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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Daniel PostgateAdam Stower|title=Clangers: The Brilliant SurpriseMurray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=There Murray is no such thing as nostalgia anymore as all 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 classic childrentwo. But he's TV shows of a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the past have been pulled catflap they both use can chuck them out , not into the regular back garden, but into a world of retirement, dusted off frightening adventure and made anewwhiffs. ''The Clangers'' are This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one of the latest IPs much bigger than Murray was, to be visited by the resurrectionists and the new show has proved very popular. It has now spawned spin off toys and bookshonest, but how do you write a book about a bunch of creatures that we cannot understand?he's turned up and he'll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0241195985</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ailsa Burrows1732898766|title=The Jar Adventures of HappinessBirpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)

|summary=What would you do if you knew When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the recipe for happiness? Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. IHe'm sure you could make a fortunes right behind them, selling it by the jarspewing hot, though sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: itwon's questionable of course as to whether such profiteering from the sale of emotions would make you happy! t end well.) MegFortunately, the little girl in this story, makes up her own special blend they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of happiness in a jar, moss and she takes it everywherevines was lowered for them, using it they escaped. They climbed up to cheer the Tree Wee homes high up her friends in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and familyGranny Cranny. But what will happen when Meg can't find the jar?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846437288</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anne Booth and Sam UsherB0CC9W7GLR|title=RefugeOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda

|summary=A donkey tells the story of how he Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was led by the man whilst he carried the womanbetter to be at home, bored but warm, all or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the way to Bethlehem, where shoreline. On top of the baby ice was borna polar bear. Soon afterAs the ice bumped onto the sand, the shepherds came bear woke and then with wobbly legs moved from the kingsice. But then the man had Kit was all for making a dream - a dream of danger - and he run for it, but Teal knew that it the bear was time for them all to leavehungry and gave him one apple and then another. They left some gold for He obviously needed to be taken home on the innkeeper (they were not staying in the stable because they were ''poor'') bus and given a good meal and went through the quiet streets ''hoping for the kindness of strangers'', which they foundsomewhere to sleep. Finally they came to another land - to Egypt - and found refuge.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085763741X</amazonuk>What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Catherine Barr and Francesca Chessa1913839656|title=ElliotLet's Arctic SurpriseCelebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5

|summary=Ever since I Todd was a child excited about spending the environment has been at weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the forefront best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of teachingdungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. It is hoped that each generation will finally be She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the one local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to tackle the encroaching global warming crisismake new friends. The problem is At home, his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that books about green impacts can could be very earnest and not as fun as a Gruffalo or Aliens in Underpants. How can you get a child to think about the shrinking icecaps in the Arctic when they could Grandma thought that it might be discovery where Wally is hiding? Perhaps if you throw in a Christmas surprise or two?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806686</amazonuk>because he looked different.

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Lindsay Mattick Amy Sparkes and Sophie BlackallKatie Hickey|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|titlesummary=Finding Winnie: The Story 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 Real Bear Who Inspired Winniepark 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 thetoy shop window which would help David -Poohand 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, use the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=A little boy called Cole wanted a story. He particularly wanted a true story Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and it had to be nervous about a bear. It was getting late, but Mummy said that how she would do be greeted when she got to her bestfinal destination. Her story began about a hundred years before Cole was born She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and it was about a man called Harry Colebourn Mrs Russell, who lived in Winnipegcouldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. He was a vet Gradually she relaxed and was on his way began to Europe to look after enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the horses of the soldiers fighting in the Great War baking and when he met a trapper with a baby bear: his head might have said that there was nothing he could do, but his heart told him it came to get hold of Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the bear and he gave decorations on the trapper $20Christmas tree. Winnipeg, as he named the bear, went on the train with Captain Coulbourn and his troop, across The best surprise happened the ocean and finally arrived in Englandfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408340232</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Claire Freedman and Ben Cort1916459943|title=Aliens Love DinopantsSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary=Who would have thought that underpants would have been such lucrative businessMuch as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but Claire Freedman has proved that this is certainly he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the case with a series of books that have seen aliens, dinosaurswaves sing ''hush, pirates and even Santa getting involved in undergarment actionhush''. Where can Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you go after all these legendary figures? have the sound perfectly. A mashThe mermaids join in -up book of course! ''la lou, la lay...'' What would happen if And for a group of pants loving aliens met moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a group of pants loving dinosaurs?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471120945</amazonuk>seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Billy Coughlan and Villie Karabatzia140639131X|title=Not Without My WhaleA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=It feels at times that childrenPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired''s books are of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the last place left that the surreal can thriveOld Oak Road. Whilst adult fiction is dominated by She wrote to the mayor about the gritty and realistic, children still problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the chance to read about flights benefits of fancythe lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Why do I want Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to read about start with but the latest Scandinavian murder when I can read about one boy and his whale? benefits were obvious. Surely a whale is too big, smelly All the animals used the crossing and wet Hedgehog was even trained up to take into school?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861826</amazonuk>provide a safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Allan Plenderleith1776574338|title=The Tiny TreeLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=3.54

|summary=Deep down in Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the woods there was a tiny pine treecity, stranded in a clearing and surrounded by BIG pine treespicking up children as he goes. She dreamed Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of being a big tree the window and hoped that one day she would slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be beautifully dressed and surrounded by laughter and love. a more fun way of going to school? The other trees thought that she was being sillyThere is a problem, though. Actually, they were quite Leilong isn't happy in the city: he'nasty's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he' s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to her and rather too full of themselvestraffic regularly gets snarled up. Then one day The school decides that he can't be the big machine came and started cutting down trees - and Tiny Tree was cut down by mistakebus anymore. But who is going to want a tiny Christmas tree?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841613924</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Anita Pouroulis and Agata Krawczyk1776574028|title= Nina The Pretty Ballerina|rating= 3|genre= For Sharing|summary= Jules and dogs Nina and George like to have fun together. But there are some things dogs don’t get to do, like play in the dressing up box, one of Jules’ favourite activities. That’s all about to change though. But is there a reason you rarely see a dog in a tutu? We’re about to find out.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909428590</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBumblebee Grumblebee|author= Steve Metzger and Alison Edgson|title= Waiting for Santa|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= We all know Santa goes to the homes of children who have been good all year, but have you ever wondered about our furry friends? Can he detour to forests, parks and woodland? Do bears and mice get treats too?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691424</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Stephanie Blake|title=I Want Spaghetti!David Elliott|rating=54

|summary=Simon likes spaghetti. I love a good board book! In fact, he likes ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it so much that that's for the only thing he wants child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to eathave realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. Simon 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 also blessed with having no concerns a ''crynoceros'' (think about stating it!) The pelican who sits on his demands, very clearly, nor any qualms about criticising any other food that might be placed in front of himpotty changes into a ''sm....... '' He isOK, as you can tell, a typical toddlerlet's not go there Some people are eating!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1927271916</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clare Helen Walsh and Sophia Touliatou1838226834|title=Aerodynamics of biscuits Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall

|summary= Oliver knows he shouldnIt was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They't be skulkingre there to undo all the good that parents do, sneaking and creeping around in so the middle of trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the night. But even good little boys sometimes do things they shouldncarnival with his Grandad, who told him: 't when they're hungry. And itIt's ll be brilliant, just as well he does. Without Oliverremember, the pirate mice wouldndon't be able to use the biscuits theylet go of my hand.''ve stolen to build an aerodynamic rocket to take them to the moon. And without Oliver they would still be stranded on the cheesy moon unable to get home.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861818</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lucy Murphy, Freddie Hutchins, Neil Dunnicliffe and Stella GurneyB09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Big, Big Bing Book!Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith

|summary=We've all seen books described as bigWhen the world was made, the animals were given gifts. It usually means Bear was given strength so that the book is he could become a bit bigger than usual, or thicker, or it's protector. Water Spider received a bind up of some previously-published booksstrong web that even fire could not burn. That's not Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the case with present ''The Big, Big Bing Book!and'' the future. It could well be bigger than your toddler at nearly two feet high and over fifteen inches wide and weighing in at Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to use it well over a kilo. You need ''space'' He liked to open ittrick other animals. This is not the book you take along on He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a trip just chance a little distraction is needed from the Bingsterrace with Turtle. It You might be a book which is pored over - itthink that's almost certainly going to be not a book which is ''crawled'' over fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as thatthey seem. I's likely to be the only way that your toddler is going to be able to give the content the attention which they will feel that ll tell you how it so richly deservescame about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008139598</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jane ChapmanRob Keeley|title=Is it Christmas Yet?Carrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5

|summary=Ted is excited Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. WellShe likes carrots, let's be honest - he's out of controlbroccoli, dashing around the house cabbage and yelling '''''Fasteraubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Rudolph, Faster'''''. Poor Rudolph Lily is in Ted's truck keen to explain how good they are for the momentyou and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, but he's looking as worried as all the other toyswho tells her that carrots grow on trees. Christmas is comingInfuriated, but Lily checks with the trouble is teacher, who explains that it's not coming fast enough. And then fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the questions startground. Poor Big Bear is bombarded with ''Is it Christmas yet?'' every few minutes. Big Bear's more patient than Jordan says, "I could be and keeps saying ''soon'' in a soothing voice which eventually turns did try to a growl. Explaining what needs to be done before Christmas arrives doesn't helptell her, as Ted offers to help. And we all know how much help ''that'' sort of help is..Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848691513</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Divya SrinivasanB09FFJF8YS|title=Little OwlYou Can's Colorst Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik

|summary=When you pick up a children's book'For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, sometimes things feels "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a little off. Books for kids can be almost too sickly sweet; cry (the characters have massive eyes big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and enjoy themselves too muchpersevering panty pride. Who has that much fun in one day? What ''  And so it is wrong with Divya Srinivasan! 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 ''Little Owlshe'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's Colorscertainly can't. She'? Perhaps s a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it is the lack of attention to detail when printing a book for the UK market? Colour me perplexed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0451474562</amazonuk>!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Thierry Robberecht Justine Avery and Gregoire MabireNaday Meldova|title=The Wolf Who Fell Out of a BookEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=What would happen Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if a character from a story fell out of you let one go at the book wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and into the real world? Ieveryone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery'm sure this is an issue that many a Jane Austen fan has pondered whilst reading s latest entry in her ''Pride and PrejudiceEverybody Potties!'', giving their copy an extra little jiggle to try series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and set Mr Darcy free! Herecalmly, however, it is with the scary wolf who falls outfamiliar humour attached, but he discovers explains that the world he falls into tooting is a lot more scary than the one heperfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''s left behind in the book!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1857144635</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Helen Oswald and Zoe WaringB09BG8V3Q6|title=Cat and Dog|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Cat always sleeps in the day, and Dog always sleeps at night, but in the evening, when they're both awake, they always meet for a scrapWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! One day, however, they have a really big argument, bigger than they've ever had before. Will they ever be able to be frenemies again?(Everybody Potties!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784452866</amazonuk>}}{{newreview)|author=Chris Judge|title=The Snow BeastJustine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=The Beast always loves it when he wakes up and finds that there's snow on 'Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the ground. Every year - on latest release in the first day when there's snow - the Beast helps the mountain villagers to put on a festival to celebrate. Unfortunately, there's a problem. When the Beast goes to collect his tools theyEverybody Potties!''re all goneseries from Justine Avery. He races down the mountain This series of fun picture books aims to take the village, but every tool has been stolen from there too. Some pain out of the villagers are very angry potty training children and they decide that replace it must be the work of the abominable Snow Beast and the Beast promises to find the monster and get everyonewith some fun. It's tools backa worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783441143</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sophy HennB07GZ81J7C|title=Pom Pom When Fred the ChampionSnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton

|summary=Pom Pom is on Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a winning streakbit more about Fred. He first discovered it when mum suggested that they should play Fred is a game - snake and he won! even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He liked winning. After arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he won at all sorts could breathe and immediately became part of things, including not being the tallest or the shortest, finishing elevenses firstfamily, getting ready to go the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out, and packing his bag at for a walk. And that was where the supermarketproblem started. Fortunately there was no prize for packing everything ''safely'' because he certainly wouldnFred didn't have won ''that'' oneany road sense. He didn't go down too well with the librarian when he announced that he was the winner of the 'first to finish reading your book' competitionOr brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0723299846</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McKeeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Elmer and the FloodEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Can potty training ever be joyous? Itoften isn's been raining heavily and the elephants are sheltering in a cavet, as any parent will tell you. ItBut really, why shouldn's a very large cave but Elmer had heard enough bad jokes and complaints t it be? We all have to learn about the weather our bodily functions just as we have to last him a very long timelearn about everything else when we are small. So - rain or no rain - heWhy shouldn's going for a walk. Other caves were full of animals too - and they all wanted Elmer to come inside and sheltert potty training be as much fun as, say, but Elmor just kept on walking. Predictably learning about why the ducks were loving it, but they were sun and the only ones. Then Elmer came across two more elephants who were looking very serious. Young Elephant hadn't been seen since moon take turns in the rain began and they were worried about him.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1783442042</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Lucie FelixJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Give and TakeNo, No, No!|rating=54

|summary=Some of They say the best children's picture books are the simplestones. Do away with pages too full And nothing could be truer of imagery; begone novelty characters and repeat references to underpantsthis latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. ''No, No, No!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable. Some books don ''t need this; they are so cleanNo, no, no! Okay, okay. Yes, crisp and simple that they border on being artyou may. A book that can be fun for a child'' That's it! But, like all the best picture books, educate them and look amazing this tiny snippet of text is a rare thing, but does happen once in a whileveritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910646040</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kate Predergast194812467X|title=Dog on a Train: The Special DeliveryFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic|rating=54

|summary=It's one of those mornings Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for Boy: late out of bed he grabs at his hat all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and hurtles Sam is perfectly turned out of the house to catch his train - only he drops his hat as he goes through the door and Dog chases after him with the hat ever in his mouthsmart grey fur coat. They head As they walk to the tube station (Dog doesn't forget to wait at top of the zebra crossing) hill, they see a big barn with boy just twenty or so yards in front, but Dog a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is losing ground as he has to find someone to carry him on a farm shop with a difference: all the escalatorstallholders and customers are farmyard animals. He misses Boy's train There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and has to wait for the next oneeven some mice. Excited, but remembers his manners well enough to stand up so that an old lady can have his seatKirelle and Sam go shopping. Will he catch up with boy when he reaches London Kings Cross What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910646083</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mark Griffiths and Maxine Lee-Mackie0995647895|title=The Burp that Saved Sadie and the WorldSea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5

|summary=Have you heard of the world-famous burping twins? They could stun Sadie's mother always said that she was a rhinodreamer, fell a tree and even shatter glass with their burps! her mind never on what she should be doing. They took their fearsome burps with them everywhere they went, burping in libraries She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and scaring waiters with their outburstsshe loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. As you can imagine, they were not very popular  ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in their town and found that, eventuallythe gloom, ''<br>''To the townsfolk asked them Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to leavesail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. Poor Ben One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and Matt! missed the closing bell and the attendant's warning shout. But then, 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 world is faced with something much worse than a couple of burping boys! However will everyone escape from the invasion of the toy-stealing aliens?!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124797</amazonuk>dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tim Hopgood1782227741|title=Walter's Wonderful WebLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha

|summary=A staple of any early sharing library is One day, Gold Ted falls into a book about shapespuddle. Love them or hate them, you are going to be reading It's quite a lot of books that talk about circles, triangles deep puddle and squaresthe water is swirling. Making shapes appealing Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a young toddler or baby is one thing, but what about drain on the poor adult? Are there not any books out there that have a bit side of a story as well as talk about shapes? the street. Finding himself Usually I would not condone spidersdown in the sewer, but in Ted starts to panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the case sewer rat, who plucks him out of a spider called Walterthe dirty water using his cane, I may which might look just be able to stomach them as a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he combines shapes dries Ted off and warms him up with a fun storynice bowl of broth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447277104</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nicola ColtonB08R7LXQ9S|title=Remy: A Dublin Fairytalebook about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|summary=I like a good fairytaleRemy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, especially when a writer approaches it in a different way. This one together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is all about a little girl called Fiona who lives in Dublin with her mumshort and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. She has a nice red hooded raincoat, if you’re looking for a clue as They are careful to which fairytale this might be! Rather than wandering through a deep dark wood to get to Grandma’s house, she walks wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the streets of Dublinother kids are around. So, past various landmarkswhen Remy reacts, to get to it looks as though he was the magical witches’ market instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and buy all the things she needs to take teachers don't believe him when he tries to Grandma’s houseexplain what happened. On her way she does, as you might imagine, meet some interesting challenges!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847177743</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin1471191303|title=The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall AsleepInvisible|author=Tom Percival

|summary=Roger This is the Rabbit wanted to fall asleep, but somehow he couldn't, no matter how hard he tried. It wasn't that he didn't do much during the day, because he ''did'' but sometimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep on the swings. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle Yawnstory of Isobel, a little girl who had made a notice outside his house saying ''I can make anyone fall asleep'' and once Roger went home (it was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his eyes kept closing) he went straight to bed and fell asleepbig difference.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241255163</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Michael Rosen and Richard Watson|title=Mad Isobel lived with her parents in the Back|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mum is setting off on a long car journey with two kids in the back house - did I hear you groan? Mum groaned too a very cold house, because she ''knew'' what was going to happen. She told the kids before she set off that they had to behave because she her parents couldn't drive properly if the kids were going ''mad in the back''. The kids told her not afford to worry - and off they went. Then put the kids started heating on: ''The Moaning''. Every parent will know exactly what this means: requests for drink, food, windows open... Then Ice curled across the squabbling starts: accusations that ''HE'' has got my book, ears are bitten by ''HER''. Mum tries diversionary tactics: ''look out inside of the window - there's a lamp-post''. (Yes MUm - we know desperation when we hear it.) And it gets worse. And worse. Then Mum snaps.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125090</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Zoe Greaves and Leslie Sadlier|title=Hare|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Some animals feature large in mythology and crept up the hare is one corner of thesethe bedpost. The hare we're going to meet is O'Hare - well, we hope we The family didn're going t go to meet him: hares are well known for being elusive and this one is no exception! We'll be following him through the churchyard cinema or on a moonlit night - see him leaping in front of the moon - holidays but they had each other and through a summer meadow, where we only catch sight of his hind legs and his earsthey were happy. Look on Then the riverbank - is that him in the water? Then heday came when they couldn's in amongst t afford the cabbages - rent for the farmer is ''not'' going house and they had to move to be pleased about that. Is he in the foxglove patch? We can see far side of the fox, but it looks as though O'Hare has gonecity. The best sighting we have This part of him is on the corn field, where he's leaping through the stubble.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910646032</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Katie Cotton and Stephen Walton|title=Counting Lions|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=There are counting bookscity was cold, good counting books and ones where the pictures blow you away, whether you are an adult or a child. ''Counting Lions'' falls into the last category. Just have a look at that lion on the cover: that's not a black and white photograph - that's a drawing sad and you're going to see another nine of the same glorious quality. In her foreword to the book, Virginia McKenna says that with pictures like these words almost seem unnecessary as we can see all that we need of the unique form lonely and beauty of each creature. But there are words tooIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807216</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Garry Parsons, Patricia Hegarty Nick Jones and Annette RuslingSi Clark|title=Ten Spooky SkeletonsOne Night in Beartown

|summary=With All Hallows' Eve approaching isn't it Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about time that you thought about some scary books for kids? Nothing quite says 'I Love You'bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, more than making your toddler burst into a flood of tearsteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Perhaps you should get them a fun book about something a little worrisome – a set of smiley skeletons for instanceEvery night, rather than completely terrifying them?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848574517</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Amanda McCardie and Salvatore Rubbino|title=A Book of Feelings|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Happy, shy, sad, jealous, angry, loved, grumpy…not the names she looks out of little dwarves, but just some of the powerful feelings her bedroom window and emotions that affect everyone from time says goodnight to time. Sam and Kate live with their mum and dad and a dog with a name that I just adore: Fuzzy Bean. They have a typical family life with all the ups and downs and warmth and fun and the occasional chaos that comes with the territorybear statue outside.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406355992</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Barrow|title=Have You Seen Elephant?|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Elephant wants to play hide and seek and Boy agrees that he Elephant should hide first. Elephant is completely fair and warns Boy that he's ''VERY'' good. Boy's fair too - he Every morning she says that he'll try his best - and off Elephant goes hello to hide. Dog is looking slightly bored - actually he's having Bee Bear, a good scratch - as Boy counts to ten and shouts ''Coming! Ready or Not!'' in the tradition of all hide and seek games and Boy and Dog go in search of Elephant. Now Elephant wasn't joking when he said colourful painted bear that he was good, because he doesn't so much ''hide'' as ''disguise'' himself within the roomslives at her school. Boy doesn't spot him, but watch DogShe even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper! He spots Elephant every time, whether he's an armchair, a duvet, television stand, standard lamp or a shed.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1776570081</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} {{newreview|author=Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway|title=BOO!|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Creating a fun book for a young toddler or older baby appears easy, but is actually tricky to pull off well. Just shoving a few animals or shapes into a cardboard BOO!k is not going to capture the imagination; there needs to be colour, fun and a certain je ne sais quoi to stand out from the many other baby booksks Move on the market. Setting a book around Halloween and all things spooky may not seem to fill these criteria, but a little fear can sometimes make a small child surprisingly happy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691254</amazonuk>}}[[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]