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We've found some wondefful picture books this year and they#re all going to appeal to adults ''and'' children.  Here they are in alphabetical order by author.
 
We've found some wondefful picture books this year and they#re all going to appeal to adults ''and'' children.  Here they are in alphabetical order by author.
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|title=The Lion Inside
 
|title=The Lion Inside
 
|author=Rachel Bright and Jim Field
 
|author=Rachel Bright and Jim Field
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|summary=Books about scary beasts that turn out to be not so scary are immensely popular, and I blame Disney for how much of a hit this one is sure to be. The reason is sitting quietly on top of a rock on page five. Why, hello Mr Lion.
 
|summary=Books about scary beasts that turn out to be not so scary are immensely popular, and I blame Disney for how much of a hit this one is sure to be. The reason is sitting quietly on top of a rock on page five. Why, hello Mr Lion.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408331608</amazonuk>
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|title=The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas
 
|title=The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas
 
|author=Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy
 
|author=Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy
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|summary=When you think there can't possibly be a different way to tell a Christmas story for children, along comes Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy with a tale of a mouse who was once injured at Christmas time. A falling bauble hit poor mouse and that was enough to convince mouse that Christmas meant danger. Mouse dons his hard-hat and high-visibility jacket to inspect the animal's village Christmas preparations. In true health and safety style, nothing is up to scratch: the star is too pointy; the tree too tall and the lights are too bright on the tree, not to even mention the spikiness of the pine needles. Quite frankly, Christmas is jolly well too dangerous, so mouse wants it cancelled.
 
|summary=When you think there can't possibly be a different way to tell a Christmas story for children, along comes Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy with a tale of a mouse who was once injured at Christmas time. A falling bauble hit poor mouse and that was enough to convince mouse that Christmas meant danger. Mouse dons his hard-hat and high-visibility jacket to inspect the animal's village Christmas preparations. In true health and safety style, nothing is up to scratch: the star is too pointy; the tree too tall and the lights are too bright on the tree, not to even mention the spikiness of the pine needles. Quite frankly, Christmas is jolly well too dangerous, so mouse wants it cancelled.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192744291</amazonuk>
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|title=The Detective Dog
 
|title=The Detective Dog
 
|author=Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
 
|author=Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=Detective dog Nell, with her great sense of smell, is a rather remarkable dog! She works very hard from Tuesday to Sunday, finding lost things, like a ball down the toilet, and solving mysteries such as where is the lost shoe by sniffing it out. It's in the shed, actually, and if you look a little more closely you might start to suspect that actually Nell might have had more to do with these lost things and mysteries than she should have! Anyway, those are her busy days, but on Mondays she goes to school with Peter, and she listens to the children reading her books. She loves all sorts of books, about dinosaurs and princes and dragons and dogs, and she loves the smell of the books. So when she goes to school one Monday and finds that all the books are missing, Detective dog Nell is the one they need to help find all the books.
 
|summary=Detective dog Nell, with her great sense of smell, is a rather remarkable dog! She works very hard from Tuesday to Sunday, finding lost things, like a ball down the toilet, and solving mysteries such as where is the lost shoe by sniffing it out. It's in the shed, actually, and if you look a little more closely you might start to suspect that actually Nell might have had more to do with these lost things and mysteries than she should have! Anyway, those are her busy days, but on Mondays she goes to school with Peter, and she listens to the children reading her books. She loves all sorts of books, about dinosaurs and princes and dragons and dogs, and she loves the smell of the books. So when she goes to school one Monday and finds that all the books are missing, Detective dog Nell is the one they need to help find all the books.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509801596</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1509801596
 
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|title=A Dog Called Bear
 
|title=A Dog Called Bear
 
|author=Diane Fox and Christyan Fox
 
|author=Diane Fox and Christyan Fox
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=Lucy had always wanted a dog and she'd been preparing for the moment when her dreams could come true for a long time: she'd read all the books, bought doggie things and her bedroom was plastered with doggie pictures. One day she set out to make her dream come true: accosting animals and presenting her credentials (there really is no other way of explaining it...) First up, a frog, who presents the counter arguments to dog ownership and then makes his own case, adding that he would only need a bath every day. Lucy's sorry, but she only has a shower...
 
|summary=Lucy had always wanted a dog and she'd been preparing for the moment when her dreams could come true for a long time: she'd read all the books, bought doggie things and her bedroom was plastered with doggie pictures. One day she set out to make her dream come true: accosting animals and presenting her credentials (there really is no other way of explaining it...) First up, a frog, who presents the counter arguments to dog ownership and then makes his own case, adding that he would only need a bath every day. Lucy's sorry, but she only has a shower...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571329446</amazonuk>
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|isbn=0571329446
 
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|title=Tidy
 
|title=Tidy
 
|author=Emily Gravett
 
|author=Emily Gravett
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=Pete the badger likes ''tidy''.  He does it very well.  Well, perhaps it's a little bit ''too'' well.  He's not content with checking all the flowers in the woodland and removing any which didn't quite match, he insists on brushing fox to remove all the brambles and burrs.  I'm not certain that using a hedgehog to do this is really a good idea, but Pete seems to find it effective.  All the birds have to be bathed, and their beaks clean and even the rocks are scoured and scrubbed.  Leaves are a major problem: just think about all that sweeping up and all the bin bags of leaves which have to be stored.  There is an obvious solution.
 
|summary=Pete the badger likes ''tidy''.  He does it very well.  Well, perhaps it's a little bit ''too'' well.  He's not content with checking all the flowers in the woodland and removing any which didn't quite match, he insists on brushing fox to remove all the brambles and burrs.  I'm not certain that using a hedgehog to do this is really a good idea, but Pete seems to find it effective.  All the birds have to be bathed, and their beaks clean and even the rocks are scoured and scrubbed.  Leaves are a major problem: just think about all that sweeping up and all the bin bags of leaves which have to be stored.  There is an obvious solution.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447273982</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1447273982
 
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|title=Quick Quack Quentin
 
|title=Quick Quack Quentin
 
|author=Kes Gray and Jim Field
 
|author=Kes Gray and Jim Field
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|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.
 
|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>1444919571</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1444919571
 
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|title=Fred
 
|title=Fred
 
|author=Mick Inkpen and Chloe Inkpen
 
|author=Mick Inkpen and Chloe Inkpen
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=It's tricky being a puppy. There are so many things to try to understand, like sit, and stay, and fetch! Whilst the pup in this story has learned all of these tricky commands, and is doing very well at being a good boy, he is having some issues around the word 'Fred'...what on earth does everyone mean when they keep shouting it at him?
 
|summary=It's tricky being a puppy. There are so many things to try to understand, like sit, and stay, and fetch! Whilst the pup in this story has learned all of these tricky commands, and is doing very well at being a good boy, he is having some issues around the word 'Fred'...what on earth does everyone mean when they keep shouting it at him?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444929526</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1444929526
 
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|title=Life is Magic
 
|title=Life is Magic
 
|author=Meg McLaren
 
|author=Meg McLaren
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=It is not often that you pick up a book and feel the warmth and magic come of it. It is extremely rare in adult fiction, but in children's books you find it more often if you only look. Great illustrations and wonderful stories can combine to make a book that will entrance both a youngster and adult as they read together. When you find one of these books you should treasure it as it is something that may be read to your grandchildren in the future.
 
|summary=It is not often that you pick up a book and feel the warmth and magic come of it. It is extremely rare in adult fiction, but in children's books you find it more often if you only look. Great illustrations and wonderful stories can combine to make a book that will entrance both a youngster and adult as they read together. When you find one of these books you should treasure it as it is something that may be read to your grandchildren in the future.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443383</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1783443383
 
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|title=A Piglet Called Truffle
 
|title=A Piglet Called Truffle
 
|author=Helen Peters and Ellie Snowdon
 
|author=Helen Peters and Ellie Snowdon
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=Living on a farm, with her father who works as a farmer and a mother who is a farm-vet, Jasmine has spent all her young life learning how to care for animals. On a visit to a neighbouring farm, Jasmine is excited to see the new baby piglets. Expecting to see eleven piglets, she is stunned to find one extra - a tiny little runt hiding in the corner. Being smaller than her hand, the farmer has no sympathy and expects it to die by the end of the day. Of course, Jasmine can't allow this to happen. The story is then set for a struggle to save the smallest piglet, called Truffle.
 
|summary=Living on a farm, with her father who works as a farmer and a mother who is a farm-vet, Jasmine has spent all her young life learning how to care for animals. On a visit to a neighbouring farm, Jasmine is excited to see the new baby piglets. Expecting to see eleven piglets, she is stunned to find one extra - a tiny little runt hiding in the corner. Being smaller than her hand, the farmer has no sympathy and expects it to die by the end of the day. Of course, Jasmine can't allow this to happen. The story is then set for a struggle to save the smallest piglet, called Truffle.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857637738</amazonuk>
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|isbn=0857637738
 
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|title=Nibbles: The Book Monster
 
|title=Nibbles: The Book Monster
 
|author=Emma Yarlett
 
|author=Emma Yarlett
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|genre=For Sharing
 
|genre=For Sharing
 
|summary=If you are a bibliophile you have a fear that haunts your very dreams. What happens if your collection gets damp, or a mouse decides to take up residence? These things pale in comparison if you happen to find yourself with a Nibbles. This is a little guy that likes to nibble absolutely anything, but his favourite snack is books! Watch out as before you know it he will be gnawing his way into completely different stories.
 
|summary=If you are a bibliophile you have a fear that haunts your very dreams. What happens if your collection gets damp, or a mouse decides to take up residence? These things pale in comparison if you happen to find yourself with a Nibbles. This is a little guy that likes to nibble absolutely anything, but his favourite snack is books! Watch out as before you know it he will be gnawing his way into completely different stories.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848691939</amazonuk>
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|isbn=1848691939
 
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Revision as of 13:16, 2 February 2024

We've found some wondefful picture books this year and they#re all going to appeal to adults and children. Here they are in alphabetical order by author.

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Review of

The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field

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Books about scary beasts that turn out to be not so scary are immensely popular, and I blame Disney for how much of a hit this one is sure to be. The reason is sitting quietly on top of a rock on page five. Why, hello Mr Lion. Full Review

0192744291.jpg

Review of

The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy

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When you think there can't possibly be a different way to tell a Christmas story for children, along comes Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy with a tale of a mouse who was once injured at Christmas time. A falling bauble hit poor mouse and that was enough to convince mouse that Christmas meant danger. Mouse dons his hard-hat and high-visibility jacket to inspect the animal's village Christmas preparations. In true health and safety style, nothing is up to scratch: the star is too pointy; the tree too tall and the lights are too bright on the tree, not to even mention the spikiness of the pine needles. Quite frankly, Christmas is jolly well too dangerous, so mouse wants it cancelled. Full Review

File:1509801596.jpg

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The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie

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Detective dog Nell, with her great sense of smell, is a rather remarkable dog! She works very hard from Tuesday to Sunday, finding lost things, like a ball down the toilet, and solving mysteries such as where is the lost shoe by sniffing it out. It's in the shed, actually, and if you look a little more closely you might start to suspect that actually Nell might have had more to do with these lost things and mysteries than she should have! Anyway, those are her busy days, but on Mondays she goes to school with Peter, and she listens to the children reading her books. She loves all sorts of books, about dinosaurs and princes and dragons and dogs, and she loves the smell of the books. So when she goes to school one Monday and finds that all the books are missing, Detective dog Nell is the one they need to help find all the books. Full Review

0571329446.jpg

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A Dog Called Bear by Diane Fox and Christyan Fox

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Lucy had always wanted a dog and she'd been preparing for the moment when her dreams could come true for a long time: she'd read all the books, bought doggie things and her bedroom was plastered with doggie pictures. One day she set out to make her dream come true: accosting animals and presenting her credentials (there really is no other way of explaining it...) First up, a frog, who presents the counter arguments to dog ownership and then makes his own case, adding that he would only need a bath every day. Lucy's sorry, but she only has a shower... Full Review

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Review of

Tidy by Emily Gravett

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Pete the badger likes tidy. He does it very well. Well, perhaps it's a little bit too well. He's not content with checking all the flowers in the woodland and removing any which didn't quite match, he insists on brushing fox to remove all the brambles and burrs. I'm not certain that using a hedgehog to do this is really a good idea, but Pete seems to find it effective. All the birds have to be bathed, and their beaks clean and even the rocks are scoured and scrubbed. Leaves are a major problem: just think about all that sweeping up and all the bin bags of leaves which have to be stored. There is an obvious solution. Full Review

1444919571.jpg

Review of

Quick Quack Quentin by Kes Gray and Jim Field

5star.jpg For Sharing

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. Full Review

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Review of

Fred by Mick Inkpen and Chloe Inkpen

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It's tricky being a puppy. There are so many things to try to understand, like sit, and stay, and fetch! Whilst the pup in this story has learned all of these tricky commands, and is doing very well at being a good boy, he is having some issues around the word 'Fred'...what on earth does everyone mean when they keep shouting it at him? Full Review

File:1783443383.jpg

Review of

Life is Magic by Meg McLaren

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It is not often that you pick up a book and feel the warmth and magic come of it. It is extremely rare in adult fiction, but in children's books you find it more often if you only look. Great illustrations and wonderful stories can combine to make a book that will entrance both a youngster and adult as they read together. When you find one of these books you should treasure it as it is something that may be read to your grandchildren in the future. Full Review

0857637738.jpg

Review of

A Piglet Called Truffle by Helen Peters and Ellie Snowdon

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Living on a farm, with her father who works as a farmer and a mother who is a farm-vet, Jasmine has spent all her young life learning how to care for animals. On a visit to a neighbouring farm, Jasmine is excited to see the new baby piglets. Expecting to see eleven piglets, she is stunned to find one extra - a tiny little runt hiding in the corner. Being smaller than her hand, the farmer has no sympathy and expects it to die by the end of the day. Of course, Jasmine can't allow this to happen. The story is then set for a struggle to save the smallest piglet, called Truffle. Full Review

File:1848691939.jpg

Review of

Nibbles: The Book Monster by Emma Yarlett

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If you are a bibliophile you have a fear that haunts your very dreams. What happens if your collection gets damp, or a mouse decides to take up residence? These things pale in comparison if you happen to find yourself with a Nibbles. This is a little guy that likes to nibble absolutely anything, but his favourite snack is books! Watch out as before you know it he will be gnawing his way into completely different stories. Full Review

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