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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For sharingConfident 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…|isbn=0008561249__NOTOC__}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Laura Barella1732898766|title=The Little MermaidAdventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=IWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they've always found re running for their lives in the story Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Little Mermaid to be a rather strange choice for a toddlerSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's picture book since right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it doesnwon't have the expected happy endingend well. ) Of course that means that usually the ending gets alteredFortunately, to make it palatable they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for little onesthem, they escaped. This particular retelling for younger children is unusual as it steers clear of a romantic happy ending They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in Disney-style the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and actually ends on quite a solemn, sad noteGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846433258</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol ThompsonB0CC9W7GLR|title=Snug!On the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=45
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|summary=What makes you feel snug? Tucked up like 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 bug in snowy beach when a rug? large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. Being as snug as On top of the ice was a mole in his underground hole? polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. This story looks at Kit was all different ways for making a run for it, but Teal knew that make us feel cosy the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and warmsomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846433738</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Neil Griffiths and Vicki Leigh1913839656|title=The Scarecrow Who DidnLet't Scares Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee
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|summary=Farmer Wallace makes himself a scarecrowTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, but not least because she made the crows best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and rabbits his favourite hat and mice then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take no notice of it, eating him to the Friday Night Club at the seeds local community centre and shoots and ears of corn so that when the farmer comes Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to harvest his crops he finds nothingmake new friends. He throws At home, his only friend was his scarecrow into the hedge in a temper mum and there poor scarecrow lies.he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434928</amazonuk>
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|summary=One day, just as Elmer was having a chat with Lion Elsie and Tiger, three angry elephants came by. The hippos had come her little brother David loved to live in their river and they were worried that it would be crowded. Elmer was instructed go to go the park and tell them to gowatch the red buses drive past. Elmer Elsie would race the patchwork elephant isnbuses along the side of the park but David couldn't like that though- he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. He went One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to chat use the coins from her money box to the hippos and found that they'd come pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, David learned to this river because their river had dried stand up – , use the bus for support, and they really did need a riverwalk behind it. Elmer went off Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to investigate the problem. Sure enough Repair Shop, hoping that the hippos' river was completely dryexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184270981X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKee1529504767|title=The Hill And Christmas Doll (The RockRepair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=The Hill Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and the Rock is a very funny book that is based on one very quirky ideanervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. Mr and Mrs Quest are an ordinary couple but their home gets many visitors She needn't have worried though as it is at she went to the top home of the only hill for miles around. Everyone admires the view, but as Mr and Mrs Quest spends much of her time in the kitchenRussell, who couldn't have been kinder to her view is blighted by the large rock that stands tall just outside the window. Mrs Quest is also extremely good at nagging and she pesters She even had her husband every day until he agrees own room - all to dig the ground that surrounds the rock so that it eventually rolls down the hillherself. That night Mrs Quest is much happier but is puzzled by a hissing noise that stops Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her from sleepinglife. The next night they both hear She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and it slowly dawns Mr Russell put the decorations on them that now the rock is no longer in place, all the air is seeping out from inside Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the hillfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393052</amazonuk>
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|summary=The eldest of the three brothers set off to cut wood and on the way he met an old man who asked if he had any food. The brother refused Much as he would need what he had for his lunchmothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He gave the same answer when he was asked for water – 's so tired but as he cut wood can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he injured just lies on his finger blanket and had to return home, wondering all the time if the old man had anything to do with his injury''wails''. The next day the second brother went sea offers to cut wood – help. It rocks Baby gently and much the same thing happenedwaves sing ''hush, only this time it was his toe that was injuredhush''. There was but one brother left Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the two older brothers thought that he was too weak sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to cut woodhave worked as Baby closes his eyes. But when the brother met the old man he was happy to share Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what food and water he had and – well you don't really need s going to tell me what happened happen next, do you?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184643324X</amazonuk>.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alison Murray140639131X|title=One Two That's My ShoeA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=WePhilippa Pheasant was 've met Grace and Georgie before, in 'tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the excellent [[Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray|Apple Pie ABC]]Old Oak Road. Shewrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn's t a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the owner benefits of the scampish dog, who then snaffled her apple pie lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and now is skedaddling lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with her shoebut the benefits were obvious. As with All the animals used the earlier book, Alison Murray takes a familiar rhyme (this time ''One Two Buckle My Shoe''), tweaks it slightly, crossing and tells Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a fresh story through her fantastic illustrationssafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408311968</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Paley-Phillips1776574338|title=The Fearsome BeastieLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=34
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|summary=When night comesEvery morning Leilong, the fearsome beastie roams brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the streetscity, looking for picking up children to eatas he goes. He Children who live at the top of tower blocks don's quite t even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the monster window and gobbles up some little slide down his neck. It'unss perfect, but doesnisn't notice little Peteit? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, who enlists some help though. Leilong isn't happy in the 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 do battle with and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't be the beastiebus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860668</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nadia Shireen1776574028|title=Good Little WolfBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Rolf is I love a good little wolf. He always eats up his vegetables. He board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is kind aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to his friends, including Little Pig have realise that you can ''play'' with words and Mrs Boggins make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who looks has had a lot like Little Red Riding Hoodbath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''s grandma. One day he runs The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into the Big Bad Wolfa ''sm.......'' OK, who opens Rolflet's eyes to the kind of shenanigans that most wolves get up to. Will Rolf give in to his lupine heritage, or will he stay true to his well-behaved self?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780080018</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon Mayor and Hilary James1838226834|title=Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=34
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|summary=In Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! we meet a turkey who lives in a farmyard and is afraid of Christmas dinners; another who gets married to a duck and a third who buys a car that never goes anywhere. The It was one thing that they all have in common though is that they all like to gobble a lot and there is certainly a great deal of gobbling going on in this bookthose memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. There isnThey't a great story but the idea of the turkeys doing re there to undo all of the things good that I have mentioned had my daughter smilingparents do, so the trips out were always so much fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563179</amazonuk>}} A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|authortitle=Joy Cowley Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Gavin BishopHare|titleauthor=Just One MoreCordellya Smith
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|summary=Kitty Kool has When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a new beauty school, 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 she's very excited about her opening day' the future. HoweverRabbit developed intelligence - but, when her makeovers for unfortunately, 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 race with Turtle. You might think that's not a grumpy crocodile, messy rabbit fair contest but wait and spider don't go quite see. Things are not always as they expected she worries that perhaps her beauty school isnseem. I't as fabulous as she'd first thought!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989920</amazonuk>ll tell you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sharon RenttaRob Keeley|title=A Day with the Animal DoctorsCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=It Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is going keen to be a very busy day explain how good they are for the animal doctorsyou and how nice to eat. There's a snake One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that needs unknottingcarrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, a leopard who has lost his spots explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the inevitable dog who has swallowed an alarm clockground. But today is going Jordan says, "I did try to be an important day for Terence too as he's going to be a doctor – just like his Mummytell her, who is a doctor every day. Terence packs his first aid kit (some VERY useful toys in thereMiss!) " and off he goes to the hospital with Mummyeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1407116444</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Avril Lethbridge, Diana Mather and Mary-Ann MackenzieB09FFJF8YS|title=Please BearYou Can's Birthdayt Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5
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|summary=Please Bear is having a birthday party and all the bears, both ''For the nice ones and the naughty ones, are invited. In a delightful sing-song rhyme we see Please Bear writing his invitationsbig, the preparations for the partygrownup girls out there, and the party itself. Some bears are very goodpotty masters in training, helping other bears if they are "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a little shy or helping mummy Bear to set cry (the table. Unfortunately, other bears are not so good. They boast, they scream, their greedy big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and downright unreasonablepersevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860676</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=Simon Mayor Justine Avery and Hilary JamesNaday Meldova|title=I'm A ParrotEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=I think that most small children will love the friendlyToots, trumps, chatty parrot who speaks to farts. Whatever your word for them in 'I'm , find us a Parrotchild that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. From But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the very start of the bookwrong time. In class, the parrot chatters onsay, talking what can only be described as nonsense – but when everyone will hear it is very amusing nonsense even though he claims to enjoy intelligent conversationand everyone will laugh. At you. He talks about the different places he would or wouldnJustine Avery't live and the things that he might do. There are many puns and some play on words such as living s latest entry in her 'Polly-nesia' and becoming a Everybody Potties!'parrot-trooper'. My daughter also found it quite comical the way series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the parrot keeps repeating particular wordsfamiliar humour attached, although I can imagine explains that if we were to read the book a few times, tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it might become a little annoying to say the least.: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849563187</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title=You Are Very SpecialWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Su Box Justine Avery and Susie PooleSeema Amjad|rating=34.5
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|summary=''You Are Very SpecialWho Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' introduces is the latest release in the idea ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of individuality, fun picture books aims to take the pain out of how we're all different potty training children and how we're all specialreplace it with some fun. This isnIt't really s a story worthy aim, as such, but rather a book that invites further discussionany frustrated parent will tell you. Written in occasionally clunky rhyme, it investigates how everyone is different, all different shapes and sizes . It suggests how miraculous our bodies are, breathing and working through the day and also through the night, even when we're asleep!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745963005</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=From When Fred the Day You Were BornSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Sophie Piper and Kristina StephensonPeter Cotton
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|summary=This lovely little story looks at parental loveMeet 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 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 special bond that grows between parents he could breathe and childrenimmediately became part of the family, how babies grow and develop as to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they get older, and how went out for a walk. And that love is was where the problem started. Fred didn''for ever and for alwayst have any road sense. Or brakes.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962378</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Play With Colours Everybody Pees! (The HappetsEverybody Potties!)|author=Laurence Jammes and Marc Clamens|rating=3.54
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|summary=The Happets are a friendly looking bunch of animal friends 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 made of different coloured fabrics. In this story have to learn about our bodily functions just as we're introduced have to each character and told learn about its colour, for example Milo is green like everything else when we are small. Why shouldn''gorgeous green applest potty training be as much fun as, gorgeous green cloversay, gorgeous green balls.'' Each page has a fabric tab, to match learning about why the sun and the character moon take turns in question, making it a lovely book for babies to touch and play with.the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444904078</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=We Love BearsJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=Catherine Anholt and Laurence AnholtNo, No, No!
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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 TownThey say the best picture books are the simplest ones. The simple text makes for a short and sweet bedtime read, always useful in our house. There are just a couple And nothing could be truer of lines of rhyming verse on each pagethis latest from Justine Avery, 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 and discuss with slightly older siblingsBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408311682</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Cerys Matthews and Fran Evans194812467X|title=Tales From The DeepFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=34
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|summary=Cerys Matthews has adapted two Welsh legends - ''Cantre'r Gwaelod'' Kirelle and ''The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach'' - her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a young walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and modern audienceSam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. The first tale from As they walk to the deep, ''The Ghost Bells top of the Lowlands''hill, tells of they see a drunken watchmen whose carelessness leads to the destruction of big barn with a villagesign outside. The second tale, ''Myddfai Magic'It', sees s a man marry farm shop! But this is a beautiful lady of farm shop with a lakedifference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, with the promise that she will leave him if he hits her three timesKirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848513127</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Dan Crisp Sadie and Mark Chambersthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=PandamoniumMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=At the start of Sadie'Pandamonium' by Dan Crisp and Mark Chambers, everything is very quiet at the zoo. In fact, it is so quiet s mother always said that the zoo keeper is taking the opportunity to put his feet up and to have forty winks. Once the octopus spots this thoughshe was a dreamer, he reaches over with one of his long tentacles and borrows the keys that have been left her mind never on the tablewhat she should be doing. Before long, he has opened all She lives by the cages River Thames at Greenwich and freed the animals who decide that it is time she loves 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 because the awful smell has made them all return to their cages. As far as he is concerned, it's just another quiet night spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at the zooCutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563020</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jackie French and Bruce Whatley1782227741|title=Queen Victoria's KnickersLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=A message from the palace has arrived! One day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's from Queen Victoriaquite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Finding himself down in the sewer, and as mum reads it she cries out Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'The Queen wants my knickers!' Queen Victoriahe cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, ruler who plucks him out of the British Empiredirty water using his cane, has riches galore, but she has no knickers, so the dressmaker's family set about making her somewhich 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007418310</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Adele Geras and Shelagh McNicholasB08R7LXQ9S|title=My Ballet DreamRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Tutu Tilly really loves balletRemy is feeling miserable. SheHe's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been learning for about a year nowlaughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and her ballet school is about has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to put on its end of year show. She is both excited wind up Remy when nobody can see and nervousthen push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. ButSo, of coursewhen Remy reacts, disaster strikesit looks as though he was the instigator...the wrong costumes are sent And then he gets into trouble at school and the tutus and shoes arenteachers don't pinkbelieve him when he tries to explain what happened...they're blue!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309815</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jaclin Azoulay and Fenix1471191303|title=Hic!The Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=When Snuffletrump woke up on This is the morning story of his birthdayIsobel, he felt very sad. No one seemed to have remembered 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 little girl who was sympathetic and suggested drinking made a glass of milk whilst standing on his head! Unsurprisingly, when he tried this, Snuffletrump was covered big difference. Isobel lived with milk and he still had the hiccups. 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 her parents in mud and straw. Finally though, there was a house - a very happy surprise in store for Snuffletrump andcold house, as everyone knows, that really is because her parents couldn't afford to put the best cure for hiccups!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563039</amazonuk>}}heating on:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Tom MacRae Nick Jones and Ross CollinsSi Clark|title=When I Woke Up I Was A HippopotamusOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=A small boy goes through the day imagining that he is a variety of different creaturesMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, everything from a grumpy hippo who doesn't want to get uplives in Beartown, to a Robot who can't eat cornflakes or a statue who can't moveis obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, can't blink, can't do anything at all! But when he imagines his parents are fierce dragons he finds things have gone a little bit too farteddy bear passed down by her grandmother...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390738</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Emma Chichester-Clark|title=Mimi Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and Momo: No More Kissing!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Momo is one puzzled little monkey. 'Why does there have says goodnight to be so much kissing?' he asks. We travel with him through the jungle, seeing all the kissing that's going onbear statue outside. It seems Every morning she says hello to especially beBee Bear, as Momo notes, Mummies kissing babies. Momo does not want to be kissed, by his family or by people he doesn't know, but no one seems willing to listen to him..a colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849392315</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}