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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=Morag HoodAdam Stower|title=I Am Bat|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bat is a creature with very definite opinions. He does not like mornings, for example, but he does like cherries. In fact, he really loves cherries, as they are his ''favourite of all things!'' What do you think might happen if somebody takes Bat's cherries? Bat won't be happy, will he?!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509834613</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Dr Seuss|title=I Can Read With My Eyes ShutMurray and Bun

|genre=Emerging Confident Readers|summary=''The more that you readMurray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well,''<br>''The more things you will knowwhatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician'<br>''The more that you learns cat,''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This is so his favourite bun has been turned into a classic Dr Seuss quote from this bookhyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and one that I painstakingly stickered onto the wall catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of my children's school library! frightening adventure and whiffs. The book This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is very sillyexpected – well, as Dr Seuss always isone much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but is also a good rhyming ode he's turned up and he'll have to the joys of reading.do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0008240019</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=1732898766|title=Kes Gray The Adventures of Birpus and Jim FieldBulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|titleauthor=Oi Cat!Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=When did childrenwe first meet Birpus and Bulbus they's books become so Meta? Back re running for their lives in the day each Thomas Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Tank Engine adventure was separate Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from the other as if they lived in their own episodic wildness, but not todayhis nostrils. In (Please don't try this world at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of Nintendo Switches moss and online platforms the average adult is too scared to venture ontovines was lowered for them, we have metaphysical children booksthey escaped. Books that reflect back on previous outings They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the series. If you are going to get the most out of ''Oi Cat!''tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, you best know about your ''Oi Frog!'' Nester Nook and ''Oi Dog!'' tooGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444932519</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Cath Jones and Chris JevonsB0CC9W7GLR|title=Bonkers about BeetrootOn the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda

|summary=Sunset Safari Park rarely has any visitors Kit and is in danger Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of closing downsilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. To tackle On top of the problem Zebra calls ice was a meeting of all polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the animals bear woke and challenges them to find a way to make with wobbly legs moved from the safari park more interestingice. Penguin thinks there's no hope but Zebra has Kit was all for making a totally bonkers idea – they'll grow a beetroot. They'll grow the biggest beetroot in the world! It should be easy because they have plenty of manure (animal poo) to help run for it grow. At first it looks like Zebra's plan is going to work. One beetroot grows so big , but Teal knew that crowds of people come to see it. There is just the bear was hungry and gave him one problem – the beetroot keeps growingapple and then another. Soon there won't He obviously needed to be any room for visitors. Luckily, Zebra has another idea: an equally bonkers but totally brilliant ideataken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862814</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy1913839656|title=The Turkey That Voted For ChristmasLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5

|summary=Most right minded people have had enough of politics in recent years so Todd was excited about spending the last thing that you want to read to your child is a book all about an election. At least this election is set on a farmweekend with his grandmother, but anyone familiar with a certain George Orwell novel will know that this does not always turn out for least because she made the bestbeetle juice. Surely a kid's book is not going He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to reflect modern politics? show his grandmother. I mean, when have we recently seen turkeys voting for Christmas?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192765957</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Kate Jane Neal|title=Words She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Your Heart|rating=4|genre=For Sharing |summary=Trolling, bullying, cyber-shaming, whatever-it's-called-Todd was pleased about this-week-ing – all act as proof that the adage about sticks and stones is actually a lot of piffle. In a world where we all have hearts, we should have a heart that what we say he wanted to other people is positivemake new friends. We can examine our world and the sound it makes through communication, we can make each other smile, laughAt home, sing his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be happy together, and bit by bit the world can be a better place. And hang the 'no, after you' attitude some people would have in response. There, I've given the entire plot of this book away in my summary, but Grandma thought that's not really an issueit might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471168530</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Matt Tavares|title=Red and Lulu|rating=4.5|genre=Emerging Readers|summary=Meet Red and Lulu. They're a committed couple of cardinals, and they have lived for some time in someone's garden, safely in an evergreen tree. It seems to them that every year people mention their home in a lovely song, which tells the tree ''thy leaves are so unchanging''. But one year, just as the seasons turn for the cold of winter, the tree vanishes, taking Lulu with it…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376922</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jim Helmore and Richard Jones1529504775|title= The Snow Lion|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary=Caro and her mother arrive at their new home in darkness. Once inside, the house is white, bare and empty. Caro wishes that she has someone to play with and feels a little lost and small. Then one day she hears a noise and a gentle voice asking to play. She has a new friend and a very special one. Toy Bus (The Snow Lion has appeared as if by magic to help Caro learn how to make friends of her own and maybe find the courage she has been hiding inside.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471162230</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewRepair Shop Stories)|author=Rachel Bright|title=All I Want For ChristmasAmy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, filed down Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to a normal sizethe park and watch the red buses drive past. We all want different things on Elsie would race the 25th December; some ask for world peace, whilst others ask for something more achievable like a Tamagotchi. Whatever you want, is it really buses along the true meaning side of the season? park but David couldn't - he'All I Want For Christmas'' by Rachel Bright is d been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a nice reminder that bus 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. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the real reason bus for Chrimbo is not gift givingsupport, and walk behind it. Many decades later, but Elsie brought the opportunity bus, now damaged and rusted, to spend time the Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with loved onesit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408331667</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Moira Butterfield and Holly Sterling1529504767|title=Everybody Feels Angry!The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey

|summary=Children donSusan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't deal easily with have worried though as she went to the emotions which flood the brain - home of Mr and then chaos ensues. You can try discussing the problem before it happens or immediately afterwardsMrs Russell, but children donwho couldn't appreciate the abstract eitherhave been kinder to her. What you need is a specific example, an occasion which they'll readily recognise and can then see how the emotion boils up and explodesShe even had her own room - all to herself. Moira Butterfield has produced a series of books, illustrated by Holly Sterling, which take a couple of times when an emotion takes everything overGradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. One applies to a girl She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and one when it came to a boy Christmas Eve Susan and we see how Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the situations resolve themselvesfollowing morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784938556</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler1916459943|title=The Ugly FiveSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary=Creating Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a popular character is a double edged sword; one side is buckets of cold hard cashsqueakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, the other is people demanding that you trot out the same old stuffhe just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. Julia Donaldson It rocks Baby gently and Axel Scheffler created the behemoth that is waves sing ''The Gruffalohush, hush'' . Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you could forgive them for producing countless books have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in this series- ''la lou, but they do notla lay...'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Anyone who is Then a fan of the pairing will already know that their other work is also excellent; just ask seagull ''Superworm'shouts' or ''Room on the Broom'and we know exactly what's going to happen next. This is an established author/illustrator partnership and any new outing from them is exciting. Even if that is an outing about really ugly animals.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407174193</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Richard Byrne140639131X|title= I Want to Go FirstA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary=ItPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired's so not fair! Why should Elphie go last, just because he's of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the littlest? This is problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a question problem which will speak to needed solving: she saw the heart benefits of many young children, especially those with siblings: the smallest bedroom, hand-me-down books lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that have been read she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and reread till their edges are frayed . . . lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but don't worry, Elphie has found the solutionbenefits were obvious. Only thing is, he's going to need All the animals used the reader's help crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to achieve his goalprovide a safe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192749730</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Alex T Smith1776574338|title= Mr Penguin Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and the Lost TreasureBei Lynn|rating= 54|genre= Emerging Readers For Sharing|summary= Mr Penguin is a brand new Every 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't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It'Professional Adventurers perfect, isn''. He has t it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a dashing hatproblem, a large magnifying glass and an important looking office though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his igloo to prove it. All feet and – because he needs now is an adventure to go on. Just as 's longer than a tennis court – he is beginning often causes damage without intending to despair of ever being asked to solve a mystery Boudicca Bones from the museum phones and asks for helptraffic regularly gets snarled up. Can The school decides that he and his trusty sidekick, Colin (can't be the spider with expertise in martial arts!) find her missing treasure? Will the adventure become too dangerous for them? And will Mr Penguin ever have time to eat his fish finger sandwich packed lunch?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444932063</amazonuk>bus anymore.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Colleen Jacey and Zed Jacey1776574028|title=Madge Eekal's ChristmasBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4.5

|summary=It was nearly Christmas and all the witches except Madge Eekal were busy putting up their festive lights. I love a good board book! Madge''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's pet dragonfor the child who still enjoys board books (er, Ashon, wanted see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to know what had happened to their fairy lights. The truth was have realise that Madge had you can ''triedplay'' to get them to work, but it seemed that with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the fairies were on strike: she 'elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a 'couldn'tballetphant'' get them to work. Ashon knew that it would, of course, have been much easier if they The buffalo who has had electricity, like everyone else a bath (complete with yellow duck) and that decided Madge - they would make their own electricitythen dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) She knew the perfect spellThe pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.... Ashon was doubtful... and rightly so as it turned out|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788036530</amazonuk>'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Herve Tullet1838226834|title=Say Zoop!Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=2.54

|summary=The average toddler has the attention span It was one of the time it takes to ….those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents.SQUIRREL! Many modern childrenThey's books are packed full of flaps, textures and gimmicks in re there to undo all the desperate hope good that they can draw parents do, so the reader away from CBeebies for just five minutestrips out were always so much fun. To grab them and keep themA young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, your book should who told him: ''It'll be shortbrilliant, just remember, punchy and fun. What you don't want to do is take a reasonable idea and play it out for page, after page, after pagelet go of my hand. What's that ….. SQUIRREL!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452164738</amazonuk>'

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stephanie BlakeB09MYXSRV4|title=I CanOtter't Sleep!s Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=Simon When the little rabbit is back! world was made, the animals were given gifts. He's Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so little now, and his baby brother (from that he could see the present ''Stupid Baby by Stephanie Blakeand'') has grown up into a toddlerthe future. This time we see Simon and Caspar playing happily together Rabbit developed intelligence - but then, in the nightunfortunately, poor Caspar realises that he's forgotten his blanket outside! What will not the two brothers do? ability to use it well. Caspar says He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he cancame to be in a race with Turtle. You might think that't sleep without his blankets not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.will Simon be able to help him?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1776571630</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Catherine Pickles and Chantal BourgonjeRob Keeley|title=Worzel says helloCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees! Will you be my friend?|rating=54

|summary=I'd like you 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 meet Worzel, but explain how good they are for you'll need and how nice to do exactly what I sayeat. Worzel is quite a big dogOne day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, but who tells her that doesn't mean that he's fierce, or even very bravecarrots grow on trees. In factInfuriated, he's frightenedLily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and little as you arevegetables, like carrots, he's frightened of yougrow in the ground. He'd like Jordan says, "I did try to meet you though: can you see that nose just poking out from the side of the sofa? Now he's peering over the cushion - tell her, Miss!" and finally he's risking leaving that ''very'' safe place he's found, behind the sofaeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1787111601</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma YarlettB09FFJF8YS|title=Nibbles: The Dinosaur GuideYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik

|genre=Emerging ReadersFor Sharing|summary=Some ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of you may already be aware of Nibblestoilet triumph and persevering panty pride. He ''  And so it is ! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little monster 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, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that likes to nibble everything''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Nibbles nibbles socksNeither can the flowers, Nibbles nibbles clocksnor the fish, but nor the thing that Nibbles likes birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to nibble most is booksknow it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Everybody Toots! (Everybody Potties! Therefore)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, putting him in find us a book child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is not . But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the safest place as he wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will try hear it and eat his way outeveryone will laugh. At you. Whilst Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the first book saw the tyke getting into trouble in fairy talesfamiliar humour attached, this time explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it is non-fiction that has whetted his appetite : ''Everybody Toots''!|isbn= B09C2RVJ2W}} {{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and in particular a book all about dinosaursSeema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|amazonuksummary=<amazonuk>1848696914</amazonuk>''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alexandre Lacroix and Ronan BadelB07GZ81J7C|title=Dragons: Father When Fred the Snake Got Squished and SonMended|author=Peter Cotton

|genre=Emerging Readers For Sharing|summary=You know dragonsMeet Fred. TheyWell, actually, you're there going to look splendid and fierce, be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to burn down human villages him. He arrived as a present in rampagesa box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with or without treasure in mindthem when they went out for a walk. But they need to be trained in And thatwas where the problem started. And our father dragon has just tasked his son dragon with that very errand - to go and torch a human houseFred didn't have any road sense. The lad is reluctant to cook anything more severe than lunch - what could possibly happen?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277231</amazonuk>Or brakes.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= David McKeeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= Elmer and the TuneEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Everybody loves a catchy tune, but sometimes you come across one that you just canCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't get out of your head, no matter how hard as any parent will tell you try. And thatBut really, why shouldn's what has happened to Elmer and his friends – t it be? We all over the jungle, folk are humming the same tune, over and over and over again, and passing it on have to their friends and neighbours like a musical virus. Anyone who has heard learn about how the wheels on that wretched bus go round and round eleventy-seven gazillion times on a long car journey will know what our bodily functions just as we mean. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445467</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Dr Seuss and Tish Rabe|title= Oh Baby, the Places You'll Go|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary=A slightly odd concept have to get one's head around, ''Oh Baby, the Places You'll Go'' is both a book within a book, and a book sized advert all in one. Dr Seuss (fun fact: 'Seuss' originally rhymed with 'voice') wrote many, many books in his lifetime, and lots of us will be familiar with his best-known characters such as [[The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss|The Cat in the Hat]] and the copious numbers of adventures he wrote learn about such as everything else when [[Horton Hears a Who by Dr Seuss|Horton Hears a Who]]. This book is different, because rather than introducing new wild and wacky characters, it brings together existing ones who may never have met each other before. Adapted by Tish Rabe (though very much influenced by Dr Seuss's originals), this book rattles through the different titles and their key characters, knitting them together with the premise that these we are all people baby will meet in the future, through the wonder of children's books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008241651</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Rachel Bright and Jim Field|title= The Squirrels Who Squabbled|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary=First we had a cute little mouse finding his inner beast in [[The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field|The Lion Inside]] and then we had a nervous koala trying to move out of his comfort zone in [[The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field|The Koala Who Could]] and now we have a couple of greedy, fighting squirrelssmall. Whatever next?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408340488</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clark|title= Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz|rating= 4|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= The timeless story that we all know as The Wizard of Oz is given a twist in this original interpretation by master story-crafter Michael Morpurgo. ItWhy shouldn's the tale of a character that seems to t potty training be so often overlooked in the well-known story: Dorothy's faithful dog, Toto. We hear the whole story from his point of view, told in first person narrative from the moment the tornado sweeps across Dorothy's Kansas farm. Toto continues to tell the story as it happens to him in a witty and charming manner much fun as their house is lifted into the air and whisked away to the mysterious land of Oz. Of course, Toto and Dorothy meet the absurd but loveable scarecrow without a brainsay, tin man without a heart and lion who lacks courage, and together they set off along the yellow brick road to find learning about why the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, hoping that he might help Toto sun and Dorothy return home. Along the way, moon take turns in the tin man, scarecrow and lion learn that what they think they are missing might have been there all along. sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0008134596</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=J M Barrie Justine Avery and Robert IngpenNaday Meldova|title=Peter Pan and WendyNo, No, No!

|summary=It's a childhood staple - They say the best picture books are the story simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of Wendythis latest from Justine Avery, John and Michael Darling and their beloved nurse, Nana the Newfoundland dog who took them to school each daya Bookbag favourite. It 's George Darling'No, their fatherNo, who makes the mistake when he locks Nana in the yard and No!'' is based around the children are whisked away to Neverland by Peter Pan and Tinkerbellsimplest text imaginable. There ''s a wonderful mix of charactersNo, no, from Peter Panno! Okay, the boy who never wants to grow upokay. Yes, Tinkerbellyou may.'' That's it! But, like all the rather unpleasant fairybest picture books, Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, the lost boys and - this tiny snippet of course text is a veritable tardis - Wendy, but then so much bigger on the inside that it wouldn't have been a classic since the original stage production in 1904 and appears on the novel of 1911 if it were otherwiseoutside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1786750856</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Clare Foges and Al Murphy194812467X|title=Bathroom BoogieThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|summary=Every day I leave Kirelle and her best friend Sam the house with the feeling that I left it cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in a pretty tidy state, but on my return some things always seem her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out of placeas ever in his smart grey fur coat. This is especially true As they walk to the top of my bathroom. Why is there toothpaste on the mirrorhill, or they see a big barn with a flannel on the floor? sign outside. It would appear that I may not actually be to blame and that when I'm at work s a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference: all the bathroom items come out for a boogiestallholders and customers are farmyard animals. There are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping. Will I ever catch them in the act What will they buy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571337317</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title= Fearne Cotton Sadie and Sheena Dempseythe Sea Dogs|titleauthor= Yoga BabiesMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating= 43.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Radio hostSadie's mother always said that she was a dreamer, TV presenterher mind never on what she should be doing. She lives by the River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to 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 gloom, fashion designer, author – is there anything Fearne Cotton can't do? Based on '<br>''To the content of this book, we can undoubtedly add Yogi Maritime Museum''. Her imagination was fired. She'd love to sail the ongoing list of talents, because 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 to imagine any other way floors don't make comfy beds) she was in the midst of an adventure that she could never have imagined in which this came into beinga world of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445645</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Claire Freedman and Jane Massey1782227741|title= Florence Frizzball|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Florence Frizzball has the frizziest, curliest, most out of control mop of hair you've ever seen! And she longs for smooth, sleek, brushable locks like all her friends. As a kid, I remember being chased round the garden by my mother, brandishing a hair brush and trying to get me to sit still and have my frizz sorted out. To say I identified with Florence would be an understatement. As the tale goes on, though, we see another side to the story. Florence gets what she wants, but when her dream comes true she quickly learns that maybe she was wanting all the wrong things, and that actually her frizzball is part of her identity. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471144542</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewLittle Gold Ted|author= Phil Allcock and Richard Watson|title= Clumpety Bump|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Clumpety Bump likes apples. Nothing wrong with that, after all: they're tasty and full of goodness. But you don't get delicious, juicy treats like that unless you deserve themVanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and naughty Clumpety is a bit too keen on saying ''I can't be bothered'' when his friend Wally asks for help. So, after several disasters, Wally decides he'd be better off leaving Clumpety at home and using his tractor instead. Unfortunately, things don't turn out too well, and our two heroes learn that if you want to be properly happy, other people need to be happy too. Selfishness just makes everyone sad. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862458</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jackie Morris and James Mayhew|title= Mrs Noah's Pockets|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= The heavy rains, Noah building his ark and the animals going in two by two to be saved. This most familiar of stories has been retold time and time again but not like this. This time there is twist and someone else quietly takes centre stage. When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>191095909X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Lisa Papp|title=Madeleine Finn and the Library DogSasha Satha|rating=4.5

|summary=Madeleine Finn doesn't like to read - not anythingOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's not really her fault, you knowquite a deep puddle and the water is swirling. Her teacher tries Poor Ted starts to encourage her, but some spin around and around and is sucked down a drain on the side of the other kids giggle when she makes mistakesstreet. Finding himself And they pull faces of down in the type which would have given me my head in my hands sewer, Ted starts to play with when I was a childpanic. The words just don't seem to come out right for her. The other children are getting gold stars (I've OH HELP ME PLEASE''never'' liked that system) but all Madeleine gets he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the dirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a heart sticker which tells her to keep trying. She's got plenty kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of those. All week she tries her best but doesn't get the star she longs forbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910646326</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Rose BlakeB08R7LXQ9S|title= Going to SchoolRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|summary=Sidney Gibbons Remy is always in trouble feeling miserable. He's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan andBrandon, to make matters worsehave been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he insists on blaming is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to wind up Remy when nobody can see and then push him just that little bit further when the mess he makes on his invisible friend – Kevinother kids are around. ThisSo, howeverwhen Remy reacts, changes when Sidney actually meets Kevin and discovers what it is like to be on looks as though he was the receiving end of bad behaviourinstigator. In a magical world of make-And then he gets into trouble at school and the teachers don't believe, Sidney finally comes to realise that him when he's been selfish and resolves tries to put things right for both his invisible chum and his very own mumexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008207410</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rob Biddulph1471191303|title=Sunk!The Invisible|author=Tom Percival

|summary=This 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't afford to put the heating on: ''Hoist Ice curled across the Colours! Set inside of the Sail! It's time to hit window and crept up the corner of the treasure trailbedpost.'' Penguin Blue and his friends are prepared  The family didn't go to sail the seven seas in search of gold cinema or on holidays but they become unstuck had each other and they were happy. Then the day came when a rip in their ship means theycouldn're suddenly SUNK! Luck is, however, on their side t afford the rent for the house and they find a handy desert island in had to move to the nick far side of timethe city. Here they make a special new friend This part of the city was cold, sad and lonely and ultimately find a treasure that's worth much more than goldIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008207402</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jason Rekulak Nick Jones and Kim SmithSi Clark|title=The X-Files: Earth Children are Weird. A Picture BookOne Night in Beartown|rating=4.5

|summary=We know that Dana Scully and Fox Mulder didn't know each other as Many children, for they met much later on, at work for the FBI. But if they had, they may well have camped out in the back yard. They made have read scary stories to each other, but one thing is for sure – Mulder's imagination would have seen aliens everywhere. He would have seen mystery in the deep impression in the yardan obsession and Sandy Lane, horror who lives in the shadowsBeartown, and the unexplained in any vaguely mysterious noise. For that's what happens on the pages of this picture book – but that's not ''all'' that happens – the truth is something much more peculiar…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1683690273</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Akala and Sav Akyuz|title=You Can do Anything|rating=3obsessed with bears.5|genre=For Sharing|summary= If you think She collects books about rapping, what comes to mind? The hard streets of the East Coast and West Coast of America as they brag about what cars they own and women they date? Rap is like any musical form; it varies greatlybears. There Her favourite toy is loads of Gangster RapBerisford, but what about the pop of Will Smitha teddy bear passed down by her grandmother. Every night, or the Grime she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to the UK? Just have a look at the 80s for loads of unqualified people having a dabble in the format (Wham! Rap)bear statue outside. Rap in of itself is nothing but a way Every morning she says hello to project a message and if this message is about trying hard and succeedingBee Bear, it could just be suitable for a kid's bookcolourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192747800</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]