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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__{{newreview|author=Ronda Armitage and Andrew Gordon|title=Wave the Flag and Blow the Whistle|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A little boy and his grandad, and a spotty giraffe toy go out one day for a ride on a train. They're off on a journey to Blueberry Hill. What will they see? What will they do? All the excitement of travelling by train are looked at in this story!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405253401</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=David LucasAdam Stower|title=The Lying Carpet|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=There is a room in a big old house where nothing moves but the insects. An empty chair sits to one side, a stone statue of a girl called, Murray and representing, Faith, the other. In between is a tiger rug. What potential is in that for the setting of a charming book? What potential indeed...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390177</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Debbie Foy|title=Pants, Vest, Getting Dressed! (All By Myself)|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Have you ever noticed that there are certain processes which a child needs to master but which cause quite a lot of grief along the way? Most children are alright with one or two but stick on others - and they're the ones which parents come to dread each day. Getting dressed is one of these. The need for it isn't immediately obvious and - let's be honest - there's not a lot of fun in it is there? Well - that might be about to change with a series of books from Debbie Foy which inject some fun into the processes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0750265817</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Charlotte Middleton|title=Christopher's CaterpillarsBun
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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Christopher Nibble, Murray is supposed to be a charming little guinea pighumble, loves gardening with his friend Posie. When they find six munching caterpillars on their plants though they decide that they cannot stay tidy and choose friendly cat, one who is able to keep them as pets insteadsleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. They make But he's a list of bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the things that catflap they think that both use can chuck them out, not into the caterpillars will need such as woolly socks regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and mini hairbrusheswhiffs. When they visit Mr Rosetti This time round it drops them into a Viking land, who runs the local café, he puts them straight and suggests that they get some clean jarswhere a troll hunter is expected – well, juicy leavesone much bigger than Murray was, twigsto be honest, but he's turned up and make lids with holes in them instead. They now know exactly what he'll have to do in order to look after their new pets and they do – very carefully. do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192732315</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gerry Boland1732898766|title=Marco Moves In (A Rather Remarkable Grizzly Bear)|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''It's not every day that a grizzly bear turns up on your doorstep.'' Yet, this is exactly what happens one night at Patrick'shouse. The grizzly bear, Marco, has escaped from the local zoo Adventures of Birpus and is looking for somewhere to live. Bulbus: Book One: The entire town is on the lookout and a grizzly can be rather hard to hide. After a host of close calls, Patrick and Marco find the perfect place.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847172296</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewSour Milk Dragon|author=David McKee|title=Elmer's First Counting BookWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=ItWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they's a lovely board book re running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don'Elmert try this at home: it won'' series t end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a lovely way ladder of introducing the youngest readers moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the patchwork elephant although there's only one of him and as this is a counting book he only gets to feature on Tree Wee homes high up in the front tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and back covers and the first pageGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842706306</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alison MurrayB0CC9W7GLR|title=Little Mouse|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary='Sometimes, when I am being very quiet and cuddly, my mummy calls me her little mouse'. Although mostly, Little Mouse is anything but quiet, just as you would expect from a pre-school age child; she can waddle like a penguin, eat like a horse and splash like a whale in author Alison Murray's gorgeous wander through On the daytime exploits of an imaginative little girl, who likes to turn the plainest of activities into something fun and adventurous, becoming her favourite animals en route.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408316331</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewBeach: The Winter Visitor|author=Helen Stephens|title=The Big Adventure of the SmallsChris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=Paul Kit and Sally Small live in Small Hall; except Small Hall isn't very small… It's HUGE! Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On one especially special night – the night top of the Small Hall Grand Ball – Paul and Sally Small are having ice was a peek at the guests arriving, when disaster strikes! polar bear. Paul's beloved bear, Mr Puddles, falls through As the banisters and into ice bumped onto the throng.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405254203</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tariq Kurd and Laura Robertson|title=The Quest In A Vest (Gordon sand, the Goblin)|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Gordon the Goblin is more than a little fed up because he is so small and not big bear woke and tough like all of with wobbly legs moved from the other goblinsice. They are Kit was all fearless hunters and go off on exciting adventures whilst Gordon is left behind. He decides that there is nothing else for making a run for it , but to set out on his very own quest even though he feels very nervous at Teal knew that the thought of it. He approaches the chief goblin who laughs at him, before deciding to send bear was hungry and gave him off to capture a dragon – not for one moment thinking that Gordon will succeed. It does look like an impossible feat especially as Gordon does lack strength apple and musclesthen another. Maybe though, he will He obviously needed to be able to use his brains taken home on the bus and charm rather than relying on brute force. Will Gordon be able to find given a dragon good meal and actually persuade him that he wants somewhere to be captured and what will happen if he does? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907762051</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Rachel Bright|title=Love Monster|rating=4sleep.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=At the start of this lovely book, the reader meets a red googly-eyed monster who is a 'bit funny looking to say the least'. Unfortunately for him, he lives in a world of cute looking things which only make his strange unorthodox looks more noticeable. He feels lonely when he sees that everyone loves the cute bunnies, kittens and puppies who live close by but no one seems to love him. Rather than be downhearted though, he decides to set out to find someone who will love him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007445466</amazonuk>What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Bedford and Tor Freeman1913839656|title=Babies DonLet't Bites Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee
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|summary=Hegley Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the pony is excitedbest beetle juice. His mummy is having a baby! He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. His 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, however, don't seem to share his excitement.only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.their mums are all having babies too, but they know that babies just mean trouble!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444903527</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gervase Phinn and Tony Ross1529504775|title=Who Am I?The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=When a funny Elsie and her little creature hatches out brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of an egg deep the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a bus in the jungletoy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, David learned to stand up, all aloneuse the bus for support, he sets off to try and discover who he iswalk behind it. Wandering through Many decades later, Elsie brought the jungle he meets lots of different creatures bus, now damaged and he asks each of them ''Who'' ''am'' ''I?'' but they are all mystifiedrusted, able only to tell them who they arethe Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it. Will he ever meet another creature just like him?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392889</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachel Mortimer and Liz Pichon1529504767|title=Red Riding Hood The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and the Sweet Little WolfKatie Hickey|rating=4.5
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|summary='Once upon a time there Susan was a Big Bad Wolf who lived in the woods. Well. That's not quite true... Really, very young when she was a Sweet Little Wolf who loved all things pretty evacuated from London in 1939 and pink, especially fairy talesnervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn' From t have worried though as she went to the very start home of this wonderful book the reader discovers that not all wolves are big Mr and bad and is introduced Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to the sweetest, mildest wolf that ever livedher. The only problem is that She even had her parents are big own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and bad and they want began to enjoy her to be exactly like themlife. This is why they send her out with a shopping list for dinner which along She'd help Mrs Russell with the onions, potatoes baking and carrots includes 'one little girl (tender when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and juicy)'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444900668</amazonuk>Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Judge1916459943|title=The Great ExplorerSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=4.5
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|summary=I really enjoyed Chris JudgeMuch as mothers love their babies, there's first booksomething they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, [[The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge|he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The Lonely Beast]] so I was excited sea offers to pick up his latest storyhelp. This time weIt rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''re following the story of a young boy called Tom. His dad, Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a famous explorer, has gone missing at sandy beach and you have the North Pole and so Tom sets out to find himsound perfectly. His adventurousThe mermaids join in - ''la lou, exciting journey sees him facing dangerous animals and the treacherous terrainla lay... '' Will he make And for a moment it seems to find have worked as Baby closes his dad?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849394016</amazonuk>eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Micah Player140639131X|title=Chloe, InsteadA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=When Molly imagined her little sister she thought shePhilippa Pheasant was ''tired''d be someone just like her, but instead of nearly getting squished as she got Chloe! tried to cross the Old Oak Road. Molly loves She wrote to draw, Chloe loves to eat the crayons! Molly loves books, and so does Chloe mayor about the problem but in didn't even get a rather more page-ripping way! reply. This lovely story looks at an older sibling trying Philippa wasn't a bird to cope with sit back on her shattered expectations tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of what having the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little sister would be likeamateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0811878651</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jonathan Emmett and Steve Cox1776574338|title=The Treasure of Captain ClawLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=This is Every morning Leilong, the story of what happens when two dogsbrontosaurus school bus, Oscar and Lilymakes his way through the city, are on holiday together and come across an old treasure mappicking up children as he goes. In their adventurous quest Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to find go downstairs – they simply climb out of the treasure they are captured by pirates but they cleverly manage window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to outwit them school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in a way which leads the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a laugh-out-loud conclusion tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't be the story!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846167418</amazonuk>bus anymore.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Val McDermid and Arthur Robins1776574028|title=My Granny is a PirateBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4.5
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|summary=It seems I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the pirate phase is child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something all small children go through at some pointquite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. My daughter spent several months dressed as The buffalo who has had a pirate, completing her outfit bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a knitted eye patch, which she asked my mum to knit for her, swiftly followed by hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a knitted parrot''crynoceros'' (think about it! ) It is rather fun to run around shouting The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a 'Arrrrrrrrrr me hearties!' actually, so I can see the appealsm....... '' AnywayOK, this story caters beautifully for all the little wannabe pirates out there and tells of one little boylet's granny and her secret life story.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408309262</amazonuk>not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban1838226834|title=There's a House Inside My MummyCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=54
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|summary=The arrival It was one of a new sibling can be a tricky time in any child's life, but this lovely book helps ease the way for a new baby and explains about pregnancy in a very easy, funny way that is perfect for sharing those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with toddlersour grandparents. The idea of They're there being a house inside mummy's tummy is a clever one, and instantly understandable by small children, and to undo all the loving family relationship good that is depicted in the story is wonderful to see.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408315882</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Sandra Horn and Ken Brown|title=Tattybogle|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=At the start of this storyparents do, Tattybogle stands in the middle of so the field in which he has stood for a long timetrips out were always so much fun. He is made of sticks and sacks, wears A young boy was going to the farmer's old clothes and carnival with his head is full of straw and cheerful thoughts. It would seem that this scarecrow's life is a very good one especially when the wind blows because he likes a bit of a dance. He also likes the rain and when the stars twinkle at night.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842706853</amazonuk>}}Grandad, who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hiawyn Oram and David MellingB09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Totally Terrifying ThreeReal Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith
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|summary=This story sees When the gathering together of three unlikely friends: world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a dragon, protector. Water Spider received a witch strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and a giant'' the future. They all consider themselves to be TOTALLY TERRIFYINGRabbit developed intelligence - but, yet when they meet each otherunfortunately, they're not scaredthe ability to use it well. As they wander around together they come across He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a toddlerrace with Turtle. She isnYou might think that't phased by any of them and the totally terrifying three soon find themselves entertaining her with a shoulder ride, s not a trip on the broomstick fair contest but wait and a sweetly crooned dragon lullabysee. It seems the three friends Things are not so terrifying after all!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444903020</amazonuk>always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Paul GeraghtyRob Keeley|title=SlobcatCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=''Slobcat is our cat Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables.''<br>''He does nothing but lie''<br>''about She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and sleepaubergines.'' Well that When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is what the little girl keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells this wonderful story about a most endearing cat thinksher that carrots grow on trees. Actually, she is quite wrongInfuriated, as Lily checks with the reader discoversteacher, as the story progresses. Because she who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the rest of the family only see him lazing around and sleeping, they have named him Slobcatground. It is a term of affection though as they do really love their catJordan says, even though they have got him quite wrong. She tells the reader that Slobcat is too lazy "I did try to eat his dinner; often comes home soaking wet because he can't be bothered to shelter from the rain tell her, Miss!" and he would be totally useless if there were any rats or mice that might need catchingeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849393885</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kes Gray and Lee WildishB09FFJF8YS|title=Leave Me AloneYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=A young boy sits ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in a fieldtraining, and to every advance by the animal friends around him he declares "You Can'Leave me alone.' He finally explains that his problems are too big for anyone to help him with because his problem t Wear Panties!" is a giant who bullies and teases him. When cry (the bully appears the animals gather together big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and tell him to leave the boy alonepersevering panty pride.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444900145</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=Kes Gray Justine Avery and Mary McQuillanNaday Meldova|title=Pedro The Penguin Everybody Toots! (Get Well FriendsEverybody Potties!)
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|summary=It is Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a beautiful Polar morningchild that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. The sun Funny to talk about and joke about, that is shining, . But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the icebergs are glistening, and Pedro decides to start the day with an early morning swim! He gets ready to dive in, tucks in his tummywrong time. In class, point his beak to the skysay, when everyone will hear it and dives high, high, high into the aireveryone will laugh. But oh dearAt you. He forgot to break the ice before diving Justine Avery's latest entry inher ''Everybody Potties! CRUNCH! But don't worry' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with a little help from Nurse Nibbles and his Get Well Friendsthe familiar humour attached, heexplains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''ll soon be feeling better.!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444900226</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kes Gray and Mary McQuillanB09BG8V3Q6|title=Zoe the Zebra Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Get Well FriendsEverybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=34.5
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|summary=It was a beautiful day ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in Africathe ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. The sun was shining, This series of fun picture books aims to take the birds were singing, pain out of potty training children and all the zebras were peacefully eating their lunchreplace it with some fun. All except for Zoe who is so busy looking out for big, scary animals that she isnIt't looking where she is going and trips up over s a teeny-tiny tortoise! Howeverworthy aim, Nurse Nibbles is on hand and with the Get Well Friends it seems that Zoe as any frustrated parent will soon be on the mendtell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444900250</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristina StephensonB07GZ81J7C|title=Sir Charlie Stinky Socks When Fred the Snake Got Squished and the Tale of the Terrible SecretMended|author=Peter Cotton|rating=4.5
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|summary=The brave and bold Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and his companions Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred- who are, as Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I am sure 'd better tell you already know by now, his good grey mare a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and his pet cat, Envelope - are led to a castle that teeters on top even those of us who have a hill from which strange cries phobia about snakes are heardgoing to warm to him. Sir Charlie knows He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that even though he is a bit scaredcould breathe and immediately became part of the family, he must be brave and put right to the terrible thing extent that has happened in the tall, tall tower (they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the pointy roof)problem started. And so our heroFred didn's tale begins…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405253975</amazonuk>t have any road sense. Or brakes.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Adele Geras, Anne Fine, Henrietta Branford, Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman, Tony Mitton, Alan Garner, Berlie Doherty, Gillian Cross, Kit Wright, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Gates Justine Avery and Linda Newbery Naday Meldova|title=Magic BeansEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=I was attracted to this book because it features stories from [[:Category:Jacqueline Wilson|Jacqueline Wilson]]Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, [[:Category:Philip Pullman|Philip Pullman]]as any parent will tell you. But really, [[:Category:Michael Morpurgo|Michael Morpurgo]], [[:Category:Alan Garner|Alan Garner]] and many other prominent childrenwhy shouldn's writers. I thought t it might make a great Christmas or birthday present (and it would)be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. ThereWhy shouldn's a selection of stories from traditional sources such t potty training be as much fun as Hans Christian Andersen, and Aesopsay, learning about why the sun and I imagine that the authors were inveigled into writing for publisher David Fickling with a free choice of original stories. So don't expect a collection or compendium, but rather an anthology of tales that have entranced and inspired these writers moon take turns in their own childhoods – magic beans indeed.the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0857560433</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Steve BackshallJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=PredatorsNo, No, No!
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|summary=There is something slightly unsettling about They say the notion of a noisy book; best picture books are the very idea that you can make a racket with something intended as a quiet pastime is a tiny bit of an oxymoron for mesimplest ones. But not, And nothing could be truer of course, for your average toddler (let's assume that we are disregarding the din they are able to make just by banging a fair sized hardback such as thislatest from Justine Avery, on the table!) And I've never met a child who did not like a book with interactive buttons and flaps – neverBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230757650</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James McKnight and Mark Chambers194812467X|title=Only Nooglebooglers Glow in the DarkThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Farmer Kirelle and Mrs McDoogle are throwing her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a party walk. Kirelle is dressed for all their friends and for the people who visit the farm throughout the year. The barn has been decorated, Mrs McDoogle has prepared plenty of food weathers in her bright yellow wellies and one of the monsters, Diggle, Sam is acting perfectly turned out as DJ and playing all of their favourite musicever in his smart grey fur coat. Soon As they walk to the guests and some top of the better behaved monsters start arriving. Howeverhill, just as the party is getting into full swing, calamity strikes they see a big barn with the music stopping and all the lights going outa sign outside. The machine that turns poo from the gogglynippers into electricity has broken down.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564515</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette Louden|title=Hats Off!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It'Hats Offs a farm shop!' But this is a wonderfully entertaining book that is written entirely in rhyme. It starts by asking if farm shop with a difference: all the reader has ever thought about how many hats they might have been bought stallholders and whether a hat actually looks good on their head or notcustomers are farmyard animals. The authorThere are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, Neil Griffithsand even some mice. Excited, then goes on to suggest that there are:Kirelle and Sam go shopping.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Melanie Watt0995647895|title=Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday PartySadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=Scaredy Squirrel is planning a birthday party - his own - but heSadie's not a very brave squirrel and thinks mother always said that the safest thing to do for his party will be to celebrate, by himself, in his tree. Very safe. Very far away from any possible danger, like ants or Bigfoot or confetti. Very far away indeed from unfunny clownfish, ponies and porcupines. But then Scaredy's friend Buddy sends him she was a lovely birthday card and all of the plans for the party have to change.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471346</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Seema Barker|title=The Tangle Fairy|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Jaya, just like every little girl in the landdreamer, brushes her hair before bed but wakes up with all sorts of knots and tangles. When Jaya asks her mummy how this can mind never on what she should be, the simple explanation is 'The Tangle Fairy'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564388</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=June Morley|title=Time For Dinner|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=I was beginning to wonder when I would see a book that addressed the sticky (pardon the pun) issue of the food chaindoing. I mean, the reception and pre-schooler set seem pretty au fait with being cooked and eaten She lives by giants whose sleep is disturbed, or by nasty, warty, smelly old witches who live in the woods waiting for a hapless brother River Thames at Greenwich and sister she loves to wander past the door, so I was very keen to see how Morley got into the detail of this particular stumbling blockspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564396</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clemency Pearce and Sam McPhillips1782227741|title=The Silent OwlLittle Gold Ted|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summaryauthor=Owl is silent. Not a hoot. Not a twit or a twoo. Nothing. The other forest animals are worried about himVanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and try to provoke him into saying something, but Owl remains silent.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564248</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Dubravka Kolanovic and Eilidh Rose|title=Little Penguin Learns to SwimSasha Satha
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|summary=Little Penguin has an important One day ahead of him, for today he Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is going swirling. Poor Ted starts to go swimming for spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the first timestreet. Finding himself Hedown in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE''s a little bit scared, but as he sets off to cries and alerts the water he meets several friends along attention of Reg the waysewer rat, all of whom are also trying who plucks him out something new. As he sees each of them succeed in their endeavoursthe dirty water using his cane, will which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he also find the courage to try dries Ted off and swim himself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184956440X</amazonuk>warms him up with a nice bowl of broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Laura Owen and Korky PaulB08R7LXQ9S|title=The Misadventures of Winnie the WitchRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Have you met Winnie the Witch yet? I do hope soRemy is feeling miserable. SheHe's really quite bonkerslet himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, often rather disgustinghave been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and she has a fatsmall eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, long-suffering cat called Wilburit looks as though he was the instigator. SheAnd then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don's a bit of a favourite in our house, so we were eager t believe him when he tries to sit down and read her newest stories together!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192732145</amazonuk>explain what happened.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=J R R Tolkien1471191303|title=Mr BlissThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival
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|summary=Babar the elephant This is the king story of CelestevilleIsobel, and this year his country is hosting the Worldwide Gamesa little girl who made a big difference. Athletes come from all over the world to compete. There is Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a fairytale romance for one of Babarvery cold house, because her parents couldn's children, now grown up, too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701258</amazonuk>}}t afford to put the heating on:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Leo LionniNick Jones and Si Clark|title=FrederickOne Night in Beartown|rating=34
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|summary=The story of Frederick starts by introducing a chatty family of field mice Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who live lives in a stone wall alongside a meadow not far from a barn and a granaryBeartown, is obsessed with bears. Unfortunately, the farmers have moved away meaning that there are not such rich pickings to collect for the winterShe collects books about bears. HoweverHer favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear passed down by working hard her grandmother. Every night , she looks out of her bedroom window and day the little family look like they could collect enough says goodnight to see them through the long hard winterbear statue outside. Frederick is the only mouse who seems Every morning she says hello to see things slightly differently though. Instead of working as hard as his brothers and sistersBee Bear, he spends his days staring a colourful painted bear that lives at the meadow seemingly half asleep. Not surprisingly, the other hard working mice are none too pleased so they challenge Frederick. His answer amazes them when he claims that he is collecting supplies of a different sort – sun rays for the cold dark days ahead, colours for the grey winter and words for the long days when they might run out of things to sayher school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849393095</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}