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Noo-Noos! by Carol Thompson (view source)
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Almost everyone has had a noo-noo at some point in their lives; an object that brings comfort and solace like a dummy or a blanket or a favourite bear. Amongst friends and family I've seen a variety of such objects ranging from your typical teddy through to a mummy's satin bra (it has that lovely silky feel to it) and even, in one case, a bathroom sponge! This book depicts a variety of noo-noos and looks at their attributes (big, small, shiny, knitted...) and also what one does with them.
Most of the book is told in rhyme, all with very simple words and concepts such as ''noo-noo wet, noo-noo dry, noo-noos high up in the sky!'' and each thought about noo-noos is accompanied by an explanatory picture, so for example with the above quote we see a picture of a poor soggy noo-noo being dragged through a puddle in the rain, another blowy noo-noo being pegged up on the line to dry, and and an aeroplane full of babies with different noo-noos including one poor baby at the end whose teddy has fallen out of the plane!
The illustrations are large and fun. There are lots of different babies depicted, all with that delightful toddler chubbiness about them. The colours are bright and best of all they are all doing something that you can identify with, as a little reader, and that parents and friends can talk about with their little ones, for example why is one of the babies hanging upside down? Is the one dressed as a bear on his way to a fancy dress party?