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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=Craig ShuttlewoodAdam Stower|title=Town Murray and Country (Turnaround Book)Bun|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=I know I should have been working but I've just spent Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the last hour pouring over ''Town and Country''two. On the face of it thereBut he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a very simple idea here: on each double-page spread you get examples of what happens in towns hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and what happens in the countryside with regard to various activitiescatflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, modes but into a world of transport and even things like beaches frightening adventure and snowwhiffs. You turn the book one way for the country scene and then flip This time round it over for what happens in the town. Down the side of each page there's drops them into a list of things for you to findViking land, complete with where a thumbnail of what it troll hunter is youexpected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he're looking for.ll have to do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782404422</amazonuk>0008561249

{{newreview <!-- remove 11/8 -->Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|authortitle=B C R Fegan The Adventures of Birpus and Lenny WenBulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|titleauthor=Henry Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and the Hidden TreasureIndre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4.5

|summary=Henry is a careful young manWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. He Their greatest fear has a lot of treasure and he keeps it very well hidden. We might not call it 'treasure'come about: like his parents we'd probably call it 'pocket money' and suggest that what he's not going to spend he should put in the bankSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. But HenryHe's worried and ''he'' knows that only ''he'' can keep right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his treasure safenostrils. But what, or who, is he keeping his treasure safe (Please don't try this at home: it won'from''? t end well.) WellFortunately, he has they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a little sister called Lucy ladder of moss and despite vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the fact that his parents think he should be nicer to LucyTree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Henry knows that she's really a secret ninja spy sent to steal his treasureNester Nook and Granny Cranny. Isn't that true of ''all'' little sisters?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0995359253</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Anna KovecsesB0CC9W7GLR|title= Counting Things|rating= 4|genre= For Sharing|summary= Little Mouse is learning lots of new things in this series of books by the Hungarian illustrator Anna Kovecses, and here we see the delightful little rodent counting its way through the jungle, the farmyard, the countryside and the town. On every page the same question is asked, beginning with 'How many . . . ?', and the toddler, with the help of an adult or older sibling, will soon learn to touch the named items on the page and under the flap. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030365</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewBeach: The Winter Visitor|author= Alison Jay|title= Alison Jay's ABC|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= At first glance, this is a beautiful but fairly standard alphabet book: one letter per page with a nice big picture of an apple or a panda front Chris Green and centre - after all, the ABC format is pretty restrictive, isn't it? And truth be told, that's all most small people will see first time round. But look a little closer . . . |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1787410196</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anna Kovecses|title=Opposite ThingsJenny Fionda|rating=4.5

|summary=Rearing a child is not a competitionKit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but have warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a conversation with snowy beach when a certain type large slab of parent and they won't agreesilvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. Their child can speak four languages. Their child wrote their first sonnet at On top of the age of threeice was a polar bear. Their child can be seen wistfully looking into As the middle distance just wanting to play on ice bumped onto the bouncy castle. For mesand, I am happy, if my child is happy; be that doing sums, or eating play-dohthe bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. However, even with Kit was all for making a relaxed attitude to educating your kid, run for it can be fun to learn a little, especially when a book is as fun as Little Mouse's ''Opposite Things''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786030381</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Sarah Powell|title= Search but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and Find: Pride & Prejudice: A Jane Austen Search gave him one apple and Find Book|rating= 4|genre= Emerging Readers|summary= Search and find books are usually aimed at childrenthen another. They are a good bit of fun, but they are also a good study tool for adult readers alike. Jane Austen is a fantastic novelist, but her style of writing can He obviously needed to be daunting for those not used to such heavy prose. It is very easy to become lost in taken home on the myriad of dialogue, characters bus and events. I find given a good plot summary helps when approaching her works, this was especially so in the case of the perplexing meal and long-winded Emmasomewhere to sleep. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783708271</amazonuk> What else would you do?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bob Shea1913839656|title=The Scariest Book EverLet's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee

|summary=Ghost is a bit Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of a scaredy-cat! After spilling some orange juice on dungarees and his sheet, he stays at home, naked, favourite hat and we as readers head out into the woods then gathered together his button collection to tell him what's thereshow his grandmother. Whilst he tries She had promised to take him to persuade us that the woods are super scary Friday Night Club at the local community centre and full of bad thingsTodd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that we'd could be much better off staying in and cleaning the bathroom, we get to see what's really going on in the woods, and try to persuade ghost to come out with us…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1484730461</amazonuk>. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bethan Woollvin1529504775|title=RapunzelThe Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5

|summary=Ah Rapunzel, how well we all know about her long golden hair Elsie and her difficult-little brother David loved to go to-escape tower! the park and watch the red buses drive past. Here, however, Elsie would race the buses along the side of the story is told park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a twist, because there is no handsome Prince who comes riding by bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to save Rapunzel use the coins from her incarcerationmoney box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. NoGradually, instead we see Rapunzel is smart enough David learned to figure her own way outstand up, use the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, defeating Elsie brought the witchbus, now damaged and going on rusted, to a successful witch-hunting careerthe Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509842675</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Simon Puttock and Daniel Egneus1529504767|title= The Thing|rating= 5|genre= For Sharing|summary= One day ''the Thing'' falls from the sky and four strangers stumble across it. At first they are confused. What is ''the Thing''? What does it do? What is it for? Then the four of them decide to work together to look after and care for '''the Thing''. Soon word spreads about ''the Thing'' and others come from far and wide to find out more. Gradually a media circus builds up around ''the Thing''. Throughout all of this ''the Thing'' remains silent. Then just as suddenly and silently as it arrived ''the Thing'' departs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405283718</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Michael Bond Amy Sparkes and R W Alley|title=Best-loved Paddington StoriesKatie Hickey|rating=45

|summary=With the sad passing of Michael Bond there is no time like the present Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to revisit some of the adventures of his most iconic creation; Paddingtonher final destination. As She needn't have worried though as she went to the character has proved so timeless regular re-issues home of the books have appeared Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn''Bestt have been kinder to her. She even had her own room -loved Paddington Storiesall to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'' brings three of these stories togetherd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. Does this collection really reflect the The best that surprise happened the bear has to offer or are they just three random tales stuck together with marmalade?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008245037</amazonuk>following morning.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Heather Pindar and Sarah Jennings1916459943|title=WishkerSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb

|summary= There are few childrenMuch as mothers love their babies, there's series that have been as long lasting as Judith Kerrsomething they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''Mogwails'' books . The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and even though the cat may no longer be with uswaves sing ''hush, there is a huge back catalogue of old stories and images that could be repurposedhush''. In the wrong hands reusing old Mog images would seem like Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a crass cash in, but done right, they could still hold sandy beach and you have the same sentimental appeal that the daft old cat has for so many peoplesound perfectly. Which way does The mermaids join in - ''My First Mog ABC'' fall?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008245509</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Tracey Corderoy and Jorge Martin|title= Fairy Tale Pets|rating= 4la lou, la lay.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= Bob is neat. He lives in a neat and tidy house with Rex his friendly and really quite neat dog. All is well in their neat and happy world except '' And for one thing. Bob needs a jobmoment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. He decides to be Then a pet-sitter and is looking forward to looking after cute little hamsters and bunnies. What actually arrives is unfortunately something quite different and poor Bob is quite unprepared for the chaos that ensues when his seagull '''shouts''pets'and we know exactly what' misbehaves going to happen next. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848694415</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mini Grey140639131X|title=The Bad Bunnies' Magic ShowA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith

|summary=In a slight change Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the scheduling, mayor about the Great Hypno is unavailable for tonightproblem but didn's magic showt even get a reply...but not Philippa wasn't a bird to worry, ready to step into sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the breach are Mr Abra school crossing and Mr Cadabra, a pair of innocent looking bunniesdecided that she would set up something similar herself. Their show promises to be fast Her uniform and dangerous, and it certainly turns out lollipop stick were both a little amateur to be both, though perhaps not quite in start with but the benefits were obvious. All the way animals used the bunnies imagined!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471157601</amazonuk>crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Julia Jarman and Lynne Chapman1776574338|title=Class One Farmyard FunLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=3.54

|summary=When Class One go on a trip to Every morning Leilong, the farmbrontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the day is not plain sailingcity, picking up children as he goes. The teacher's traumas Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't revolve around the usual 'who will be sick on the coach' issues however, and instead relate even need to one rather grumpy farmyard animal - the bull! All sorts go downstairs – they simply climb out of trauma ensues when the bull escapes from window and slide down his fieldneck. It's perfect, and isn't it takes ? What could be a lot more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the children working together city: he's always having to be able careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to catch him back in his field and lock him traffic regularly gets snarled up. All things considered, this probably isnThe school decides that he can't be the best book for any teachers to read aloud the day before a school trip..bus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444927159</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Antje Damm1776574028|title=Waiting for GoliathBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott

|summary=Bear I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is waiting for Goliath. Thataimed at quite a niche market: it's Bear on for the cover and it was what child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first drew me sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to this bookhave realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. He looks so We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''forlornballetphant'' that I wanted to know what the problem was. He's not exactly forlorn, but he The buffalo who has been waiting at the bus stop since dawn had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and he might be getting just then dries off with a little bit boredhair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. He lies down The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (legs dangling down and tummy flat think about it!) The pelican who sits on the seat) and explains to everyone that Goliath is his best friendpotty changes into a ''sm.... Robin wanted to know if Goliath is as strong as Bear and Bear says that he is. He's smart too. He can count to eighteen. Bear's obviously been at the stop for quite a while as the spring flowers have fallen from the trees. ' HeOK, let's not go there through the dark too - he just curls up and sleeps on the seat.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>177657141X</amazonuk>Some people are eating!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Reece Wykes1838226834|title=I Dare YouCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=2.54

|summary=Some children's books require a robust sense It was one of humour those memories we treasure from a parentour childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the good that parents do, or at least so the ability trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to look the other way when a book is being naughtycarnival with his Grandad, who told him: ''It'll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand. There are more books on pants and poo than could fill a landfill, but when is something too far for a children's book? Bragging? Lying? Cannibalism?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783445378</amazonuk>'

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Hadfield and The Fan BrothersB09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Darkest DarkReal Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4.5

|summary=Back in When the nineteen sixties in a cottage on Stag Island in Southern Ontario, Canada there world was a boy called Chris who loved playing with rockets. Actually they were made out of cardboard boxes, but they the animals were rockets to Chris and he and his dog would play space games all daygiven gifts. He really didn't have time for anything else and Bear was given strength so that he certainly didn't have time to sleepcould become a protector. Well, actually, there's Water Spider received a secret here: Chris was afraid of strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the dark and everyone knows that when itpresent 's ''veryand'' dark the worst sort of aliens come into future. Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the bedroomability to use it well. Night after night his parents worked very hard He liked to get him trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to sleep be in his own bedroom and it was only the threat a race with Turtle. You might think that if Chris didn't get into his own bed s not a fair contest but wait and go to sleep everyone would be too tired to go next door the following evening to watch something special on televisionsee. Things are not always as they seem. There was only the one television on the island, I'll tell you seehow it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>150982409X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Kate MilnerRob Keeley|title=My Name is not RefugeeCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54

|summary=A child's mother tells her child that they will have to leave this town: it's not safe for them any longer Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She explains what will happenlikes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. The child can pack his own bagWhen her friends at school turn up their noses, but he has Lily is keen to remember that he must only take what he can carry. Initially it will be exciting and explain how good they can't live in a place where there's no water in the taps are for you and the rubbish just piles up in the streetshow nice to eat. It's going to be an adventureOne day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, but sometimes they're going to be who tells her that carrots grow on their own and it will get a bit boringtrees. Infuriated, but sometimes they'll be Lily checks with other people and he must remember to hold the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on to an adult's hand. They'll see lots of cars trees and lorries and sleep vegetables, like carrots, grow in some strange placesthe ground. They'll hear people speaking in strange languages and taste new foods. Eventually they'll get Jordan says, "I did try to somewhere where they are safe tell her, Miss!" and can unpack. The strange words will start to make sense. He'll be called Refugee, but he has to remember that Refugee is not his nameeveryone laughs at poor Lily.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1911370065</amazonuk>B09HHN541V

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oliver JeffersB09FFJF8YS|title=The Great Paper CaperYou Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5

|summary=Something terrible ''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is happening in a cry (the forestbig-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride. Branches ''  And so it is! This latest book from trees are going missing overnightJustine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and nobody knows whather baby sibling that ''she''s going oncan wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Everyone living in Neither can the forest gathers together to look at flowers, nor the crime scenefish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and to try to discover what has happened. Initially they blame each other, but after discovering she wants everyone there has a solid alibi they continue their investigations to try and find the culprit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007182333</amazonuk>know it!}}{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Maudie Smith Justine Avery and Paul HowardNaday Meldova|title=The Dressing-Up DadEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=Danny and his dad both love dressing up! Whatever the eventToots, or reasontrumps, they are readyfarts. IndeedWhatever your word for them, they donfind us a child that doesn't really need a reasonfind them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, but just happily dress up together that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at homethe wrong time. In class, say, or when they go out, as spacemen, a knight and a dragon, sea creatures everyone will hear it and wizardseveryone will laugh.At you..you name itJustine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, they can dress up as it! Danny loves having so much fun with his dadthe familiar humour attached, but then one day he explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does start to wonder what it would be like to have a normal, ordinary dad, and so for his birthday he decides to ask his dad to dress up as an ordinary dad: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>019274979X</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mac Barnett and Jon KlassenB09BG8V3Q6|title=TriangleWho Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5

|summary=This ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is a story about Trianglethe latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. One day he goes This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of his house potty training children and walks a long way to go and play a sneaky trick on his friend, Squarereplace it with some fun. It's quite a long walkworthy aim, past lots and lots of triangles, and then lots of shapes with no name, and then lots and lots of squaresas any frustrated parent will tell you. What will happen after he's played his trick on Square, though? Will Triangle get his comeuppance?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376671</amazonuk>.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Sam UsherB07GZ81J7C|title=SunWhen Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton|rating=4.5

|summary=It was the hottest day of the yearMeet Fred. HotterWell, if such a thing is possibleactually, than broccoli soup, the Atacama Desert and the surface of the sunyou're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. Grandad decreed that it was the perfect day for an adventure and began packing the picnic basket with all sorts But I'm getting ahead of useful thingsmyself: water, biscuits, I'd better tell you a telescope, camera, sun protection, fruit, sandwiches, toys and lots, lots bit moreabout Fred. How are Fred is a boy snake and his grandad even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to know what they're going warm to need? him. Grandad was He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the navigator and family, to the boy extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the lookoutproblem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178370795X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Laura WilliamsJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Grandpa Diet and DiabetesEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)

|summary=NickCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn's Mum is an accident and emergency nurse and life can get a bit hectic at timest, particularly when she has to arrange for someone to look after Nick and his twin sister Emmaas any parent will tell you. One day in the school holidays Grandpa had the pleasure of looking after the kids and Nick thought this was cool. Grandpa used to be a bit of a rockerBut really, you see, and that's the sort of music he always has playing. He might have a stick but Nick sure that he doesnwhy shouldn't really need it - it's there be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just in case. He does as we have a problem though and Mum explains it by saying that Grandpa has to eat at the right time every day because he has diabeteslearn about everything else when we are small.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524667641</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet|title=Supertato Run Veggies Run|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=IWhy shouldn've heard of these so called superfoods, they are reported to boost your immune system and flush out areas of your body that have gone unnoticed for decadest potty training be as much fun as, but does this make them super? In my mind to be a superfood you need to do something spectacular; lift a car from a trapped childsay, or leap over a building in one bound. The vegetable learning about why the sun and fruit the moon take turns in my house can't do any of this, but then they aren't Supertato; a spectacular spud that, more than once, has saved the day with his powers.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471121038</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Dr SeussJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Dr Seuss's ABCNo, No, No!

|summary=They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite. ''No, No, No!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable. ''No one who has read his work can deny that Dr Seuss had a powerful imagination, no, no! Okay, okay. He was able to pluck from his brainpan not only interesting takes on old ideasYes, but also new creatures and worlds that had never been seen beforeyou may. His books are often madder than a box of March hares'' That's it! But, but even he must have had his limits? The humble ABC book (dare I say like all the dull ABC book)best picture books, surely he could not bring his sense of anarchic fun to this staple tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis - so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the children's education market?outside.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0007487754</amazonuk>1638820457

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nosy Crow194812467X|title=British Museum: ABCThe Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Ema Tepic

|summary=Learning your ABCs is also seemingly learning Kirelle and her best friend Sam the same items appearing over and over againcat decide to go for a walk. A Kirelle is not only A – it dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is also Appleperfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. B is BallAs they walk to the top of the hill, C is Carthey see a big barn with a sign outside. It 's a farm shop! But this is almost as if there are only 26 objects in a farm shop with a difference: all the world stallholders and they happen to start with different letters of the alphabetcustomers are farmyard animals. In factThere are sheep and ducks and cows, apart from Xylophone goats and X-Raychickens, there are loads of things that you could choose to put in an ABC bookand even some mice. Excited, if only you had a vast repository of objects Kirelle and art that you could choose from …Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857638165</amazonuk>What will they buy?

{{newreview <!-- remove 17/5 -->Frontpage|isbn=0995647895|title=Go To Sleep!Sadie and the Sea Dogs|author=Marion AdamsMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice|rating=43.5

|summary=Sadie''It s mother always said that she was midnight a dreamer, her mind never on the wild moorswhat she should be doing. The round white moon peeped over She lives by the clouds. The barn owl flew from tree River Thames at Greenwich and she loves to tree without making a sound. spend hours at The cool night breeze rustled through the gorse bushesMaritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.''

Parents - isn't this just a lovely way to start a bedtime story? It's an oft-forgotten truth about picture books that they need to engage Her class had gone one rainy afternoon''<br>''When all the parents as well as houses cowered in the children. How else can they read it aloud successfully? So I loved this opening paragraph of gloom,''<br>''Go To Sleep!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 not only set 's the one where Nelson's Trafalgar breeches are on show) and missed the scene beautifully but it also made me want to rush off closing bell and find 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 child to read it toworld of dolphins, pirates, mermaids and treasure.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0993079474</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1782227741|title=FumLittle Gold Ted|author=Karl Newson Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Lucy FlemingSasha Satha

|summary=The smallest member 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 Crumb family, Fumstreet. Finding himself down in the sewer, has gone missingTed starts to panic. Where on earth can ''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he be? The rest cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, who plucks him out of the Crumbs (dirty water using his cane, which might look just a family of giants) search high bit like an old cricket bat. Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and low for little Fum, enlisting the help warms him up with a nice bowl of various fairy tale friends along the waybroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848862431</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nick Sharratt and Pippa GoodhartB08R7LXQ9S|title=Little Monster's Day Out with DadRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal

|summary=Before leaving the house it Remy is always important that you check the traffic onlinefeeling miserable. What is the point in leaving now if you are going to be stuck in a traffic jam all the way? Little MonsterHe's Father could let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have done thisbeen laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but is learning 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 hard wayother kids are around. ThankfullySo, when Remy reacts, this is a world in which even it looks as though he was the mundane can be fun instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and there are lots of friends to find; even the teachers don't believe him when you are stuck in back he tries to back traffic on the Monster M25explain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405276444</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Neil Gaiman and Divya Srinivasan1471191303|title=CinnamonThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival

|summary=First written in 1995, Cinnamon has hitherto existed as a short This is the story on Neil Gaiman's website or as part of an audiobook collection. NowIsobel, it's out as a picture book for us all to sharelittle girl who made a big difference.The story follows Cinnamon, Isobel lived with her parents in a princess in house - a small hot countryvery cold house, where everything is very old. Cinnamon was born with pearls for eyes. This means that she is very beautiful but also blind. And Cinnamon wonbecause her parents couldn't speak. Her parents, afford to put the rajah and rani, offer rich rewards for anyone who can persuade their daughter to talk. People come and go but nobody is successful. Until, one day, a tiger comes...heating on:|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408879239</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=John Kelly and Steph Laberis|title=Can I Join Your Club?|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Duck just wants to join a club. Any club would be fine, but he would really like to be a part ''Ice curled across the inside of something, so he tries the Lion Club, window and crept up the Snake Club, and even Club Elephant, but it seems like duck won't ever fit in anywhere…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848694369</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Joyce Dunbar and Claire Fletcher|title=Tibs corner of the Post Office Cat|rating=4bedpost.5''|genre=For Sharing|summary=Set in the 1950The family didn's, this is a story about a cat called Tibs (who was a real cat) who was born in a post office, and who had a job t go to keep all the rats cinema or on holidays but they had each other and mice under controlthey were happy. Rather than killing and eating all Then the day came when they couldn't afford the rent for the mice, however, Tibs befriends them, house and with their help he is able they had to move to apprehend some thieves, becoming the hero far side of the day!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910277207</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Britta Teckentrup|title=Under the Same Sky|rating=4city.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 This part of global unity. It beautifully depicts how the world's communities are united by the same hopes city was cold, sad and dreams. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848575866</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Ant Parker|title=Charlie Chick Wants to Play|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=You would be amazed how often items go missing in children's books, especially in lift the flap books. What better way is there to get a kid to look under something than say it may contain the missing object? In this case a Chick has lost their ball lonely and rather than question why a baby chicken would have a ball in the first place, we instead must go on an adventure around the farmIsobel felt invisible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509829008</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jon BurgermanNick Jones and Si Clark|title=SPLAT!One Night in Beartown

|summary=Everybody loves a clown…. Wait a minute, does anyone ''like'' a clown? They are as likely to make a child cry as they are to make them laugh. One thing that they do Many children have going for them is the slapstick humour an obsession and although we may not enjoy clowns themselvesSandy Lane, we do enjoy watching someone get smacked who lives in the face Beartown, is obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is Berisford, a custard pieteddy bear passed down by her grandmother. ThereforeEvery night, why not enjoy she looks out of her bedroom window and says goodnight to the mayhem without the harlequin?bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192749544</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}  Move on to [[Newest General Fiction Reviews]]