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[[Category:New Reviews|Emerging Readers]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jill Atkins and Barbara VagnozziNigel Baines|title=Peck, Hen, Peck! and Ben's Pet (Early Reader)A Tricky Kind of Magic|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=It probably sounds obvious, but you really shouldn't keep your pet chickens in Cooper loves to perform magic tricks. His father was a bag! Wellmagician, that's what I learned from this book which tells us first and named Cooper after the story of Tom who puts his hen in a baggreat Tommy Cooper. The hen pecks through the bagBut sadly Cooper's father died suddenly, as hens are wont and now Cooper doesn't quite know who to dobe, and escapes! or how to be. A simple and somewhat tragic tale! This is swiftly followed by a story about BenAnd when his dad's pet. Will it be another henprop rabbit starts talking to him, I wondered? No, actually, after several incorrect guesses, we discover that Benhe ''really'' doesn't know what's pet is only a rabbitgoing on anymore!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848862482</amazonuk>1444960261

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alice Hemming and Louise ForshawJane Lightbourne|title=Buzz and Jump! Jump! (Early Reader) My Cat Called Red|rating=54|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers|summary=After hearing a mysterious buzzing in the kitchenRobin has red hair. He hates it, mum traps a fly in a jar, but then she hears and the buzzing againfreckles that go along with it.He's been bullied and mocked at school because of it.''Ginger Minger! Carrots!'' Kids are mean.what could be going on? Meanwhile, Ken the Kangaroo (who declares himself But red hair is not Robin's only misery in life. He's already lost his dad to be the best at jumping), a mountaineering accident when his mum gets ill and is jumping everywhere he cantaken into hospital. In this red level book, aimed generally at those who have completed their reception year in school, there are two simple, sweet stories in one book, perfect for those who are just learning to readShe doesn't come home again.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848862504</amazonuk>1838216812

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alice Hemming Francesca Simon and Julia SealSteve May|title=Bamboo and I Wish (Early Reader) |rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=With two stories in one book, there's plenty to like about this simple, and funny, early reader. The first story, Bamboo, deals with a cheeky panda who has run off to hide. Where can he be? The second story is about a wishing well which is granting wishes left, right and centre! Evaluated as a red level book, it sets itself as being about the right level for those around the end of their reception year.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862512</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Stephan Lomp|title=Wilfred and Olbert’s Totally Wild ChaseTwo Terrible Vikings

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Emerging Readers|summary=Meet Wilfred In a small Viking village there live two twins, Hack and Osbert. They're not only the kind to completely flout the rules of the natural history explorer's club they belong to, but when they both spot an undiscovered butterfly togetherWhack, they who are the kind to fight tooth and claw eager to be the first to lay claim to it alonevery worst Vikings ever! Nothing can stop their mad marauding, and devil take the other one. What as they don't know is that the drama that ensues when they're tailing this particular specimen will involve no end of peril – nearly drowningcause havoc at a birthday party, almost being eaten by chaos whilst tracking a liontroll, crashing and undertake a hot air balloon one of them just so happened grand journey to have in his pocket… raid Bad Island with their friends! ThisThey get up to all kinds of mischief and naughty behaviour, thenalong with their wolf-cub Bitey-Bitey, is a fun and silly biology lesson – but that's only the best kind, surely?their crazy cast of friends.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848696795</amazonuk>0571349498

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby Walden and Stephanie Fizer Coleman1838593187|title=Hidden World: ForestGuess What I Found in the Playground!|author=Victoria Thompson

|summary=I know I should have been working but ITilly is excited. She've s just spent come dashing out of the last hour pouring over ''Town classroom, pigtails flapping behind her and Country''a big grin on her face. On the face of it thereDad's a very simple idea here: on each double-page spread you get examples of what happens in towns come to collect her and her brother and he ''has'' to try to guess what happens she found in the countryside with regard playground today, although she concedes that he will never guess. Dad wants to various activitiesknow how school was, modes of transport and even things like beaches and snowbut ''obviously'' that's not important. You turn the book one way Could Tilly have found more collectable things for the country scene and then flip it over for what happens in the town. her scrap box? Down the side of each page there(Isn's t that so much more sensible than a list scrap ''book''?) Well, actually, Tilly did find exciting stuff. There are sequins, glittered paper and all sorts of other things for you to findin her pocket, complete with a thumbnail of but that's not what it is you're looking forshe wants Dad to guess.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782404422</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Michael Morpurgo and Shoo RaynerInnosanto Nagara|title= Mudpuddle Farm: Cock-A-Doodle-Doo|rating= 5|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= This M is an anthology book containing two titles from the Mudpuddle Farm series (''Mossop's Last Chance'' and ''Albertine, Goose Queen''). In the first of these we see all the animals work together to save the saggy old cat-puss from being fired. The second story sees our resident genius tested by an encounter with a crafty fox whilst the farmer decides to avoid all the fuss by going for a shave.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007270127</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson and Mary Blair|title=Walt Disney's Peter Pan: Illustrated by Mary Blair (Walt Disney Classics)Movement|rating=3.54

|summary=I'll take it pretty much as read that you know the story of Peter PanSet in Indonesia, in the young boy who left his shadow behindnot too distant past, and in collecting it took three children this is a story about social change. Dealing with him to a fantasy world full of nasty mensome difficult issues, danger such as political corruption and mystery. I knownepotism, the lad book is totally irresponsibleneither boring nor preachy. You may well know It educates gently, with vibrant, challenging illustrations, and it from pantoportrays how social movements need people who will try, or from Disney – and even when it's the latter seems that this book is concerningthey will fail. It's The message is a very snappy capture of positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain world, we do still have the story that won't take long at all power to read, but it's what that text is paired with that makes it worth attentioninstigate change.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405287012</amazonuk>1609809351

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeff Brown and Rob Biddulph1949471004|title=Flat StanleyDog on a Log Chapter Books: Step 1|author=Pamela Brookes|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging ReadersDyslexia Friendly|summary=''Stanley was four feet tall, about a foot wide, What do you do when your child has dyslexia and half an inch thick.''you need books which will help them to achieve the wonder that is reading? YesYou can risk buying early readers, there's proof that this is but the sounds in the original text of this classic children's book – at least itmight not be the ones you's not ve been updated to metric. So while the illustrations working on and encountering words which are new, we get the real deal, with just too challenging can have more of a negative effect on the young Stanley squished one night, dyslexic than a child without that problem. You need to such an extent he can limbo under shut doors, get airmailed be able to America to visit relativesbuy books at a reasonable price which concentrate on what you've been working on, become without anything else being thrown into the mix. You need a kite for his younger brother to play with, story which engages the young mind and moreyou need stages which progress steadily through the learning process without there being any large jumps. But then you don Some online support and games wouldn't need go amiss, either. Reading - and ''learning'' to update perfectionread - should be a pleasure. It should be ''fun''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405288108</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Philippa Pearce and Cate James099334030X|title=The Ghost in Annie's Room (Little Gems)Can You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts

|genre=Dyslexia FriendlyCrafts|summary=Emma is on You're going to get a family holiday in an older relativehint of what this book's seaside cottage, where she is to sleep in the room in the atticabout very quickly. Her brother has passed on When you see the title page, you'll find out what he says he has overheard – the book's called and that it is haunted's been written by Peter Lynas. But even with Then we move on to who has done the mementos of the person that once lived illustration - and there all around her, and with 's a strange feeling gap. ''You'' are going to put your name there. It's ''your'' responsibility to provide the pictures for this book about one of being watched, even with the stormy winds knocking tree limbs on largest creatures ever to roam the window – Emma can sleep through it allearth. But thatThere's not some help available, but your name is on the title page - and you have work to say things will forever be that way…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126852</amazonuk>do!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Michael Morpurgo and Shoo Rayner1609809335|title= Mudpuddle Farm: Hee-Haw HoorayThe Lizard|author= Jose Saramago, J Borges, Nick Caistor (translator) and Lucia Caistor (translator)|rating= 42|genre= Emerging Readers|summary=Two collected stories from Mudpuddle Farm series – ''Nowt to Worry About'One day a giant lizard appears in the city. We don' t even get told how it arrived, but it certainly appeared. People took against it, and if they weren''Tickety-Boo''t shrugging it off as a hallucination brought on by tiredness just as they fled it, they wanted something done about it. How will the animals react when the sky goes strange and horrifying noises abound? Changes are afoot that could mark the end of Mudpuddle farm; or is Can something be done about it just a new beginning, though?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008241988</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Sarah Powell1789016320|title= Search and Find: Pride & Prejudice: A Jane Austen Search Tadcaster and Find Book|rating= 4|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= Search and find books are usually aimed at children. They are a good bit of fun, but they are also a good study tool for adult readers alike. Jane Austen is a fantastic novelist, but her style of writing can be daunting for those not used to such heavy prose. It is very easy to become lost in the myriad of dialogue, characters and events. I find a good plot summary helps when approaching her works, this was especially so in the case of the perplexing and long-winded Emma. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783708271</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBullies|author=Pip Jones and Adam Stower|title=Piggy Handsome: Guinea Pig Destined for Stardom!Richard Rutherford|rating=3.54

|summary=Meet Piggy Handsome. He is In some ways it was a very bequiffed guinea pig, and he is frustrated that everyone in his long line of Handsome guinea pigs has become famous for somethinggentler time: video games were around, except him. Annoyed that he has not even got his face in the local newspaper, he has complained but children usually went outside to his friend Jeffry the Budgie more than onceenjoy themselves. But on this day, Jeff has a chance to solve the issue and get some peace They flew kites and quiet for himself – went sledging if there is a chip eating contest in townwas snow around. But can Piggy get there in time, can he down a bowl of chips quickly enough to win, and what about the pair of idiot thieves that also have something on their mind?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571327540</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Michael Morpurgo and Shoo Rayner|title= Mudpuddle Farm: Alien Invasion|rating= 4|genre= Emerging Readers|summary=This collected edition contains two stories from Mudpuddle Farm: ''Alien Invasion'' Tim and ''MumMary's the Word''. When the bees swarm the animals panic over great-grandfather started a new creature that appears business in 1899 so our story is probably set in the farmnineteen seventies. In the second story that greedy goat has vanished and when he returns something darned odd happens…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007275137</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Roberts and Alan MacDonald|title=My Burptastic Body Book (Dirty Bertie)|rating=4.5|genre=Children Something which hasn's Non-Fiction|summary=Oht changed, unfortunately, to be young is bullying and innocent, two lads are making life miserable not just for Tim and to be full of questions. Questions like 'is eating my bogies good Mary but for me', or 'why is poo brown', or 'what makes sweat smell'other children who gather in the playground. You donTim't have to be a kid like Dirty Bertie to want to know s probably about ten - just at the answers – respectively, no; itstage where he's down beginning to dead bacteria; and it doesn't – itfeel responsible for his younger sister, who's other bacteria again. If you think you have a lad (ortwo years younger than him, letbut he's face it, a lass) interested in learning such stuff, this book could well be not yet at the place stage where he knows how to turndeal with bullies.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847156754</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michael Bond and R W AlleyB01N0OZQOD|title=Best-loved Paddington StoriesNickerbacher|author=Terry John Barto

|genre=For SharingEmerging Readers |summary=With the sad passing of Michael Bond there Nickerbacher is no time like the present to revisit some of the adventures of doing his most iconic creation; Paddingtondragonly duty as all dragons do. As the character has proved so timeless regular reThat dragonly duty is, of course, princess-issues of guarding. That's what dragons are for, after all. But Gwendolyn isn't any princess. She finds the books have appeared whole princessing thing quite boring really and she is much less interested in fairy tales than she is in watching comedy on ''Best-loved Paddington StoriesThe Late Knight Show'' brings three of these stories together. Does this collection really reflect the best that the bear has Nickerbacher likes ''The Late Knight Show'' too - in fact, it's his favourite TV show because he wants to offer or are be a stand-up comedian himself. He tries out his jokes on Princess Gwendolyn but they just three random tales stuck together with marmalade?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008245037</amazonuk>don't always come off quite as Nickerbacher intended.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Enid Blyton0008265836|title= The Seaside FamilyRory Branagan Detective|author=Andrew Clover and Ralph Lazar|rating= 4.5|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= The Caravan Family (MummyTen-year-old Rory Branagan isn't just a normal kid. He's a detective and he has a mystery to solve – why did his dad disappear when he was three? Rory doesn't know where to start but, Daddythen, Mike, Belinda Cassidy moves in next door and Ann) are all ready for the holidays, he discovers he has an accomplice who is full of ideas. This is just as well as they soon discover a very serious crime: Corner Boy's dad has been poisoned and what better place to spend time together than is at the seaside? They can play in the sea, picnic on the sand and generally enjoy each otherrisk of dying but no-one else will believe he's companyin danger. It will be marvellous's up to Rory and Cassidy to uncover the truth and save a life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405286733</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robyn Swift and Sara Lynn Cramb0192758748|title=National Trust: Complete Night Explorer's KitHorace & Harriet Take on the Town|author=Clare Elsom

|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=There is When Harriet, aged seven and a misfortune quarter, decides to go to Princes Park to practise 'Going to the modern world, in that we have killed off a common hobby from when I was a ladPark on Her Own' (i.e. Nowadays light pollution is so awful itwith her Grandad walking at least thirty steps behind) she can's certainly not uncommon for people to hardly see any t believe her eyes. The statue of Lord Commander Horatio Fredrick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the stars and Third (or Horace for short) starts to get to learn the constellations, and while I move. He not only went out to go 'meteor hunting'moves but stamps his foot, itshouts something that would get him in serious trouble with Harriet's patently obvious that the chance to lie mum, and climbs down from his pillar. Understandably Harriet can't resist following and stargaze is quickly finds herself dragged all around the town as Horace searches for a dying onenew – and more suitable – home. Elsewhere His sights are firmly set on the nocturnal youth can struggle Mayor's mansion and it, therefore, falls to have much opportunity Harriet to explore the night-time nature as this book suggests – it begins with setting up persuade him that there must be a tent in your back gardenbetter alternative. Sadly, and too many donHorace't even get that chances visits to the museum, cinema, train station, for want of possession of one. Yesplayground, if this book is only read once in the daytime bank and never referred to againlibrary all cause mayhem. Luckily, due to lack of opportunityhowever, it really will be a crying shamecompetition in the park reveals the perfect answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857638777</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Walliams and Tony RossSaulles_Bee|title=The World's Worst Children 2Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens|author=Tony De Saulles

|genre=Confident Emerging Readers|summary=I sometimes wonder if David Walliams gets sick of the comparisons with Roald Dahl that he gets. ItYoung Mel's such an easy comparison to make, however, because both wrote very funny, and yet really very dark stories for children. They don't shy away from the nastiness, and ugliness in life and instead face it head on, friend has left and flip it around, and make you laugh along the way. This beehive is a rollercoaster ride through a wide range of truly dreadful children who range from being a fussy eater, now his to a spoiled brat, to Harry, who never, ever did his homework! Yeslook after. Unfortunately, their dark deeds vary Mel lives in despicableness, a tower block and along with dreadfulness galore there are fabulous illustrations, a large variety not all of fonts, unusual page layouts and his neighbours agree that it is the correct place for a Royal introduction from the Queenhive.Things change when Mel suddenly realises he has an amazing superpower; he can become a bee..|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008259623</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeff Brown and Rob BiddulphDavidson_Night|title=Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley)Night Zookeeper: The Giraffes of Whispering Wood|author=Joshua Davidson|rating=3.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=It was far too recently that I picked up [[Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown A straight-laced student makes one defiant act of creativity and Rob Biddulph|Flat Stanley]] has a world of magic and met with a character now fifty years old imagination opened up for him. Will is the first time, new Night Zookeeper and found out how he got his tenure in the role of protector to be flat and what happened as a resultmagical world starts with the repulsion of a dangerous invasion. Bizarrely, however, despite  Joshua Davidson has written about the success of that first book it was twenty full years Night Zookeeper before and there are online cartoons devoted to the author picked up the pen to give Stanley character but this sequelmarks a new launch and a new series. Or perhaps it's This is not such just a book but a surprise – without giving too much away, the character had met whole online event with huge educational tie-ins and a certain change at the end of book one, and therefore wasn't exactly ready for more of the samepush to get children using their own imagination. Well, over The story itself mirrors what the decades there have been six official books by Jeff Brown, and this was author is trying to achieve in real life; the first instance where I could find out for myself if '''I''' was ready for more power of the same…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140528806X</amazonuk>imagination makes everything better.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Chapman and Us NowSeuss_Read|title=The Story of the CarI Can Read With My Eyes Shut|author=Dr Seuss

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Emerging Readers |summary=Dinosaurs… farm machinery… science fiction… trains… cars''The more that you read,''<br>''The more things you will know. I can't think of many other subjects '<br>''The more that inspired the young me to have you learn,''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This is a full non-fiction classic Dr Seuss quote from this book about them on my juvenile shelves. Most of course , and one that I lost interest in with maturity. But painstakingly stickered onto the young child these days wonwall of my children't be much differents school library! The book is very silly, for good or badas Dr Seuss always is, and so they will like as not want but is also a book about broom-brooms for good rhyming ode to the shelf. And this is pretty much the go-to volume for such an interestjoys of reading.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360268</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby WaldenNeal_Words|title=In Focus: CitiesWords and Your Heart|author=Kate Jane Neal

|genre=Children's Non-FictionEmerging Readers |summary=The [[In Focus: 101 Close UpsTrolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, Crosswhatever-it's-called-Sections and Cutaways by Libby Walden|first book in this series]] promised 101 close-ups, cross sections week-ing – all act as proof that the adage about sticks and/or cutwaysstones is actually a lot of piffle. In a world where we all have hearts, but here we're restricted should have a heart that what we say to just tenother people is positive. Why? Because We can examine our world and the subject matters are so much bigger – one is home to 37 million peoplesound it makes through communication, we can make each other smile, of all things. Yeslaugh, we're talking citiessing and be happy together, and while this book tries to follow bit by bit the previous – different artist every page, an exclusive inside look within world can be a better place. And hang the volume'no, and a self-deceiving page count – we are definitely after you' attitude some people would have in new territoryresponse. WeThere, I're seeking ve given the trivialentire plot of this book away in my summary, the geographical and the cultural, all so but that the inquisitive young student can find out the variety to be had in the world's metropolisesnot really an issue.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575912</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Geraldo ValerioTavares_Red|title=My Book of BirdsRed and Lulu|author=Matt Tavares|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Emerging Readers |summary=I never really caught the bird-watching habitMeet Red and Lulu. They're a committed couple of cardinals and they have lived for some time in someone's garden, even with the opportunity of growing up on the edge of a village safely in the middle of nowherean evergreen tree. It was in the family, too, but I resigned myself seems to never seeing much them that was spectacularevery year people mention their home in a lovely song, and once you've seen which tells the tree thy leaves are so unchanging. But one blackbird you've seen them allyear, was my thinking. If I'd had this book just as a youngster, who knows – I may have come out the seasons turn for the cold of it differentlywinter, having been shown the diversity of the bird world in snippets of texttree vanishes, and some quite unusual illustrations…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360004</amazonuk>taking Lulu with it…

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Danna Smith and Bagram IbatoullineDickens_Search|title= The Hawk of the Castle: Search and Find A Story of Medieval FalconryChristmas Carol|author=Charles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott|rating=3.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse Emerging Readers |summary=Recently I don't know why I was surprised by this got to applaud a book – Ithat branched away from the Where've read enough volumes for s Wally? style volume, and taught the young audiences to know that as far as subject matter is concerned, pretty much anything goes. But this is explorer about falconry, of all things – the use of a oncenon-wild and still pretty much freefiction subject as they went a-spirited bird of prey to hunt down animalssearching. Well, either for the heck of it or for seems tweaking the pot. An attractive girl and her father get their hawk readyform is going to be a big thing, and leave the castle with all the equipment in tow for this book tries yet another different approach – bells to hear the landed bird and what itteach us about a fictional story. They's captured, the hood to act as blinkers for it on ve started at the way theredeep end, the lure if necessary. The story concerns just one trip out, girl, fatherwith a book hastening towards being two centuries old, hound – and hawk. But while one that may surprise you as a subject matter of choicehas been adapted countless times before now, yet always has people returning to it was the whole artistic approach that won me over here…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376698</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Gareth P Jones|title=Beards From Outer Space|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary= You might not realise it but Earth is under constant alien attack. Luckily we humans don't need to worry because the Pet Defenders (at a secret society of our domestic pets) are always on standby to keep us safe. The activities certain time of the Pet Defenders are normally kept secret but Stripes Publishing are kindly allowing human children a brief glimpse into their exciting adventuresyear for its ageless lesson. In ''Beards From Outer Space'' we are able to read how a dog and cat – secret agents Biskit and Mitzy – team up to rid But does the world rich content of an army of alien beards.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847157858</amazonuk>Dickens, even at his most populist, survive this quirky variation?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ghillian Potts and Ed BoxallSeuss_Eggs|title=The Old Woman from Friuli|rating=4|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=On top of a hill in Italy there was a castle and in that castle there lived a duke. Every day he would go up to the highest tower and look out at all that he could see and marvel that he owned it all. Except that is for one small house, a sturdy house with stone walls and a solid wooden door, a garden and a field.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190920840X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewScrambled Eggs Super|author=Holly Webb|title=The Homeless KittenDr Seuss

|genre=Emerging Readers|summary= Lily loves their rescue dog, HugoPeter T. HoweverHooper doesn't mean to show off, Lily also really wants a cat – or better still a kitten. She, therefore, canbut he is ''very't believe her luck when Hugo sniffs out three abandoned kittens while out of his walk with Lily and her dad. Better still (from Lily's point of view good at least) the animal shelter cooking. Some would say he is full so Lily's mum and dad reluctantly offer to hand-rear the tiny kittens until they're old enough to be rehomedThe Best'' capital T, capital B. And his signature dish is scrambled eggs. LilyYou might think that's in heaven looking after the kittensquite an easy dish, especially the little fluffy white one whom she names Stanley. There is just one problem – with which it's going a little hard to break her heart when the time comes to say goodbye.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847157831</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Matthew Clark Smith and Matt Tavares|title=Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot|rating=4.5|genre=Childrenshowcase one's Non-Fiction |summary=We're in Parisprowess, and – but not to be too rude about things – we seem surrounded by idiotsso. For onePeter T. Hooper, it seems they think the perfect place to experiment with manned hot air balloon flights what makes his scrambled eggs so super is in the middle choice of the biggest city in the world. For anotheregg itself, they think only men could suffer the slightly colder and slightly thinner air experienced on such an adventure – women would never be able to cope. Meanwhile, a young girl is dreaming of flight, as so many are wont to do, completely unaware that she he will soon marry one go out of the most famed balloonists. They will have joint journeys skyward, before his early demise – leaving way to procure the young woman, Sophie Blanchard, to go it alone and become best of the first female pilotbest from whatever nest.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763677329</amazonuk>