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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!{{Frontpage|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=The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob- Remove lolly -->and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jo EmpsonB0CC9W7GLR|title= Little Home BirdOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|genre= For Sharing|summary= Little bird loves everything about his Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home. All his favourite things are there , bored but warm, or very nearby; his favourite branch, his favourite view frozen cold and his favourite music toobuilding sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. All is happy in his little world until autumn draws near On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and his older brother tells him that they do in fact have two homes and the time has come to travel far to with wobbly legs moved from the south to move to their second homeice. Little bird is saddened by this news and knows that he will miss Kit was all his specialfor making a run for it, favourite things. Then little bird has a good idea! He will take his favourite things with but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then wherever he goes it will always feel like homeanother. So we accompany little bird He obviously needed to be taken home on his long journey the bus and given a good meal and discover how he finds happiness in his new home in ways he had not expectedsomewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184643890X</amazonuk> What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Katie Blackburn 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 Richard Smythehe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=Dozy Bear The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and the Secret of SleepKatie Hickey
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|summary=ThereElsie 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's nothing worse than sleep deprivationd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. I remember when my daughter was just One day Elsie spotted a few months old bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and I was getting up with happy to use the coins from her four or five times a night I would sometimes find myself shopping in Tesco with absolutely no recollection of how I got there (or quite what I money box to pay for it as cash was shopping tight at home. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for)support, and walk behind it. SadlyMany decades later, this won't help with those squawky newbornsElsie brought the bus, but once your little one gets a bit older this is certainly worth a trynow damaged and rusted, especially if your bedtime routine tends to resemble feeding time at the zoo!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571330193</amazonuk>Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judith Kerr1529504767|title=Mog and the Baby The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Other StoriesKatie Hickey
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|summary=I've never been a fan of catsSusan 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. IShe needn'm more t have worried though as she went to the home of a dog personMr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. Mog, however, has weaseled She even had her way into my heart, own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and although I certainly wouldn't want her as a pet in my house, we love reading began to enjoy her storieslife. This collection of She''Mog d help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the Baby'', ''Mog's Bad Thing'', and ''Mog decorations on Fox Night'' is perfect for a nice afternoon bumper storytime together with your little one, or you can just read them one by one over three nightsthe Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008157995</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Heather Pindar and Susan Batori1916459943|title=Strictly No CrocsSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=You can’t go wrong with Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a good crocodile storysqueakily baby. Not that these crocodiles are goodHe's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, oh nohe just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, after being banned from attending Zebra’s party they hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have grand plans to sneak the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in and eat everyone there! - ''la lou, la lay...'' Once they are secretly dressed up And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a leopard, a parrot seagull '''shouts''' and a bee (!) their plans don’t go quite as they’d wished…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848861877</amazonuk>we know exactly what's going to happen next.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=E T Harper and Dan Taylor140639131X|title=Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - The TriceratopsA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating= 34.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Imagination is one thing; what wonderful adventures you could have should you be able Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to travel cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the distant past and walk amongst mayor about the dinosaursproblem but didn't even get a reply. Reality is different; running around in bone shaking terror as various man-eating dinos crave your fleshPhilippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. This has not stopped Dylan embarking on another amazing adventure – will he survive Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a velociraptor attack little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and why does he keep doing back?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471119408</amazonuk>Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Roger Hargreaves1776574338|title= My First Mr Men 123Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating= 54|genre= For Sharing|summary= As first books Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go, board books are good because downstairs – they withstand a bit simply climb out of bitingthe window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a bit more fun way of dribblinggoing to school? There is a problem, a bit of roughness induced by not quite there yet hand-eye coordinationthough. And as topics go, counting is great when you Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he're trying s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to teach the skill and just need repetitiontraffic regularly gets snarled up. Plus it doesn The school decides that he can't require be the focus of attention that a proper story might. So a board book for counting? Perfectbus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405281731</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kes Gray and Jim Field1776574028|title=Quick Quack Quentin|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Quentin is a very downhearted duck because his quack is too quick. In fact all he can manage is a ''Quck.'' This will never do, so Quentin visits his local doctor to see if there is anything he can give him to make things better. Sadly, although the Doctor is swiftly able to diagnose Quentin's problem, he cannot provide what he needs. Quentin really needs an ''A'' so waddles off on search of one. On his journey he visits a succession of animals who, whilst being sympathetic to his plight and helpful in their own way, only manage to subtly change his problem rather than solve it. Therefore, poor Quentin's quest for the missing vowel continues. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444919563</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Michael Morpurgo and Sam Usher|title=We Are Not FROGS!David Elliott
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|summary=Bedtime books are I love a great way of winding good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a toddler down before they go to sleepniche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but havenhas mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play''t they all been done before? Coming up with words and make something a little quite different that encourages a child to nod off is not always easy and new ideas can be a little bizarre when you think about itfrom each one. Do bulldozers really need to doze off at the end of the night? At least we will We have fun listening to all the machinery as it goes off to bed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471121143</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=A A Milne and E H Shepard|title=Winnie-the-Pooh|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Is there anyone elephant who doesn't know about Winnie-thedons a tutu -Pooh? You might know him as Pooh Bear and even if you havenbecomes a ''balletphant't read the stories you'll know about playing Pooh Sticks or The Bear of Very Little Brain. This first book about the bear, originally published in 1926, The buffalo who has been translated into numerous language, including Latin - had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and that edition featured on the then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''New York Timesfluffalo'' bestseller list. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) ItThe pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......'s difficult to believe that Pooh will be ninety in October 2016' OK, not least because helet's ageless and the books which feature him not go there Some people are not in the least dated.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405280832</amazonuk>eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Kristyna Litten1838226834|title= Blue and Bertie|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Bertie is a creature of habit. Every day is predictable but Bertie likes the certainty of the routine. I know how he feels. One day, though, something happens. He oversleeps and when he wakes up Carried Away With the others are gone and he is all alone. Although he still ventures out, he gets a little lost and is soon quite upset. Enter Blue who is just like him but oh so different too. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>147112374X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCarnival|author=Lydia Monks|title=Mungo Monkey to the RescueEd Boxall
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|summary=Fans It was one of lift those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the flap books may have come across Mongo Monkey before as he has a series of adventures good that parents do, so the trips out were always seem to entail lifting up some things and flapping othersso much fun. The interaction in A young boy was going to the books is very enjoyablecarnival with his Grandad, who told him: ''It'll be brilliant, but sometimes it feels like you are just following a monkey and his family around on a normal dayremember, don't let go of my hand. Couldn't creator Lydia Monks combine this touch and feel element with a story that actually goes somewhere? Perhaps Mungo's day out with his Dad will be key.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405278188</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Jory John Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Benji DaviesHare|titleauthor=I Love You AlreadyCordellya Smith
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|summary=You may have met 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 strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and Duck before; one is a recluse who just wants '' the future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to go use it well. He liked to sleep, whilst the trick other is full of energy and just wants animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to playbe in a race with Turtle. The friction between the two may have been resolved by the end of [[Goodnight Already by Jory John and Benji Davies]], but You might think that does 's not stop Duck from wondering if Bear really likes him or a fair contest but wait and see. Things are notalways as they seem. Do our best friends really have to I'll tell us they love us, or should we just assume by their actions that they do?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008165998</amazonuk>you how it came about.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jonny LambertRob Keeley|title=Little WhyCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=4.5
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|summary=Many of us have felt the pain of insistent question asking from the back of the car; are we there yet or why Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is the sky blue? In 2016 we can attach our children keen to multimedia devices so that explain how good they learn all they need are for you and how nice to know from the Matrix whilst we get eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on with drivingtrees. HoweverInfuriated, curious young minds will keep asking questions. Sometimes it is better to give them an answerLily checks with the teacher, rather than just telling later.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691831</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Ben Bailey Smith who explains that fruits grow on trees and Sav Akyuz|title= I Am Bear|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= The first time we meet Bear he is bare! Imagine – a naked animalvegetables, like carrots, grow in the forest with his bottom on displayground. Squirrel is so shocked he's dropped his nuts. Ooh matronJordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1406359254</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jo WeaverB09FFJF8YS|title=Little OneYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik
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|summary=There ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a subtle balance needed when finding cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.'' And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a book little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to read "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to a toddler; one her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that takes into account ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the needs of flowers, nor the childfish, but perhaps also nor the needs of the adultbirds. Boy's certainly can't. Do you really want She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to be stuck reading an ugly book about a pair of underpants for several months? know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Oops we seem to have lost that bookEverybody Potties!) However|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a book with striking visuals child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that strikes a chord is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with a parent may not always chime tooting and gently and calmly, with a childthe familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Is a childrenEverybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''s book always meant to be just for kids?!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1444922734</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nicky Benson and Jonny LambertB09BG8V3Q6|title=I Love You More Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and MoreSeema Amjad
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|summary=I'm something 'Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of a connoisseur when it comes fun picture books aims to books about bears. I suppose it probably started with Winnie take the Pooh, pain out of potty training children and my dad doing all the funny voices, but even these days I find I am irresistibly drawn to stories replace it with bears in, and this one did not disappointsome fun. If youIt're looking for s a good old pull-at-the-heartstrings read for cozy afternoons with your momentarily quiet little oneworthy aim, then this is a good place to startas any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848692110</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ame Dyckman and Zachariah OHoraB07GZ81J7C|title=Wolfie When Fred the BunnySnake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton
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|summary=It may Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be that you are on the lookout meeting Fred-Fred for a useful picture book that deals with sibling rivalry in a helpful wayreasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. It may be that But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you have a wolf or rabbit obsessed toddlerbit more about Fred. Or it may just be that you like Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a good story that's fun phobia about snakes are going to warm to readhim. Fortunately for you, this book will cover all He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of those requirements! Wolfie the bunny arrives in the Bunny family's lives in a rather suspicious way, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when he is left on their doorstep in they went out for a basketwalk. And that was where the problem started. Mama and Papa Bunny are immediately charmed by their new baby, but big sister Dot remains alarmed, shouting out Fred didn'He's going to eat us all up!' but receiving no response from her smitten parents!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443863</amazonuk>t have any road sense. Or brakes.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jean JullienJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=RalfEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=ICan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn'm rather partial to sausage dogst, as any parent will tell you. I met one in Japan once who I would quite happily But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have tucked into my suitcase to sneak back home. Ralf the sausage dog is learn about our bodily functions just as endearing we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn't potty training be as these pups usually are, although he is also just much fun as troublesome. For a little dog, he manages to take up quite a lot of space, make a lot of noisesay, learning about why the sun and generally make a nuisance of himself (as most dogs do really). Yet when suddenly the family find themselves moon take turns in great danger, it is Ralf who saves the day!sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847808182</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Michelle Robinson Justine Avery and Rebecca AshdownNaday Meldova|title= Odd Socks|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Socks, eh? They never used to trouble me, and would return from the washing machine in pairs, just as they had entered. I never fully understood the whole Land-of-missing-socks thing. Suki and Sosh are Mr and Mrs Sock, a matching pair who live happily together in the sock drawer. They too have never visited the Land-of-missing-socks. See? It's not just me. But something even worse is about to happen to tear this couple apart. Something quite horrible: Suki has a hole.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443375</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Steve Antony|title= Please Mr Panda|rating= 3|genre= For Sharing|summary= Mr Panda has a box of doughnuts and they look greatNo, such bright colours against his black and white monochrome coat. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444916653</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Wenhua WangNo, Amann Wang and Yu Yan Chen (translator)|title=Mr Horton's ViolinNo!
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|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=Meet Mr HortonThey say the best picture books are the simplest ones. He is one And nothing could be truer of the worldthis latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. ''s most famous and rich musical instrument playersNo, and has done it all – exceptNo, that No!'' isbased around the simplest text imaginable. ''No, stumble on a music tree. You have to stumble on themno, for not carpentersno! Okay, not sculptorsokay. Yes, not even simple woodsmen would give them a second look and think of them as anything specialyou may. '' That's it! But when Mr Horton does find one he is able to fashion , like all the bestpicture books, most magical violin imaginable out this tiny snippet of its woodtext is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside. The only problem after that is working out who deserves to play it…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0993215459</amazonuk>1638820457
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Wenhua Wang, Amann Wang and Yu Yan Chen (translator)194812467X|title=The Chief CellistFarm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic
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|summary=Paddington has Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a list - a list of shapes which he has to findwalk. The first one was easy - it was a rectangle Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and he spotted that the front door was a rectangle Sam is perfectly turned out as he closed it on ever in his way outsmart grey fur coat. There was another shape ticked off as he walked away - all the paving stones were squares! At As they walk to the corner top of the road there was hill, they see a big barn with a 'Men at Work' sign (or outside. It'roadworks ahead' if you prefer not to be sexist) and s a farm shop! But this was is a farm shop with a triangle difference: all the stallholders and there, round the roadworks were some cones! customers are farmyard animals. There are still quite a few shapes on his list though - an ovalsheep and ducks and cows, a circle, a stargoats and chickens, a diamond and a hearteven some mice. It was the heart which would prove most difficult to track down Excited, Kirelle and I'm not going to tell you how Paddington did it, but there just ''might'' be a clue in the titleSam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008159750</amazonuk>What will they buy?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dr Seuss0995647895|title=What Pet Should I GetSadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=What would you doSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, if you found in her mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the shed,River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>A brand new book''When all the houses cowered in the gloom, from an author unfortunately dead?''<br>Would you leave it alone as ''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a work unfinished,<br>Or release glass case (it anyway 's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the attendant's warning shout. 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 reputation blemished?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008170789</amazonuk>world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Suzanne Chiew and Caroline Pedler1782227741|title=Badger Little Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and the Great RescueSasha Satha
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|summary=Upcycling is a great ideaOne day, take some old rubbish and make yourself Gold Ted falls into a washing line or new tentpuddle. Badger It's quite a deep puddle and friends have found some odd bits the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and bobs around the forest and they all have great ideas is sucked down a drain on how to use themthe side of the street. Finding himself down in the sewer, but where did all this stuff come from? Sometimes it is best Ted starts to find out panic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the origins attention of an item before you repurpose it for yourselfReg the sewer rat, you never know who may need it!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691920</amazonuk>plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of broth.
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Eng Gee FanB08R7LXQ9S|title=Little People, Big DreamsRemy: Frida KahloA book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=Frida Kahlo was born in MexicoRemy is feeling miserable. When she was a young schoolgirl she contracted polio and was left with a leg which was He's let himself down ''skinny as a rakeagain''. The school bully Jayden, but she bore the problem stoically together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and in some ways delighted in being differenthas small eyes. Then one day Frida was in a bus which crashed into a carThey are mean but they are not stupid. She was badly injured They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and even then push him just that little bit further when she was over the worst she still had to rest in bed and filled the time by drawing picturesother kids are around. So, when Remy reacts, including a self portrait. Eventually she showed her pictures to a famous artist - Diego Rivera - who liked it looks as though he was the pictures, ''and'' Fridainstigator. They married And then he gets into trouble at school and Rivera encouraged Fridathe teachers don's painting. She exhibited, eventually in New York, t believe him when he tries to great acclaimexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807704</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Ana Albero1471191303|title=Little People, Big Dreams: Coco Chanel|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Gabrielle Chanel lived in an orphanage in a French town and after the death of her mother she went to a strict convent school. The fact that she was ''different'' didn't make her life ''easy'', but there were early indications that she was going to be a seamstress. After she left school she sewed by day and sang by night and it was as she sang that she gained her nickname - ''Coco'' - which came from the soldiers in the audience. But her dream was designing clothes and the first step was designing and making hats: this led to her opening a hat shop. One evening, at a party she realised that a lot of the women weren't dancing: their corsets were so tight that they could hardly breathe and it was this that prompted Coco to create a new style. Her clothes were simple, straight and comfortable to wear.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807712</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewInvisible|author=Colleen Jacey and Zed Jacey|title=Odd Job FrogTom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=''I'm bored''This is the story of Isobel, said Froga little girl who made a big difference. ''Bored, boredIsobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on: ''BOREDIce curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the bedpost.''' ''
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Julian Gough Nick Jones and Jim FieldSi Clark|title=Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad HabbitsOne Night in Beartown|rating=4.5
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|summary=When Bear wakes up early from her hibernation, she decides that if she can't sleep then she might as well do something which she's always wanted to do - build a snowman. It's whilst she's doing this that she meets RabbitMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who tells her that he's an Expert lives in GravityBeartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Whatever he Her favourite toy isBerisford, it doesn't seem to make him particularly happy as he never smiles and isn't exactly big on funa teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. But there are avalanches around as well as hungry wolves Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and Rabbit soon comes says goodnight to the conclusion that it's good bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to have Bee Bear, a friend on your side - even if you have just stolen their food.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444929313</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Chris Packham and Jason Cockroft|title=Amazing Animal Journeys|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=It's only relatively recently colourful painted bear that man has actually moved home lives at certain points of the year to take advantage of the weather or the availability of food, but wild life has been doing it for much longer and every year billions of animals move from one part of the planet to another - that's birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insectsher school. This is known as migration - and it's a real pleasure to see it used other than in the context of sensationalist newspaper headlines. Wildlife expert Chris Packham She even has written this introduction to the subject and it's been beautifully illustrated by Jason Cockroft. (He's the man who did the cover artwork for the final three Harry Potter booksbears on her bedroom wallpaper!)|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405277459</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}} {{newreview|author=T S Eliot and Arthur Robins|title=Skimbleshanks: The Railyway Cat |rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=I have to say, Move on opening this book I was tempted to break out into song! This is due to a lot of my teenage years spent listening to, and singing along with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals (I know...I do apologise!) You'd think being an English graduate I'd take a T.S. Eliot poem more seriously, wouldn't you? But no, it's the musical of ''Cats'' that leapt instantly to my mind. Anyway, if an Eliot poem seems an unlikely source for a children's picture book, think again, because this is a lovely book, both funny to read and listen to, and with lots to see and discuss.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571324835</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jane Ray|title=The Nutcracker|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=There's something rather magical about Jane Ray's stories. [[The Dolls' House Fairy by Jane Ray|The Doll's House FairyNewest General Fiction Reviews]] continues to be one of my daughter's favourite stories, even though she's now a rather grown up nine year old, so we opened up this new story with a great deal of anticipation. It remains close to the traditional Nutcracker story, and there is a wonderful feel of Christmas throughout. I'm sure you can read it quite happily all year round (I know we will!) but it's particularly special in the run up to Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408336413</amazonuk>}}