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[[image:lumplump.jpg|center|link=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDc9DQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lump+lump+and+the+blanket+of+dreams&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz47visd3QAhVT_WMKHQ8CA8UQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=lump%20lump%20and%20the%20blanket%20of%20dreams&f=false]]<hr/>[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ted DewanAdam Stower|title=Something for Mummy (Bing)Murray and Bun|rating=34.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Having Murray is supposed to be a child gives you humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a glimpse bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a world that you never knew even existed. Unfortunatelyhyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, this not a winter wonderland hidden in a wardrobeinto the regular back garden, but into a world of children's TV charactersfrightening adventure and whiffs. The mainstays of the genre have still survived; SootyThis time round it drops them into a Viking land, Noddy and Postman Patwhere a troll hunter is expected – well, but who is RaRa or Mr Tumble? One popular show that takes some getting used to is Bingone much bigger than Murray was, a series all about a rabbit that seems to have a stuffed animal as a carer. There are seemingly no parents in the show as if the town is one giant crèchebe honest, so how come Bing but he's turned up and his helper Flop are making a gift for Mummy?he'll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0008212015</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Aino-Maija Metsola1732898766|title=My First Animals The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)

|summary=Get used to two simple words if you have a child, ''What's That?'When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they' re running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. You will hear it over and over and over againTheir greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. If you are lucky they are pointing at something that you actually know – chairHe's right behind them, hatspewing hot, my sense of regretsour milk from his nostrils. Sometimes they will point (Please don't try this at something that is not too familiar. Here the parental practise of making something up comes into play – home: itwon's a bird type thingt end well. ) Books that show images of itemsFortunately, colours or animals may seem they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a little dull to an adultladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, but they escaped. They climbed up to a toddler learning about the world Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they are a who's who of what's thatlived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809677</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Quentin BlakeB0CC9W7GLR|title= On the Beach: The Story of the Dancing FrogWinter Visitor|rating= 4.5|genre= Dyslexia Friendly |summaryauthor= When Jo's Great Aunt Gertrude's sea captain husband is drowned at sea she is grief-stricken and, in despair, she goes for a walk alone. During this walk she notices a small frog on a lily-pad. But he is no ordinary frog - he's a dancing frog and the two quickly become good friends. Soon the duo are touring the world with their routine, spreading joy Chris Green and fun - and carrying out the occasional rescue - wherever they go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125910</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jonny Lambert|title=Tiger Tiger Jenny Fionda|rating=4.5

|summary=Until you spend a day hanging out with a child you will never know how exhausting Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it can was better to be. As an adult you are used to peppering your day with little downtime treats; a cup of tea perhapsat home, a biscuitsbored but warm, or maybe even frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a cheeky nap? snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. The kids I know have no end On top of energy the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and at best you will get with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a sip of cold coffeerun for it, have but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to give them most of be taken home on the biscuit bus and given a nap would consist of them jumping on your headgood meal and somewhere to sleep. However, although their enthusiasm and zest may be tiring, it is also infectious, just ask any old tiger What else would you meet.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869444X</amazonuk>do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DK1913839656|title=Baby Dinosaurs (Follow the Trail)|rating=4|genre=ChildrenLet's Non-Fiction|summary= If you ever have the misfortune to stumble across some as yet undiscovered dinosaur I offer this piece of advice; don't take your finger and track their spine, don't put it in their mouth and don't go following them to their parent. Instead, run. Run faster than you have ever run before in the opposite direction. The unfortunate thing is that anyone with a toddler knows, they love to grab and poke anything – including terrible lizards 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. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241273129</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCelebrate Being Different|author=Jana Novotny Hunter and Paula Bowles|title=My Tail's Not Tired!Lainey Dee|rating=43.5

|summary=Little Monster is supposed to be going to bedTodd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, but how can he, when not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his knees are still bouncy favourite hat and then gathered together his arms still need button collection to fly and show his bottom has lots of jiggling grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and wiggling left Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to do?! make new friends. As Big Monster groans At home, his only friend was his mum and sighs, Little Monster's energy seems to have no endhe wondered why that could be. But will Little Monster finally wear himself out and end up in bed?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846439868</amazonuk>Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Silvia Borando1529504775|title=The Hamster BookToy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=Look! Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. You finally have your Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very own pet, difficult. One day Elsie spotted a sweet little hamsterbus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. You can give her a nameGradually, David learned to stand up, smooth down her furuse the bus for support, watch her do tricks and give her some foodwalk behind it. It’s not all fun Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and games with your new hamster however! Of courserusted, every responsible pet owner knows that they need to clean up after their petthe Repair Shop, if hoping that the experts there are any little accidents..could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406367729</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Meg McLaren1529504767|title=Pigeon P.I.The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=35|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=The world of birds is Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in a flap1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. TheyShe needn're being nabbed – plucked from t have worried though as she went to the air (or at least from their cages). Murray MacMurray, the brilliant pigeon private eyehome of Mr and Mrs Russell, doesnwho couldn't want anything have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to do herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with crime now his old partner has flown the roost, but an eager baking and bright young thing might just about persuade him when it came to take up Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the caseChristmas tree. But both will have to be plucky to survive The best surprise happened the dangers it leads to…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783444835</amazonuk>following morning.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eric Veille1916459943|title=My Pictures after the StormSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary= One of the staples of Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby books are those that look at opposites. This elephant is bigHe's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, whilst this mouse is smallhe just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. They The sea offers to help children to understand . It rocks Baby gently and the world around themwaves sing ''hush, but can also be a little dullhush''. What about Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a more interesting book about cause sandy beach and effect that looks at what happens before and after an eventyou have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay... '' You could start off gently by seeing what happens And for a moment it seems to items after have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a storm, but if you are Eric Veillé you can soon spiral into a madcap world of elephant stampedes seagull '''shouts''' and babies being bornwe know exactly what's going to happen next.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571045</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristyna Litten140639131X|title=Norton and AlphaA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith

|summary=We are used Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the world around us and every day take amazing things for granted; mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a sunset, or that cold bite in problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the air school crossing and decided that makes you want to go and walk the dogshe would set up something similar herself. To Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a robot, our world would look pretty strange as everything would be newlittle amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. What would you think All the animals used the first time that you happened upon crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a flower?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471145778</amazonuk>safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1776574338|title=Dalmation on a DiggerLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn

|summary=WhatEvery morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don's all that noise just outside t even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the bedroom windowand slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it?  What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he'DUGGER DUGGER DIGGERs always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he'' It woke our young pup s longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up! . The school decides that he can''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782025960</amazonuk>t be the bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jorg Muhle|title=Bathtime for Little Rabbit|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bathing a child normally goes one of two ways; they love it, or they hate it. Very rarely will you find a child that sits in the bath with a nonplussed expression on their face, suffering the ridicules of hygiene with an air of indifferent sanguine. You are much more likely to have a child that splashes water everywhere in the hopes of finding that one gap in the grouting, or a child that will arch their entire body in the hope that doing so will prevent them touching anything wet. A book that teaches a toddler how bathtime is meant to be may just help your nightly routine, but also greatly entertain everyone.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571371</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|authorisbn=Duncan Beedie1776574028|title=The Lumberjack's Beard|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Jim Hickory is a Lumberjack of routine. Every morning, after he gets up, he does his limbering up exercises (very important for a lumberjack!), then he eats his breakfast of pancakes with maple syrup, before finally getting his trusty axe and heading out into the forest. One day, however, this routine becomes interrupted when he hears someone peck-pecking at his door, only to discover it's a small owl who has been made homeless by Jim's tree felling. Jim allows the owl to set up home in his big bushy beard, without realising just quite what he is letting himself in for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783706880</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBumblebee Grumblebee|author=Michael Rosen and Tony Ross|title=Barking for BagelsDavid Elliott|rating=4.5

|summary=I love a good board book! ''Barking for BagelsBumblebee Grumblebee'' is the story of Schnipp the dog, who loves her owners very much, though she does find their snickering aimed at quite a little annoying from time to time. One day, whilst out niche market: it's for a walk in the parkchild who still enjoys board books (er, she starts see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to run away, and she finds have realise that once she starts running she you can't stop, 'play'' with words and she runs and she runs until she finds Bessie make something quite different from each one. We have the Bagel lady elephant who dons a tutu - and thus discovers her new favourite food, becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and her new homethen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178344505X</amazonuk>......'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve Antony1838226834|title=Thank You, Mr PandaCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall

|summary=Mr Panda is back! And this time, rather than his box It was one of doughnuts, he has a large pile of presents for those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all of his friends. Accompanied by his friendthe good that parents do, so the ring-tailed Lima, he goes around giving trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the presentscarnival with his Grandad, whilst Lima helpfully reminds everyone on the receiving end that who told him: ''It'itll be brilliant, just remember, don's the thought that countst let go of my hand.'' since it turns out that Mr Panda is perhaps not the best judge of gift giving!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144492785X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Greg Gormley and Steven LentonB09MYXSRV4|title=Fairytale Frankie Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and the Mermaid EscapadeHare|author=Cordellya Smith

|summary=If you think about it enough it is amazing how many characters in fairytales are thickWhen the world was made, the animals were given gifts. How long would it take you to figure out Bear was given strength so that was not your Nan, but he could become a wolf? protector. Or, how many people would decide to start eating Water Spider received a house strong web that appears to be made out of gingerbread, but is overseen by what looks like a crazy lady? even fire could not burn. Nope, the only reason Owl had excellent sight so that fairytale characters make it half he could see the time is because a sensible present ''and brave character saves '' the day; an intelligent brick laying pigfuture. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, or unfortunately, not the ability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a feisty woodsmanrace with Turtle. Your average story dweller needs You might think that's not a guardian angel fair contest but wait and this may just come in the form of Fairytale Frankiesee. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408333872</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sophy HennRob Keeley|title=EdieCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=Edie is a gorgeous little girl Lily loves eating fruit and with the sort of nature which we all hope that our children will have in abundancevegetables. She's just so ''helpful''likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. For instanceWhen her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, she's poor Lily gets up extra early herself just so tricked by Jordan, who tells her that she can make certain carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that everybody else in the house gets up in good time. The cymbals work well fruits grow on her brothertrees and vegetables, but if notlike carrots, dragging him out of bed usually achieves grow in the desired resultground. As for Jordan says, "I did try to tell her parents, playing her guitar and serenading them usually does the trick. She's an independent young lady Miss!" and likes to dress herselfeveryone laughs at poor Lily. It's not ''exactly'' school uniform and her mother might well be wondering where some of her clothes have got to - but what's a girl to do?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0141365005</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Roger HargreavesB09FFJF8YS|title= My Mummy|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In ''My Mummy'You Can' we learn of all the ways Mummy is wonderful. And, funnily enough, her positive attributes are quite a lot like those singular, nominal traits beheld by certain Little Misses. For example, she is happy like Little Miss Sunshine, she is curious about things like, erm, Little Miss Curious, and she enjoys her cake, just like Little Miss Greedy. Ooops.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285508</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewt Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown|title=The Glump Justine Avery and the Peeble Kate Zhoidik|rating=3.5

|summary=When does someone learn who they truly are? As a baby, you don't know what your feet are'For the big, so any sense of true self-discovery is going to at least wait until you are grownup girls out of nappies. As a child you start to see there, the world, but most of us only see our part potty masters in it. Enter your teenage years and twenties and you start to understand what role you play in lifetraining, but do you really know yourself? If you are lucky, very lucky, you may start to figure stuff out in your thirties and know who you are and what you want to do. Things may have happened "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a little quicker if you had read more books as a child all about being whomever you want to be.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807100</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=George Szirtes and Tim Archbold|title=How to be a Tiger|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=''Wet again, yet againcry (the big-girl kind! Down it drips, little fingertips, tapping ) of toilet triumph and snapping as if the rain were crosspersevering panty pride.''<br>''See the branches toss? See the puddles grow? Has it stopped raining?NO.''

YesAnd so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, sometimes only a quote will doher stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. After allNeither can the flowers, nor the fish, we do come nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to poetry know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for snappy concisionthem, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, thatis. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's what we get here…latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910959200</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ellie Sandall B09BG8V3Q6|title=Everybunny Dance Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=Children's book have a long history of the lion lying down with the lamb when most adults understand that the only thing that the lamb would be lying on 'Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the lining of latest release in the lion's stomach'Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. However, there is plenty This series of time fun picture books aims to learn about what creature eats what creature and perhaps we should just allow take the pain out of potty training children to imagine that bunnies like to dance the night away and perhaps even get along replace it with a foxsome fun.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444919865</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Carna Brooks|title=What are Aunties Made Of?|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=We all know what little boys and girls are made of, although I have to confess to having always been just It's a little bit jealous of the puppy dog tails and quite willing to pass on the sugarworthy aim, spice, slugs and snailsas any frustrated parent will tell you. But what are ''aunties'' made of? Could it be: ''Smelly old cars and old milk jars?''<br>''Or fragrances of lavender and roses in our noses?''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524666424</amazonuk>.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carol Ann Duffy and Lydia MonksB07GZ81J7C|title=Queen Munch When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Queen NibbleMended|author=Peter Cotton

|summary=Queen Munch and Queen Nibble are two very different queens, in two very different kingdomsMeet Fred. Queen MunchWell, actually, as you might imagine from her name, really loves her food're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. Her Saturdays begin with But I'The Munching m getting ahead of the Breakfastmyself: I' which d better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a grand extravaganza that her people all come snake and watch involving even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a grand setting, the Royal Musicians playing the 'Queen Munch Tune', dancing present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and an important reader immediately became part of the menufamily, a delicious breakfast all finished off to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a nice belch from the Queen! walk. Queen Nibble, then, is much And that was where the opposite of Queen Munchproblem started. She is tall and Fred didn''as pale as a stick of celery''! t have any road sense. She lives alone, barely eats, but she makes beautiful jewellry from raindropsOr brakes. One day, Queen Munch invites Queen Nibble over for a visit, and what will happen when these two extremely different rulers come together?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829261</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Julian Gough Justine Avery and Jim FieldNaday Meldova|title=Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the NestEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Getting a new pet is rife with things that Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you . But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to dolearn about everything else when we are small. Where will they sleep? What will they eat? AndWhy shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, of coursesay, what on Earth are you going to call them? Giving a pet learning about why the sun and the right name when they are tiny can be an issue moon take turns in itself – a cute fluffy dog can grow into a massive hound called Fluffy, or you could call your male cat Claire. Perhaps it would help if the animal itself could tell you what name they wantsky?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471124134</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=That's Not How You Do ItNo, No, No!

|summary=Lucy They say the cat knows how to do everythingbest picture books are the simplest ones. Yes, she is one And nothing could be truer of those dreadful know-it-alls who can build a towerthis latest from Justine Avery, play the xylophone, eat with a knife and forkBookbag favourite...you name it ''No, No, she can do itNo! Everyone knows that she's the best at all of these things, so she's is based around the one they go to if they need helpsimplest text imaginable. One day ''No, howeverno, there's a new panda in townno! Okay, Toshiokay. Yes, and Lucy watches him and sees that he doesnyou may.'' That't know how to do anything right at alls it! His music is strangeBut, and he eats differently to everyone elselike all the best picture books, and he can't make paper stars, only some weirdthis tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis -looking bird! Lucy finds this more and more frustrating until she suddenly can't contain herself any longer and she tells Toshi so much bigger on the inside that he's doing everything wrong…it appears on the outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1846439280</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Lisle and Richard Watson194812467X|title=Stone UnderpantsThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|summary=Poor Pod has Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a chilly bottom! His leafy clothing walk. Kirelle is just not cutting it, dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and he needs Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to find an alternativethe top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But what can he use to make himself some pants? This this is a madcap story that will see Pod wearing everything from stone pants to feather pantsfarm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, to and evensome mice. Excited, in desperation I suspect, some pants made from spider's webs! Will he ever manage to find something suitable to make his pants fromKirelle and Sam go shopping. What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862210</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Kyo Maclear Sadie and Julia Sardathe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=The LisztsMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=3.5|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=When you read enough childrenSadie's books you start to mother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she should be able doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to pick up patterns spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark. ''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the houses cowered in the genregloom,''<br>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. There are books that are aimed at the child alone and alienate She'd love to sail the adult oceans on an ancient sailing ship and there are those that cater for bothwent back regularly. Perhaps One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the oddest grouping is those childrenone where Nelson's books that Trafalgar breeches are seemingly designed for adults to enjoy on show) and missed the closing bell and do not appeal to childrenthe attendant's warning shout. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445157</amazonuk>When she woke (hard floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in a world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff1782227741|title= Sun Moon StarLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In his own delightfully imaginative way Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of the birth of Christ in this unique and long out of print childrenOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's bookquite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Told from Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the perspective side of the new born infant street. Finding himself down in his first hours of birththe sewer, this charming little story feels different Ted starts to other childrenpanic. ''OH HELP ME PLEASE's Christmas books whilst at ' he cries and alerts the same time goes back to attention of Reg the basics in exploring sewer rat, who plucks him out of the true nature dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of Christmasbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gwen Jackson and Lissa CalvertB08R7LXQ9S|title=Lump Lump and the Blanket of DreamsRemy: Inspired by Navajo Culture A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and FolkloreCaroline Siegal

|summary=In the fir tree in the forest there were two holes: in the small hole at the top Blue Bird lived, but the big hole, in the ground below the fir tree was the home of Mother Bear and her little bear, Lump LumpRemy is feeling miserable. It was coming to the time when bears should be hibernating, but Lump Lump wanted to run in the forest and eat more honey. Somehow he didnHe't think that sleeping could be s let himself down ''thatagain'' much fun. The school bully Jayden, Blue Bird sang together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him a song about a blanket of dreams names because he is short and Lump Lump ''had'' to have onehas small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. There was a snag though - before the blanket could be woven Lump Lump had They are careful to collect wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the white light of morningother kids are around. So, the red light of eveningwhen Remy reacts, it looks as though he was the falling rain instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the rainbow for Spider Woman teachers don't believe him when he tries to weave into his blanketexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1460299299</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gary Sheppard and Tim Budgen1471191303|title=As Nice as Pie The Invisible|author=Tom Percival

|summary=The day that you build that bird table and set out some nuts you are unwittingly creating a millstone for your own neck. From now on your inner voice This is going to keep telling you to keep the food topped up. What will happen to those poor story of Isobel, a little birdies should they go without, will you be to blame for their hunger? Worse than the voice in your head is if the birds themselves started to demand more foodgirl who made a big difference. Could you deal Isobel lived with her parents in a cheeky chaffinch or house - a rabid robin? very cold house, because her parents couldn't afford to put the heating on:|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862229</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lina Sunderland and Daniel Egneus|title= Raven Child ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up the corner of the Snow Witchbedpost.''|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= A beautiful story of hope, The family and love. In didn't go to the frozen north cinema or on holidays but they had each other and safe away from the icy wilderness, young Anya lives a they were happy care-free life in the Snow Garden. She plays, she is at one with Then the animals and she dreams. On one day, no different from any other, Anya’s mother sets off on a journey to came when they couldn't afford the glacier to collect a special flower to plant in the Snow Garden. Anya waits rent for her mother’s return and keeps busy throughout the day. After a long while of waiting Anya falls asleep house and dreams of a terrible event involving they had to move to the most dreadful enchantress far side of them all – the Snow Witchcity. From here on, Anya becomes determined to find and save her mother but she has no idea what lies ahead. Can Anya pit her wills against the frozen wilderness, the wild wolves and ultimately the Snow Witch herself?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704187</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Farm|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this sturdy, interactive board book little ones have clues to animals you might find on the farm, and can then slide the pieces This part of picture round on the facing page to uncover the answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178493660X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Surya Sajnani|title= Hush...Little Bear is Sleeping|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this somewhat ironic interactive board book, Baby Bear is trying to sleep but other animals around him keep making a noise. I say ironic because this would otherwise be a perfect bedtime storycity was cold, but because it's a ''press sad and listen'' book with sound effects on every page, it's far too much fun lonely and more likely to get them engaged and playing than carefully drifting off to slumberIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784936626</amazonuk>