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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Michael ForemanAdam Stower|title=Oh! If Only...Murray and Bun|rating=34.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=If only he hadn't met that dog Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who wanted is able to play with that ballsleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the Queentwo. But he's a bad magician's birthday might not have cat, so his favourite bun has been ruined turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and he wouldn't be the most embarrassed person in catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the whole 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…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849393230</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jess Stockham1732898766|title=RumpelstiltskinThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=Rumpelstiltskin is When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the tale Forest of a miller who Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is so proud of chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his daughter that he lies to his friend and says that she can spin straw into goldnostrils. The king overhears (Please don't try this story but doesn’t believe at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and so orders the miller to bring his daughter to him, he imprisons her when a ladder of moss and says she must spin the straw he has left vines was lowered for her into goldthem, they escaped. Distraught, she sits They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the room alone and cries. Just thentangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, a creature appears Nester Nook and offers her helpGranny Cranny. But what happens next and what does the creature want in return for his help?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846432502</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John FardellB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Day Louis Got EatenWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=45
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|summary=Louis gets eaten by a GulperKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but it's okay as his sister Sarah has warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a plan! But what will she do snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the Gulper gets eaten by shoreline. On top of the ice was a Grabular? And polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the Grabular by an Undersnatch? Surely this day can't get anymore ridiculoussand, or can the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep. What else would you do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390150</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fin Gypsy, Zoa Gypsy and Monika Suska1913839656|title=The Dog Detectives: Lost in LondonLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=There are six ravens kept in Todd was excited about spending the Tower of London and they hold a magical spell which stops the city falling into ruinweekend with his grandmother, but only so long as they stay in not least because she made the Towerbest beetle juice. So what happens when they decide to have a game He packed two pairs of hide dungarees and seek? Luckily Detective Jack his favourite hat and Deputy Poco Locothen gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, The Dog Detectives, are on hand to helphis only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different. Will they find all six before afternoon tea?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860692</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Luana Rinaldo1529504775|title=Who Am I? This is My MouthThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary=Who am I? Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Well, IElsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'm a very sturdy board book, but forget any idea of just having eight to twelve pages d been born with pictures cerebral palsy and an elementary story for the youngest childreneven just standing up was very difficult. On each double page spread we have an animal and One day Elsie spotted a rhyme bus in the toy shop window which gives a hint as would help David - and was happy to who use the animal might be – but the mouth obviously belongs coins from her money box to another animal altogetherpay for it as cash was tight at home. So – on the first page we have an animal with long teeth which are used Gradually, David learned to eat hay – but stand up, use the snout is green bus for support, and appears to be underwater! walk behind it. Pull Many decades later, Elsie brought the slide at bus, now damaged and rusted, to the side of the page and Repair Shop, hoping that the correct body part appears along experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with the word 'horse'it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408315092</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Albert Uderzo and Renee Goscinny1529504767|title=Where's Asterix?|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Following in the tradition of 'Where's Wally' books here we have 'Where's Asterix?' There are 12 different scenes from the Asterix stories where you have to find not just Asterix but a whole range of other characters hidden throughout as well. Turn it into a competition as you win a laurel wreath for each character you find!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444004441</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Andrew Weale and Ben Cort|title=Nora: The Girl Who Ate and Ate Amy Sparkes and AteKatie Hickey
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|summary='Nora, the girl who ate Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and ate and ate...' is a fabulously funny book. Before you even open it, you can tell that Nora is a small child with a huge appetite as on the front cover her plate is piled high with all manner of food that nervous about how she appears extremely eager to devour. Throughout the story, Nora eats more and more but would be greeted when she scoffs all of the 'hugest gooey chocolate cake' that her mother has just made, she is sent got to her roomfinal destination. It doesn She needn't stop there have worried though as Nora hunts round for more things she went to eat the home of Mr and I am not just talking about foodMrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She eats everything including even had her teddy bear curled up in her mattress in order own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to make a sandwich! After finally eating enjoy her clothes she lets out an almighty burp that has life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the most surprising but happy consequence for this hungry heroine! She whizzes into Space like a balloon baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and ends up Mr Russell put the decorations on the moon which, of course, as we all know, is made of cheese!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390517</amazonuk>Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ann Bonwill and Simon Rickerty1916459943|title=I Don't Want To Be A Pea!Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=54
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|summary=Hugo is a hippo and Bella is a bird and Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they belong to each other because all hippos have birds and all birds have hippos. They are all set for a very special night as they get ready to attend the very exciting Birddread -Hippo Fairytale Fancy Dress Party but first they need to decide on what costumes they will wear in order to go as a pairsqueakily baby. Hugo He's first suggestion is that they should so tired but he can't - or won't - go as the princess to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and the pea but Bella does not want ''wails''. The sea offers to be a pea because it is too small help. It rocks Baby gently and greenthe waves sing ''hush, hush''. She suggests that they go as Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a mermaid sandy beach and her rock, but this time Hugo objects to being you have the rock as it is too grey and blobbysound perfectly. They continue The mermaids join in this way making and rejecting suggestions until - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it looks seems to have worked as if they have reached Baby closes his eyes. Then a stand-off with neither willing to give in. This situation makes both Bella seagull '''shouts''' and Hugo miserable though so at last they agree we know exactly what's going to a rather surprising and ingenious solution and end up having great fun at the party after allhappen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192780174</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James Mayhew140639131X|title=BoyA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Boy is chilly, and looking for somewhere cosy Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to snuggle upcross the Old Oak Road. He doesnShe wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't want to share with his parents though so he goes off exploring by himself to find the perfect cosy spoteven get a reply. Several times he thinks hePhilippa wasn's discovered somewhere, but then it turns out t a bird to be where sit back on her tail feathers when there was a sabre-toothed tiger lives, or problem which needed solving: she saw the home benefits of 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 woolly mammothlittle amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. Will he ever find All the place that's perfect just for him?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408314096</amazonuk>animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mat Head1776574338|title=Warduff Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and the Corncob CaperBei Lynn
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|summary=ThereEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's trouble on Corncob Farmperfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. A fox is coming round for tea Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and poor old Fefferflap is all – because he's longer than a flutter because she suspects that she, tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and all the other farm animals, are on the menu! traffic regularly gets snarled up. Can Warduff save The school decides that he can't be the day?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392269</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz1776574028|title=Mad About Minibeasts!Bumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Is your little one mad about minibeasts? I love a good board book! Are they forever summoning ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is 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 have realise that you to come can ''play'' with words and see make something quite different from each one. We have the spider in the bathroom or the ladybird on the log? elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. If so The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then this rhyming book dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is perfect to read with thema ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309467</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emily Bearn1838226834|title=Tumtum and Nutmeg: Trouble at Rose Cottage|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Mysterious things are afoot in Rose Cottage. It appears that some new mice, one with golden teeth, have moved into the kitchen and are threatening the tranquil lives of Tumtum and Nutmeg who live in Nutmouse Hall. After some investigation they discover the new mice are town mice, intent on causing trouble. Will Carried Away With the children discover who has been stealing their things, or discover a way to stop their father from selling Rose Cottage before it's too late and their lives, as well as Tumtum and Nutmeg's, are changed forever?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405256559</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewCarnival|author=Francesca Simon and Pete Williamson|title=The Parent Swap ShopEd Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=AvaIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They's re there to undo all the good that parents like to nagdo, so the trips out were always so much fun. They nag her about her spelling, about eating with her knife and fork, or sitting straight on her chair, or A young boy was going to bed on time...nagthe carnival with his Grandad, nag, nag! But then one day she finds a card advertising 'The Parent Swap Shop' and when her parents nag her one more time she packs them off and sets out to find herself a new set of parents!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444002678</amazonuk>}}who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Marta AltesB09MYXSRV4|title=No!Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=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 ''No!and'' is all about one family pet's desperate attempts the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to use it well. He liked to please his ownerstrick other animals. He helps was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with the laundry, tastes their food before they eat it to make sure itTurtle. You might think that's all right, not a fair contest but wait and even warms up their beds for them before see. Things are not always as they go to sleepseem. I'll tell you how it came about..the poor deluded pup thinks his family love him very much since they're always calling out what he thinks is his name, 'Noooooo!'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846434173</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Rebecca ElliottRob Keeley|title=SometimesCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=Clemmie Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is Toby's big sister. Sometimes she has keen to go explain how good they are for you and stay in hospitalhow nice to eat. This story One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells us all about her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the fun Toby teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and Clemmie have vegetables, like carrots, grow in hospital togetherthe ground. Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and some of the harder parts of being poorly tooeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0745962696</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hannah CummingB09FFJF8YS|title=The Lost StarsYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=Everyone in ''For the world is terribly busybig, rushing aroundgrownup girls out there, using all their gadgets and gizmos and lightsthe potty masters in training, far too busy to look up into the night sky and see the stars. The stars get fed up and so they decide to go away on holiday for "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a while. No one notices until one day cry (the power runs out big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and suddenly everyone is in the dark..persevering panty pride.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846434165</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=Caryl Hart Justine Avery and Leigh HodgkinsonNaday Meldova|title=Don't Put Your Pants on Your Head, FredEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=This is Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a gem of a book. Fred just canchild that doesn't get find them irresistibly funny. Funny to grips with his underwear; pants talk about and vests alikejoke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear itand everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's taking him most of the day to get dressed and itlatest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'s going to take much more than his sister's endless advice to help. Caryl Hart series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and Leigh Hodgkinson have made a great job of turning what is just a nice premise into a brilliant book. Though some might suggest that pants have been overdone in calmly, with the world of picture booksfamiliar humour attached, I think I could find a few thousand five year olds who would disagreeexplains that tooting is perfectly normal.Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408309165</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bob Hartman and Krisztina Kallai NagyB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Lion Storyteller Book of Animal TalesWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=If you want to know how ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the turkey got its spots, or what advice was given by a lion, or even why latest release in the tortoise has no hair, then this is ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the book for youpain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It holds 's a collection of thirty six enchanting stories that will answer these questions and many many more. There are well known fables from Ancient Greece such as The Fox and The Crow and The Boastful Toadworthy aim, and many other traditional tales from countries such as Japan, Indonesia, Peurto Rico, Syria and India to mention just a fewany frustrated parent will tell you. As you would expect, with tales from so many different parts of the world, there is great variety within this collection which also enables children to read about many different cultures, beliefs and ways of life .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961312</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|authortitle=Jeanne Willis When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Tony RossMended|titleauthor=Dr Xargle's Book Of Earth TiggersPeter Cotton
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|summary=We have met Dr Xargle beforeMeet Fred. Well, actually, telling his class all about 'earthlets' and 'earth houndsyou', so now we see him again bumbling through his lesson with highly amusing misinformation about Earth Tiggers, or cats as we like re going to call thembe meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. As with many books by these authors, ''Dr Xargle But I's Book m getting ahead of Earth Tiggers'myself: I' d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is very witty indeed. The illustrations are funny as ever a snake and work together with the words incredibly well, as without the correct pictures, this style even those of books can fly over the heads of little readers.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392978</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Peter Schossow|title=My First Car Was Red|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A young boy receives us who have a pedal car from his grandpa, but it's old, rusty and needs work. They tinker with it, do it up, and paint it bright red. Grandpa gives the young boy instructions on how phobia about snakes are going to warm to use it, then the boy and his brother, Cornelius, go off for an adventure in the carhim. They careen round corners, barrage through wasp nests, duck low branches He arrived as a present in the forest, and nearly go flying off a cliff, before crashing into a creek box with holes so that he could breathe and pushing immediately became part of the car back homefamily, exhausted.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877467685</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=David McKee|title=The Conquerors|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=The General rules to the country, extent that they would take Fred out with his strong army and large cannon. The army stomps from country to country, conquering other people, until them when they've conquered all the countries except onewent out for a walk. Rather than fighting back, this tiny little country treats the army as friends, welcoming them into their homes, with warmth and kindness.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842704680</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Fiona Roberton|title=Wanted: The Perfect Pet|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=What Henry wants most in the world, more than chips, more than a trip to And that was where the moon, is a dogproblem started. He has 27 different sorts of frogs but they, he claims, are boringFred didn't have any road sense. What he really, really wants is a dog, and so he decides to advertise to try and find oneOr brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444902628</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kes Gray Justine Avery and Mary McQuillanNaday Meldova|title=Get Well FriendsEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Nurse Nibbles has a hospital full of patients - who can we see who is poorlyCan potty training ever be joyous? ThereIt often isn's a hamster whose whiskers got caught up in his wheelt, as any parent will tell you. But really, and a centipede who sprained 98 ankles playing hockey! Will Nurse Nibbles why shouldn't it be able ? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to make them feel betterlearn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444903810</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mark BirchallJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Copy CatNo, No, No!
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|summary=''Copy Cat'' begins with They say the reader being told that:best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.
''Cat was small and Dog was big;''<br>''and whatever Dog didNo, No, Cat did tooNo!''is based around the simplest text imaginable.'
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Yeoman and Quentin Blake|title=Beatrice and Vanessa|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Beatrice (the sheep) and Vanessa (the goat) live together on a farm, staying in the same field, looking out at the same view, and talking together about the same things day after day. One day they find they've run out of things to say, so they decide to take a holiday together.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392692</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Kallie George and Abigail Halpin194812467X|title=The Melancholic Mermaid|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Maude is a mermaid who was born with two tails. Her parents tell her it makes her special, stronger and faster, but amongst the other mermaid children it makes her an outcast. She is lonely, and she longs for a friend. Feeling sorry for herself one day she isn't paying attention and she is captured by a fisherman who sells her to a circus. On the same day that Maude was born, Tony was born in a cottage by the sea. He has webbed hands and, like Maude, is teased at school and left lonely and sad. His parents send him to live with the circus, believing he will be accepted and happy there but Tony is still lonely and he misses the sea. But then one day he is put in charge of a new attraction for the circus. A mermaid with two tails...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1897476531</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette Louden|title=Sock It!|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Sock It! is a bit like ''Pants'' by Nick Sharratt, which makes it more of a long entertaining rhyme than a story as such. Because of this I'd say it's one to read together with your child when you want a bit of fun, as opposed to a bedtime story, as it has a very loud feel, with bright illustrations and silly rhymes to make kids giggle and want to join in.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434820</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFarm Shop|author=Steve Webb and Katharine McEwen|title=Tigerbear|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I'm a sucker for a good bedtime story and to me ''Tigerbear'' is just that. With the perfect tone for a bedtime read, a small amount of adventureDevon Avery, a nice rhyming pattern Justine Avery and friendly illustrations, I can see this book sending many children off to sleep to have their own adventure in years to come.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939007X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Simona Sanfilipo|title=RapunzelEma Tepic
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|summary=A poor villager Kirelle and his wife are expecting her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a babywalk. However, when the man steals some rapunzel from a witch's garden Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is caught, she insists that she be given the baby when it is born. That baby turns perfectly turned out to be a girl called Rapunzel, and as she grows up she is imprisoned ever in a tall tower by the witchhis smart grey fur coat. Her hair grows incredibly long and As they walk to the witch uses this as a means top of reaching Rapunzel in her room at the top. A passing prince hears her sweet singing and seeing what the witch doeshill, also calls to Rapunzel to let down her hairthey see a big barn with a sign outside. They form It's a friendship but before farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the prince can help Rapunzel to escapestallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, the witch discovers what has been going on goats and cuts off Rapunzel's hair chickens, and banishes her to a lonely deserteven some mice. The prince searches for herExcited, albeit rather hazily, as he has lost his glassesKirelle and Sam go shopping. Will he find her so that they can live happily ever after? Well it is a fairy tale so what do you think?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846432499</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Hiawyn Oram Sadie and Satoshi Kitamurathe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=In The AtticMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=Sadie''I had s mother always said that she was a million toys and I was boreddreamer,'' exclaims the unnamed protagonist of ''In The Attic''her mind never on what she should be doing. Rather than moaning about his boredom, he does something about it, so he climbs into She lives by the attic River Thames at Greenwich and into his imagination. He finds little creatures, miraculous worlds, an old engine, and a tiger she loves to be his friend. He fills his day with miraculous and dreamy adventures, then heads back home to report back to his mum.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392986</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Rebecca Elliott|title=Zoo Girl|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Zoo girl was not what I expected. I was anticipating your average rhyming story aimed spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at preschoolers with the usual obsession over zoo animals. What I got was a very deep, moving tale aimed above the usual picture book age that will resonate with people who read it from children to adultsCutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>074596270X</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nat Lambert and Andrea Petrlik1782227741|title=Colours Sticker Activity BookLittle Gold Ted|ratingauthor=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's lovely to find a book – and even better to find a series of books - which allow parents and children to do something constructive together. The first book which we looked at was ''Colours''. On each double page spread there are plenty of things to talk about with your child, stickers to find and put in the appropriate spaces and then a game or an activity to complete. You'll find songs to singVanessa Wiercioch, pictures to colour in and join-the-dot pictures to complete. There are even some smiley faces so that you can reward your child for what they've achieved. They're suitable for the three plus age group and will be enjoyed by both boys Poppy Satha and girls.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849562938</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Robin Tzannes and Korky Paul|title=When Chico Went FishingSasha Satha
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|summary=Chico wants to go fishing with his father very muchOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and begs him, but dad says no, he will make too much noise and scare away the fishwater is swirling. In the end, Chico sets out Poor Ted starts to go fishing on his own, spin around and around and he does really well. This is sucked down a very simple storydrain on the side of the street. It is accompanied though by fascinatingFinding himself down in the sewer, detailed illustrationsTed starts to panic. In fact''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, it is billed as a Korky Paul picture bookwho plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, one in which illustrator Korky Paul has done the drawingsmight look just a bit like an old cricket bat. I think this Reg is really interesting as often illustrated children’s books are sold on the basis a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of the author of the textbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729942</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard ByrneB08R7LXQ9S|title=This Book Belongs To Aye-Aye|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Aye-Aye goes to Miss Deer's Academy For Aspiring Picture-Book Animals. Dontcha just love that concept? He's desperate to be Remy: A book about believing in a book of his own, but he's not quite ready yet. Miss Deer announces that there's going to be a very special prize for the most helpful animal of the week. However, as the week goes on, the parameters of the competition seem to change, and the Rabbit Twins are up to their usual cheeky shenanigans.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192756192</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewyourself|author=Jan Ormerod Mayuri Naidoo and Lindsey Gardiner|title=The Animal Bop Won't Stop|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=The words are easy to read aloud and would be fun, perhaps, to share with a small group of co-operative pre-school children and try out the suggested movements. If you want to get your kids dancing, this might not be the best choice at bedtime, and my boys are a bit wary of directed activity (so we exercise them in the park).|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019278014X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sally Gardner|title=Snow WhiteCaroline Siegal
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|summary=Having read many retellings of Grimms' tales, it Remy is refreshing to read one that expands the story familiar into six short chapters while remaining faithful to the original narrativefeeling miserable. Gardner adds some detail to the story (the Seven Dwarfs try to protect Snow White by inventing some alarm systems to warn of the queenHe's approachlet himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Snow White Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is making an apple pie when the queen disguised as an old woman arrives with the poisoned apple) short and has small eyes. They are mean but does they are not remove or prettify the more violent aspects of the story; the huntsman kills a deer stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and persuades then push him just that little bit further when the queen that its heart is Snow White'sother kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, and the queen is ''smashed to smithereens'' on rocks it looks as she tries to escape from though he was the dwarfs instigator. The prince arriving And then he gets into trouble at school and Snow White returning to life after the piece of poisoned apple is jolted from her mouth is the resolution teachers don't believe him when he tries to the story, but the dwarfs being the guests of honour at the wedding is a nice touchexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444002430</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Bedford and Julian Russell1471191303|title=Bouncy Bouncy BedtimeThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=At This is the story of Isobel, a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very start of this book it is bedtimecold house, but before going because her parents couldn't afford to sleep, the author asks put the young readerheating on:
'Have you ever wondered what 'Ice curled across the animals do?<br>Do they go to bed like me inside of the window and you?crept up the corner of the bedpost.'' and then we are asked to imagine...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405257423</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Laura BarellaNick Jones and Si Clark|title=The Little MermaidOne Night in Beartown
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|summary=I've always found the story of the Little Mermaid to be a rather strange choice for a toddler's picture book since it doesn't Many children have the expected happy endingan obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Of course that means that usually the ending gets alteredHer favourite toy is Berisford, to make it palatable for little onesa teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. This particular retelling for younger children is unusual as it steers clear Every night, she looks out of a romantic happy ending in Disney-style her bedroom window and actually ends on quite says goodnight to the bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a solemn, sad notecolourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846433258</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}