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• Noo-Noos! by Carol Thompson
  ...een a variety of such objects ranging from your typical teddy through to a mummy's satin bra (it has that lovely silky feel to it) and even, in one case, a ...ry quickly understand what's happening and being referred to. And if they don't have one already be warned, this might induce the need for them to have a n
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• Bramble the Brave by Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow
  ...too slimy; four-leaf clover salads are too crunchy and she won't even try Mummy's hazelnut pie because she only likes berries. Her parents try to persuade ...ll have lots of food whereas Bramble only has her berries. Suddenly, these don't look quite so tempting and she wonders why she is so brave at other things
  3 KB (579 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2018
• One More Hug For Nutmeg by Caroline Jayne Church
  ...the mouse to go bed, so she packs away her toes, washes her whiskers, and mummy reads her a story. When it's time to sleep, Nutmeg can't sleep. She wants a ...Margaret Chamberlain]] is another picture book with a message - this time 'don't be mean to cats', which Nutmeg might not approve of. For more micey fun, ch
  2 KB (383 words) - 13:31, 4 March 2018
• A Day at the Police Station by Richard Scarry
  ...constantly gets into trouble, well, he makes an appearance in this story. Don't worry, he's still causing trouble! Bananas Gorilla is there too - not stea ...ow up! Lovely for bedtimes, or afternoons, or any sort of 'read me a book mummy' moments that you like!
  3 KB (598 words) - 09:12, 8 August 2020
• Baby Blue Egg by Mij Kelly and Mary McQuillan
  ''Oh please don't wake the scary thing!'' ...ys to get to know the facts before you make a judgement. I'm not going to tell you how the story ends – although you can probably guess – but any pre-
  3 KB (527 words) - 15:28, 28 March 2018
• Eat Your People by Lou Kuenzler and David Wojtowycz
  ...whenever I see my parents nowadays they seem to always be exclaiming 'you don't eat ''that'' do you?! It can always be a challenge to persuade children to ...ilst waiting for Monty to finish and calling out helpful dad-isms such as 'don't play with your food'!
  4 KB (797 words) - 13:37, 13 August 2020
• Grymm by Keith Austin
  Mina and Jacob are step siblings. Unwilling ones. Mina thinks Jake is a mummy's boy. Jake thinks Mina is weird and witchy. In fact, the only thing these Things don't improve when they arrive in Grymm. This isn't the kind of town you arrive a
  3 KB (561 words) - 09:17, 3 April 2018
• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Isabella Davidson
  ...ckle author Isabella Davidson about what it means to be an alpha or a beta mummy when she popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us. ...ckle author Isabella Davidson about what it means to be an alpha or a beta mummy when she popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
  8 KB (1,424 words) - 10:22, 18 February 2018
• The Wheels on the Bus by Britta Teckentrup
  ..., then the doors and the wipers… I'm sure you get the picture. (What? You don't know the words either? Hmmm…) There's a lot of repetition in the song so ...st indefinitely if they get rough handling it's not the sort of book which Mummy is going to have to keep on a shelf to keep it safe.
  2 KB (451 words) - 12:53, 12 April 2018
• 10, 9, 8... Owls Up Late! by Georgiana Deutsch and Ekaterina Trukhan
  ...thank their stars they don't have as many little ones to coax into bed as Mummy Owl does! ...their singing, telling jokes and playing games. At last one of them heeds Mummy Owl's call, and then we are left with nine. The story continues in the same
  3 KB (543 words) - 12:08, 28 March 2018
• Do Not Wash This Bear by Sam Hay and Nick East
  ...have read the label which quite clearly reads ''Do not wash this bear''! Mummy knows how to fix things, however, and out Bear goes, pegged to the washing ...that because the child in the story is wearing a large bear hat you can't tell if it's a boy or a girl, so the story works well for both. Bear is only ch
  4 KB (648 words) - 13:10, 29 March 2018
• Yucky Mucky Manners by Sam Lloyd
  ...t involve bogeys and farts. I expect there's something funny about seeing mummy or daddy reading these words out loud for a start, and when you're three ye ...e those who push and shove or don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or don't wash properly. The range of manners is good, although as I was reading it
  3 KB (452 words) - 09:36, 19 September 2020
• Children are Naughty by Vincent Cuvellier and Aurelie Guillerey
  Children are naughty. You don't have to tell me that. I have two monsters, one of whom I found this very morning standi ...rn away from this book in horror. I met a mummy once who declared 'oh, we don't use the word naughty in our house' just as I watched her toddler son runnin
  3 KB (542 words) - 10:47, 29 March 2018
• Any Way You Want Me by Lucy Diamond
  Sadie has the clichéd yummy mummy life: nice house, a lovely baby boy and sweet young girl, a nice, hard work The book is typical yummy mummy chick-lit, but is well-written, engaging and funny, and kept me laughing an
  4 KB (746 words) - 15:33, 1 September 2020
• Please Bear's Birthday by Avril Lethbridge, Diana Mather and Mary-Ann Mackenzie
  ...ars are very good, helping other bears if they are a little shy or helping mummy Bear to set the table. Unfortunately, other bears are not so good. They boa ...en the importance of good manners through nice and naughty bears, but they don't seem to be any rewards for being nice, or consequences for being naughty. I
  2 KB (360 words) - 09:45, 5 October 2020
• Dosh: How to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It by Rashmi Sirdeshpande
  ...it when you've managed to get hold of it. Your reasons for wanting money don't matter: we all need it to some extent. You might want to go into business, ...d buy whatever they wanted. There was no point - if they wanted something Mummy and Daddy just bought it for them. Another child who wasn't going to under
  3 KB (525 words) - 10:15, 29 March 2024
• You, Me and Thing 4: The Mummy That Went Moo by Karen McCombie
  |title=You, Me and Thing 4: The Mummy That Went Moo ...they'll be able to control Thing's magical powers. Unfortunately, things don't work out quite as planned, and when some naughty boys from another school a
  3 KB (602 words) - 08:50, 7 August 2020
• Bree McCready and the Half-heart Locket by Hazel Allan
  I don't think it's one of those books that will transfer over to the adult market, ...e Mummy Snatcher of Memphis: A Kit Salter Adventure by Natasha Narayan|The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis]] by Natasha Narayan. You might also enjoy [[Bree McCr
  4 KB (653 words) - 11:36, 17 August 2020
• My Funny Family Gets Bigger by Chris Higgins
  ...y do their best to be happy and to look after their extended family. They don't have a lot of expensive toys or go on foreign holidays - but they're the so ...eadily bigger. Chris Higgins deals with the idea of a baby growing inside Mummy without any coyness AND without too much detail. Children might want to as
  3 KB (530 words) - 12:54, 23 April 2018
• Forever Rose (Casson Family) by Hilary McKay
  ...get rather lonely. Daddy's in his London flat with his Art all Burned Out. Mummy's ill in the shed, trying to contain her germs. Saffy is always off with he I don't mind telling you that I shed a tear. Or perhaps even two. This is the last
  4 KB (666 words) - 14:25, 14 May 2018

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