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• Dragon Danger and Grasshopper Glue (Wizzbang Wizard) by Scoular Anderson
  ...ocabulary selection and two stories in one give the child a chance to feel a sense of achievement. ..., when inevitably opened, contains a girl wizard called Jakaranda, sent on a mission to fight the evil wizard Beetleboot.
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• While We Sleep... the Dream Snatchers Cometh! by Wolfren Riverstick
  |summary=A story of great originality about the battle between the Dremlocks and Inkyb ...on and the Dutch Hamster Sjaak. Guess what their house was called? Yup – it was Jacksonville.
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• My Name is not Refugee by Kate Milner
  |summary=A gentle explanation of the current refugee crisis. Younger children will un ...adventure, but sometimes they're going to be on their own and it will get a bit boring, but sometimes they'll be with other people and he must remember
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• A Dog Called Bear by Diane Fox and Christyan Fox
  |title=A Dog Called Bear |sort=Dog Called Bear
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• Emily's Numbers by Joss Langford
  |summary= A book to enchant the child who is confident with numbers and who is open to discovering some of the ma ...f the even numbers, but it all worked out well when I really thought about it.)
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• Parenting through the Eyes of a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood by Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza
  |title=Parenting through the Eyes of a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood |summary=Engaging memoir and a twist on the usual parenting book as Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza recalls her chi
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• Billy Monster's Daymare by Alan Durant and Ross Collins
  |summary=Billy Monster has daymares - he keeps dreaming that he's seen a child and terrified that one might be lurking under the bad. Highly recommended b ...h his Daddy ''In a darkish, creepy wood... In a darkish spooky house... In a darkish, gloomy bedroom... ''
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• A Child Called Happiness by Stephan Collishaw
  |title=A Child Called Happiness |sort=Child Called Happiness
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• A Cat Called Ian by Wolfren Riverstick
  |title=A Cat Called Ian |sort= Cat Called Ian
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• Emily Brown and the Thing by Cressida Cowell
  ...y with him so that he isn't alone in the dark. A marvellous book to help a child talk about its fears. Highly recommended. ...eping them awake.'' SPLISH! ''went the noise.'' SPLOSH! '' went the noise. It seemed to be coming from the window.''
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• Child's Play (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
  |title=Child's Play (D I Kim Stone) ...ck to Kim Stone's past ''quite'' as much as earlier books have done. It's a good, engaging story which had me gripped from neginning to end and I didn'
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• Moo! Said Morris by Jon Lycett-Smith
  ...cture book you don't mind reading for the twentieth time this weekend with a lovely twist to enjoy. Definitely recommended There was a little mouse called Morris and he was a very unusual mouse. Whilst all the other mice said ''Squeak'', Morris said
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• Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson
  |title=Wednesday's Child ...hief Inspector Alan Banks was investigating a particularly nasty murder at a derelict mill and the team had their hands full.
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• Lots by Marc Martin
  ...erence, with lots and lots of random facts well illustrated, but is it all a little too random to be useful? ...do with giant tomes filled with information and perhaps, if you are lucky, a small black and white picture every now and again; the kids get full colour
  3 KB (592 words) - 09:11, 7 September 2020
• My School Day by Ellen Crimi-Trent
  |summary=A lovely, bold, interactive book for parents and children to share. ...the senses of sight and touch can be an effective method of teaching. The child is learning through play and having lots of fun at the same time.
  3 KB (492 words) - 16:27, 4 April 2018
• Sprinkles! Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts by Jackie Alpers
  ...s broadly described as sprinkles. It's not exactly a healthy option - but it is colourful fun. ...cnic and he'd gone to town on the food. The pudding was decorated but the child seemed distracted:
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• Busy Alice in Wonderland
  |summary=A well-made and thoroughly enjoyable board book which will serve as an excell ...o accept that I'm the exception rather than the rule. A friend who ''is'' a fan was chatting to me recently and lamented the fact that her grandchild w
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• Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013 by Robert Leroy Ripley
  |title=Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013 ...llous, the freakish and the gut-turning. It's all here and kids will love it.
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• The Weight of the World (The Amaranthine Spectrum) by Tom Toner
  |summary= This is the second book in a hugely ambitious science fiction series, and, like the first book, the acti ...s, I feel like I have just had a brief glimpse into something much larger. A great deal happens in the plot, but even more is happening, and has happene
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• The King Who Didn't Like Snow by Jocelyn Porter and Michael S Kane (Illustrator)
  ...n engaging story which will encourage children to talk about their fears. It's well-written with great illustrations ...ld'' not to read them, he did - and turned bright green and grew as big as a cuddly pillow. He'd zapped himself. Obviously, he couldn't now live in th
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• Vengeance by Lee Child (Editor)
  |author=Lee Child (Editor) ...ies: some are really well written, others less so, but being short stories it's very easy to skip ahead if you're not enjoying one and try out another.
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• Fangs 'n' Fire by Chris Mould
  |summary= A beautifully illustrated book, but the content isn't really up to scratch. ...or at least interested in dragons. It also shows a lack of imagination as it's not mandatory for every dragon to be Smaug.
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• My Cat Called Red by Jane Lightbourne
  |title=My Cat Called Red ...th a magic purr. A boy lost in grief. Can grandfather bring them together? A sweet, engaging story.
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• Belle and Boo and the Very Merry Christmas by Mandy Sutcliffe
  ...eds someone to help him out. Thankfully, his best friend is a little girl called Belle and she knows what to do. Join them in this sweet and nostalgia fuel ...o stand out in the crowd. Before you can release a Christmas book though, it would help if all the characters knew what Christmas was. Thankfully, Boo
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• Baggy Brown and the Royal Baby by Mick Inkpen
  |summary=A heart-warming story about a boy's love for his bear and his quest to return the bear to its rightful ow We reviewed this book when it was first published as [[Baggy Brown by Mick Inkpen|Baggy Brown]]. Here's
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• Never Coming Home by Evonne Wareham
  ...man, Devlin, to help her find her daughter but in order to do so there is a shocking truth that needs to be uncovered. ...ne but when he spots photographs of Jamie, he realises that she is not the child who died in his arms.
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• A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
  |title=A Place Called Winter |sort=Place Called Winter, A
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• Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
  ...terature. It's highly recommended by The Bookbag. Every child should have a copy. ...g the number of times that the grandfather clock strikes becomes a habit. It's an unnerving thirteen which persuades Tom to go down to the communal hall
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• The Lost Child by Suzanne McCourt
  |title=The Lost Child |sort=Lost Child
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• Baggy Brown by Mick Inkpen
  |summary=A heart-warming story about a boy's love for his bear and his quest to return the bear to its rightful ow ...A NOT FOR SALE notice was stuck on his nose and a NO 1 tag in his ear, but it was the NOT FOR SALE notice which proved his undoing. He didn't line himsel
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• My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman
  ...a little girl learning about life, the world and her grandmother's part in it. ...son behind Gran the superhero. Will it enforce her hero status or destroy it?
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• Snatch by Gregory Mcdonald
  ...of an author and compiling a larger book consisting of similar stories is a great way of reusing stock that you already have. Hard Case Crime have don ...res and kidnapping of a young Duke during the Second World War, originally called ''Safekeeping''. Both have victims who are young precocious boys who have
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• Home by Toni Morrison
  ...al experimentation. It sounds grim stuff, but while life is hard, it's not a traumatically difficult read. ...Wars tended to ignore the Korean war because no one knew what the point of it was.
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• Charlie's Monsters (Nightmare Academy) by Dean Lorey
  ...e simplistic. The emotional landscape is rather uncomplicated, making this a fun read for thrill seekers of late primary age. ...s to sleep is a mystery to them. For Charlie is a particularly imaginative child. His dreams attract Class 5 Nether creatures, and anyone with the imaginati
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• Crunch! by Carolina Rabei
  |summary=A gorgeous picture book with a couple of morals delivered in a non-preachy manner. Highly recommended. |publisher=Child's Play (International)
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• Baby Dinosaurs (Follow the Trail) by DK
  ...ards if they got the chance. Better play safe than sorry and just get them a book that allows them to get their dinosaur touching thrills vicariously. ...ce to have something like ''Baby Dinosaurs'' at hand when your child is in a particularly hands on mood.
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• Keras by Simon Rae
  ...young boy discovers a unicorn in the woods near his home and tries to keep it secret. Ever since reading ''The Enchanted Wood'' as I child, I always enjoyed stories about children who had the freedom to explore the
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• Granny Grabber's Whizz Bang World by Charlotte Haptie
  ...mmon sense than several parents, a firm called The Happy Home Robotics and a King. ...fter all, a robot can be programmed to do exactly what you want it to, and it never has Ideas or Feelings or Imagination. As the instructions in the box
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• Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers by Sam Lloyd
  ...e great humour, this is recommended for children aged 3-5, especially with a sibling. ...imal fable. That does sound rather serious, doesn't it? But we are talking a picture book for children here, and the story in ''Mr Pusskins and Little W
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• The Classic Adventures of Paddington by Michael Bond and Peggy Fortnum (Illustrator)
  |summary=A collection of the eleven original books of stories published between 1959 a [[A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond|A Bear Called Paddington]] was first published in 1958.
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• The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
  ...cept duck - until he finds the biggest one of them all. ''The Odd Egg'' is a beautifully-illustrated visual joke which will entertain adults and childre ...t incubating the egg and Flamingo is perched rather precariously on top of a very big egg.
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• Tuesday by David Wiesner
  |summary=A book to delight the imagination and which is completely free of any moralis ...and to adults in equal measure? Well, he's called David Wiesner and he's a genius.
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• Little Nothing by Marisa Silver
  ...d. A tale that stands with those famous fairy tales written years ago, yet a book immensely relevant for our modern day society. ...h their children as they pass on narrow market lanes. Pavla is no ordinary child, but then this is no ordinary tale.
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• The Weight of Water by Penelope Evans
  ...uggle to come to terms with the changes in her life – perfect to devour on a slightly chilly, spooky evening. ...irl in a white summer dress and red shoes who stands poised on the edge of a riverbank, ready to step in and be swept away.
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• My Mummy does weird things / Maman fait des choses bizarres by Amelie Julien
  ...mother can be - delivered in English and French. What better way to learn a language? ...there's doing yoga in front of the television, which could be worrying if it wasn't so funny. We won't go into too much detail about what goes on in the
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• I Love You, Little Monster by Giles Andreae and Jess Mikhail
  ...with some heartfelt sentiments that will surely leave a warm feeling once it has been read. ...to say all of the things that he should say, but it is easy to do so when it is dark.
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• Convertible Spaceship by Claire Philip and Belinda Gallagher
  ...a book that not only contains a story, but also changes into a playmat and a spaceship. ...Spaceship’ you get all three; a book that folds out into a playmat or into a spaceship. Can I hear the excitement from here?
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• Tim the Tiny Horse by Harry Hill
  ...ve a warm glow in a reader. Probably more appreciated by a grown up than a child, though. ...it's "typical Harry Hill" and will make an attempt at reviewing ''Tim'' as a stand-alone.
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• Madeleine Goes to the Moon by Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts
  ...is book work so well together to show how valuable imagination can be to a child. Recommended. ...a girl could ask for in the way of toys, books, games and dollies. She's a very lucky girl in another way too: she has imagination and everything in h
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• The House on the Lake by Nuala Ellwood
  |summary=A deeply unnerving look at the relationships between parents and their childr ...o was alone in the house is taken away by the police, but it's going to be a while before we learn exactly what has happened.
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• The Dog who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang
  |summary= An outcast dog called Scraggly longs for love and family, in this poignant animal story translate ...ing she loves is cruelly ripped away from her. As she struggles to rebuild a new life and family for herself, she comes to understand that sadness, betr
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• Too Pickly! by Jean Reidy and Genevieve Leloup
  ...p|Too Purply!]] looks at food rather than clothes. Just like the original, it's deceptively simple, but thoroughly wonderful. Warmly recommended. ...n love with Jean Reidy's tale of getting dressed, ''Too Pickly!'' looks at a little boy (and his hamster) deciding what to eat. Dish by dish, he rejects
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• Grey Island Red Boat by Ian Beck
  |summary=This must be the perfect book for the emerging reader: a great story and all the benefits of Barrington Stoke's high production valu ...the trees and flowers. Princess Opal even sat on a grey granite throne in a grey granite room - and she wished that her life could be different. She c
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• Don't Do That! by Tony Ross
  ...well that adults often do know best. Children will also love this tale as it features the delightful habit of nose picking! ...n any of the sensible grown ups help Nellie or is she facing a future with a permanent finger up her nose? But then again, Henry is very persistent...
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• Planet Storyland by James Sherwood Metts
  ...in a better world, which will encourage critical thinking, creativity, and a love of storytelling. ...ong came an awful pandemic. Life was pretty much shut down and, along with it, all the many daily social interactions on which they depend so heavily.
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• Rainbow's Revelations: The Guinea Pig Story by Natalya Popova
  ...gentle book looks at family, love and loss and the care of small animals. It's aimed at the five to seven age group but there's some elegant word-play w ...ing to her advantage and she's even planning her own television programme, called ''Fire Without Matches''.
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• My Mummy does weird things / Maman fait des choses bizarres by Amelie Julien and Gustyawan
  ...mother can be - delivered in English and French. What better way to learn a language? ...there's doing yoga in front of the television, which could be worrying if it wasn't so funny. We won't go into too much detail about what goes on in the
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• Rapunzel by Simona Sanfilipo
  |summary=With 'Tangled' having been a huge hit at the cinema, my daughters were delighted to pick up the story of |publisher=Child's Play
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• Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham
  ...eased from Rampton. Then Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man has been murdered and his daughter is misssing. Highly recommended. ...is being released. Can Cyrus forgive the sinner whilst having to live on a daily basis with the results of the crime? Can he bear to have Elias livin
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• Think Outside the Box by Justine Avery and Liuba Syrotiuk
  ...inking that will be super fun to share. One that will benefit from as much child and parent interaction as possible. ''Whenever you find a problem <br>
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• Shine Moon Shine by David Conway
  ...return to the night sky with wonderful illustration which will delight any child from 3 to 103! Highly recommended. ...NIGHT IN A GREAT BIG CITY the moon fell from the sky and landed on top of a very tall building. All the people in the neighbourhood tried to put the mo
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• Sew Quick, Sew Cute: 30 Simple, Speedy Projects by Fiona Goble
  ...in a short time but which still have the WOW! factor. The book gives you a real feeling of 'I CAN do this!' ...aevant to their lives. I was 'encouraged' to knit tea cosies as a child. It didn't cut the mustard even then... I think I might have found the answer.
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• Dragon Magic (Red Bananas) by Pippa Goodhart and Lesley Danson
  ...soften the metal but unfortunately, the puff has run out. They need to get a new dragon soon and complete the gate but will they have enough time? ...n't be finished and he has spied strangers heading towards the city. It is a race against time especially when Puff shows signs of becoming ill. What el
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• A Horse For Angel by Sarah Lean
  |title=A Horse For Angel |sort=Horse For Angel, A
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• Keep Her Quiet by Emma Curtis
  ...nputdownable': this one truly is. A man connives in the theft of a baby. It will effect his life for years to come in ways that he could never have exp ...e's a high-earning accountant (it's her income which gives the family such a good lifestyle) and Leo has the sole use of her family cottage in rural Ken
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• Peek-a-Poo - What's In Your Nappy? by Guido van Genechten
  |title=Peek-a-Poo - What's In Your Nappy? ...o lift the flaps and look at the different types of poo. You know you want it.
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• I Could Be A Superhero by Chris Hornsey and Gwyn Perkins
  |title= I Could Be A Superhero ...dreams. He doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up but he knows it will be something exciting. In this book he shares some of his ideas with h
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• The Declaration by Gemma Malley
  ...quality of writing is such that thoughtful younger children could approach it too. ...ven more strain on the world's dwindling resources and a Chinese-style one child per family policy isn't enough. In this speculative 2140, childbirth is ill
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• Fire Girl, Forest Boy by Chloe Daykin
  |summary=From the author of ''Fish Boy'' and ''The Boy Who Hit Play'' comes a fast-paced and gripping story of lies, guilt and environmentalism set in th ...ngeance on his mind. When the two run head-long into each other, so begins a tale of the how the old and the spiritual meets modern corruption and greed
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• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  ...and downs she clings to this fierce passion for all things floral - but is it enough? ...be as free as a bird and do what she wants, when she wants. Bliss. Or is it?
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• Guess What I Found in the Playground! by Victoria Thompson
  ...asure to read and there are no tedious lessons being taught to the child. It's about ''joy and ''fun''. ...lectable things for her scrap box? (Isn't that so much more sensible than a scrap ''book''?) Well, actually, Tilly did find exciting stuff. There are
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• The Borrowers: The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton
  ...eighton Buzzard, a market town in the Home Counties. He is recovering from a serious illness. The house is an ideal place for the Clock family, tiny peo ...rited a cottage near Leighton Buzzard, and she and Mrs May go to visit it. It is here that she hears the sequel to the events of the first book. The Cloc
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• Dr Seuss: A Classic Treasury by Dr Seuss
  |title=Dr Seuss: A Classic Treasury ...Seuss book into the shower, when you can take five? This omnibus contains a selection of some of the good doctor's most loved classics.
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• Shake Rattle and Hurl (Rotten School) by R L Stine
  ...contained within. You'll hate it and they'll love it. Just give in and buy it. This book is awful. It's utterly without merit. Buy it anyway.
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• The Turkey That Voted For Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy
  |summary=Join a slightly confused young turkey in this colourful children's book that explo ...l novel will know that this does not always turn out for the best. Surely a kid's book is not going to reflect modern politics? I mean, when have we r
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• Shrinking Violet by Lou Kuenzler
  ...girl who discovers a strange tendency that makes life rather difficult for a while. Suitable for confident readers from about six to ten. ...dreams, she starts to shrink. And finds herself staring face-to-face with a worm.
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• The Factory Made Boy by Christine Nostlinger
  |summary=A surreal, unusual story that's fun to read and quite thought-provoking. ..., inside, a perfect factory-made little boy - she definitely never ordered a little boy! Conrad and Mrs Bartolotti soon grow to love each other, but wh
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• Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman
  ...ry=Altruism gone wrong. It might be number 38 in the series but it's still a fresh and invesntive read. Recommended. ...then dressed up as their fantasy, photographed and sent on their way with a generous gift in dollars.
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• My Unwilling Witch (The Rumblewick Letters) by Hiawyn Oram
  |summary=RB is having problems with Haggy Aggy. She doesn't want to be a witch any more. Excellent text, dynamic ilustrations and lots to explore th ...do is shop, watch telly and make some friends who aren't witches.'' What's a cat to do in that situation then?
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• Botanicum (Welcome To The Museum) by Katie Scott and Kathy Willis
  ...y=A lavishly-produced book which unfortunately could be too advanced for a child but not sufficiently-detailed for an adult. ...author Kathy Willis and illustrator Katie Scott as curators. Still, it's a contrivance which doesn't affect the content.
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• Tilly's Promise by Linda Newbery
  |summary=A gritty, realistic love story set during the first world war. Easy to read, ...e changed. Will even love remain the same - especially in the aftermath of a broken promise?
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• Posy by Linda Newbery and Catherine Rayner
  ...ee the story of Posy's day told in rhyme is a delight. If you haven't got a cat then this book could convince you that you really should! Highly recom I've got a new best friend. She's called Posy.
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• My Brother's Hot Cross Bottom by Jeremy Strong
  ...y reader which is going to appeal to the average seven year old boy. It's a good story and has characters you can relate to. Recommended. ...za delivery van) have developed hot, red, spotty bottoms and to cap it all a girl has come to live next door. When you're thirteen that's really more t
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• Sins by Penny Jordan
  |summary= A light novel that does not live up to its title ...d to bag herself a royal husband, outsider Rose just wants to fit in, wild child Janey puts her heart and soul into becoming the next Mary Quant, and sensib
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• The Quiet People by Paul Cleave
  ...ary=A well-paced read that takes a very different approach to the "missing child" story-line, bringing up some of societies unanswered debates along the way ...the past. The good news is that it turned out not to be a mistake but just a piece of brilliant serendipity.
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• Cruel Acts by Jane Casey
  |summary=Another cracking story from Casey: it might be genre fiction, but it's exceptionally-well written. Highly recommended. ...ot two months for contempt of court and Stone was released on bail pending a retrial.
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• Noo-Noos! by Carol Thompson
  |publisher=Child's Play (International) Ltd |summary=Sweetly drawn and simply written, a lovely book to share with little ones.
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• Me and You by Anthony Browne
  ...sh perspective, but the more you dig, the more ''Me and You'' will reveal. It's an utterly gorgeous picture book that works on so so so many levels. Anth ''You may be looking for the similarly-named [[Me and You by Janet A Holmes and Judith Rossell]]''.
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• Chinese Calendar Tales: The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit by Sarah Brennan and Harry Harrison
  |summary=A funny, unusual picture book - better for school age children rather than to ...on to capture and kill her, and the unfortunate conclusion to this romp of a tale...
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• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  ...derful illustrations in this deserved picture book classic. A must for any child aged 2 to 4. '''A ''Times Educational Supplement'' Teachers' Top 100 Book'''
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• Marvin's Funny Dance by Sarah McConnell
  ...adults of all ages. Every page is a delight and it's the sort of book your child will want you to read again and again. ...with dung balls to send them on their way. After the plan works, Marvin is a hero and all of the other meerkats want to be like him!
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• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Favourites by Mandy Stanley
  |summary= A good collection of bedtime nursery rhymes with cute pictures. Every small child should have book (or a few) containing traditional nursery rhymes, and every so often newly illust
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Michelle Lovric
  ...g myth and legend against science. We jumped at the opportunity to ask her a few questions. ...g myth and legend against science. We jumped at the opportunity to ask her a few questions.
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• The Island by Sarah Singleton
  ...ar expedition goes horribly wrong in this intense and sophisticated novel. It's vivid and compelling and again, something new from this tremendously vers ...has a different reason for the trip: Otto wants to get some experience for a hoped-for career in photo-journalism; Charlie wants to volunteer and beef u
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Glenn Dakin
  ...eries will be a big hit with tween readers. We asked Glenn Dakin all about it. ...eries will be a big hit with tween readers. We asked Glenn Dakin all about it.
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• The First Book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz
  ...wall', their enemies being the 'injuns' and 'demonmales'. I know, that's a lot of words in quotes. Let me explain... ...ren, that are true and untrue, and where you draw the line at 'creating' a child's reality.
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• Angels of Destruction by Keith Donohue
  ...legant writing makes this part-character study, part-fairy tale for adults a rewarding read. ...aned Norah, passing her off as her granddaughter. But Norah is no ordinary child…
  4 KB (641 words) - 10:42, 19 March 2021
• Animal Rescue: The Unwanted Puppy by Tina Nolan
  |summary=The first in a series about rescuing animals which have been abandoned, lost or neglected ...d Eva are ''not'' to get the idea that they can keep any of the animals on a permanent basis. If they did the house would be overrun!
  3 KB (540 words) - 12:37, 17 April 2018
• Read On - Unsolved Mysteries by Keith West
  ...steries is just as much fun for sceptics as for believers and suitable for a wide range of ages. ...how through. This combined with the easy to read text will help to build a child's confidence.
  5 KB (954 words) - 11:27, 25 February 2018
• The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo and Gwen Millward
  ...re book holds a delightful tale to share with small children especially as it is all about the magic of bedtime stories. ...erdinand, is telling an enchanting story all about a ring that belonged to a faraway king. Before long Daisy falls asleep wondering about the ring. Duri
  4 KB (650 words) - 14:31, 10 April 2018

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