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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=0008561249}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=A Christmas StoryThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Brian WildsmithWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they''A Christmas Story'' starts with a birth re running for their lives in a stablethe Forest of Fine Repute. Not Their greatest fear has come about: the arrival of the baby JesusSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, but the birth of a donkey. Like most young creaturesspewing hot, the little donkey wants to be near to sour milk from his mothernostrils. So (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when she leaves the stable to carry her owner on a journey to Bethlehem her baby misses herladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. With help from a young girl, Rebecca, the little donkey manages They climbed up to follow the family to Bethlehem and all Tree Wee homes high up in the events of the nativity are seen through tangled woods where they lived with their eyesGrand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192736264</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=Bit-Bot and On the BlobBeach: The Winter Visitor|author=Jo LitchfieldChris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=This book really has everything; an absent minded adult Kit and Teal were just beginning to laugh wonder whether it was better to be athome, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a sensible robot butler, snowy beach when a dog and large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of the ice was a robot for polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the main character's best friends bear woke and a scary monster with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a slimy swamp ..... or is run for it? It all begins when George's parents are snowed in on an expedition to the North Pole. This means George must spend his holidays with his uncle, but with Teal knew that the new robot companion his uncle has created for bear was hungry and gave him, this sounds a real dream holidayone apple and then another. The only hitch is when his uncle insists that he go He obviously needed to bed instead of staying up late to watch a scary monster film. Bit - Bot comes up with be taken home on the perfect solution, allowing them to stay in bed bus and watch the film, but things get given a bit more frightening then they had planned when a real live blob shows up in the bedroomgood meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405255137</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{Frontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=The Slightly Annoying ElephantToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=David Walliams Amy Sparkes and Tony RossKatie Hickey
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|summary=When Sam filled out Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the elephant adoption form at red buses drive past. Elsie would race the zoo, he never imagined buses along the elephant would actually be coming to live with him. Silly boy - he should have read side of the fine print. Of course many children would love having an elephant as pet, park but this elephant is not a pet. He is rude, bossy and really a David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very'' annoying house guest who will very quickly out stay his welcome - but what can Sam do? difficult. A deal is One day Elsie spotted a deal bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and he did sign was happy to use the contractcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. As soon as Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the elephant arrives he begins issuing demandsbus for support, making complaintsand walk behind it. Many decades later, and turning Elsie brought the house into a disaster zone bus, now damaged and things are only going rusted, to get worse. Sam really should have read the adoption form - especially Repair Shop, hoping that the part about the elephant's friendsexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007493991</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=The Great Moon ConfusionChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Richard ByrneAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=Aldrin knows everythingSusan 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. At least he thinks he does. So when rabbit asks why She needn't have worried though as she went to the moon is getting smallerhome of Mr and Mrs Russell, Aldrin is who couldn't have been kinder to embarrassed her. She even had her own room - all to admit he really doesn't knowherself. Instead he launches an investigation Gradually she relaxed and quickly comes began to the conclusion that the moon is being stolenenjoy her life. This is one of the most fun books we have read recently. You can She't d help but laugh at poor Aldrin Mrs Russell with the baking and his expertise, when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the beautiful illustrations make this story very easy to follow, even for decorations on the youngest readerChristmas tree. Before the book is finished, Aldrin will not only learn about the moon, but also about friendship, boasting, jumping to conclusions, accusations and apologies, and along The best surprise happened the way he will stumble into one hilarious situation after anotherfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192735039</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Doug the Bug That Went BOINGSqueakily Baby|author=Sue HendraBeth Webb
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|summary=Ever found an insect in your attic Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or an arachnid won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on your roof his blanket and wondered how DID they get there? ''wails''. The sea offers to help. Doug It rocks Baby gently and the Bug cwaves sing ''hush, hush''.ould tell you Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you can find out too have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in Sue Hendra’s picture book- ''la lou, ‘Doug the Bug That Went BOING!’la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857074466</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=How the Meteorite Got to the MuseumA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Jessie HartlandBriony May Smith|rating=4.5
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|summary=This is a cumulative tale in which one small event sets off a chain Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of other events which are repeated throughout nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the storyOld Oak Road. If your child loves books like ''This is She wrote to the mayor about the House That Jack Builtproblem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn', this may prove t a very useful addition bird to you home library, but this is sit back on her tail feathers when there was a type problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of story telling which I have found some children really take 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 amateur to, start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and others do notHedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052528</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=Scribbles and Ink, the ContestLeilong's Too Long!|author=Ethan LongJulia Liu and Bei Lynn
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|summary=Scribbles Every morning Leilong, the Cat and Ink brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the Mouse are nowhere near city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the average cartoon cat and mouse top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs for one thing they are good buddiessimply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, who like nothing isn't it? What could be a more than lounging aroundfun way of going to school? There is a problem, or being creative with art suppliesthough. When Ink finds a contest Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to win an adventure holiday by drawing dinosaurs, they both have be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a go tennis court with unexpected results…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609053516</amazonuk>he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=You Make Me SmileBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Layn MarlowDavid Elliott|rating=54
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|summary=Snow, I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at least quite a niche market: it's for us in the UK, isn’t an everyday occurrencechild 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 for children, unbothered by traffic chaos make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and school closures becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and boilers on the brink of then dries off with a hair drier becomes a breakdown, it can be rather magical''fluffalo''. This book The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about that magicit!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192794736</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1838226834|title=I Want a PetCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Lauren ChildEd Boxall|rating=4.5
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|summary=What do you do if you really, really want a pet? You ask your parents, It was one of coursethose memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They’re bound They're there to have some criteria. Like something with not too much fur, something undo all the good that can live outsideparents do, neatly so the trips out of were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the way, or something that doesn’t buzz (it’s not good for Granny’s hearing aid, y’see). So you take all this into consideration and come up carnival with a shortlist of critters that might work. One by one you suggest themhis Grandad, and one by one your ideas are shouted down.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847803342</amazonuk>}}who told him:
{{newreview|title=The Tailypo: A Ghost Story|author=Joanna Galdone and Paul Galdone|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''The TailypoIt'll be brilliant, just remember, don' is an old story from Appalachian folklore. It has not been tamed down at all like so many t let go of the old stories but retains all its original spine-tingling terror for the very youngmy hand. Although it is listed as ghost story, it really is not. Instead it the story of a strange beast which is best left well alone.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0395300843</amazonuk>''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|title=Enormouse|author=Angie Morgan|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summaryisbn=Enormouse isn’t quite like the other mice. He’s big. Really big. And while his great size can be a useful thing (he can reach into high cupboards when they’re foraging, he can carry more cheese), that doesn’t stop the others laughing at him.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847804489</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewB09MYXSRV4|title=Miss Dorothy-Jane Was Ever So VainOtter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Julie Fulton and Jona JungCordellya Smith
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|summary=Miss Dorothy-Jane is very much obsessed with her appearanceWhen the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so when she sees there’s that he could become a competition to find Hamilton Shady’s best lady she just has to enter! She spends ever such protector. Water Spider received a long time perfecting her look strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but on , unfortunately, not the way ability to the contest, disaster strikesuse it well. Will she realise that there’s more He liked to life than looks, and sacrifice her chance trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to win be in a meet and greet race with the Queen (yes, her Majesty!)? Can she do the right thing, even if she gets all dirty Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and dishevelled in the process? I’m sure you can guess the outcome, but the final ending was a surprise, even for mesee. Things are not always as they seem. A nice surprise, I should add'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861060</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=What can you Stack on the Back of a Yak?Rob Keeley|authortitle=Alison Green and Adam StowerCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=You might be wondering why anyone would want to stack anything on the back of a yak Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, but the answer is simple. In this adorable talebroccoli, Captain Quack cabbage and the Yak (you’ve guessed itaubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, this Lily is a rhyming one) deliver post keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to the top of a mountaineat. Along the way the Yak likes to playOne day, andpoor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, wellwho tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, deviate from Lily checks with the trackteacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and no matter how hard he triesvegetables, like carrots, Captain Quack cannot control himgrow in the ground. Uh oh. One dayJordan says, "I did try to tell her, the Yak ends up with a rather more interesting load than his usual parcels and boxes Miss!" and sackseveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1407135724</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=Mr Tiger Goes WildYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Peter BrownJustine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5
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|summary=There’s something special about tigers. And there’s definitely something special about Mr Tiger. He’s ''For the star of Peter Brown’s picture bookbig, grownup girls out there, ‘Mr Tiger Goes Wild’. This distinctive book takes the themes of fitting potty masters in and being true to who you aretraining, and explores them through "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the character big-girl kind!) of one animal who challenges the status quo toilet triumph and dares to be differentpersevering panty pride. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447253256</amazonuk>}}''
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|summary=A child (from an unknown country) is gallivanting throughout the world looking for a friend. He stops in Brazil and meets Paulo. He would be a good friend. Then he’s off to Morocco where he meets Mohamed. ''He'' would be a good friend too. You can see where this is going. From country to country we travel, constantly meeting exciting and interesting new children and learning about their lives. They would all be great friends for our little narrator, but who should he choose? Spoiler alert: he realises you don’t have to have just one friend, and in fact all the children of the world can be friends. Awwww.
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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|titleauthor=Precious Justine Avery and the Mystery of the Missing Lion : A New Case for Precious RamotsweNaday Meldova|authortitle=Alexander McCall SmithEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=54
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|summary=I had already previously enjoyed [[Precious Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and the Monkeys by Alexander McCall Smith|Precious and the Monkeys]] which joke about, that is . But horribly embarrassing if you let one of AMS' children's stories about his Nogo at the wrong time.1 Ladies Detective Agency characterIn class, Precious Ramotswesay, when she is a childeveryone will hear it and everyone will laugh. So I was looking forward to this one about a missing lionAt you. I wasnJustine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!''t disappointed. Once again his gentle charm shines throughseries takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, and this explains that tooting is a delightful book to read aloud or just enjoy by yourself, however old you may beperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846972558</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title=A Letter for BearWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=David LucasJustine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5
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|summary=Bear ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is a postmanthe latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. HeIt's a very good postman and always delivers all his letters on timeworthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. Yet when he's finished his work for the day he goes back alone to his cave, and makes himself some soup, and he wonders what it would be like to receive a letter.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909263133</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=How to Babysit a GrandadWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Jean Reagan and Lee WildishPeter Cotton|rating=4.5
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|summary=ItMeet Fred. Well, actually, you's re going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very important to know how to babysit your grandadquickly. YouBut I'll need to know what he likes to eat (Icecream topped with cookies or anything dipped in ketchup!) m getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. You'll also need Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to know how warm to keep him entertained (somersault across the room!) . In case you've ever wondered about He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the best ways family, to look after your grandad then this is the book extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for you!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444915886</amazonuk>a walk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=I Love You Father ChristmasJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=Giles Andreae and Emma DoddEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=This is a rather Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn'lovely letter t it be? We all have to Santalearn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn'' style bookt potty training be as much fun as, say, told entirely in verse. It starts off with learning about why the title words, ''I love you Father Christmas'' sun and works through why the gentleman moon take turns in question rocks: ''Your beard looks amazing''<br>''And yes, you’re rather fat''<br>''But you probably just like eating''<br>''And there’s nothing wrong with that''the sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408330229</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Fishy TalesJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|authortitle=Rob ScottonNo, No, No!
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|summary=Even cats have to go to school too, y’know? And Splat is no exception. Today they’re going on a school trip to They say the aquarium, though, which is a bit exciting if you’re a cat, even if your teacher (the fabulously named Mrs Wimpydimple) is very clear on best picture books are the ground rules: look with your eyes, not with your handssimplest ones. And absolutely no eating nothing could be truer of the fish!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0061978523</amazonuk>}}this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.
{{newreview|title=Wibbly Pig Picks a Pet|author=Mick Inkpen|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Big Pig's sister's friend is choosing a petNo, No, but Wibbly and Scruffy canNo!'t wait to meet. They imagine all sorts of pets she might choose. Could it be an elephant, a polar bear or a dinosaur? They think of all sorts of fun choices, while hoping she chooses anything at all except a rabbit. Rabbits are boring according to Wibbly and Scruffy - at least until they see one' is based around the simplest text imaginable. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444908219</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=Toucan Can|author=Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis|rating=5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=If you’ve ever wondered what a toucan can do''No, this book will tell you. The answerno, in a nutshell, is EVERYTHINGno!. Some are typical things – dancing and singing and sliding and swinging. Some are more random – banging a frying panOkay, doing the cancanokay. But they all look like a lot of funYes, and the question remains: ''can you do what Toucan can?may.'' I bet, I bet, I bet you can!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877467537</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview|title=The Christmas Carrot|author=Allan Plenderleith|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=It’s Christmas time, and there’s every reason to be afraid, at least if you’re a carrot. While everyone else is getting excited about the season, the Christmas carrot is dreading That's it. He’s about to go under the knife and emerge as a side dish on the family dinner table tomorrow. Gulp! Luckily Billy has other ideasBut, and seizes him from like all the kitchen where his dad (a nice touch…it’s not just mums who cook) had been about to prepare him. Outside they gobest picture books, heading for Billy’s snowman who this tiny snippet of text is missing one small feature… a nose! It’s a last minute save from veritable tardis - so much bigger on the chopping board, but inside that it appears on the Christmas carrot is still not happy with this career change, because it’s, y’know, rather cold out here. And so his adventure continuesoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1841613754</amazonuk>1638820457
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|summary=Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders 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.
{{newreview|title=Wibbly Pig and the Tooky|author=Mick Inkpen|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I had a feeling, when I saw the cover of this book, that I was going to enjoy it. I wasn't disappointed. Something really tickled me as I read this book, and I have since flicked through it again, by myself, without the kids! So that's usually a good sign of a good children's picture book. Especially if I now sneak it upstairs onto ''my'' picture book bookshelf where I keep all my personal favourites from our ridiculously large collection and I try to keep sticky fingers off them and keep them for special reading times together!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444912232</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Winnie's Pirate AdventureSadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Valerie Thomas Maureen Duffy and Korky PaulAnita Joice
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|summary=We like Winnie the Witch stories in our house. We have Sadie's mother always said that she was a whole bag full of themdreamer, and have read them many times over, so when my daughter saw this new one her mind never on what she was very excitedshould be doing. Sadly, it didn't quite live up She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to our (admittedly high) expectations. This new story sees Winnie head off on a pirate adventure which should, you would think, have the makings of an excellent storyspend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192736019</amazonuk>}}
{{newreview''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>|title=Ding Dong Gorilla|author=Michelle Robinson and Leonie Lord|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=We never learn ''When all the name of houses cowered in the main character in gloom,''<br>''Ding Dong GorillaTo the Maritime Museum''. This book is told in Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the first person, from oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the point of view of a very young child one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and addressed to his parent. This works quite well in this story, because most children will be able to identify very easily with missed the protagonist closing bell and most parents will identify with the unseen mother whom this story is directed toattendant's warning shout. The story begins with When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a sheepish looking wee boy reminding his mother how they had ordered a huge pizza. Unfortunatelyworld of dolphins, pirates, he has a bit of bad news to break firstmermaids and treasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408312018</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1782227741|title=Rosie Revere, EngineerLittle Gold Ted|author=Andrea Beaty Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and David RobertsSasha Satha|rating=4.5
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|summary=Andrea Beaty and David Roberts make One day, Gold Ted falls into a great teampuddle. Their previous book, It''Iggy Peck, Architect'', s quite a deep puddle and the water is a best seller swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and has is sucked down a lot drain on the side of the street. Finding himself down in common with the sewer, Ted starts to panic. ''Rosie Revere, EngineerOH HELP ME PLEASE''. Both stories offer hope he cries and encouragement to children alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who feel at odds and left plucks him out of the mainstreamdirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Rosie Reg is very shy and cannot bring herself to join in at school. But at home she sparkles a kind soul and comes to life while building inventive gadgets from odds he dries Ted off and ends, often using things rescued from the bin. When her favourite uncle laughs at one of her contraptions (made especially for warms him), Rosie is mortified and it takes the exuberant help of another relative to bring her back out up with a nice bowl of her shellbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419708457</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B08R7LXQ9S|title=Lollipop and Grandpa and the Christmas BabyRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Penelope Harper Mayuri Naidoo and Cate JamesCaroline Siegal|rating=3.54
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|summary=Lollipop’s mum has just made an announcementRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. She started off sneakily by asking Lollipop The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and her brother James how they’d feel about welcoming another brother or sister to the familyBrandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but Lollipop is they are not stupid. She knows it’s not really They are careful to wind up for debateRemy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the other kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the instigator. It’s already a done dealAnd then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907912274</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=Pigeon Pie, Oh My!1471191303|author=Debbie Singleton and Kristyna Litten|rating=4.5|genretitle=For Sharing|summary=This tale is a gently humorous picture book gem from Debbie Singleton and illustrator Kristyna Litten. Farmer Budd goes about his daily work, feeding animals and repairing the old scarecrow. But when he sets off to market he forgets to close the gate…..leaving the way open for the goat to cause havoc. Down tumbles the scarecrow and in come the pigeons with their beady eyes set on the corn crop. Tiny chick cleverly stops their plan in a way that may remind some young readers of a certain mouse in Julia Donaldson’s [[The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson|The Gruffalo]].|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192734148</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|title=Upside Down BabiesInvisible|author=Jeanne Willis and Adrian ReynoldsTom Percival
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|summary=Upside Down Babies This is not about flipping little ones over and getting them to do headstands before they can walk (though, seriously, the earlier you start the better). Nostory of Isobel, it’s even more fun than thata little girl who made a big difference. The Earth has flipped! The sky is no longer blue – it’s brown like the ground instead. And the ground is brown like the sky used to be. Uh oh! Everything and everyone has gone tumbling Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, from the animals in the pictures because her parents couldn't afford to put the text heating on the page. And while what goes up must come down, it might not come down in the place it should. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849395330</amazonuk>}}:
{{newreview|title=The Faber Book ''Ice curled across the inside of Nursery Stories|author=Barbara Ireson the window and Shirley Hughes|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A whopping 45 stories make crept up this reissued book of nursery stories perfectly pitched at the pre-school and early years audience. There are animal stories and stories about fantasy creatures. There are tales of good, sweet children and tales of naughty, crotchety ones. There are stories that go on for pages and others that finish after a few paragraphs. There are entries you might end up reading again and again, and entries you might read once or not at all, in favour corner of the favourites insteadbedpost.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571307590</amazonuk>}}''
{{newreview|title=Barbapapa|author=Annette Tison and Talus Taylor|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bibliophiles over the age of 40 may have fond memories of a certain shape-shifting character by the name of Barbapapa who appeared in a series of childrenThe family didn's books back in t go to the 1970’s. The books were originally written in French, cinema or on holidays but gained popularity they had each other and they were eventually translated into 30 languageshappy. Barbapapa also had his own TV series and comic book and his name, literally translated, means Then the day came when they couldn''candy floss''. The books are now enjoying a resurgence in popularity now that t afford the original stories have been reprinted in English rent for a new generation the house and they had to enjoymove to the far side of the city. This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408330717</amazonuk>
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 {{newreviewFrontpage|titleauthor=Hugless Douglas Finds A HugNick Jones and Si Clark|authortitle=David MellingOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=The fun Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in ''Hugless Douglas Finds A Hug'' jumps out at youBeartown, is obsessed with bears. LiterallyShe collects books about bears. In the form of Her favourite toy is Berisford, a Douglas puppet who arrives poking his head through the centre of the bookteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. He pops up on every page Every night, she looks out of the story, sporting his red scarf her bedroom window and his slightly dopey look, and as his body seems says goodnight to grow with every page that’s turned, you just know there’s something special waiting for you on the last pagebear statue outside. Can you guess what it is? Hint: the clue’s in the titleEvery morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444912674</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}
{{newreview|title=Poppy Cat's Counting Adventure|author=Lara Jones|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Just how much can you pack in one short book? That’s the question you’ll be asking when you pick up ''Poppy Cat’s Counting Adventure''. How about: rhyme (check), flaps Move on to lift (check), holes to peep through (check), bright colours, happy characters and a fun, educational aspect (check, check, check). This book really has it all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>023075404X</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]