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[[Category:New Reviews|Children's Non-Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn= Zabriskie1|title=A Village Where Many Ways Meet: A Story of Belonging and Community, Rooted in Indigenous Wisdom|author=Libby Walden Stephanie Zabriskie|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=''Across many African and Stephanie Fizer ColemanIndigenous systems, differences in how children learn, sense , or process the world were not treated as disorders to be corrected. They were understood as natural variations of human intelligence and awareness, each holding value within the community.'' This lovely story is a synthesis of that tradition, which was carried down through generations by oral retellings. It shows that a community or society is not made up from interchangeable building blocks of human beings but by a range of people with different skills and different personalities, all contributing to a whole that combines them all and to the benefit of them all.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B0GFQ81YQK|title=Hidden WorldHow the Sky and the Earth Made People: ForestFrom the Oral Stories of Malagasy Elders|author=Stephanie Zabriskie

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction |summary=SometimesBefore people came and joined the animals, less is morethere was only the sky and the earth. Everything was quiet until the earth and the sky began to tal to each other. First, the earth created bodies. But a wood doesn't understand thatAnd then, does it – it just stretches on the sky breathed life into them. These were the first humans and they belonged to both earth and sky. And so people lived between sky and on, expanding outwards soil and outwards, they planted and upwards learned and upwards – it's quite a galling thing for a young person remembered, especially how they came to understandbe. This book reverts When they grew old and died, their bodies returned to the earth and their life returned to the very basic detail sky. And that will let is why the very young student get a grip on earth and the life in the forestsky are both revered. Only together can they create human beings. And that is why people must pay attention to, whether they can actually see it and care for the trees in real life or not…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575971</amazonuk>, both.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robert Hegarty and Marcelo BadariB0GHPMNF6P|title=Time AtlasHow the Sky and the Earth Made People: An Interactive Timeline From the Oral Stories of HistoryMalagasy Elders|author=Stephanie Zabriskie|rating=34.5

|summary=While it's always useful for a child Before people came and joined the animals, there was only the sky and the earth. Everything was quiet until the earth and the sky began to have access tal to an atlaseach other. First, the earth created bodies. And then, the sky breathed life into them. These were the first humans and they belonged to both earth and sky. And so people lived between sky and soil and they know where they are planted and learned and what there is in every other locationremembered, it's equally important that especially how they know ''when'' came to be. When they are, grew old and what has happened at any other place in time. That's the ethos behind this ''Time Atlas'', which only has a few spreadsdied, but takes us right back their bodies returned to prehistory, through the birth of civilisation, earth and up their life returned to today – as well as asking a few questions of what might happen in the futuresky. And that is why the earth and the sky are both revered. Only together can they create human beings. It And that iswhy people must pay attention to, after alland care for, vital we know not only where we are, but where we may be going…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575920</amazonuk>both.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Sandra Lawrence and Jane NewlandStephanie Zabriskie|title=Festivals and CelebrationsHow Maasai Women Spoke to Cows: From the Oral Stories of Maasai Elders

|summary=Every day ''How Maasai Women Spoke to Cows is a feast daychildren’s nonfiction book drawn from the oral traditions of Maasai elders in Ngorongoro, if you follow the Christian calendar very closely – there Tanzania.'' The Maasai are probably enough saints now for each day to have about three a cattle-herding people attributed and this story writes down its oral tradition explaining how they came to itbe so. But thatCattle are status and wealth in Maasai culture but this doesn's just one religion, one way t tell the whole story of thinking, one culture – the world is host to a whole lot moreintimate and symbiotic connection its people, and in every corner they especially its women, have with their own way of celebrating. Some poignantly light small fires cows and set them afloat to guide for the visiting spirits of natural world. The oral tradition retelling the deceased back to many conversations Maasai women have had with their post-life homes; some rejoice in the return of springcows, or the bounties of the summer's harvest; some just throw crap like tomatoes or coloured water over each other. But the world has a ritual calendar of events such as these, and this is a brilliant book for the young that shows how diverse our celebrations can bedoes.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1848575955</amazonuk>B0G9WTGY6J

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sandra Lawrence and Emma Trithart1839948493|title=Myths A World of Dogs|author=Carlie Sorosiak and LegendsLuisa Uribe|rating=45

|summary=Mythology is a peculiar realm, when you think about it – not quite legend, and not just In the religions interests of the dead civilisationsfull disclosure, but something like I must tell you that I'm a mixture of the twosucker for dogs. Certainly some of the entries in this pleasant little read hit on legend – King ArthurIn nearly eight decades, Robin Hood – but we also seemed to believe they were true, even if they I've never met one I didn't fit into any pattern trust and I've loved most of organised worshipthem. But seeing as it is I wish I felt the gospel truth that people lived by these mythologiessame about human beings. So, any book about dogs, I'm going to sit down and devour. Then I'm going to go back and read it properly. And so itwas with ''A World of Dogs''s vital for the young , with ninety-six pages devoted entirely to have some grounding in my four-legged friends. Author Carlie Sorosiak found herself the subject, and this book is pretty good at providing suchaccidental owner of an American Dingo - she's learned quite a lot about dogs since then.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575963</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sophie Guerrive1529507987|title=Dinosaur Detective's Search-The Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and-Find Rescue MissionSonia Albert (Illustrator)

|summary=This is a horrific worldI love ''The Repair Shop''. It's my go-to programme when I want to be cheered up. Monsters leer over all the mountain topsAfter a hard day, there's a giant octopus nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. You see, the value is in one building what these possessions are worth to the people who own them and a green giant's arms coming through the windows of another, and everywhere you look someone has lost somethingmemories they hold. Luckily No expense appears to be spared and the Dinosaur Detective experts spend as much time and effort as is on hand required to helpachieve the desired result. Yes, despite his paws looking incredibly ungainly on Regular viewers know the controls of his flying machine, he experts and they're all brilliant at explaining what it is able to visit all eleven zones, and find the five things requested of him in eachthey're doing. But can youhow did they start?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030713</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Mayim Bialik024162343X|title= Girling UpStolen History|author=Sathnam Sanghera|rating= 4.5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= Aimed I was the bad company other people got into at teenagers, this book focuses on growing up as school. I was disruptive in religious education classes because I disputed the existence of a girl, or 'god'Girling up. Where was the proof? In history lessons, it was probably worse still. Not too long after the end of WWII, I didn't so much want to learn about the British army' if you wills successes (and occasional failures, and but we didn't dwell on those) in what it means came to be called 'the colonies' as want to transition from school girl dispute what right the army had to grown upbe there in the first place. Looking back, via I still believe I was right - but I regret that hideous detour of teenage yearsI lacked the maturity to approach 'the problem' politely. I wish I'd had Sathnam Sanghera's ''Stolen History''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0399548602</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Catherine Barr Jeremy Dronfield and Hanako ClulowDavid Ziggy Greene|title=10 Reasons to Love an ElephantFritz and Kurt

|summary=Ten reasons to love an elephant, eh? Well, personally, I've never needed ten reasons as they've always been my favourite large animal, Britannica's Word of the gentle giants of Africa Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and India, but it was good Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to find out more know about themthis brilliant book. Perhaps the most surprising fact which I discovered was that they live in herds headed by their It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', tells you how to pronounce it (''grandmothersraz-muh-TAZ''. Female elephants and their calves stay together ), gives you a definition and then includes the oldest female elephant is the one word in charge as she knows where to find food a sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and water - and she knows her herdfrequently amusing illustration too. She remembers about people too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780943X</amazonuk>I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Peter Cottrill0711266204|title= Terrible True Tales from the Tower The Secret Life of LondonBirds|author=Moira Butterfield and Vivian Mineker (illustrator)|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary=The history of I have recently discovered a great pleasure: I sit and watch the infamous Tower vast numbers of London is full of gore and deathbirds which visit our garden on a daily basis. An hour can pass without my noticing. Its rich history dates back I've established which species feed from the ground, which pop to the eleventh century feeders for a quick snatch of some food and since then it has played host who settles in for a good munch but I wish I was more knowledgeable. It would have been wonderful if, as a child, I'd had access to many famous figures, many of them ill-fated prisoners. a book such as ''The history Secret Life of the Tower is told within this bookBirds's pages, only this time it's told by the ravens that live there. They are the Tower's guardians who reside there permanently due to an ancient legend that all of London will fall should they be removed, and after centuries of watching over the Tower they have their own version of history to tell.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376884</amazonuk> So – what is it?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sarah Hutton0192779230|title=Cool Physics|rating=4|genre=Popular Science|summary=If you aren't entirely sure about a phrase such as ''Christiaan Huygens states his principle of wavefront sources'', don't worry – it was only in 1678 that it happened, so you're not too far behind in physics. Brownian motion, and the gravitational constant being measured both date from before the Victorian era, and all Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Invisible World of these three things are on the introductory timeline in this book, which I think might well be proof enough that a primer in the world of physics is very much needed.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843653249</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewGerms|author=Stella Gurney, Matthew Hodson and Neave Parker|title=The Prehistoric TimesIsabel Thomas|rating=2.5

|summary=With 'Germs' seems to have become a catch-all word to cover anything unpleasant which has the ability potential to read make you ill. In the news on our phones or watch the 24 hour news channelsfirst book in what looks to be a very promising new series, OUP and Isabel Thomas have provided a clear and accessible introduction to the days world of the newspaper appear to be coming to an endgerms. You could say that We get an informed look at how people originally thought about diseases and what they are going to be extinct, much like thought caused them and how the dinosaursthinking has developed over time. So, if newspapers are The vocabulary can be confusing but Thomas gives a regular box headed 'speak like a thing scientist' which explains some of the past trickiest concepts and so are dinosaursyou'll soon be familiar with bacteria, it would make sense that dinosaurs had their own newspaper? Turns out this was the case fungi, protists and ''The Prehistoric Times'' covers several different eras on the hunt for only the best news viruses – and viewshow we should protect ourselves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809197</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Thomas Flintham1800464495|title=Around the World Colouring Book100 Ways in 100 Days to Teach Your Baby Maths: Support All Areas of Your Baby’s Development by Nurturing a Love of Maths|author=Emma Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=Colouring books ''Babies seem to be born with an amazing number sense: understanding shapes in the womb, being aware of quantities at seven hours old, assessing probability at six months old, and comprehending addition and subtraction at nine months old.'' Did you know this? I didn't! How about: ''Maths ability on entry to school is a strong predictor of later achievement, double that of literacy skills.'' I didn't know this either! I think most parents are aware that giving your children a useful good start in literacy - reading stories, teaching pen grips, singing rhymes - gives children a solid foundation when they start school. But do we think the same way for children to relaxabout maths, develop manual dexterity and explore colourbeyond counting? I don't think we do, but in the dash to appeal to the child part because so many miss the opportunity to of us are afraid of maths. But why are we? Most of us use maths in daily life without realising and it follows that giving our children a similar pre-school grounding will be gently educational ''just as beneficial.}} {{Frontpage|isbn=1406395404|title=The Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain|author=Nicola Morgan|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=2020 has been a strange year: I doubt anyone would argue with that statement. Lots of our routines have been completely dismantled andfor some teenagers this will have brought about sleep problems. Some teens will dismiss this as irrelevant ('who needs sleep? - I' ve got loads to still appeal be doing) and others will worry unnecessarily. Most people, from children to adults will have the youngodd bad night but worrying about your lack of sleep is only likely to make it worse. The two are not mutually exclusive! Look for instance at this colouring book: itAnd there's got page upon page also the fact that for far too long, lack of pictures to colour (with just sleep has been lauded as a little narrative virtue and sleep made to set the scene) with the added attraction of four pages of stickersseem like laziness. You'll see grey shapes - Being up early, working late has been praised and that's the signal ability to get stickering!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1788000005</amazonuk>survive on little sleep has almost become something to put on your CV.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Roberts and Alan MacDonald1849767343|title=My Burptastic Body Book (Dirty Bertie)Count on Me|author=Miguel Tanco

|summary=Oh, to be young and innocent, The title and format of this book might lead you to be full of questions. Questions like think that it'is eating my bogies good for me', s either about responsibility - or it'why is poo brown', or 'what makes sweat smell's a basic 1-2-3 book for those just starting out on the numbers journey. You donIt isn't have to be a kid like Dirty Bertie to want to know the answers – respectively, no; : it's down a hymn of praise to dead bacteria; and it doesn't – it's other bacteria againmaths. If you think you have a lad (or, letIt's face about why maths is so wonderful and how you meet it, a lass) interested in learning such stuff, this book could well be the place to turneveryday life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847156754</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ben Raskin1849767009|title=Grow: A Family Guide It Isn't Rude to Growing Fruit and Vegbe Nude|author=Rosie Haine

|genre=Children's Non-FictionFor Sharing|summary=I worried when I looked at this bookThis could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are the people who know that nudity is OK and the ones who ''Growknow'', that it said, ''A family guide s shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and-bothered person in the supermarket who is coughing fit to growing fruit and veg''bust. Why did But... Rosie Haines makes it worry me? into something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. Well, itIt's a mere 48 pages celebration of bodies: bodies large and the cover says that it includes ''Games, stickers small and MORE!'' of every possible hue. I have weighty tomes which don't completely cover what I need to know about growing fruit Bodies with disabilities and veg, so wasnmarkings. They't this going to fall a little short? re fine. WellIn fact, it doesnthey't - not at allre wonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782404511</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Gavin Rutherford and Tanya Batrak1776572858|title=Rainforest Masks: Ten 3D Rainforest Masks to Press Out How Do You Make a Baby?|author=Anna Fiske and MakeDon Bartlett (translator)|rating=4.5|genre=CraftsHome and Family|summary=It's more than sixty years since I have been having the most tremendous fun making rainforest masks: you know the effect asked how babies were made. My mother was deeply embarrassed and told me that you she'd get when me a really talented face artist does book about it. A couple of days later I was handed a young childpamphlet (which delivered nothing more than the basics, in clinical language which had never been used in our house before) and I was told that it wouldn's face and you t be discussed any further as it ''seewasn't something which nice people talked about' the tiger? Well, this is an even better result and it's in 3D. All the creatures are, as you would expect, from the rainforest regions of the worldI ''knew'' more, but therewas little ''wiser''s decidedly more here than the usual suspects. You get a green iguanaThankfully, toucan, jaguar, emperor tamarin, blue morpho butterfly, red-eyed tree frog, Brazilian tapir, giant otter, blue-and-yellow macaw and the emerald tree boatimes have changed. Never heard of some of them? Well, don't worry: the book is gently educational, with a paragraph telling you just enough about the creature.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782404430</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Robyn Swift and Sara Lynn Cramb1526362759|title=National TrustDosh: Complete Night Explorer's KitHow to Earn It, Save It, Spend It, Grow It, Give It|author=Rashmi Sirdeshpande|rating=45

|summary=There is What a misfortune to the modern worldrelief! A book about money, for children, in that we have killed off a common hobby from when I was a lad. Nowadays light pollution with clear explanations of what it is so awful , why it's certainly not uncommon for people matters, how to hardly see any acquire more of the stars it (nope - robbing banks is out) and what you can do with it when you've managed to get to learn the constellations, and while I only went out to go hold of it. Your reasons for wanting money don'meteor hunting', t matter: we all need it's patently obvious that the chance to lie down and stargaze is a dying onesome extent. Elsewhere the nocturnal youth can struggle You might want to have much opportunity to explore the night-time nature as this book suggests – it begins with setting up go into business, be a tent in your back gardenclever shopper, a saver (you might even become an ''investor'') and too many donthere might be something you really, ''really''t even get that chance, for want of possession of oneto buy. Yes, if this book is only read once There's also the possibility of using to do good in the daytime and never referred to again, due to lack of opportunity, it really will be a crying shameworld.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857638777</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Goldie Hawk and Rachael Saunders178112938X|title=National TrustSurvival in Space: Go Wild in the WoodsThe Apollo 13 Mission|author=David Long and Stefano Tambellini (illustrator)|rating=45|genre=Children's Non-FictionDyslexia Friendly|summary=I am a man who likes his creature comforts. Always have been, always will – and creature comforts donIt't involve snuggling down s fifty years since the Apollo 13 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in a sleeping bagFlorida, however comfortable, to watch creatures, as far as I'm concerned. Luckily, however, many people are but the story of another bent entirely – they find no problem in getting out and about, taking whatever weather and wildlife can throw at them, and spending time out that journey remains one of doors for the hell greatest survival stories of itall time. This book is the first stage to that, and needs to be read in full before you step out your front door. And even if it's your 'Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission'only'' stage, it will still be pleasantly educational…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085763917X</amazonuk>is a brilliant retelling of what happened.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Giles Chapman Kathleen Boucher and Us NowSara Chadwick|title=The Story of the CarNine Ways to Empower Tweens

|genre=Children's Non-Fiction Confident Readers|summary=Dinosaurs… farm machinery… science fiction… trains… cars. I can't think of many other subjects that inspired the young me '9 Ways to have Empower Tweens'' is a full nonself-fiction help book about for tweens, setting out to show them on my juvenile shelvesvital #lifeskills. Most Don't groan! I know there is a market glut of course I lost interest such books for we grown-ups and for young adults too, but there is a needful space in with maturityan increasingly technological world accessible to younger and younger children for material for tweens too. But |isbn= 0228818826}}  {{Frontpage|isbn=1609809173|title=Eiffel's Tower for Young People|author=Jill Jonnes|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Brash and elegant, sophisticated, controversial and vibrant, the young child these days won1889 World't be much differents Fair in Paris encompassed the best, the worst and the beautiful from many countries and cultures. The French Republic laid out model villages from all their colonies, put on art shows, for good or baddance performances, food festivals and so they will like as not want a book about broom-brooms for concerts to stun the shelfsenses. And this is pretty much towering above it all, the most popular and the go-most hated monument to volume for such an interestFrench accomplishment and daring – the Eiffel Tower.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360268</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Libby Walden1848576536|title=In FocusHumanatomy: CitiesHow the Body Works|author=Nicola Edwards and Jem Maybank|rating=45

|summary=The [[In Focus: 101 Close Ups, Cross-Sections and Cutaways by Libby Walden|first book in this series]] promised 101 close-ups, cross sections and/or cutways, but here we're restricted to just ten. Why? Because the subject matters are so much bigger – one is home to 37 million people'Get under your own skin, of all things. Yes, we're talking citiespick your brains, and while this book tries to follow the previous – different artist every page, an exclusive go inside look within the volume, and a self-deceiving page count – we are definitely in new territory. We're seeking the trivial, the geographical and the cultural, all so that the inquisitive young student can find out the variety to be had in the world's metropolises.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575912</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Mojang AB|title= Minecraft Guide to Creative: An Official Minecraft Book From Mojang|rating= 3.5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= Minecraft isn't just about surviving Creeper attacks or crafting enough torches to stop the Skeletons from spawning near your respawn point. Alongside the survival mode there is also the Creative side. This book explores what you can do when you areninsides!'t having to make everything from scratch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285982</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Mojang AB|title= Minecraft Guide to Exploration: An official Minecraft book from Mojang|rating= 5|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= Ever wondered how on Earth to get started with this 'ere Minecraft malarkey? Look no further as this is the guide for you! |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405285974</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|author=Geraldo Valerio|title=My Book of Birds|rating=4|genre=ChildrenThat's Non-Fiction |summary=I never really caught the bird-watching habit, even with the opportunity of growing up on the edge of a village in the middle of nowhere. It was in the familywhat ''Humanatomy'' invites you to do and honestly, too, but I resigned myself to never seeing much that was spectacular, and once youdon've seen one blackbird t see how you've seen them all, was my thinkingcould resist. If I'd had this This informative book as provides a youngster, who knows – I may have come out of it differently, having been shown wonderful primer about the human body to curious children- from the diversity of skeletal system to the bird world in snippets of textmuscular system via circulation, respiration and some quite unusual illustrations…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360004</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Robert Hansen|title= Cool Coding: filled with fantastic facts for kids of all ages|rating= 3|genre= Children's Non-Fiction|summary= An introduction digestion, right up to coding aimed at ages 10 and upwards. This book is filled with enthusiasm, information, fun and… unfortunately it just falls flat of its goalsthe DNA that makes who we are.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843653230</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dan Farrell and Donna BamfordLangford_Emily|title=The Movie Making BookEmily's Numbers|author=Joss Langford

|summary=In my youth we had Emily found words ''useful'', but counting was what she loved best. Obviously, you can count anything and there's no limit to make do with how far you can go, but then Emily moved a camcorder that would fit a mini-tape that step further and began counting in twos. She knew all about odd and even numbers. Then she began counting in threes: half of the list were even numbers, but the other half was odd and it was this list of odd numbers which occurred when you recorded ontocounted in threes which she called ''threeven''. This mini-tape would then slip into (Actually, this confused me a little bit at first as they're a casing that could subset of the odd numbers but sound as though they ought to be watched on your VHS (imagine something like a DVD playersubset of the even numbers, but with awful fidelityit all worked out well when I really thought about it.). }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Buckingham_Dawn|title=The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus|author=Caz Buckingham and Andrea Pinnington|rating=5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=What a treat! In all, making I really did mean to just ''glance'' at ''The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus'' but the pull of the sounds of a film dozen different birds singing their hearts out was far too much to resist on a big old faff, but trying cold and rather wet February morning. I spent an indulgent hour or so reading all about the birds and listening to do anything fancy was almost impossibletheir song. There is no longer this excuse for kids today with their camera enabled smart devices, but Then - just because they can do something does not mean they will be any I could - I went back and did it all again and it was just as goodthe second time around. A guide for movie making would certainly help! |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0711238871</amazonuk>So, what do you get?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tim HopgoodPankhurst_Women|title=Doodle Dogs: Best in ShowFantastically Great Women Who Made History|author=Kate Pankhurst|rating=4.5

|summary=''Doodle Dogs'' introduces a wide variety A lot of artistic styles through the idea of a dog show! Tim Hopgood shows us different kinds of dogshistory is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, it feels almost as though there were no women in history at all , let alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as role models. Of course, this isn't true and there are plenty of which can be women who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or created very easily, and you soon find that doodling a dog can be a lot more detailedsomething never seen before. So here, and interestingin this wonderful picture book from Kate Pankhurst, than you perhaps previously appreciated!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509820817</amazonuk>are the stories of some of them.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Claudia Boldt and Eleanor MeredithIgnotofsky_Sport|title=Think and Make Like an ArtistWomen in Sport: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win|author=Rachel Ignotofsky|rating=4.5

|summary=Having been banned from the Tate Modern by my partner for making too many snarky remarks, I am not sure that I ever want to think or make like an artist. My unartistic brain ''Women in Sport'' is unable coming to comprehend most artus just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018. I see It celebrates a century and a rain dirty valleyhalf of the development of women's sport by looking at fifty of its highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, but the artists sells you Brigadoonfencing, riding, skating, and much more. A lot Think of what makes art great is knowing what a sport and a pioneering woman succeeding at it is meant to represent; even I have been swayed on occasion once I have been informedprobably in this book somewhere. Therefore, to teach art appreciation to Each entry is a double-page spread with a young audience will hold them in good stead brief biography and could also be great funa striking portrait.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0500650985</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DKRooney_Dino|title=Children's Illustrated ThesaurusDiscovering Dinosaurs|author=Anne Rooney and Suzanne Carpenter|rating=4.5

|summary=One of Lift the most valuable literary skills which children can learn is how to use reference flap books. As have progressed somewhat since I was a child every question which I began with ''how do you spell...?'' would be answered This one comes with ''EXACTLY as it says in the dictionary''. This was finesounds! Taking us layer by layer, through various different ages of dinosaurs, we meet a variety of creatures, some of whom are very familiar but the familysome I's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage explorationd never heard of before! Each scene peels open, layer by layer, not least because showing you what the font was small various dinosaurs are getting up to, with background noises, roars and difficult squawks to read. Fortunately those times have now changed and reference accompany them! The book for children are now much more inviting. Not every book comes with creates a set of instructions but dinosaur experience, rather than just being facts about dinosaurs it's worth studying very visual, placing the ''How to...'' section, not least because similar systems are used dinosaurs in other reference bookstheir habitats and giving us sounds too that spike your imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241286972</amazonuk>