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Noo-Noos! by Carol Thompson (view source)
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|summary=Sweetly drawn and simply written, a lovely book to share with little ones.
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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 aeroplane full of babies with different noo-noos including one poor baby at the end whose teddy has fallen out of the plane!
The rhyming is dropped towards the end where we reach the finale of noo-noos and one picture shows, quite accurately, two babies fighting over the same noo-noo until on the next page - uh-oh! - the noo-noo has ripped in half! Still, they're both quite happy after that with half a noo-noo each! It finishes nicely with a spread showing all the different noo-noos, so you can have a look through and see which noo-noos you remember and which you might like for yourself!
I like the variety of noo-noos included, all different colours and sizes, and also that some dummies and various soft toys included too. Even if your little one's security item isn't called a noo-noo they will very quickly understand what's happening and being referred to. And if they don't have one already be warned, this might induce the need for them to have a noo-noo of their own! This is a sweet book, quick and easy to read and not too onerous to repeat again and again!"
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