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{{newreview
|author=Richard Scarry
|title=Richard Scarry's Funniest Storybook Ever
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=This new edition of Richard Scarry's Funniest Storybook Ever includes eleven
stories about the inhabitants of Busytown. These "people" are drawn as various animals, and many of them appear in several stories. The local policeman, Sergeant Murphy is a dog wearing a helmet, riding round on a motorbike, and he is kept busy investigating everything from theft to talking bread. He is often assisted by his friends Huckle (a cat) and Lowly (a worm).
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007413556</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Neil Griffiths
|summary=In 'Hullabaloo!' the reader meets a host of animals that all seem intent on making a huge amount of noise. First, there is a donkey named Drew who is soon joined by a cockatoo who squawks out 'Boo!' There are also twin chimps called Daisy and Maisy enjoying their tea as well as hopping bunnies, a calf called Cassie (who moos a lot), downy ducklings, a kangaroo with her little joey, as well as many many more. As you can imagine, when they all get together they make an incredible hullabaloo as they get up to their varied antics. It's a great deal of fun and is a story that builds in such a way that it will really appeal to young children.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563055</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
|title=I'm Sure I Saw A Dinosaur
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When a child in a small seaside town is sure he saw a dinosaur he runs to tell the fisherman. The fisherman tells his mum, who tells the butcher, who tells the baker and so on...Before you know it the whole town are down on the beach, and more and more people are joining them to look for the elusive dinosaur. It seems, for a long time, that the little boy must have imagined it...was there really a dinosaur on the beach?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842708546</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow
|title=How Many Sleeps?
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=At the start of this book, a little field mouse, Toast, is really looking forward to his birthday and wants to know 'how many sleeps?' There are still quite a few until the big day, in fact, as his mother tells him, there are too many to start counting! However, before long, when he asks his daily question, he is told that there are 'just enough sleeps to deliver party invitations to all your friends'. Soon after there are just enough sleeps to go and collect party decorations, then to help decorate the cake and then eventually there are only enough sleeps to wrap the party treats, put the candles on the cake and to get an extra special good night's sleep. However, at the same time, Toast's father is anxiously asking how many sleeps until his little boy's birthday, but he does not want it to come too soon as he has an extra special present to make and he is rapidly running out of time. The big question is whether he will finish it in time or will there never be enough sleeps?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192780263</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anna Walker
|title=I Love My Mum
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Ollie B is a little zebra and in this story we see him spending time with his mum, doing chores, playing together and finally being settled down for the night with a goodnight kiss. The text is rhyming and very simple so it's nice and easy for little ones to follow. The situations shown are easily recognisable to small children (and their parents!) as we watch Ollie and his mum hanging out the washing, going for a walk together, stopping along the way to look at creepy crawlies, dancing with shadows, walking on walls...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007309163</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Wiesner
|title=Art and Max
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It can take a little while to settle into this book. The format is unusual for a children's picture book in that it's a lot like a comic or a graphic novel, with many pages made up of panels that progress the story. The story begins even before the first page, with images on the title pages that are already introducing the characters and what's going on. When they begin to speak they are differentiated only by different fonts, so it took a page or so to figure out which lizard was which and who was saying what. Once you figure that out though it's a wonderfully funny story.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392668</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sarah Brennan and Harry Harrison
|title=Chinese Calendar Tales: The Tale of Rhonda Rabbit
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Here in this tale we find ourselves back in the year 221BC, and the Emperor Qin Shi Huang is having some rodent issues. As this is from a series of books called ''The Chinese Calendar Tales'' I think I was expecting the story to relate more to the Chinese zodiac and the rabbit's place within it. However, this is really just a story about a very naughty rabbit who keeps eating the Emperor's vegetables, his mission to capture and kill her, and the unfortunate conclusion to this romp of a tale...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881888255</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Oakley Graham and Fenix
|title=Milly the Meerkat
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=After years of no one knowing what a meerkat was they seem to be rather fashionable now and this delightful tale is a reworking of Aesop's fable about the boy who cried wolf. Milly was on lookout and was rather bored, so she shouted to the others that a snake was crawling up to the baby meerkats' burrow. Everyone dashed out to help her chase it away – and discovered that she thought her prank was quite funny. Even when it was explained to her that she shouldn't do this she did it again – and this time everyone was angry.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563047</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Vivian French and Selina Young
|title=The Kitten With No Name
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''The Kitten With No Name'' lives under a hedge with his mummy. It's a very big hedge but it's very cosy and The Kitten's mummy has told him that one day, they will all go and live in a new home with someone who will love them both and hug them just the right amount.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000780</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Aesop and Ayano Imai
|title=The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Aesop's fable of the town mouse and the country mouse is well known. When visiting the country mouse, town mouse declares that he has much nicer food available in his house. So country mouse goes to visit him. The food is very fancy and delicious, but the risks in getting it are much greater, and so the country mouse decides to go back to his quiet, humble home again.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915430</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kveta Pacovska
|title=Number Circus: 1 - 10 and Back Again!
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=This is an unusual counting book which doesn't have a story line, or the usual simplified numbers and related illustrations. It seems, instead, like a piece of art with pictures becoming numbers, or numbers becoming pictures. It's very interactive, with lots to see and do throughout the book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881915295</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Evans
|title=Poggle and the Treasure
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Poggle and his friend Henry are spending a fun day together at the beach playing pirates. They have made a pirate ship, eaten a pirate picnic, and fought a sea monster! Now they're hunting for buried treasure, but rather than a chest full of gold they discover a large, pink egg!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248122</amazonuk>
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