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|author=Richard Scarry
|title=Best Bedtime Stories Ever
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Richard Scarry's style is instantly recognisable. I grew up reading his books so this collection is a trip down memory lane! Here there are six stories, about Huckle the cat, Lowly the worm, Mr Raccoon and Mr Frumble the pig, plus a counting section at the back. The stories are a mix of the usual text plus picture format as well as those full page spreads that Scarry is known for where he labels different parts of the picture and there are hundreds of little details to spot.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007413564</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mischa Hiller
|summary=Sian Bishop is a single mum who makes her living by restoring and painting furniture. She hopes that by moving to the country she will be able to provide her five year old son Rory with a good life away from the hustle and bustle of London. Although she is happy on her own, she knows that her good friend Richard is looking for something more and would love to marry her and to provide a home for herself and Rory. However, although she recognises that he is a good dependable man, he does not excite her, unlike Rory's father who she had only a brief fling with many years before. Should she settle for security and a quiet life or should she hold out for something more exciting? That is the dilemma that Sian struggles with throughout this story.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846056500</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Grasshopper Glitch
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=One minute Mrs Potts is an innocent old biddy living next door to Josh and Danny, the next she's horrifying them by turning them into spiders, then bluebottle flies. But now they're working for her, trying to complete her bizarre body-swapping research. She's paying them back by driving them to school. Luckily there's not a chance that they might SWITCH while at school, or have to suffer a bully while in the shape and form of a grasshopper. Oops...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729349</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Fly Frenzy
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Josh and Danny have only recently recovered from being turned into spiders by the peculiar scientist woman next door. But however adamant they are it'll never happen again, they don't foresee a time when they're willingly taking a repeat dose of the SWITCH serum, becoming tiny flying detectives, and almost drinking up spills from the toilet rim...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729330</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Cassandra Clark
|title=Abbess of Meaux: The Law of Angels
|rating=4
|genre=Crime (Historical)
|summary=A widow who remarried in the Middle Ages became, once again, subject to her husband, and many women of independent means preferred, therefore, the greater financial freedom afforded by taking the veil. After the death of her husband Hildegard joins the Cistercians, one of the richest and most powerful groups in Europe at the time, and sets out to found a small convent near her childhood home. Chance leads her to investigate the death of several men whose bodies she finds on her way, and in each subsequent book in the series she finds herself yet again risking her life to investigate and solve crimes.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>074900942X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kali Stileman
|title=Peely Wally
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When Peely Wally lays an egg, she's so excited that she jumps up and down. Oh no! The egg rolls out of the branch and lands on Jemima Giraffe! Her egg rolls from animal to animal on an amazing adventure, until finally the egg makes it safely home again.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849410828</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sean Carroll
|title=From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
|rating=4.5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=The Prologue sets out what this book is about. It's about ' ... the nature of time, the beginning of the universe, and the underlying structure of physical reality.' OK? Bring on those questions. Yes, it's a weighty tome in terms of size and subject matter, but I would certainly describe the front cover as reader-friendly, so therefore should have broad appeal. I love the title of this book, lots of thought has been put into it and it certainly grabbed my attention - and I'm no scientist. The classic movie from the classic book ... I also loved Carroll's language - 'The Elegant Universe' and 'a preposterous universe' These are phrases to make you stop and think. And I certainly did.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1851687955</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Audrey Willsher
|title=The House of Hope
|rating=3.5
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=It was November 1946 when Marianne made her way to Hope Grange. She was taking the job of a maid in the house owned by Hugo Lacey, but she hadn't even arrived before she wondered if she'd made a mistake. The villagers were unwelcoming and finding he house wasn't easy, particularly as she didn't like to ask the German Prisoner of War she met – he was one of the ones who had been responsible for the death of her beloved Nan two years before in a V2 attack. When she did find the house she encountered a difficult child, his very difficult grandmother and the realisation that they and the house were on their uppers.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709092016</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Peter Millett
|title=The Curse of the Catastrophic Cupcakes (Boy Zero Wannabe Hero)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Boy Zero Wannabe Hero has defeated General Pandemonium twice before, but as with all supervillains, he's relentless. This time, the General has come up with a wicked plan to conquer the world by making everyone float off into space by feeding them catastrophic cupcakes. Will Boy Zero be able to save the world yet again?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571253261</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Betty G Birney
|title=My Pet Show Panic! (Humphrey's Tiny Tales)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Humphrey is the classroom hamster of room 26 of Longfellow School. He's good friends with Og the frog, as well as the pupils at the school. We've met Humphrey [[Holidays According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney|lots]] [[Humphrey's Great-Great-Great Book of Stories by Betty G Birney|of times]] [[School According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney|before]] and thoroughly enjoyed his adventures every time. This time round, we're treated to a new series of tiny tales, for newly confident readers. Our first small adventure with Humphrey sees him being entered into a pet show, and trying not to fall foul of Clem, the big, yappy dog.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>057124632X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Dorothy Parker
|title=The Sexes
|rating=5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=From the young woman who examined her handkerchief in minute detail, to the soldier's leave which didn't live up to expectation, through the thoughts of the early hours of the morning to the actress who proved a disappointment to her fan and on to the glorious culmination of the child who should never have been called Lolita we have five wonderful short stories. They're in a book that's no bigger than most short stories but buy it and it could well be the best buy that you make this year.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>014119619X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=P G Wodehouse
|title=The Crime Wave at Blandings
|rating=4.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=There's a crime wave at Blandings Castle and bumbling Lord Emsworth is right at its centre. This is somewhat surprising as Emsworth (or 'Clarence!' to his sister Constance) is really only happy when he's reading his favourite book, Whiffle's 'The Care of the Pig'. It frequently soothes where other restoratives fail. The problem began with an air rifle and an unwanted tutor, but before the afternoon was out most of the inhabitants of Blandings Castle seemed to have shot, been shot at or left. If it hadn't been written by P G Wodehouse it would all be most confusing.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141196289</amazonuk>
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