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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette LoudenAdam Stower|title=Hats Off!Murray and Bun
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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary='Hats Off!' Murray is supposed to be a wonderfully entertaining book that humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is written entirely in rhymeable to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. It starts by asking if the reader But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has ever thought about how many hats they might have been bought turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and whether the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a hat actually looks good on their head or notworld of frightening adventure and whiffs. The author This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, Neil Griffithsone much bigger than Murray was, then goes on to suggest that there are: ''Hats too bigbe honest, too tight''<br>'but he's turned up and too small,''<br>''Hats that just shouldn't''<br>''be worn at all!'he'll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1905434839</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Melanie Watt1732898766|title=Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday PartyThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=3.54
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|summary=Scaredy Squirrel When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is planning a birthday party - his own - but hechasing them. He's not a very brave squirrel and thinks that the safest thing to do for his party will be to celebrateright behind them, by himselfspewing hot, in sour milk from his treenostrils. Very safe(Please don't try this at home: it won't end well. ) Very far away from any possible dangerFortunately, like ants or Bigfoot or confetti. Very far away indeed from unfunny clownfishthey were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, ponies and porcupinesthey escaped. But then Scaredy's friend Buddy sends him a lovely birthday card and all of They climbed up to the plans for Tree Wee homes high up in the party have to changetangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471346</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Seema BarkerB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Tangle FairyWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5
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|summary=JayaKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, just like every little girl in or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the landsand, brushes her hair before bed but wakes up the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all sorts of knots for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and tanglesthen another. When Jaya asks her mummy how this can He obviously needed to be, taken home on the simple explanation is 'The Tangle Fairy'bus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564388</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=June Morley1913839656|title=Time For DinnerLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5
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|summary=I Todd was beginning to wonder when I would see a book that addressed excited about spending the sticky (pardon weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the pun) issue best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of the food chaindungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. I mean, She had promised to take him to the reception and pre-schooler set seem pretty au fait with being cooked and eaten by giants whose sleep is disturbed, or by nasty, warty, smelly old witches who live in Friday Night Club at the woods waiting for a hapless brother local community centre and sister Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to wander past the doormake new friends. At home, so I his only friend was very keen to see how Morley got into the detail of this particular stumbling blockhis mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564396</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Yeoman and Quentin Blake1529504775|title=Sixes The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and SevensKatie Hickey
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|summary='Sixes Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and Sevens' was originally published in 1971 but watch the fact it’s still doing red buses drive past. Elsie would race the rounds is a testament to buses along the longevity side of the rhyming writing style park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and the simply fabulous illustrations by Quentin Blakeeven just standing up was very difficult. I grew up on One day Elsie spotted a diet of books illustrated by Blake bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was a joy tight at home. Gradually, David learned to revisit his style in stand up, use the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the pages of this book with bus, now damaged and rusted, to the next generation of my family; my 4 year oldRepair Shop, Sadiehoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393087</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clemency Pearce and Sam McPhillips1529504767|title=The Silent OwlChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=3.5
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|summary=Owl is silentSusan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. Not a hootShe needn't have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. Not a twit or a twooShe even had her own room - all to herself. NothingGradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. The other forest animals are worried about him, She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and try when it came to provoke him into saying something, but Owl remains silentChristmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564248</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dubravka Kolanovic and Eilidh Rose1916459943|title=Little Penguin Learns to SwimSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Little Penguin has an important day ahead of himMuch as mothers love their babies, for today he is going to go swimming for the first timethere's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's a little bit scared, so tired but as he sets off can't - or won't - go to the water sleep: instead, he meets several friends along just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waywaves sing ''hush, all hush''. Think of whom are also trying out something newgentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. As he sees each of them succeed The mermaids join in their endeavours- ''la lou, will he also find the courage la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to try have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and swim himself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184956440X</amazonuk>we know exactly what's going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Laura Owen and Korky Paul140639131X|title=The Misadventures of Winnie the WitchA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Have you met Winnie Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Witch yet? I do hope soOld Oak Road. Shewrote to the mayor about the problem but didn's really quite bonkers, often rather disgusting, and she has t even get a fat, long-suffering cat called Wilburreply. ShePhilippa wasn's t a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a bit problem which needed solving: she saw the 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 favourite in our house, so we little amateur to start with but the benefits were eager obvious. All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to sit down and read her newest stories together!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192732145</amazonuk>provide a safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=J R R Tolkien1776574338|title=Mr Bliss|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=If you wanted to produce a classic of children's literature, it would probably look a lot like this. It would be written by a famous name as a private exercise for their children, with the authorLeilong's own illustrations. It would feature a title character, with a typical Edwardian headstrong attitude, yet with an ability to create slapstick. It may well have fairytale characters as you've never seen them before. And it would be presented in a deluxe, pristine heritage edition such as this.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000743619X</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewToo Long!|author=Laurent de Brunhoff|title=Babar's Celesteville GamesJulia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=34
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|summary=Babar the elephant is Every morning Leilong, the king of Celestevillebrontosaurus school bus, and this year makes his country is hosting way through the Worldwide Gamescity, picking up children as he goes. Athletes come from all over Children who live at the world top of tower blocks don't even need to competego downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a fairytale romance for one of Babarproblem, 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 children, now grown longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up, too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701258</amazonuk> The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jutta Ash1776574028|title=RapunzelBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott
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|summary=Rapunzel I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is the story of aimed at quite a young man and his wife who long niche market: it's for a the child of their own. Unfortunatelywho still enjoys board books (er, the wife also yearns see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to eat the lush rapunzel have realise that grows in the garden next door. She pleads you can ''play'' with her husband to fetch her some which he doeswords and make something quite different from each one. However he is spotted by We have the witch elephant who lives there dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who tells him that in return for the rapunzel they must give her their first born childhas had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. This The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a baby girl ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who is given the name Rapunzelsits on his potty changes into a ''sm...... The witch imprisons her at the top of a tall tower and she can only be reached by the witch climbing up her long golden tresses.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393729</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric Carle1838226834|title=The Artist Who Painted a Blue HorseCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=Eric CarleIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They's latest story consists of just 50 wordsre there to undo all the good that parents do, 10 animal paintings and two pictures of so the trips out were always so much fun. A young artist at work. Simply, a child creates a series of vibrant paintings of animals in unusual, striking colours, including a blue horse, a green lion and a multi-coloured, polka-dotted donkey. My own favourite is boy was going to the purple fox. The child sayscarnival with his Grandad, I am a good artist.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141340010</amazonuk>}}who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christina Goodings and Annabel HudsonB09MYXSRV4|title=My Look and Point Bible|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=This version of the bible for toddlers has been cleverly retold to engage little ones, with lots of illustrations, pictures to point at and words to learn. It includes stories from both the old and new testaments, from the creation and Noah through to the birth of Jesus as well as some of his parables Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and the crucifixion.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962068</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewHare|author=Carey Morning and Alan Marks|title=The Shepherd Girl of BethlehemCordellya Smith
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|summary=The little shepherd girl is When the daughter of world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a shepherdprotector. She helps her father in Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the hillsfuture. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, tending the sheepunfortunately, but only during not the day for at night she's told ability to use it's too dark and is sent well. He liked to bed in their house trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to sleep whilst he watches over the sheep be in the hillsa race with Turtle. But one night she finds it isnYou might think that't dark at all, s not a fair contest but wait and the light from a star is shining so brightly it seems like the whole world is lit upsee. Things are not always as they seem. So she sneaks out of her house and goes into the hills to find her fatherI'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962327</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sarah GibbRob Keeley|title=Best-loved Classics: RapunzelCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=Educators are Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, apparentlybroccoli, concerned at the moment cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at the number of children starting school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who don't know any of tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the old traditional fairy talesteacher, so it's nice to see a new version of Rapunzel who explains that is based fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the original story by The Brothers Grimmground. This is a lovely book Jordan says, "I did try to share tell her, Miss!" and stays closer to the original story than Disney's 'Tangled' filmeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007364806</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elena Pasquali and Giuliano FerriB09FFJF8YS|title=The AnimalsYou Can' Christmast Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=Seeing the title of ''The Animals' Christmas'' I had expected this story to provide perhaps an alternate perspective of For the Christmas story. Howeverbig, although the illustrations have lots of animals throughoutgrownup girls out there, the story itself sticks to the traditional tellingpotty masters in training, with "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a couple cry (the big-girl kind!) of animal references seemingly thrown intoilet triumph and persevering panty pride.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962491</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=Joanna NadinJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Penny Dreadful is a Complete CatastropheEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Penny is not really Penny DreadfulToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. She Funny to talk about and joke about, that is Penny Jones. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her encounters ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with a rat called Rooney, a cat called Barry tooting and gently and her cousin Georgia Maycalmly, and her testing of a patent burglar trap and digging for buried treasure all end in catastropheswith the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it surprising that she is known as a Disaster Magnet? : ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1409536076</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brian Patten and Nicola BayleyB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Big Snuggle-upWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad
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|summary=The story ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of The BIG Snuggle-up takes place on a very cold snowy day. The storyteller, a small child, tells fun picture books aims to take the reader that because pain out of potty training children and replace it was so cold he invited a scarecrow in to be a guest in his housewith some fun. However, living in the scarecrowIt's sleeve is a little mouseworthy aim, so the scarecrow asks whether the mouse can come in tooas any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392080</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy Bee and Little Pink PebbleB07GZ81J7C|title=The Zoo Crew Play Ball|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=On the second weekend of every month the zoo keepers plan special activities for the animals and this time the San Carlos Beavers are going to show them how to play ball. Helga the Hippo hopes that she won't have to run because all she wants to do is wallow in the mud – which would make a bit of a mess of When Fred the lovely red-Snake Got Squished and-white outfit which she's wearing. Eddie the Elephant is keen to get all the animals together to make plans and discuss strategy. Lenny the Lion organises training sessions – but Helga really isn't that enthusiastic.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780920008</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewMended|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross|title=We're Going to a Party!Peter Cotton
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|summary=The animals are 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 fancy dress party! bit more about Fred. But what Fred is everyone a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to dress up warm to him. He arrived as? Can you guess who's inside each costume? This lift a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the flap book allows you family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a peek beneath walk. And that was where the costume to see exactly whoproblem started. Fred didn's inside!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939122X</amazonuk>t have any road sense. Or brakes.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Carol ThompsonJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Noo-NoosEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Almost everyone has had a noo-noo at some point in their lives; an object that brings comfort and solace like a dummy or a blanket or a favourite bearCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. Amongst friends and family IBut really, why shouldn've seen a variety of such objects ranging from your typical teddy through t it be? We all have to a mummy's satin bra (it has that lovely silky feel learn about our bodily functions just as we have to it) and even, in one case, a bathroom sponge! This book depicts a variety of noo-noos and looks at their attributes (big, learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, shinysay, knitted...) learning about why the sun and also what one does with them.the moon take turns in the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846431875</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Orla KielyJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Orla Kiely NumbersNo, No, No!|rating=3.54
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|summary=This counting book (from one to ten) makes a nice partner to Orla Kiely's book about [[Orla Kiely Colours by Orla Kiely|colours]] if you're looking for a pretty gift to give to a new yummy mummyThey say the best picture books are the simplest ones. The fabric cover is rather lovely to touch and feel, and the board book feels well constructed and able to withstand a bit And nothing could be truer of a chew this latest from Justine Avery, a teething babyBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405258551</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKee194812467X|title=Elmer The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Super ElEma Tepic
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|summary=In 'Elmer Kirelle and Super El', Elmer, her best friend Sam the patchwork elephant, cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out walking when he comes across as ever in his friend Super El who is very upsetsmart grey fur coat. His clothes have been ripped by a thorn bush and he is scared that all of the other animals will laugh at him because he looks so shabby. Elmer knows that his Aunt Zelda will be able As they walk to fix the clothes but how can he help his friend get past all top of the animals without being noticed? He has to come up with some ingenious ideas in order to distract the elephantshill, Lion and Tiger, all of the hippos and the rest of the animals. Luckily, clever Elmer always comes up they see a big barn with a plan and no one ends up laughing at Super Elsign outside.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393354</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul|title=Winnie Under the Sea|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It 's a farm shop! But this is holiday time and Winnie the Witch has found a little island farm shop with blue sea, golden sand and coconut trees. She and Wilbur, her cat, arrive and find accommodation in a comfortable hut on difference: all the water's edge – just perfect for swimmingstallholders and customers are farmyard animals. Winnie dives in There are sheep and soon sees the most amazing fish, turtles, dolphin ducks and coral. She wants Wilbur to see all these lovely things but, being a cat, he is not particularly keen on getting wet. Howevercows, Winnie has an idea goats andchickens, waving her wand shouts 'Abracadabra' and turns Wilbur into a cat-fisheven some mice. Winnie turns herself into an octopus Excited, Kirelle and the two of them have a wonderful underwater adventure, although it almost goes disastrously wrong when Winnie loses her wandSam go shopping. Maybe she needs to think of an alternative way of exploring under the sea?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192757474</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Foreman0995647895|title=Oh! If Only...Sadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=If only he hadnSadie't met that dog who wanted to play with s mother always said that ballshe was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the Queen's birthday might not have been ruined River Thames at Greenwich and he wouldn't be the most embarrassed person in the whole world!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393230</amazonuk>}}she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Fardell1782227741|title=The Day Louis Got EatenLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
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|summary=Louis gets eaten by One day, Gold Ted falls into a Gulper, but itpuddle. It's okay as his sister Sarah has quite a plan! But what will she do when deep puddle and the Gulper gets eaten by water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a Grabular? And drain on the Grabular by an Undersnatch? Surely this day canside of the street. Finding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE''t get anymore ridiculoushe cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, or can it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390150</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=Fin Gypsy, Zoa Gypsy and Monika SuskaB08R7LXQ9S|title=The Dog DetectivesRemy: Lost A book about believing in Londonyourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=There are six ravens kept in the Tower of London Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and they hold a magical spell which stops the city falling into ruinBrandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but only so long as they stay in are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the Towerother kids are around. So what happens , when they decide to have a game of hide Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and seek? Luckily Detective Jack and Deputy Poco Loco, The Dog Detectives, are on hand the teachers don't believe him when he tries to helpexplain what happened. Will they find all six before afternoon tea?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860692</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Luana Rinaldo1471191303|title=Who Am I? This is My Mouth|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Who am I? Well, I'm a very sturdy board book, but forget any idea of just having eight to twelve pages with pictures and an elementary story for the youngest children. On each double page spread we have an animal and a rhyme which gives a hint as to who the animal might be – but the mouth obviously belongs to another animal altogether. So – on the first page we have an animal with long teeth which are used to eat hay – but the snout is green and appears to be underwater! Pull the slide at the side of the page and the correct body part appears along with the word 'horse'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408315092</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Albert Uderzo and Renee Goscinny|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 Invisible|author=Andrew Weale and Ben Cort|title=Nora: The Girl Who Ate and Ate and AteTom Percival
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|summary='NoraThis is the story of Isobel, the a little girl who ate and ate and ate...' is made a fabulously funny bookbig difference. Before you even open it, you can tell that Nora is Isobel lived with her parents in a small child with house - a huge appetite as on the front cover her plate is piled high with all manner of food that she appears extremely eager to devour. Throughout the story, Nora eats more and more but when she scoffs all of the 'hugest gooey chocolate cake' that her mother has just madevery cold house, she is sent to because her room. It doesnparents couldn't stop there though as Nora hunts round for more things to eat and I am not just talking about food. She eats everything including her teddy bear curled up in her mattress in order afford to make a sandwich! After finally eating her clothes she lets out an almighty burp that has put the most surprising but happy consequence for this hungry heroine! She whizzes into Space like a balloon and ends up heating on the moon which, of course, as we all know, is made of cheese!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390517</amazonuk>}}:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mat HeadNick Jones and Si Clark|title=Warduff and the Corncob CaperOne Night in Beartown
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