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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=For sharing4.5|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and 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 round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…__NOTOC__|isbn=0008561249}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=We Love BearsThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Catherine Anholt Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Laurence AnholtIndre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Two young children wake up one morning to find their teddy bear has come to life and is waiting to take them on an outing to a Teddy Bear Town. The simple text makes for a short and sweet bedtime read, always useful in our house. There are just a couple of lines of rhyming verse on each page, with a nice rhythm for easy reading aloud, and I think it could be enjoyed by quite young toddlers. However, I liked the amusing pictures, with lots of detail to look When we first meet Birpus and discuss with slightly older siblings.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408311682</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Oomph! (Preston Pig)|author=Colin McNaughton|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Preston Pig is a charming and somewhat lucky character who features in quite a few of Colin McNaughton's picture books. In ''Oomph!Bulbus they'', Preston and his family go to the seaside re running for their holiday where he makes a new little friend called Max. They have great fun together all week but are blissfully unaware that there is someone a bit sinister lurking lives in the backgroundForest of Fine Repute. With this book, as well as reading Their greatest fear has come about: the words, make sure that you pay close attention to the illustrations where there Sour Milk Dragon is a slightly different story being toldchasing them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392617</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=David McKee|title=Elmer He's Special Day|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=My daughter has grown up loving the Elmer the Elephant stories and even though she is now sixright behind them, he still remains one of her firm favourites. His brightly coloured patchwork skinspewing hot, along with sour milk from his wise words and thoughts, is particularly appealingnostrils. In (Please don'Elmer's Special Dayt try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, all they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of the elephants become as bright moss and colourful as Elmervines was lowered for them, as this is their one opportunity to paint and decorate themselves as brightly as himthey escaped. They do become rather noisy and excitable though which causes some of the other jungle animals climbed up to complain. Elmer is both wise and resourceful though and soon realises that the way to keep all of the animals happy is to invite them all to join Tree Wee homes high up in. He does this and the outcome is truly colourful tangled woods where they lived with lions, monkeys, giraffestheir Grand Wees, as well as elephants and many more animals, all uniquely decorated and wearing elephant masks. All except one elephant that is. Because this is the day when all of the other animals can shine, Elmer goes and rolls in elephant coloured berry mud until he is the one that looks like an ordinary elephant. At that moment the parade begins and it is truly enjoyable Nester Nook and spectacularGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709852</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony RossB0CC9W7GLR|title=Little PrincessOn the Beach: I Want A Party!The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=The Little Princes is quite a famous character among young children having starred in many stories as well as her own TV series. In her latest bookKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, 'I Want a Party!'bored but warm, she is set or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on having a do even though there is nothing to actually celebratesnowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. And of course, if you are familiar with this series On top of books, you will know that what the little princess wants, she usually getsice was a polar bear. Having brushed aside her parents' objections, she sets about writing invitations, preparing party food with As the ice bumped onto the Cooksand, making party hats with the Prime Minister bear woke and planning games with wobbly legs moved from the Generalice.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392684</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Cerys Matthews and Fran Evans|title=Tales From The Deep|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Cerys Matthews has adapted two Welsh legends - ''Cantre'r Gwaelod'' and ''The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach'' - Kit was all for making a young and modern audience. The first tale from the deeprun for it, ''The Ghost Bells of but Teal knew that the Lowlands'', tells of a drunken watchmen whose carelessness leads to the destruction of a village. The second tale, ''Myddfai Magic'', sees a man marry a beautiful lady of a lake, with the promise that she will leave bear was hungry and gave him if he hits her three times.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848513127</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ellie Sandall|title=Daisy Plays Hide-one apple and-Seek|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Jake's friend, Daisy, is a cowthen another. In fact, she's a very special cow. If we were a little older than Jake we'd call her a chameleon because she's not black, or black and white, or brown. Wherever Daisy goes she can take He obviously needed to be taken home on the colours of what's around her. So when she stands in front of the stone wall she's bus and given a mottled grey colour but when she's in the field of corn she turns goldengood meal and somewhere to sleep. Funniest of all is when she stands in front Mum's washing and is the colour of the sheets which she has hung out on the line.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140525419X</amazonuk>What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dan Crisp and Mark Chambers1913839656|title=PandamoniumLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee
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|summary=At Todd was excited about spending the start of 'Pandamonium' by Dan Crisp and Mark Chambersweekend with his grandmother, everything is very quiet at not least because she made the zoobest beetle juice. In fact, it is so quiet that the zoo keeper is taking the opportunity to put He packed two pairs of dungarees and his feet up favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to have forty winksshow his grandmother. Once She had promised to take him to the octopus spots Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this thoughas he wanted to make new friends. At home, he reaches over with one of his long tentacles only friend was his mum and borrows the keys he wondered why that have been left on the tablecould be. Before long, he has opened all the cages and freed the animals who decide Grandma thought that it is time to have a party. Soon there is a lot of noise and partying but somehow the zoo keeper manages to sleep through it all. That is until the skunk disgraces himself by making an extremely nasty pong to all of the animals' eyes. It even rouses the zoo keeper who surprisingly does not realise that all of animals have been out partying might be because the awful smell has made them all return to their cages. As far as he is concerned, it's just another quiet night at the zoolooked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563020</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sally Gardner1529504775|title=CinderellaThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Most Elsie and her little girls must surely know brother David loved to go to the story of Cinderella by heartpark and watch the red buses drive past. My little girl likes nothing better than putting on her princess dress and parading around Elsie would race the buses along the side of the house talking about pumpkins park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and lost shoeseven just standing up was very difficult. This version of One day Elsie spotted a bus in the familiar story is written specifically for early readers toy shop window which would help David - and manages was happy to capture use the magic of this wonderful fairy talecoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. I once got Gradually, David learned to be Cinderellastand up, in my very last year at school before I left use the bus for University (surely just on the verge of being too old!) It is a wonderfulsupport, magical story and I never get tired of hearing walk behind it . Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and it isrusted, fortunatelyto the Repair Shop, my daughter's favourite too hoping that the experts there could make it so we both sat down eagerly to try out this new retelling by Sally Gardnerthat her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444002414</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jackie French and Bruce Whatley1529504767|title=Queen Victoria's KnickersThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=45
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|summary=A message Susan was very young when she was evacuated from the palace has arrived! London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. ItShe needn's from Queen Victoria, and t have worried though as mum reads it she cries out went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn'The Queen wants my knickers!t have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She' d help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. Queen Victoria, ruler of The best surprise happened the British Empire, has riches galore, but she has no knickers, so the dressmaker's family set about making her somefollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007418310</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adele Geras and Shelagh McNicholas1916459943|title=My Ballet DreamSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Tutu Tilly really loves balletMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. SheHe's been learning for about a year nowso tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and her ballet school is about to put on its end of year show''wails''. She is both excited and nervousThe sea offers to help. But, of course, disaster strikes...the wrong costumes are sent It rocks Baby gently and the tutus and shoes arenwaves sing 't pink...they're blue!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309815</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Jaclin Azoulay and Fenix|title=Hic!|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=When Snuffletrump woke up on the morning of his birthdayhush, he felt very sadhush''. No one seemed to have remembered Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and he had been given no cards and no presents. The only thing he had got for his birthday was the hiccups. His mum and dad were very busy and told him to go off and play but that is a difficult thing to do when you have hiccups. He wondered off and went to visit Cow who was sympathetic and suggested drinking a glass of milk whilst standing on his head! Unsurprisingly, when he tried this, Snuffletrump was covered with milk and he still had the hiccupssound perfectly. Other farmyard animals offered well meaning suggestions too but nothing seemed to cure them and the poor little piglet became messier and messier as he juggled eggs and fell The mermaids join in mud and straw- ''la lou, la lay. Finally though, there was a very happy surprise in store for Snuffletrump and, as everyone knows, that really is the best cure for hiccups!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563039</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Ann Bonwill and Teresa Murfin|title=Naughty Toes|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This dancing story is told to us by a little girl called Trixie. '' She tells us that her sister, Belinda, is And for a ballerina but that she, Trixie, is notmoment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. 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 wonThen a seagull '''shouts't point like the other girls (hence the 'naughty toes'). Sheand we know exactly what's dancing off the beat going to her own jazzy rhythmhappen next...just what kind of a dancer is she?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192728512</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Melling140639131X|title=Don't Worry DouglasA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Some Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of you may have already met Douglas, nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the rather dopey, yet endearing bear, in his first adventure [[Hugless Douglas by David Melling|Hugless Douglas]]Old Oak Road. Here heShe wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn's back again, this time the proud recipient of a brand new woolly hat, t even get a gift from his Dadreply. But what should he do Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when he has there was a bit problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of trouble the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the hat starts benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to unravel?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340999802</amazonuk>provide a safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tom MacRae and Ross Collins1776574338|title=When I Woke Up I Was A HippopotamusLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=A small boy goes Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the day imagining that city, picking up children as he is a variety goes. Children who live at the top of different creatures, everything from a grumpy hippo who doesntower blocks don't want even need to get up, to a Robot who cango downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It't eat cornflakes or a statue who can't moves perfect, canisn't blink, can't do anything at all! it? But when he imagines his parents are fierce dragons he finds things have gone What could be a little bit too far...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390738</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Emma Chichester-Clark|title=Mimi and Momo: No More Kissing!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Momo more fun way of going to school? There is one puzzled little monkeya problem, though. Leilong isn'Why does there have to be so much kissing?' t happy in the city: he asks. We travel with him through the jungle, seeing all the kissing that's going on. It seems always having to especially be, as Momo notes, Mummies kissing babies. Momo does not want to be kissed, by careful about where he puts his family or by people feet and – because he doesn't know, but no one seems willing s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to listen to himand traffic regularly gets snarled up...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392315</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Gordon Volke and Fenix|title=Hullabaloo!|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=In 'Hullabaloo!' the reader meets a host of animals The school decides that all seem intent on making a huge amount of noise. First, there is a donkey named Drew who is soon joined by a cockatoo who squawks out '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 her little joey, as well as many many more. As you he can imagine, when they all get together they make an incredible hullabaloo as they get up to their varied antics. It's a great deal of fun and is a story that builds in such a way that it will really appeal to young childrent be the bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563055</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds1776574028|title=I'm Sure I Saw A DinosaurBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=When I love a child in a small seaside town good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is sure he saw aimed at quite a dinosaur he runs to tell niche market: it's for the fisherman. The fisherman tells his mum, child who tells the butcherstill enjoys board books (er, who tells the baker and so on...Before see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you know it the whole town are down on the beach, can ''play'' with words and more and more people are joining them to look for the elusive dinosaurmake something quite different from each one. It seems, for a long time, that the little boy must We have imagined it...was there really a dinosaur on the beach?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842708546</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow|title=How Many Sleeps?|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=At the start of this book, elephant who dons a little field mouse, Toast, is really looking forward to his birthday tutu - and wants to know 'how many sleeps?' There are still quite becomes a few until the big day, in fact, as his mother tells him, there are too many to start counting! However, before long, when he asks his daily question, he is told that there are 'just enough sleeps to deliver party invitations to all your friends'. Soon after there are just enough sleeps to go and collect party decorations, then to help decorate the cake and then eventually there are only enough sleeps to wrap the party treats, put the candles on the cake and to get an extra special good night's sleep. However, at the same time, Toastballetphant'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>}} {{newreview|author=Anna Walker|title=I Love My Mum|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ollie B is buffalo who has had a little zebra and in this story we see him spending time bath (complete with his mum, doing chores, playing together yellow duck) and finally being settled down for the night then dries off with a goodnight kisshair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The text rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is rhyming and very simple so ita ''crynoceros''s nice and easy for little ones to follow. The situations shown are easily recognisable to small children (and their parentsthink about it!) as we watch Ollie and The pelican who sits on his mum hanging out the washing, going for potty changes into a walk together, stopping along the way to look at creepy crawlies, dancing with shadows, walking on walls''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007309163</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Wiesner1838226834|title=Art and MaxCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall
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|summary=It can take a little while to settle into this bookwas one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. The format is unusual for a childrenThey's picture book in re there to undo all the good that it's a lot like a comic or a graphic novelparents do, with many pages made up of panels that progress so the storytrips out were always so much fun. The story begins even before A young boy was going to the first page, carnival with images on the title pages that are already introducing the characters and what's going on. When they begin to speak they are differentiated only by different fontshis Grandad, so it took a page or so to figure out which lizard was which and who was saying what. Once you figure that out though it's a wonderfully funny story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392668</amazonuk>}}told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|authortitle=Oakley Graham Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and FenixHare|titleauthor=Milly the MeerkatCordellya Smith
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|summary=After years of no one knowing what a meerkat When the world was they seem to be rather fashionable now and this delightful tale is a reworking of Aesop's fable about made, the boy who cried wolfanimals were given gifts. Milly was on lookout and Bear was rather bored, given strength so she shouted to the others that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a snake was crawling up to strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the baby meerkatspresent ' burrow'and'' the future. Everyone dashed out Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to help her chase use it away – and discovered that she thought her prank was quite funnywell. He liked to trick other animals. Even when it He was also jealous which was explained how he came to her be in a race with Turtle. You might think that she shouldn't do this she did s not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it again – and this time everyone was angrycame about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563047</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Vivian French and Selina YoungRob Keeley|title=The Kitten With No NameCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4
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|summary=''The Kitten With No Name'' lives under a hedge with his mummy Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. It's a very big hedge but it's very cosy She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and The Kitten's mummy has told him that one dayaubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they will all go are for you and live in a new home how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with someone the teacher, who will love them both explains that fruits grow on trees and hug them just vegetables, like carrots, grow in the right amountground. Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444000780</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Aesop and Ayano ImaiB09FFJF8YS|title=The Town Mouse You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and the Country MouseKate Zhoidik
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|summary=Aesop's fable of the town mouse and the country mouse is well known. When visiting 'For the country mousebig, 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 deliciousgrownup girls out there, but the risks potty masters in getting it are much greatertraining, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and so the country mouse decides to go back to his quiet, humble home againpersevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915430</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=Michael EvansJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Poggle and the TreasureEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Poggle Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and his friend Henry are spending a fun day together joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the beach playing pirateswrong time. They have made a pirate shipIn class, eaten a pirate picnicsay, when everyone will hear it and fought a sea monstereveryone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties! Now they're hunting for buried treasure' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, but rather than a chest full of gold they discover a largewith the familiar humour attached, pink eggexplains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405248122</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Linda NewberyB09BG8V3Q6|title=Barney the Boat Dog: Very Brave Dog|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Who Needs Nappies? Not too long ago Jim, Annie and Barney lived in a house by the canal but after Annie died Jim didn't enjoy living in their house anymore, so he and Barney went to live on Jim's narrowboat. They moved around the canals as they wanted and really had quite a good time. There were one or two things which worried Barney but by far the worst was the very scary tunnel. It was long and dark and water dripped from the roof – and when Barney barked another dog barked back at him. But one day everything went wrong and Barney found himself in the tunnel all on his own.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409521982</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewMe! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Juliet David Justine Avery and Helen Prole|title=My Very First Easter - Candle Bible for ToddlersSeema Amjad|rating=34.5
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|summary=As one of a specially written ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of bible stories for toddlers, this board book tells fun picture books aims to take the Easter story in pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a very simplified wayworthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. 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>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|authortitle=Juliet David When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Steve WhitlowMended|titleauthor=The Story of EasterPeter Cotton
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|summary=This lovely board book 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 a snake and even those of the Easter story gently tells us who have a phobia about Jesus snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as he rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, shares present in a meal box with his disciples holes so that he could breathe and is betrayed by one immediately became part of them before facing Pilate and the crowds who condemn him family, to crucifixionthe extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. The story ends with And that was where the resurrection and the thought that this is why we celebrate Easter each yearproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1859851746</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Joanne PartisJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=We're Not SleepyEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=3.54
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|summary=Can potty training ever be joyous? Itoften isn's bedtimet, as any parent will tell you. But really, but the three little kittens arenwhy shouldn't sleepy. Mum suggests that they count sheep, so they head out to the farmyard it be? We all have to find sheep learn about our bodily functions just as we have to countlearn about everything else when we are small. They find one shaggy sheepdogWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, two munching cows, three playful foxessay, learning about why the sun and so on.the moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192731629</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Carrie Weston Justine Avery and Tim WarnesNaday Meldova|title=BravoNo, No, BorisNo!
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|summary=Miss Cluck's class are going on a camping trip. They've got a map, butterfly net, binoculars, and a tent. All say the class best picture books are carrying something, be it Leticia the rabbit, Maxwell the mole or the little micesimplest ones. Boris the grizzly bear gets to carry alllllllll the heavy stuff - well, Fergus the fox cub couldn't exactly carry a great big tent, And nothing could he? This being a camping trip, the class get up to all sorts of adventures and into all sorts be truer of scrapes. Luckilythis latest from Justine Avery, they have Boris on hand to help them outa Bookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789783</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Francesca Simon and Emily Bolam194812467X|title=Where Are My Lambs?The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=When you're just coming Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to terms with this thing called ''reading'' there's go for a big jump to be madewalk. Gone are those nice big picture books with not too many words Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in their place is something much smaller (and not nearly so easy his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to handle – you have to do it yourself) the top of the hill, they see a big barn with a lot more words and probably just sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a few black and white pictures to break difference: all the page up stallholders and if you're lucky to give you a clue as to what those pesky words meancustomers are farmyard animals. There's a stepping stone along the way now are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and it might just help children who find that big leap a little dauntingSam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444001965</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Foreman0995647895|title=Superfrog!Sadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=Pond City is Sadie's mother always said that she was a peaceful place in the daytimedreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. Little Frank the frog loves simply dangling his toes in the water and watching the world pass She lives by. However, come nighttime, things take a turn for the worse: the Big Boss oversees a crime wave. When the Big Boss' creeps frighten Frank's granny River Thames at Greenwich and kidnap some frogspawn she'd been babysitting, enough is enough and Frank turns into Superfrogloves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392099</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Neil Griffiths and Peggy Collins1782227741|title=FatouLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Fetch the WaterPoppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=4.5
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|summary=One day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is waylaid by various friends who have gifts swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and messages for Fatou to take for her motheris sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Finding himself As down in the gifts pile up in Fatousewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE''s arms, he cries and alerts the messages for her mother crowd her head Fatouattention of Reg the sewer rat, somehowwho plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, forgets to get any water!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434162</amazonuk>which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Neil Griffiths and Judith BlakeB08R7LXQ9S|title=Itchy BearRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Poor bear has an itchRemy is feeling miserable. An all-over sort of itch. And everywhere he goes to try and have a good scratch it seems heHe's disturbing someone! Will he ever find anywhere for a satisfying scratch?!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434111</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Chris Van Allsburg|title=let himself down ''again''. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Thirty years agoschool bully Jayden, Harris Burdick walked into a book publisher's office together with samples of his work. He had fourteen stories ready for publicationsidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, but just brought one picture calling him names because he is short and caption from eachhas small eyes. Burdick was never heard of againThey are mean but they are not stupid. The publisher spent many years trying They are careful to track down Burdickwind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, showing it looks as though he was the pictures to people - many of whom were inspired to write their own storiesinstigator. (Shh about And then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don''The rights of Chris Van Allsburg t believe him when he tries to be identified as...'')explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939279X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard Scarry1471191303|title=Best Bedtime Stories EverThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=Richard Scarry's style is instantly recognisable. I grew up reading his books so this collection This is a trip down memory lane! Here there are six stories, about Huckle the catstory of Isobel, Lowly the worm, Mr Raccoon and Mr Frumble the pig, plus a counting section at the backlittle girl who made a big difference. The stories are Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a mix of very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on: ''Ice curled across the usual text plus picture format as well as those full page spreads that Scarry is known for where he labels different parts inside of the picture window and there are hundreds crept up the corner of little details to spotthe bedpost.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007413564</amazonuk>}}''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Elena Pasquali Nick Jones and Sophie WindhamSi Clark|title=The Three Trees: A Traditional FolktaleOne Night in Beartown
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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 the future; one wishes to become a chest for the finest treasures, one wishes to be a ship carrying a mighty King, Many children have an obsession and the last wants to stay on the hillside quietly pointing up to heaven. The first is cut down and made into a troughSandy Lane, but then it turns out it is a trough who lives in the stable where Mary gives birth to JesusBeartown, so it becomes the manger for himis obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. The second Her favourite toy is made into a simple fishing boatBerisford, but then it is the boat which Jesus goes in when there is a big storm and he calms the waves. The third tree is cut teddy bear passed down and forgotten in a yard until one day it is made into a crossby her grandmother. It isEvery night, she looks out of course, the cross Jesus is crucified on her bedroom window and becomes says goodnight to the symbol of hopebear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, forever pointing to heavena colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0745961703</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}