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|author=Luana Rinaldo
|title=Who Am I? This is My Mouth
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Who am I? Well, I'm a very sturdy board book, but forget any idea of just having eight to twelve pages with pictures and an elementary story for the youngest children. On each double page spread we have an animal and a rhyme which gives a hint as to who the animal might be – but the mouth obviously belongs to another animal altogether. So – on the first page we have an animal with long teeth which are used to eat hay – but the snout is green and appears to be underwater! Pull the slide at the side of the page and the correct body part appears along with the word 'horse'.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408315092</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Albert Uderzo and Renee Goscinny
|summary=What makes you feel snug? Tucked up like a bug in a rug? Being as snug as a mole in his underground hole? This story looks at all different ways that make us feel cosy and warm.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846433738</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Neil Griffiths and Vicki Leigh
|title=The Scarecrow Who Didn't Scare
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Farmer Wallace makes himself a scarecrow, but the crows and rabbits and mice take no notice of it, eating the seeds and shoots and ears of corn so that when the farmer comes to harvest his crops he finds nothing. He throws his scarecrow into the hedge in a temper and there poor scarecrow lies...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434928</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Julia Jarman and Guy Parker-Rees
|title=Ants in Your Pants!
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Leopard is having a birthday party but he has very clear ideas about who should and shouldn't be invited. Specifically, he doesn't want to invite
Aardvark - I really wondered what the poor animal had done to be so maligned. Aardvark isn't really too bothered, but Big Ant is very offended, and he brings all his friends to bite the party guests' bottoms. Who will come to the rescue and save Leopard's party? Why, Aardvark of course. There is a moral here - don't exclude people from your party because they're not cool enough.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408305259</amazonuk>
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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
|title=Mrs Rainbow
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Mrs Rainbow lives in Rainbow cottage, an amazing brightly coloured country cottage. On the inside every room is a different colour, whilst Mrs Rainbow herself wears colourful outfits and dyes her hair amazing shades from beautiful blonde through to peacock green! One day, however, she receives a visit from the local planning councillors and is told she must paint her house to match the rest of the village...grey!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434936</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Britta Teckentrup
|title=The Wheels on the Bus
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=I doubt that there are many parents who've not sung ''The Wheels on the Bus'' to their child at some point. I've heard it chanted in an attempt to get a fractious child to settle and I've often wondered why it is that no one seems to know all the words. Most parents never seem to get past the wheels going round and round but Britta Teckentrup has produced a book with cut-outs to take us through all the words as all the animals take the bus to the playground.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408314401</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=Elmer and the Hippos
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=One day, just as Elmer was having a chat with Lion and Tiger, three angry elephants came by. The hippos had come to live in their river and they were worried that it would be crowded. Elmer was instructed to go and tell them to go. Elmer the patchwork elephant isn't like that though. He went to chat to the hippos and found that they'd come to this river because their river had dried up – and they really did need a river. Elmer went off to investigate the problem. Sure enough the hippos' river was completely dry.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184270981X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=The Hill And The Rock
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The Hill and the Rock is a very funny book that is based on one very quirky idea. Mr and Mrs Quest are an ordinary couple but their home gets many visitors as it is at the top of the only hill for miles around. Everyone admires the view, but as Mrs Quest spends much of her time in the kitchen, her view is blighted by the large rock that stands tall just outside the window. Mrs Quest is also extremely good at nagging and she pesters her husband every day until he agrees to dig the ground that surrounds the rock so that it eventually rolls down the hill. That night Mrs Quest is much happier but is puzzled by a hissing noise that stops her from sleeping. The next night they both hear it and it slowly dawns on them that now the rock is no longer in place, all the air is seeping out from inside the hill.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393052</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kazuni Yumoto and Komako Sakai
|title=The Bear and the Wildcat
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=This lovely picture book dives in at the deep end with its opening sentence of 'One morning, Bear was crying. His best friend, a little bird, was dead.' I must admit I initially wondered what on earth I was reading to my four year old and regretted not skimming it first to check, but as we read on together we discovered a beautiful story of friendship and loss, grief and hope.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1877467707</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Foreman
|title=One World
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=In 'One World', a young girl is found staring up at the sun and watching it go down at the end of the day. She then watches the moon and stars come out. Although no further comment is made, she obviously finds it most awe inspiring. This makes the reader think about the sheer magnitude of the world we live in especially when we are reminded of all the creatures that share it with us.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393044</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Roberta Angeletti
|title=The Golden Goose
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The eldest of the three brothers set off to cut wood and on the way he met an old man who asked if he had any food. The brother refused as he would need what he had for his lunch. He gave the same answer when he was asked for water – but as he cut wood he injured his finger and had to return home, wondering all the time if the old man had anything to do with his injury. The next day the second brother went to cut wood – and much the same thing happened, only this time it was his toe that was injured. There was but one brother left and the two older brothers thought that he was too weak to cut wood. But when the brother met the old man he was happy to share what food and water he had and – well you don't really need to tell me what happened next, do you?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184643324X</amazonuk>
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