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• I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd
  ...a follow up to [[I Love My Mummy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd|I Love My Mummy]] by the same author and illustrator duo. ...they don't do many practical things together, even simple housework. When mummy's out they cuddle up on the sofa eating biscuits and looking a bit furtive
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• There's a House Inside My Mummy by Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban
  |title=There's a House Inside My Mummy ...perfect for sharing with toddlers. The idea of there being a house inside mummy's tummy is a clever one, and instantly understandable by small children, an
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• Little Owl's Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney
  ...a school visit to the zoo and he comes home without his scarf. What will Mummy say? ...a prolific knitter. Fortunately she chooses nice, soft, pretty wool so we don't end up with any rejected items, but I do remember when I was little having
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• Jamie and Angus Together by Anne Fine
  ...o something ''disgusting'' and it has to be hidden so that Mummy and daddy don't see what it is. ...Sentences are clear and crisp with no unnecessary flourishes – in fact I don't think there's a superfluous word in the book.
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• Orla Kiely Colours by Orla Kiely
  ...change bag so that it might just fall out when I'm out for coffee with my mummy friends and oh, how classy I would look with an Orla Kiely baby book! You ...ack background on the colours page...Confusing. And the patterned designs don't really provide much else to talk about as you read other than the name of t
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• Wobble Bear Says Yellow by Ian Whybrow and Caroline Jayne Church
  ...the book on calling everything 'yellow', whether it is or not, much to his mummy's frustration and my daughter's delight! This is a charming board book all about colours. Wobble's mummy tells him the different colours of things around the house as she gets him
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• Super Rabbit by Stephanie Blake
  ...m the tree (though he tells his mum it was from a super villain's sword). Mummy gets a needle and sterilises it, ready to remove the splinter so that Super ...ke when Simon isn't quite as brave as he thought he was and shouts for his mummy from the tree. I really love, however, the illustration when Simon is sitt
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• Nutmeg Says Yum! by Caroline Jayne Church
  ...colour. Bananas? Too squidgy. She wants strawberries. Thankfully, Nutmeg's mummy is a wise and sneaky mouse, so she whips up a delicious strawberry surprise ...and wants to see what she can achieve. I particularly liked that Nutmeg's mummy's plan isn't spelled out in the text. It opens up the opportunity for discu
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• Babies Don't Bite by David Bedford and Tor Freeman
  |title=Babies Don't Bite ...y the pony is excited. His mummy is having a baby! His friends, however, don't seem to share his excitement...their mums are all having babies too, but th
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• Waiting for Santa by Steve Metzger and Alison Edgson
  ...and the presents would be piled high without any need for Old Saint Nick. (Don't feel too bad for me, I turned out ok, honest). ...re are no unrealistic expectations: everyone gets one gift (ONE!) and they don't tear into them immediately. Fancy that.
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• Monsters Don't Cry! by Brett McKee and Ella Burfoot
  |title=Monsters Don't Cry! ''But monsters are strong, monsters don't cry''.
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• Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney
  ...Of course, this means that Blue Blanket gets rather dirty, and so one day Mummy says that both Small Bunny and Blue Blanket need to have a wash... ...is story is when Mummy puts Blue Blanket in the washing machine and says ''Don't worry...it will only take a minute'' but on the following page, with a seri
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• The Book of Bones: A Kit Salter Adventure by Natasha Narayan
  ...e kidnapped by their arch enemies, The Baker Brothers. The Baker Brothers tell them that one of the friends has been poisoned, but not which one, and the I won't say too much about the ending, because I don't want to give anything away, but the book stops on a real nail-biting cliffh
  4 KB (671 words) - 10:00, 21 April 2018
• Egg: An Egg-Citing Easter Eggs-Capade! (My Little World) by Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway
  ...young child without fear - this isn't one of those books which are kept on Mummy's shelf.
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• The Alphabet Family by Eva Montanari
  ...g races, and some are playing in the garden. With plenty of ideas to hand, Mummy A writes her story, and then tells it to all her children and Daddy Z. ..., f rides an f-shaped crocodile - but, unlike Letterland, their activities don't teach the basics of spelling. In many ways, this makes it suitable for chil
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• The Tiger Prowls: a pop-up book of wild animals by Seb Braun
  It's a hardback book with a striking cover and when you open it, don't expect endpapers or gentle introductions: as you lift the cover, the tiger ...ar of the water. He's ''Big as a bus, graceful as a dancer'': perhaps you don't need to know a lot more. And we still have the bear, the elephant and the
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• The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill
  |title=The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy |sort=Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy, The
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• Something for Mummy (Bing) by Ted Dewan
  |title=Something for Mummy (Bing) ...e giant crèche, so how come Bing and his helper Flop are making a gift for Mummy?
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• Fairytale Food by Lucie Cash
  ''Enjoyed a very pleasant breakfast with the Three Bears; Mummy Bear is just delightful, I'm sure we'll remain good friends.'' ...y ripe bananas and the addition of runny honey produces a lovely flavour. Mummy Bear's Blue and Black Beary Crumble (go on - you're allowed to laugh!) has
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• A Day with the Animal Doctors by Sharon Rentta
  ...oing to hospital as a patient or a visitor then this book is perfect. You don't? Ok - it's also a wonderful bedtime story and do you know a child who ''do ...kit (some VERY useful toys in there!) and off he goes to the hospital with Mummy.
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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
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• 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
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• 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!
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• 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-
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• 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'!
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• At The Animal Ball by Ella Bailey
  Mummy loves this book. From the seventeen sweetly painted animals to ...rated [[I Don't Know What to Call My Cat by Simon Philip and Ella Bailey|I Don't Know What to Call My Cat by Simon Philip]]. We think you might also like [
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• Hogs Hate Hugs by Tiziana Bendall-Brunello and John Bendall-Brunello
  |summary=Little Hog hates hugs, but his family and friends don't believe him. This is cute book but we had a few reservations about the meth ...To convince Little Hog that he does, in fact, still need hugs in his life, mummy and daddy and the other animals conspire to scare him into submission. Dres
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• Lucy Goosey by Margaret Wild and Ann James
  ...times it is necessary to make choices and make ourselves do things that we don't really want to. ...uted colours and the blurred edges in most of them. They really do help to tell the story well and children will enjoy looking at these as much as listenin
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• Orla Kiely Numbers by Orla Kiely
  ...Kiely|colours]] if you're looking for a pretty gift to give to a new yummy mummy. The fabric cover is rather lovely to touch and feel, and the board book f ...er, matt look about them, so no shiny bright colours here. I, personally, don't think the images are much fun to look at and there isn't much scope for int
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• The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep by Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin
  ...etimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep on the swings. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle Yawn, who had a notice outside his house say ...aloud. Parts of the text are marked where you have to perform an action - don't worry '''[Yawn]''' won't demand too much of your acting talents - or insert
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• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
  "Don't be silly, they're all dead." "Hurry up Mummy."
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• Mr Nobody (Mr Men and Little Misses) by Roger Hargreaves
  ...eaves and his son Adam, but it all blends together seamlessly - I couldn't tell you which bit was by whom. It's a ''Mr Men'' book and as great as you'd exp ...o the publishers for sending it to Bookbag. We also have a review of [[My Mummy by Roger Hargreaves]].
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• Christopher Nibble by Charlotte Middleton
  ...rations are simple but effective. Look at that front cover and tell me you don't love Christopher already! She uses photos of dandelions in a collage along ..., rabbits and similar animals, or who love pottering in the garden helping mummy or daddy with the weeding. Beyond them, it's also great for any child: Chri
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• Bedtime (Slip-and-Slide Books) by Maureen Roffey
  ...child after child rubbing their eyes, changing into their pyjamas, kissing mummy goodnight, and cuddling up with teddy. Each pulled tab changes that picture ...t be, will be able to structure discussions around the relevant book. They don't have to be read as issue books though. Any and all of them would make a fin
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• A New Home for Little Fox by Janet Bingham and Rosalind Beardshaw
  Right, now I've got that out of the way I'll tell you about the book. Little Fox is out with his father when Daddy Fox hears ...reotypical caring parent. The starring parts are taken by two males but I don't think this would put girls off the book. In fact, it might be the boyish b
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