and MaxBei Lynn

|summary=It can take a little while to settle into this book. The format is unusual for a children's picture book in that it's a lot like a comic or a graphic novelEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, with many pages made picking up of panels that progress the storychildren as he goes. The story begins even before Children who live at the first page, with images on the title pages that are already introducing the characters and whattop of tower blocks don's going on. When they begin t even need to speak go downstairs – they are differentiated only by different fonts, so it took a page or so to figure simply climb out which lizard was which of the window and who was saying whatslide down his neck. Once you figure that out though itIt's perfect, isn't it? What could be a wonderfully funny story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392668</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sarah Brennan and Harry Harrison|title=Chinese Calendar Tales: The Tale more fun way of Rhonda Rabbit|rating=3.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Here in this tale we find ourselves back in the year 221BCgoing to school? There is a problem, and the Emperor Qin Shi Huang is having some rodent issuesthough. As this is from a series of books called Leilong isn't happy in the city: he'The Chinese Calendar Tales'' I think I was expecting the story s always having to relate more to the Chinese zodiac be careful about where he puts his feet and the rabbit– because he's place within itlonger than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. However, this is really just a story about a very naughty rabbit who keeps eating the EmperorThe school decides that he can's vegetables, his mission to capture and kill her, and t be the unfortunate conclusion to this romp of a tale..bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881888255</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oakley Graham and Fenix1776574028|title=Milly the MeerkatBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=After years of no one knowing what I love a meerkat was they seem to be rather fashionable now and this delightful tale good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a reworking of Aesopniche market: it's fable about for the boy child who cried wolfstill enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. Milly was on lookout We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and was rather bored, so she shouted to the others that becomes a snake was crawling up to the baby meerkats' burrow'balletphant''. Everyone dashed out to help her chase it away – The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and discovered that she thought her prank was quite funnythen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) Even when it was explained to her that she shouldnThe pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''t do this she did it again – and this time everyone was angrysm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563047</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!

  {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Vivian French and Selina Young1838226834|title=The Kitten Carried Away With No Namethe Carnival|author=Ed Boxall

|summary=''The Kitten With No Name'' lives under a hedge It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with his mummyour grandparents. ItThey's a very big hedge but it's very cosy and The Kitten's mummy has told him re there to undo all the good that one dayparents do, they will all go and live in a new home so the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the carnival with someone his Grandad, who will love them both and hug them just the right amount.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000780</amazonuk>}}told him:

{{newreview|author=Aesop and Ayano Imai|title=The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Aesop's fable of the town mouse and the country mouse is well known. When visiting the country mouse'It'll be brilliant, town mouse declares that he has much nicer food available in his house. So country mouse goes to visit him. The food is very fancy and deliciousjust remember, but the risks in getting it are much greater, and so the country mouse decides to don't let go back to his quiet, humble home againof my hand.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915430</amazonuk>''

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kveta PacovskaB09MYXSRV4|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. ItOtter's very interactive, with lots to see Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and do throughout the book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915295</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewHare|author=Michael Evans|title=Poggle and the TreasureCordellya Smith

|summary=Poggle When the 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 ''and his friend Henry are spending a fun day together at '' the beach playing piratesfuture. They have made a pirate shipRabbit developed intelligence - but, eaten a pirate picnicunfortunately, and fought not the ability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a sea monster! race with Turtle. Now theyYou might think that're hunting for buried treasure, s not a fair contest but rather than a chest full of gold wait and see. Things are not always as they discover a large, pink egg!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248122</amazonuk>seem. I'll tell you how it came about.

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Linda NewberyRob Keeley|title=Barney the Boat Dog: Very Brave DogCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=Not too long ago Jim Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, Annie cabbage and Barney lived in a house by the canal but after Annie died Jim didn't enjoy living in aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their house anymorenoses, so he Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and Barney went how nice to live eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on Jim's narrowboattrees. They moved around Infuriated, Lily checks with the canals as they wanted teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and really had quite a good time. There were one or two things which worried Barney but by far vegetables, like carrots, grow in the worst was the very scary tunnelground. It was long and dark and water dripped from the roof – Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and when Barney barked another dog barked back everyone laughs at him. But one day everything went wrong and Barney found himself in the tunnel all on his ownpoor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1409521982</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Juliet David and Helen ProleB09FFJF8YS|title=My Very First Easter - Candle Bible for ToddlersYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik

|summary=As one of a specially written series of bible stories for toddlers, this board book tells the Easter story in a very simplified way. It would work well for the very young who you perhaps would like to experience a taste of bible stories without going into too much detail.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859858848</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Juliet David and Steve Whitlow|title=The Story of Easter|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This lovely board book of the Easter story gently tells us about Jesus as he rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, shares a meal with his disciples and is betrayed by one of them before facing Pilate and the crowds who condemn him to crucifixion. The story ends with the resurrection and the thought that this is why we celebrate Easter each year.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859851746</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Joanne Partis|title=We're Not Sleepy!|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's bedtime, but the three little kittens aren't sleepy. Mum suggests that they count sheep, so they head out to the farmyard to find sheep to count. They find one shaggy sheepdog, two munching cows, three playful foxes, and so on.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731629</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Carrie Weston and Tim Warnes|title=Bravo, Boris!|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Miss Cluck's class are going on a camping trip. They've got a map, butterfly net, binoculars, and a tent. All the class are carrying something, be it Leticia the rabbit, Maxwell the mole or the little mice. Boris the grizzly bear gets to carry alllllllll the heavy stuff - well, Fergus the fox cub couldn't exactly carry a great big tent, could he? This being a camping tripgrownup girls out there, the class get up to all sorts of adventures and into all sorts of scrapes. Luckily, they have Boris on hand to help them out.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789783</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Brian Wildsmith|title=Cat on the Mat and Friends|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=The first story potty masters in this book of fourtraining, "You Can'Cat on the Mat', t Wear Panties!" is a very simple tale in which each sentence is 'the cry (animal's name) sat on the mat', the first animal being the cat, with accompanying pictures showing the mat getting more and more crowded. Finally the cat hisses and spits and so we return to just the cat sitting alone on the matbig-girl kind! |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789813</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ann Bonwill and Layn Marlow|title=Bug and Bear|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bug really, really wants to play a game with Bear, but Bear is tired ) of toilet triumph and she wants a nappersevering panty pride. Bug follows Bear around everywhere, pestering and pleading until, finally, 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>}}'

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=Francesca Simon Justine Avery and Emily BolamNaday Meldova|title=Where Are My Lambs?Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=When youToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn're just coming t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to terms with this thing called talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her 'reading'Everybody Potties!' there's a big jump to be made. Gone are those nice big picture books series takes aim at any shame associated with not too many words tooting and in their place is something much smaller (gently and not nearly so easy to handle – you have to do it yourself) calmly, with a lot more words and probably just a few black and white pictures to break the page up and if youfamiliar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots're lucky to give you a clue as to what those pesky words mean. There's a stepping stone along the way now and it might just help children who find that big leap a little daunting.!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444001965</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brett McKee and David McKeeB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Tickle Ghost|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's Dylan's bedtime, but the Tickle Ghost Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (very possibly his dad with a sheetEverybody Potties!) is out to get him. Cue plenty of giggles and not very much going to bed. Dylan's mum shouts upstairs for them to be quieter, but when the noise continues, she heads up to sort them out. ...Will the Tickle Ghost get her too?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392463</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Joanne Partis|title=My Cat Just SleepsJustine Avery and Seema Amjad

|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 heWho Needs Nappies? Not Me!''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...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731610</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Michael Foreman|title=Superfrog!|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Pond City is a peaceful place in the daytime. Little Frank the frog loves simply dangling his toes latest release in the water and watching the world pass by''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. However, come nighttime, things This series of fun picture books aims to take a turn for the worse: the Big Boss oversees a crime wavepain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. When the Big Boss' creeps frighten FrankIt's granny and kidnap some frogspawn she'd been babysittinga worthy aim, enough is enough and Frank turns into Superfrogas any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392099</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|authortitle=Giles Andreae When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Emma DoddMended|titleauthor=I Love My MummyPeter Cotton

|summary=Mummies are good Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for lots 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 a snake and even those of things - wiping noses, singing us who have 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 immediately became part of the carfamily, helping to the extent that they would take Fred out with wee-wee's! them when they went out for a walk. This sweet story tells us And that was where the best things about mummies from a babyproblem started. Fred didn's point of viewt have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309572</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Neil Griffiths Justine Avery and Peggy CollinsNaday Meldova|title=Fatou, Fetch the WaterEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4.5

|summary=is waylaid by various friends who Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have gifts and messages for Fatou to take for her motherlearn about everything else when we are small. As the gifts pile up in FatouWhy shouldn's armst potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the messages for her mother crowd her head Fatou, somehow, forgets to get any water!moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1905434162</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Neil Griffiths Justine Avery and Judith BlakeNaday Meldova|title=Itchy BearNo, No, No!

|summary=Poor bear has an itchThey say the best picture books are the simplest ones. An all-over sort And nothing could be truer of itchthis latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. And everywhere he goes to try and have a good scratch it seems he's disturbing someone! Will he ever find anywhere for a satisfying scratch?!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434111</amazonuk>}}

{{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

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elena Pasquali and Sophie Windham194812467X|title=The Three Trees: A Traditional FolktaleFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|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 wavesbarn with a sign outside. The third tree It's a farm shop! But this is cut down and forgotten in a yard until one day it is made into farm shop with a crossdifference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. It isThere are sheep and ducks and cows, of coursegoats and chickens, the cross Jesus is crucified on and becomes the symbol of hopeeven some mice. Excited, forever pointing to heavenKirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961703</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Nick Butterworth|title=Tales From Percy's Park: After the Storm|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=One day, after a particularly wild 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 animals who lived in the tree ask Percy to help them find a new home. He loads them up in his wheelbarrow and, after a bit of an adventure, What will they finally find a new place for Percy to rebuild their homes.|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>buy?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kali Stileman0995647895|title=Peely WallySadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice

|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>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mick Inkpen1782227741|title=Rollo and Ruff Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and the Little Fluffy BirdSasha Satha

|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>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Bedford and Rosalind BeardshawB08R7LXQ9S|title=Mole's BabiesRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|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>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Georgie Adams1471191303|title=The Railway Rabbits: Fern and the Dancing HareInvisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5

|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>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=John Yeoman Nick Jones and Quentin BlakeSi Clark|title=The Heron and the CraneOne Night in Beartown

|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]]