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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=Nosy CrowAdam Stower|title=British Museum: ABCMurray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Learning your ABCs Murray is also seemingly learning the same items appearing over supposed to be a humble, tidy and over again. A friendly cat, one who is not only A – it is also Appleable to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. B is BallBut he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, C is Car. It is almost as if there are only 26 objects in not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and they happen to start with different letters of the alphabetwhiffs. In factThis time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, apart from Xylophone and X-Rayone much bigger than Murray was, there are loads of things that you could choose to put in an ABC bookbe honest, if only you had a vast repository of objects but he's turned up and art that you could choose from …he'll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0857638165</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreview <!-- remove 17/5 -->Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=Go To Sleep!The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Marion AdamsWynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)

|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they''It was midnight on re running for their lives in the wild moorsForest of Fine Repute. The round white moon peeped over Their greatest fear has come about: the cloudsSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. The barn owl flew He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from tree to tree without making a sound. The cool night breeze rustled through the gorse busheshis nostrils.'' Parents - isn (Please don't try this just a lovely way to start a bedtime story? Itat home: it won's an oftt end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly -forgotten truth about picture books that and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they need escaped. They climbed up to engage the parents as well as Tree Wee homes high up in the children. How else can tangled woods where they read it aloud successfully? So I loved this opening paragraph of ''Go To Sleep!'' - it not only set the scene beautifully but it also made me want to rush off lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and find a child to read it toGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993079474</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=FumB0CC9W7GLR|author=Karl Newson and Lucy Fleming|ratingtitle=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=The smallest member of On the Crumb family, Fum, has gone missing. Where on earth can he be? Beach: The rest of the Crumbs (a family of giants) search high and low for little Fum, enlisting the help of various fairy tale friends along the way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862431</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart|title=Little Monster's Day Out with Dad|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Before leaving the house it is always important that you check the traffic online. What is the point in leaving now if you are going to be stuck in a traffic jam all the way? Little Monster's Father could have done this, but is learning the hard way. Thankfully, this is a world in which even the mundane can be fun and there are lots of friends to find; even when you are stuck in back to back traffic on the Monster M25.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405276444</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewWinter Visitor|author= Neil Gaiman Chris Green and Divya Srinivasan|title=CinnamonJenny Fionda

|summary=First written in 1995Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, Cinnamon has hitherto existed as or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a short story on Neil Gaiman's website or as part large slab of an audiobook collectionsilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. Now, it's out as On top of the ice was a picture book for us all to sharepolar bear.The story follows Cinnamon As the ice bumped onto the sand, a princess in a small hot country, where everything is very oldthe bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Cinnamon Kit was born with pearls all for making a run for eyes. This means it, but Teal knew that she is very beautiful but also blind. And Cinnamon won't speak. Her parents, the rajah bear was hungry and gave him one apple and rani, offer rich rewards for anyone who can persuade their daughter then another. He obviously needed to talk. People come be taken home on the bus and go but nobody is successful. Until, one day, given a tiger comes..good meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408879239</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Kelly and Steph Laberis1913839656|title=Can I Join Your Club?Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=43.5

|summary=Duck just wants Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to join a clubshow his grandmother. Any club would be fine, but he would really like She had promised to take him to be a part of something, so he tries the Lion Friday Night Club, at the local community centre and the Snake ClubTodd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and even Club Elephant, but he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it seems like duck won't ever fit in anywhere…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848694369</amazonuk>might be because he looked different.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Joyce Dunbar and Claire Fletcher1529504775|title=Tibs the Post Office CatThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=Set in Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the 1950park but David couldn't - he's, this is a story about a cat called Tibs (who d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a real cat) who was born bus in a post office, the toy shop window which would help David - and who had a job was happy to keep all use the rats and mice under controlcoins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Rather than killing and eating all Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the micebus for support, howeverand walk behind it. Many decades later, Tibs befriends themElsie brought the bus, now damaged and with their help he is able rusted, to apprehend some thievesthe Repair Shop, becoming hoping that the hero of the day!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277207</amazonuk>experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Britta Teckentrup1529504767|title=Under the Same SkyThe Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|ratingauthor=4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In this delightfully different book award winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup combines beautiful pictures with a simple yet lyrical text to portray a celebration of global unity. It beautifully depicts how the world's communities are united by the same hopes Amy Sparkes and dreams. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575866</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ant Parker|title=Charlie Chick Wants to PlayKatie Hickey|rating=3.5

|summary=You Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be amazed how often items go missing in childrengreeted when she got to her final destination. She needn's bookst have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, especially in lift the flap bookswho couldn't have been kinder to her. What better way is there She even had her own room - all to get a kid herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to look under something than say enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it may contain the missing object? In this case a Chick has lost their ball came to Christmas Eve Susan and rather than question why a baby chicken would have a ball in Mr Russell put the first place, we instead must go decorations on an adventure around the farmChristmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829008</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jon Burgerman1916459943|title=SPLAT!Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary=Everybody loves Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a clown…squeakily baby. Wait a minute He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, does anyone he just lies on his blanket and ''likewails'' a clown? . They are as likely The sea offers to make a child cry as they are to make them laughhelp. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. One thing that they do Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have going for them is the slapstick humour and although we may not enjoy clowns themselvessound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, we do enjoy watching someone get smacked in the face with la lay...'' And for a custard piemoment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Therefore, why not enjoy the mayhem without the harlequin?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192749544</amazonuk>Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton140639131X|title= Lots – The Diversity of Life on Earth|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary= How many different kinds of living things are there on Earth? Lots…that's how many. Children will learn lots and lots from this wonderful book. I learned lots from it too. There are 100,000 different kinds of mushrooms. Who knew? Well I certainly didn't. This is one of those special books with cross-over appeal. Tiny children will adore the illustrations, slightly older ones will learn fascinating facts and readers of any age will be moved by the message that we need to take better care of our beautiful environment. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406360481</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Michael Bond|title= Paddington's Finest Hour|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Paddington is back! This is the first set of new stories about our favourite bear from Peru since 2012. There are seven of them and, as you'd expect, they are delightful. Our little bear doesn't change and he still careers around 32 Windsor Gardens creating merry havoc as his adopted family, the Browns, look on in helpless mirth. Everybody loves a bit of slapstick, right?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008226199</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Catherine Rayner|title=One Happy TigerBriony May Smith

|summary=I love a good counting book! Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. I particularly like one that has a story attached She wrote to it, rather than just the mayor about the problem but didn'one ball, two oranges, three dolls..t even get a reply. Philippa wasn' I like t a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a counting book problem which is well drawn too and where care and thought has gone into needed solving: she saw the production benefits of the book: you can't start to appreciate lollipop lady at the good things in life too soon school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and ''One Happy Tiger'' ticks all those boxes, lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but when we first meet him tiger is rather sadthe benefits were obvious. He's sitting all alone All the animals used the crossing and whilst he might not have a frown on his face or tears in his eyes he has Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a look of dejection about himsafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869234X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rod Campbell1776574338|title=Fluffy ChickLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4.5

|summary=Books enable us to travel places that we can only dream of; we can walk on Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the mooncity, or sink picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to the deepest depths go downstairs – they simply climb out of the oceanwindow and slide down his neck. HoweverIt's perfect, not all books have to isn't it? What could be spectacular a more fun way of going to be great; simple pleasures can also be good. school? Taking a child to a petting zoo There is one of the most fun outings a family can doproblem, but what happens when you are having an indoor day? though. Pick up Leilong isn't happy in the city: he'Fluffy Chick'' and bring the simple joy of the petting zoo s always having to you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509834354</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Vivian French and Nigel Baines|title= The Covers of My Book Are Too Far Apart (be careful about where he puts his feet and other grumbles)|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing |summary=''I'm too old for bedtime stories'', ''That– because he's longer than a girl's book!'', '' I hate this book but I've got tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to finish it'', ''I and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't find a book that I like.'' You've probably heard at least one of be the grumbles in this book before but have you known how to respond to it? This brilliant picture book will do it for you and is a joyful celebration of all that's wonderful about books and readingbus anymore. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112602X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Morag Hood1776574028|title=When Grandad was a PenguinBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=When I love a little girl goes to stay with her Grandad, she is worried that all is not well. good board book! Grandad doesn't seem 'Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the same, somehowchild who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and he is talking about fish make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a lot, none of his clothes fit, tutu - and he is spending becomes a lot more time in the bathroom''balletphant''. Thankfully, one day the zoo phones up, having discovered The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a bit of hair drier becomes a problem there that might explain what ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is going a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on with Grandadhis potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509814019</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lane Smith1838226834|title=A Perfect DayCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=3.54

|summary=Itwas one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They's a lovely sunny day, and looks as if it may just turn out re there to be a perfect day, since there is a sunny spot for cat in undo all the flowersgood that parents do, and a paddling pool for dog to cool off in, and bird food in so the bird feeder, and a corn cob for squirreltrips out were always so much fun. ButA young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, whatwho told him: 's this? Here comes bear'It'll be brilliant, lumbering into the garden to eat the corn cobjust remember, splash in the water and squash all the flowers!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509840559</amazonuk>don't let go of my hand.''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Donaldson and Rebecca CobbB09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Everywhere BearReal Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=The Everywhere When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear is an important member of Class Onewas given strength so that he could become a protector. He enjoys Water Spider received a wide range of activities with strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the children in his class, such as bus rides present ''and burgers, football and music'' the future. One dayRabbit developed intelligence - but, when it's the new boyunfortunately, Matt's, turn to bring not the Everywhere Bear back ability to school Matt sees a cat on the way use it well. He liked to school, and trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he bends over came to give it be in a cuddlerace with Turtle. Poor old Bear falls out of MattYou might think that's bag not a fair contest but wait and into a puddlesee. Things are not always as they seem. This is the start of the BearI's most exciting (and terrifying!) adventure yet!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447280733</amazonuk>ll tell you how it came about.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=William BeeRob Keeley|title=William Bee's Wonderful World of Trucks Carrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary= Children will be who Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are, no matter for you and how you try nice to change themeat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, they know what they likewho tells her that carrots grow on trees. You may want to steer one child away from a world of pink and Infuriated, Lily checks with the other from a world of blueteacher, but turn your back for a moment who explains that fruits grow on trees and there they are; one playing with a dollvegetables, like carrots, grow in the other a trainground. There is nothing wrong with a girl liking traditional girl things and a boy liking traditional boy thingsJordan says, as long as they are given the opportunity "I did try to pick what they want. Some books you would assume are for one or the othertell her, but actually transcend; these books are simply cool in their own rightMiss!" and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1843653257</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michelle Robinson and Emily FoxB09FFJF8YS|title=MonkeyYou Can's Sandwicht Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5

|summary=Monkeys have been given ''For the reputation of being cheekybig, but do you also see them as petty thieves? How can these cheerful chimps be seen as anything other than cutegrownup girls out there, but mischievous little monkeys? Anyone who has driven through Knowsley Safari Park knows the truth. A perfectly good car drives potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the monkey enclosure only to be bereft big-girl kind!) of wing mirrors, hubcaps toilet triumph and windscreen wipers at the endpersevering panty pride. Rumour has ''  And so it that the monkeys sell these parts wholesale at a lockup in South Kirby. The monkey in this tale may not be stealing car parts, but he is ! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little light fingered when it comes girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to making her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the ultimate lunchflowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007580010</amazonuk>She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Paul SticklandJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Ten Terrible DinosaursEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=34

|summary=Some things are easier to count than othersToots, trumps, farts. How many pens are there on the desk is simple enough. A little trickier is the number of cars on the roadWhatever your word for them, but stand back and you can see find us a child that doesn't find themirresistibly funny. The fact Funny to talk about and joke about, that is that . But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the bigger something iswrong time. In class, say, the further you when everyone will need to be from hear it to count more than oneand everyone will laugh. What would happen though if At you were counting something . Justine Avery's 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 was not only big, but moving and also prone to eating you?tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1509835520</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nina LadenB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Night I Followed the DogWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad

|summary=There's a Boy (who doesn't have a name) and a Dog (likewise) and Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the beginning you get the feeling that the Boy would prefer to have next door's Dog who wins prizes in obedience classes and does clever things with the television remote control'Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. That is until one morning when Boy opens This series of fun picture books aims to take the door a little earlier than usual and spots Dog getting pain out of a limousine. In a tuxedo. The he disappears into the back gardenpotty training children and replace it with some fun. BoyIt's shocked but a few minutes later he goes to the back door and whistles for Dogworthy aim, who comes dashing in, anxious to eatas any frustrated parent will tell you. At first Boy can't ''quite'' believe what he ''thinks'' he saw, so he determines to follow Dog the next night.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452161348</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ted DewanB07GZ81J7C|title=Something for Mummy (Bing)When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton|rating=34.5

|summary=Having a child gives you a glimpse into a world that you never knew even existedMeet Fred. UnfortunatelyWell, this not a winter wonderland hidden in a wardrobeactually, but a world you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of childrenmyself: I's TV charactersd better tell you a bit more about Fred. The mainstays Fred is a snake and even those of the genre us who have still survived; Sooty, Noddy and Postman Pat, but who is RaRa or Mr Tumble? a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. One popular show that takes some getting used to is Bing, He arrived as a series all about present in a rabbit box with holes so that seems he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to have the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a stuffed animal as a carerwalk. There are seemingly no parents in And that was where the show as if the town is one giant crèche, so how come Bing and his helper Flop are making a gift for Mummy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008212015</amazonuk>problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Aino-Maija MetsolaJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=My First Animals Everybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Get used to two simple words if Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you have a child. But really, why shouldn''What's Thatt it be?'' You will hear it over and over and over again. If you are lucky they We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are pointing at something that you actually know – chair, hat, my sense of regretsmall. Sometimes they will point at something that is not too familiar. Here the parental practise of making something up comes into play – itWhy shouldn's a bird type thing. Books that show images of itemst potty training be as much fun as, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adultsay, but to a toddler learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the world they are a who's who of what's that.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1847809677</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Quentin BlakeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= The Story of the Dancing Frog|rating= 4.5|genre= Dyslexia Friendly |summary= When Jo's Great Aunt Gertrude's sea captain husband is drowned at sea she is grief-stricken andNo, 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 routineNo, spreading joy and fun - and carrying out the occasional rescue - wherever they go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781125910</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jonny Lambert|title=Tiger Tiger No!|rating=4.5

|summary=Until you spend a day hanging out with a child you will never know how exhausting it can They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be. As an adult you are used to peppering your day with little downtime treats; a cup truer of tea perhapsthis latest from Justine Avery, a biscuitsBookbag favourite. ''No, or maybe even a cheeky nap? The kids I know have no end of energy and at best you will get a sip of cold coffeeNo, have to give them most of No!'' is based around the biscuit and a nap would consist of them jumping on your headsimplest text imaginable. However ''No, no, although their enthusiasm and zest may be tiringno! Okay, it is also infectiousokay. Yes, just ask any old tiger you meetmay.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184869444X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=DK|title=Baby Dinosaurs (Follow the Trail)|rating=4|genre=ChildrenThat's Non-Fiction|summary= If you ever have it! But, like all the misfortune to stumble across some as yet undiscovered dinosaur I offer best picture books, this piece tiny snippet 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 text is that anyone with a toddler knows, they love to grab and poke anything – including terrible lizards if they got veritable tardis - so much bigger on the chance. Better play safe than sorry and just get them a book inside that allows them to get their dinosaur touching thrills vicariouslyit appears on the outside. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0241273129</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jana Novotny Hunter and Paula Bowles194812467X|title=My Tail's Not Tired!The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|summary=Little Monster Kirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is supposed perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to be going to bedthe top of the hill, but how can he, when his knees they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are still bouncy sheep and his arms still need to fly ducks and his bottom has lots of jiggling cows, goats and wiggling left to do?! As Big Monster groans chickens, and sighseven some mice. Excited, Little Monster's energy seems to have no endKirelle and Sam go shopping. But  What will Little Monster finally wear himself out and end up in bedthey buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846439868</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Silvia Borando0995647895|title=The Hamster BookSadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Maureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5

|summary=Look! You finally have your very own pet, a sweet little hamster. You can give her Sadie's mother always said that she was a name, smooth down her furdreamer, watch her do tricks and give her some foodmind never on what she should be doing. It’s not all fun She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and games with your new hamster however! Of course, every responsible pet owner knows that they need she loves to clean up after their pet, if there are any little accidents..spend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=''Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<amazonukbr>1406367729''When all the houses cowered in the gloom,''</amazonukbr>''To the Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and went back regularly. One day she fell asleep under a glass case (it's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the closing bell and the attendant's warning shout. 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=Meg McLaren1782227741|title=Pigeon P.I.Little Gold Ted|rating=3|genre=Emerging Readers|summaryauthor=The world of birds is in a flap. They're being nabbed – plucked from the air (or at least from their cages). Murray MacMurray, the brilliant pigeon private eye, doesn't want anything to do with crime now his old partner has flown the roostVanessa Wiercioch, but an eager Poppy Satha and bright young thing might just about persuade him to take up the case. But both will have to be plucky to survive the dangers it leads to…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783444835</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Eric Veille|title=My Pictures after the StormSasha Satha

|summary= One day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's quite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Poor Ted starts to spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the staples of baby books are those that look at oppositesstreet. Finding himself This elephant is bigdown in the sewer, whilst this mouse is smallTed starts to panic. They help children to understand ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the world around themdirty water using his cane, but can also be which might look just a little dullbit like an old cricket bat. What about Reg is a more interesting book about cause kind soul and effect that looks at what happens before he dries Ted off and after an event. You could start off gently by seeing what happens to items after warms him up with a storm, but if you are Eric Veillé you can soon spiral into a madcap world nice bowl of elephant stampedes and babies being bornbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571045</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kristyna LittenB08R7LXQ9S|title=Norton Remy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and AlphaCaroline Siegal|rating=4.5

|summary=We Remy is feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are used careful to the world around us wind up Remy when nobody can see and every day take amazing things for granted; a sunset, or then push him just that cold bite in little bit further when the air that makes you want to go and walk the dogother kids are around. To a robotSo, when Remy reacts, our world would look pretty strange it looks as everything would be newthough he was the instigator. What would you think And then he gets into trouble at school and the first time that you teachers don't believe him when he tries to explain what happened upon a flower?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471145778</amazonuk>.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1471191303|title=Dalmation on a DiggerThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=45

|summary=WhatThis is the story of Isobel, a little girl who made a big difference. Isobel lived with her parents in a house - a very cold house, because her parents couldn's all that noise just outside t afford to put the bedroom window? ''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER''heating on:

It woke our young pup ''Ice curled across the inside of the window and crept up!the corner of the bedpost.''

The family didn''DUGGER DUGGER DIGGER''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782025960</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|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 t go to have a child that splashes water everywhere in the hopes of finding that one gap in the grouting, cinema 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, on holidays but also greatly entertain everyone.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571371</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Duncan Beedie|title=The Lumberjack's Beard|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Jim Hickory is a Lumberjack of routinethey had each other and they were happy. 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 Then the forest. One day, however, this routine becomes interrupted came when he hears someone peck-pecking at his door, only to discover itthey couldn's a small owl who has been made homeless by Jim's tree felling. Jim allows t afford the rent for the owl house and they had to move to set up home in his big bushy beard, without realising just quite what he is letting himself in for…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783706880</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Michael Rosen and Tony Ross|title=Barking for Bagels|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=''Barking for Bagels'' is the story far side of Schnipp the dog, who loves her owners very much, though she does find their snickering a little annoying from time to timecity. One day, whilst out for a walk in This part of the park, she starts to run away, and she finds that once she starts running she can't stopcity was cold, sad and she runs and she runs until she finds Bessie the Bagel lady and thus discovers her new favourite food, lonely and her new homeIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178344505X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Steve AntonyNick Jones and Si Clark|title=Thank You, Mr PandaOne Night in Beartown

|summary=Mr Panda Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is back! And this time, rather than his box of doughnutsobsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, he has a large pile of presents for all of his friendsteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Accompanied by his friend, the ring-tailed LimaEvery night, he goes around giving she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to the presentsbear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, whilst Lima helpfully reminds everyone a colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on the receiving end that ''it's the thought that counts'' since it turns out that Mr Panda is perhaps not the best judge of gift givingher bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>144492785X</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]