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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__{{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=For sharingMurray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers __NOTOC__|summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=0008561249}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rob Scotton1732898766|title=Secret Agent Splat!The 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=Splat the Cat has a collection of wooden ducks, made by his father, that he is very proud of. He keeps them in a display case When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the garden shed and has named every one Forest of themFine Repute. Therefore, you can imagine his dismay when one day he discovers that the red duck is missing. The following day he discovers that the blue duck is missing although the red one Their greatest fear has been returned. He would have been happy come about this apart from : the fact that its beak Sour Milk Dragon is missingchasing them. The day after, the blue one He's back right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (minus its beakPlease don't try this at home: it won't end well.) but the green one is no longer there. It's certainly Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a mystery ladder of moss and Splat is determined to get vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the bottom of it Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with a little help from his friendtheir Grand Wees, SeymourNester Nook and Granny Cranny. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007463383</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David McKeeB0CC9W7GLR|title=Elmer and Butterfly|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=One day, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, is out walking when he hears a cry for help. It's his cousin, Wilbur, playing tricks and because of this, when Elmer hears a second cry for help he is tempted to ignore it. Luckily, he doesn't though, as this time the plea is for real as Butterfly is trapped behind a fallen branch. It does not take Elmer long to set his small friend free and, of course, Butterfly is enormously grateful. Anxious to return On the favour, Butterfly promises to repay Elmer one day and tells him just to call if help is needed. Elmer thinks that is highly unlikely and, as he goes on his way, he chucklesBeach''A butterfly saving and elephant, that's a good one!''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709380</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewThe Winter Visitor|author=Amy Krouse Rosenthal Chris Green and Tom Lichtenheld|title=Wumbers|rating=3|genre=Confident Readers|summary=''Wumbers'' mixes - as you might have guessed - words and numbers. Think text speak that doesn't horrify stuffy parents. Each page takes in a different scene, with a speech bubble along the lines of ''Look at his 2can ta2!"" It takes a little bit of decoding for its young readers (and rapidly ageing reviewers) but look upon it as a bit of a game, and it's good fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452110220</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=David Conway and Melanie Williamson|title=The Great Fairy Tale DisasterJenny Fionda
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|summary='Once Upon a Time there lived an old Big Bad Wolf. He no longer had any huff Kit and puff Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to blow down the Three Little Pigs' house be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and he'd had enough building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of falling into hot watersilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline.' Well On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, when the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for it's put like that it's no wonder , but Teal knew that the Big Bad Wolf decides that he has had enough of his own particular fairy tale. He decides that he needs a nice relaxing bear was hungry and gave him one instead apple and thinks that he would fit in well to ''Cinderella''then another. However, when a very nervous Cinderella allows him He obviously needed to take her place, he's not too happy to find himself in be taken home on the bus and given a dress good meal and glass slipperssomewhere to sleep. It's not good for his macho wolf's image at all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989971</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Richard Byrne1913839656|title=The Really, Really, Really Big DinosaurLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5
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|summary=Finlay is what you might call a ''little'' dinosaur; there are certainly plenty bigger than himTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. One day, a big dinosaur walks past He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and Finlay offers then gathered together his button collection to share show his jelly beans with grandmother. She had promised to take him. But to the big dinosaur wants all Friday Night Club at the jelly beans for himself local community centre and even though Finlay explains that the jelly beans actually belong Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his really big only friend and they aren't was his to give away, the big dinosaur just puffs up his chest mum and tells Finlay to let his friend know he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he's going to take the jelly beans all for himself anywaylooked different. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192757636</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brett McKee and Ella Burfoot1529504775|title=Monsters Don't Cry!The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'Archie awoke d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a shout bus in the nighttoy 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.''<br>''Only a dream Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, but what a terrible frightand walk behind it.''<br>''Well monsters may roar Many decades later, may growl or just sighElsie brought the bus,''<br>''But monsters are strongnow damaged and rusted, monsters don't cry''. Archie is a funnyto the Repair Shop, adventurous and brave little chap but in spite of hoping that the fact experts there could make it so that he's a little monster – literally – sometimes when life's little twists and turns don't go his way, her grandchildren could play with it all gets a bit upsetting. Because even monsters get scared; especially little ones like Archie.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393133</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Peggy Rathmann1529504767|title=Good Night, GorillaThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=When it's bedtime at the zoo the zookeeper goes round all the animals Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and wishes them 'good night'nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. What he doesnShe needn't realise is that have worried though as she went to the crafty gorilla has gently lifted the zoo keeper's key ring from his belt home of Mr and is opening the cages. All the animals - ElephantMrs Russell, Lion, Hyena, Giraffe and Armadillo are tiptoeing along behind the zookeeper as he leaves the zoo and goes home who couldn't have been kinder to bed, completely unaware that he has all his friends with himher. In fact She even had her own room - it's not until his wife wishes him good night and receives a lot all to herself. more replies than Gradually she was expecting that the animals are found outrelaxed and began to enjoy her life. IShe'm not going d help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to tell you Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the rest of decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the story because I want you to enjoy it for yourselffollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405263768</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Ross1916459943|title=I Don't Want to Wash my Hands (Little Princess)Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=54
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|summary=The Little Princess is always getting her hands dirty whether itMuch as mothers love their babies, there's by playing in the palace garden, stroking Scruff, the dog or going on her pottysomething they all dread - a squeakily baby. Whenever she does any of these, there He's always someone there so tired but he can't - or won't - go to tell her to wash her hands. Nowsleep: instead, as the Little Princess never likes being told what to do, she does not take kindly to this hand washing business he just lies on his blanket and she demands ''wails''. The sea offers to know whyhelp. However, when It rocks Baby gently and the level-headed maidwaves sing ''hush, who never puts up with any hush''. Think of her nonsense, tells her about all gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the germs and nasties and horrible things that could make her illsound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, she is soon found rushing la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to the hand basin at every opportunityhave worked as Baby closes his eyes. Not only that, she starts insisting that everyone else always washes their hands too Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393990</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross140639131X|title=Mayfly DayA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=Philippa Pheasant was ''Here is Mayfly.tired''<br>''It is her first day on earth.''<br>''It is also her last'' This is the way that this wonderful book starts and of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the reader is left in no doubt that a mayfly's life is quite an extraordinary oneOld Oak Road. We go on She wrote to discover all the amazing things that mayor about the mayfly is able to see and do in this one special dayproblem but didn't even get a reply. It will see eggs hatch, lambs trying Philippa wasn't a bird to stand, taste honey sit back on plants and feel her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the warmth benefits of the sun as well as lollipop lady at the summer rainschool crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. These are just some of Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the things that benefits were obvious. All the mayfly will experience in this one remarkable day. The day ends with animals used the mayfly laying her own eggs crossing and leaving them Hedgehog was even trained up to hatchprovide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842706063</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mandy Sutcliffe1776574338|title=Belle & Boo Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and the Birthday SurpriseBei Lynn|rating=4.5
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|summary=What a lovely story! Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Belle Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and Boo are always togetherslide down his neck. Belle is It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a little girl and Boo is her rabbit. more fun way of going to school? One day Belle There is very busy preparing for a birthdayproblem, though. Together they make Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a card, and some cakes, tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and set traffic regularly gets snarled up a picnic in the garden. But whoThe school decides that he can's birthday is it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408316080</amazonuk>t be the bus anymore.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Caryl Hart and Leonie Lord1776574028|title=Whiffy WilsonBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=54
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|summary=Wilson is I love a terribly dirty little wolf who never washes, or brushes his hair, or changes his underweargood board book! His mum seems ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a lossniche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, demanding see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that he has a bath or he you can't go out to 'play but Wilson, '' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the naughty wolf, just runs away elephant who dons a tutu - and hides! becomes a ''balletphant''. It The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is only when he meets a little girl called Dotty that he does anything ''crynoceros'' (think about how stinky he isit!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm....... '' She thinks heOK, let's a monster he's so smelly, and when that makes him feel sad Dotty says they can soon sort things out and takes him home for a bathnot go there Some people are eating!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140830919X</amazonuk>
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|summary=It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the good that parents do, so the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him:
''It'll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand.''}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jo EmpsonB09MYXSRV4|title=RabbitynessOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=54
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|summary=Rabbit is 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 very rabbity rabbitstrong web that even fire could not burn. He loves doing rabbity things like hopping Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and jumping, washing his ears and burrowing'' the future. He also likes doing unrabbity things too, like painting Rabbit developed intelligence - but, and making musicunfortunately, filling not the woods where he lives with music and colour! But one day, Rabbit disappearsability to use it well. Where has he gone? The He liked to trick other rabbits find everything has become grey and silent without Rabbitanimals. They find that Rabbit left behind some gifts, lots of things He was also jealous which was how he came to make colour and music be in a race withTurtle. Together they all begin to discover You might think that they enjoy doing unrabbity things, and that doing these things makes them think of Rabbit 's not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they feel happyseem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846434823</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McKeeRob Keeley|title=DenverCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=Denver Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, who was extremely richbroccoli, lived in Berton Manor. He was so rich that he was able to employ a chauffeur, a cook cabbage and some gardenersaubergines. When he invited her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to dinner he was able explain how good they are for you and how nice to employ more people to serve all of the foodeat. This was very good for the village of Berton as he was paying the people One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who live theretells her that carrots grow on trees. Not only thatInfuriated, he always did his shopping in BertonLily checks with the teacher, presented prizes at the local school who explains that fruits grow on trees andvegetables, at Christmaslike carrots, dressed up as Santa and handed out presents. It seems quite obvious that many people grow in the village were able ground. Jordan says, "I did try to benefit from his wealthtell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849393893</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Satoshi KitamuraB09FFJF8YS|title=Pot-SanYou Can's Tabletop Talest Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=We love all things Japanese ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in our house having visited training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the country a few times and come home laden with books and movies and general cute knickbig-knacks galoregirl kind! So I was excited to read this story to my little girl all about Pot-san, a teapot, ) of toilet triumph and his other tabletop friends who have lots of adventures together!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393788</amazonuk>}}persevering panty pride.''
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Small Knight and George (a little red dragon) live together in an old castle, a rather crumbling old castle that's in desperate need of repair. There's no money to fix things up however, so Mum and Dad Knight decide to send Small Knight off with a treasure map to be a pirate, to get them some treasure so they can fix up the castle!
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{{newreview|author=Jane Cabrera|title=Fetch|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Fetch And so it is ! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little black dog who one day turns up in the village girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and proves graduation to be very useful "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to everyoneher dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. He fetches things at home for RosaNeither can the flowers, he fetches newspapers at nor the newsstand and parcels at fish, nor the post officebirds. HeBoy's helpful wherever he goescertainly can't. But one day, Fetch has disappeared...what could he have gone She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to 'fetch' this time..? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408313871</amazonuk>know it!}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Nick SharrattJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Fancy Dress FarmyardEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=ThereToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn's a party t find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the farmyard wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and iteveryone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's going to be fancy dresslatest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. LetEverybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''s turn the pages together and find out who has come dressed as what!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>140711591X</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tracey Corderoy and Kate LeakeB09BG8V3Q6|title=Never Say No to a PrincessWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5
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|summary=The little princess ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is used to having everything she wants immediately. She wears a sparkly dress and a sparkly tiara; she sleeps the latest release in a sparkly bed and plays with sparkly toys. And whenever she wants something new, she just shouts at the top of her lungs that if she doesn't get it, she will cry'Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. And do you know what? She gets it! Straight away! But having what she wants, This series of fun picture books aims to take the minute she wants pain out of potty training children and replace it doesn't make the little princess happywith some fun. Because she isnIt't smiling at all. In facts a worthy aim, she never smiles. Everas any frustrated parent will tell you. Nothing is ever quite good enough for this little princess.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407115618</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Will Buckingham and Thomas DochertyB07GZ81J7C|title=The Snorgh When Fred the Snake Got Squished and the SailorMended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=The Snorgh lives alone in a little shack on a windy and quiet stretch of beach that is known for its rather fabulous crop of samphire, upon which the Snorgh munchesMeet Fred. Lucky little devilWell, isnactually, you't he?!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407116525</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Giles Andreae and Tony Ross|title=Me, the Queen and Christopher|rating=4|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Freya, who is seven years old, received a re going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very important letterquickly. On the back But I'm getting ahead of the envelope it said ''Buckingham Palace'myself: I' d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and it was from the Queen, inviting her even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to teahim. It looked He arrived as though the day was going to be a disaster as Freya curtsied - present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and managed immediately became part of the family, to knock the Queen overextent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. But the Queen is nothing if not resilient and up she got and off they went to her private quarters And that was where she and Freya made themselves baked beans on toast and mugs of tea ('always dip your tea bag exactly twenty-seven times' is the Queenproblem started. Fred didn's advice for a good cuppa) and really it's rather like being in Freya's Gran's flatt have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408320053</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jonny DuddleJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=The Pirates Next DoorEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Matilda lives in the little seaside town of Dull-on-Sea where the average age is 67Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. The house next door has been empty since she was a baby and she But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn'longs'' for a family with a girl of her own age to move in but instead a family of pirates move into the decrepit old house - complete with their pirate shipt potty training be as much fun as, treasure chestssay, barrels of grog learning about why the sun and Jim Lad who is the moon take turns in Matilda's class at school. The neighbours - well, the town - are not pleased, so what will the pirate family do to win them roundsky? Meanwhile, Matilda is having a lot of fun.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848773927</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Emma DoddJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=I Love BeastsNo, No, No!
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|summary=This little boy loves beasts, all kinds of beasts! Using rhyme, we see all They say the best picture books are the different kinds simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of animals that he loves until finally he ends with the one he loves the very bestthis latest from Justine Avery, his own cuddly teddy bear!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304724</amazonuk>}}a Bookbag favourite.
{{newreview|author=David Melling|title=Hugless Douglas and the Big Sleep|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Douglas is excited''No, No, No! He's on his way for a sleepover and his friend Rabbit's house. First there is based around the packing, then there's the journey to get there and on his way Douglas runs into rather a lot of little sheep who decide to tag along for the sleepover toosimplest text imaginable. Rabbit's house ends up being very crowded, but they manage to come up with an acceptable solution for everyone, after only a little bit of trouble!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444901486</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Chris Haughton|title=A Bit Lost|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Little owl has fallen out of his nest - uh-oh''No, no, no! ThankfullyOkay, a kindly squirrel is going to help him find his mummyokay. The little owl remembers aspects of what she looks likeYes, so the squirrel ticks off animal after animal until they find mummy owlyou may.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406333832</amazonuk>}}''
{{newreview|author=Rebecca Elliott|title=CubThat's First Summer|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's the first day of summerit! But, and when Cub wakes up, Mum suggests a walk in the forest together. As Cub and Mum explore Cub bombards his mum with questions (in true toddler fashion!) about like all the heatbest picture books, about the length this tiny snippet of the days, about the flowers and the birds. They spend text is a happy day together, enjoying veritable tardis - so much bigger on the delights of summer until inside that it appears on the sky grows darker and a thunderstorm approachesoutside. Quickly, they run back home and as the storm rages they enjoy one more pleasure, snuggling up together for sleepy time!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1849566100</amazonuk>1638820457
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Serge Bloch194812467X|title=Reach for the Stars The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Other Advice for Life's JourneyEma Tepic
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|summary=A young boy Kirelle and Roger, his dog, receive some traditional advice about how they should live their livesher best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. We've Kirelle is dressed for all heard the sentiments (weathers in her bright yellow wellies and being honest - not always Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in the best of circumstances) many times but Serge Bloch gives us his interpretation of smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the words which we hear so often. Boy (for he has no other name) is told that he has his whole life ahead top of him - and gazes at the future through hill, they see a telescopebig barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the first of almost thirty delightful illustrations designed to make us think about what we're sayingstallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1402797591</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|author=Jez Alborough|title=Six Little Chicks|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=It's a beautiful day and Hen has already given birth to five fine chicks. She still has one more egg to hatch though so she still needs to sit on that while the other chicks explore and play outside. She is just settling down when she hears Owl’s loud 'To-wit-to-woo!' telling them that the big, bad fox is on the prowl. She dashes out to see all her chicks playing happily with no wolf in sight so she warns them to stay close and goes back to her egg. Not long after, Goose comes along with a similar warning but still there is no fox. Finally though, the fox does arrive and although the chicks are now hiding in the hen house, he entices them to 'come closer'. It looks as if time may be up for these sweet little creatures. Luckily though, the fifth chick had been kicking a stick which, in the little ones' attempts to get away, flies up in the air and manages to land in the fox's mouth wedging it open. This is very fortunate as it is just in time for them to see their sixth little brother or sister be born!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857530305</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Giles Andreae Sadie and Jess Mikhailthe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=I Love You, Little MonsterMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5
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|summary=ThereSadie's mother always said that she was a little monster called Small and a big monster called Big. Small is fast asleep in bed one night when Big comes indreamer, ruffles his hair and starts talking to himher mind never on what she should be doing. As he speaks it becomes apparent how much he loves She lives by the little monster River Thames at Greenwich and how much he wants to protect him. He explains that the days are always so busy and there is never enough time to say all of the things that he should say, but it is easy she loves to do so when it is darkspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408314274</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|author=Katherine Lodge|title=Let's Find Mimi at Home|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mimi is a little mouse who lives with her mouse family. This book takes us through her day at home, waking up, getting dressed, eating breakfast etc. Each double page spread has a small description of what Mimi is doing and 'When all the houses cowered in the challenge is to find Mimi (and her family toogloom, if you wish) and see what she's getting up to!|amazonuk='<amazonuk>0340999721</amazonukbr>}} {{newreview|author=Saviour Pirotta and Cecilia Johansson|title=Grimm's Fairy Tales: Rumplestiltskin'To the Maritime Museum''. |rating=4|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Rumpelstiltskin is one of the better known of the tales from the Brothers Grimm and a perennial favouriteHer imagination was fired. The poor miller shows off in front of the king about the abilities of his beautiful daughter - she can apparently spin straw into gold. The king insists that the girl be sent She'd love to sail the palace oceans on an ancient sailing ship and when went back regularly. One day she arrives tells her to get fell asleep under a load of straw spun into gold - or suffer the glass case (fatal) consequences. The girl is saved by it's the appearance of a dwarf who works his magic in return for the girlone where Nelson's necklace; Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the second night itattendant's her ring warning shout. When she gives up and on the third itwoke (hard floors don's t make comfy beds) she was in the promise midst of her first-born childan adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140830841X</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Saviour Pirotta and Cecilia Johansson1782227741|title=Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twelve Dancing PrincessesLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=There was once a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. Frightened that they would sneak out and go dancing he locked them in a big bedroom at night, but each morning he would find their satin shoes danced to pieces. As he couldn't work out how they escaped he issued a proclamation to all the young men of the land. Any prince who worked out how they escaped could marry one of the daughters and would inherit the kingdom. But - if after three nights he hadn't discovered the secret, he would lose his head.
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{{newreview
|author=Edward Hardy and Ali Pye
|title=Where is Fred?
|rating=4.5
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|summary=FredOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the fluffy, white caterpillar loves hiding and playing games as he water is very good at camouflaging himself amongst dandelions and sheepswirling. It’s a bit dangerous when he tries Poor Ted starts to eat lush green leaves though as there spin around and around and is nowhere to hidesucked down a drain on the side of the street. That’s normally OK but one day Gerald, Finding himself down in the crowsewer, happens Ted starts to catch sight panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him and is determined to eat him. Fred will not give up without a fight though and scarpers off down out of the High Street. When Gerald catches updirty water using his cane, he is only able to see which might look just a smart looking lady wearing a fluffy necklacebit like an old cricket bat. She says that she has not seen Fred so he moves on until he meets Reg is a man with grey straggly hair kind soul and lovely fluffy white eyebrows. He also has not seen Fred so Gerald moves on to ask a little girl with a fluffy white hair band he dries Ted off and an elderly man warms him up with a big white moustache. Of course, any eagle eyed child will soon spot where Fred is hiding in all nice bowl of the pictures but luckily Gerald does notbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405254025</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jon KlassenB08R7LXQ9S|title=I Want My Hat BackRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
|rating=4
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|summary=The poor bear has lost his hatRemy is feeling miserable. He wants it back. As with all bears, he's a bit of a surly ollet himself down ''again'' thing. His pointy red hat is about the only thing that puts a smile on The school bully Jayden, together with his facesidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and he then push him just can't find that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, itlooks as though he was the instigator. The fox And then he gets into trouble at school and frog the teachers don't know where it is, the rabbit is evasive, and the tortoise is more interested in climbing a rock. How will the bear ever find his hat? Poor bearbelieve him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406336831</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oakley Graham1471191303|title=When I Dream of 123The Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary='When I dream of 123' is an enchanting book that would make any bedtime very special. It This is a counting book that starts at number one and goes all the way to one hundred which is story of Isobel, a bit unusual for many picture books. This also makes it an ideal book for slightly older children as well as the very young. It is also little girl who made a lovely book because each number is accompanied by a gorgeous illustration and some unusual and often comical information about what is seenbig difference. It reads like Isobel lived with her parents in a nonhouse -fiction book but all of a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the pieces of information are mainly imaginary.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849567239</amazonuk>}}heating on:
{{newreview|author=Mij Kelly and Katharine McEwen|title=Quack Quack Moo, We See You!|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Poppa Bombola has lost his darling daughter! He's hunting high 'Ice curled across the inside of the window and low, under tables, under chairs and all around crept up the corner of the farmyard - but she is nowhere to be foundbedpost.... Or is she? Maybe Poppa Bombola isn't looking close enough...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192757466</amazonuk>}}'
{{newreview|author=Gareth Edwards and Kanako Usui|title=The Big Jungle Mix Up|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Big Bear is teaching little bear all about family didn't go to the animals in the jungle as cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they are out walking one daywere happy. But Big Bear keeps mixing them up Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the house and little bear has they had to move to keep putting him straight:the far side of the city. 'We might find a monkeyThis part of the city was cold, with feathers sad and lonely and beak, pea-green, carrot orange, we'll teach it to speak… You've got it mixed up! As orange as a carrot? A beak that can speak? Then it must be a… *open flap* PARROT!'|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444903047</amazonuk>Isobel felt invisible.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Gareth Edwards Nick Jones and Kanako UsuiSi Clark|title=The Big Animal Mix-UpOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=We're back with Big Bear Many children have an obsession and little bear again and this timeSandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, Big Bear is teaching little bear all obsessed with bears. She collects books about the animals from little bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a teddy bear's big ''Book About Animals'' as they are settling passed down for bed one by her grandmother. Every night. But Big Bear keeps mixing them up , she looks out of her bedroom window and once again little says goodnight to the bear has statue outside. Every morning she says hello to keep putting him straight: 'This is Bee Bear, a fishcolourful painted bear that lives at her school. It She even has very soft fur. If you give it a cuddle, you'll hear it go 'purr'… 'Hang bears on a minute! A fish can't do that. If it's purry and furry, it must be a... *open flap* CATher bedroom wallpaper!'|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0340989890</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}
{{newreview|author=Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow|title=Bramble the Brave|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bramble and her friend Twig love adventures especially when it comes Move on to digging very deep molehills. Bramble leads and Twig follows whether they are digging, wading through ponds, climbing or rolling down hills. You would think that this brave little mole would be prepared to try anything and she is. That is until it comes to food when she turns into the fussiest little mole imaginable. She won't eat pondweed soup because it is too slimy; four-leaf clover salads are too crunchy and she won't even try Mummy's hazelnut pie because she only likes berries. Her parents try to persuade her to try all of this lovely food but eventually they get fed up of making a fuss and just let Bramble eat berries for a whole week. At first, Bramble is delighted but soon her paws look as if they have been splashed with purple paint and her whiskers feel sticky all the time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192780239</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]