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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]__NOTOC__ {{Frontpage|author=Adam Stower|title=Murray and Bun|rating=4.5|genre=Confident Readers |summary=Murray is supposed to be a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is able to sleep and eat and eat and sleep and, well, whatever takes his fancy next of the two. But he's a bad magician's cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and the catflap they both use can chuck them out, not into the regular back garden, but into a world of frightening adventure and whiffs. This time round it drops them into a Viking land, where a troll hunter is expected – well, one much bigger than Murray was, to be honest, but he's turned up and he'll have to do…|isbn=0008561249}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1732898766|title=The Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=When we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they're running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. Their greatest fear has come about: the Sour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's right behind them, spewing hot, sour milk from his nostrils. (Please don't try this at home: it won't end well.) Fortunately, they were nearly at Nobby Lob-lolly - and when a ladder of moss and vines was lowered for them, they escaped. They climbed up to the Tree Wee homes high up in the tangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, Nester Nook and Granny Cranny.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Winter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Kit and Teal were just beginning to wonder whether it was better to be at home, bored but warm, or frozen cold and building sand sculptures on a snowy beach when a large slab of silvery ice drifted onto the shoreline. On top of the ice was a polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with wobbly legs moved from the ice. Kit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one apple and then another. He obviously needed to be taken home on the bus and given a good meal and somewhere to sleep. What else would you do?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1913839656|title=Let's Celebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Todd was excited about spending the weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the best beetle juice. He packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to take him to the Friday Night Club at the local community centre and Todd was pleased about this as he wanted to make new friends. At home, his only friend was his mum and he wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529504775|title=The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Elsie and her little brother David loved to go to the park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the buses along the side of the park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a bus in the toy shop window which would help David - and was happy to use the coins from her money box to pay for it as cash was tight at home. Gradually, David learned to stand up, use the bus for support, and walk behind it. Many decades later, Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and rusted, to the Repair Shop, hoping that the experts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529504767|title=The Christmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she got to her final destination. She needn't have worried though as she went to the home of Mr and Mrs Russell, who couldn't have been kinder to her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually she relaxed and began to enjoy her life. She'd help Mrs Russell with the baking and when it came to Christmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1916459943|title=Squeakily Baby|author=Beth Webb|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Much as mothers love their babies, there's something they all dread - a squeakily baby. He's so tired but he can't - or won't - go to sleep: instead, he just lies on his blanket and ''wails''. The sea offers to help. It rocks Baby gently and the waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the sound perfectly. The mermaids join in - ''la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to have worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts''' and we know exactly what's going to happen next.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=140639131X|title=A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Philippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. She wrote to the mayor about the problem but didn't even get a reply. Philippa wasn't a bird to sit back on her tail feathers when there was a problem which needed solving: she saw the benefits of the lollipop lady at the school crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. All the animals used the crossing and Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a safe path overnight.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1776574338|title=Leilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his way through the city, picking up children as he goes. Children who live at the top of tower blocks don't even need to go downstairs – they simply climb out of the window and slide down his neck. It's perfect, isn't it? What could be a more fun way of going to school? There is a problem, though. Leilong isn't happy in the city: he's always having to be careful about where he puts his feet and – because he's longer than a tennis court – he often causes damage without intending to and traffic regularly gets snarled up. The school decides that he can't be the bus anymore.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1776574028|title=Bumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=I love a good board book! ''Bumblebee Grumblebee'' is aimed at quite a niche market: it's for the child who still enjoys board books (er, see my first sentence) but has mastered sufficient language skills to have realise that you can ''play'' with words and make something quite different from each one. We have the elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. The buffalo who has had a bath (complete with yellow duck) and then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is a ''crynoceros'' (think about it!) The pelican who sits on his potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, let's not go there Some people are eating!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1838226834|title=Carried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=It was one of those memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. They're there to undo all the good that parents do, so the trips out were always so much fun. A young boy was going to the carnival with his Grandad, who told him:

''It'll be brilliant, just remember, don't let go of my hand.''}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B09MYXSRV4|title=Otter's Coat: The Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and Hare|author=Cordellya Smith|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingsummary="15" When the world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a protector. Water Spider received a strong web that even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he could see the present ''and'' the future. <!Rabbit developed intelligence -- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->but, unfortunately, not the ability to use it well. He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a race with Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. I'll tell you how it came about.}}{{Frontpage|author=Rob Keeley<|title= Carrots Don’t Grow On Trees!-- Belinda Landsberry -->|-rating= 4|genre=For Sharing| stylesummary= Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and aubergines. When her friends at school turn up their noses, Lily is keen to explain how good they are for you and how nice to eat. One day, poor Lily gets tricked by Jordan, who tells her that carrots grow on trees. Infuriated, Lily checks with the teacher, who explains that fruits grow on trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the ground. Jordan says, "width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;I did try to tell her, Miss!"and everyone laughs at poor Lily.|isbn= B09HHN541V}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B09FFJF8YS|title=You Can't Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik[[image:1925820025.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925820025/ref5|genre=nosim?tagFor Sharing|summary=thebookbag''For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, "You Can't Wear Panties!" is a cry (the big-21]]girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride.''

And so it is! This latest book from Justine Avery celebrates a little girl's final goodbye to nappies and pull-ups and graduation to "proper" pants by following her around as she proudly explains to her dog, her cat, her stuffed rabbit and her baby sibling that ''she'' can wear super-duper proper pants, while they cannot. Neither can the flowers, nor the fish, nor the birds. Boy's certainly can't. She's a big girl now and she wants everyone to know it!}} {{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova| styletitle="vertical-alignEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Toots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, find us a child that doesn't find them irresistibly funny. Funny to talk about and joke about, that is. But horribly embarrassing if you let one go at the wrong time. In class, say, when everyone will hear it and everyone will laugh. At you. Justine Avery's latest entry in her ''Everybody Potties!'' series takes aim at any shame associated with tooting and gently and calmly, with the familiar humour attached, explains that tooting is perfectly normal. Everybody does it: top; text''Everybody Toots''!|isbn= B09C2RVJ2W}} {{Frontpage|isbn= B09BG8V3Q6|title= Who Needs Nappies? Not Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author= Justine Avery and Seema Amjad|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary= ''Who Needs Nappies? Not Me!'' is the latest release in the ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to take the pain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's a worthy aim, as any frustrated parent will tell you. .}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B07GZ81J7C|title=When Fred the Snake Got Squished and Mended|author=Peter Cotton|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Meet Fred. Well, actually, you're going to be meeting Fred-alignFred for reasons which will become all too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: left;"I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and even those of us who have a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. He arrived as a present in a box with holes so that he could breathe and immediately became part of the family, to the extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. And that was where the problem started. Fred didn't have any road sense. Or brakes.}}{{Frontpage|author= Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title= Everybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Can potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, as any parent will tell you. But really, why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to learn about everything else when we are small. Why shouldn't potty training be as much fun as, say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns in the sky? |isbn=[[OnceB098BJZYHH}}{{Frontpage|author=Justine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=No, No, I was Loved by Belinda Landsberry]]No!|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=They say the best picture books are the simplest ones. And nothing could be truer of this latest from Justine Avery, a Bookbag favourite.

[[image:4star''No, No, No!'' is based around the simplest text imaginable.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]

Tock''No, no, the toy rabbitno! Okay, is in a box of toys going to the charity shopokay. He realises that he's not wanted any moreYes, but muses that it wasn't always this wayyou may. ''Once'', he says, ''I was loved''. And he tells us of all the children who have loved him over the years. [[Once, I was Loved by Belinda Landsberry|Full Review]]

<That's it!But, like all the best picture books, this tiny snippet of text is a veritable tardis -- Peter Lynas so much bigger on the inside that it appears on the outside.|isbn=1638820457}}{{Frontpage|isbn=194812467X|title=The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and Charlie Roberts -->Ema Tepic|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|For Sharing[[image:0993340342.jpg|linksummary=httpKirelle and her best friend Sam the cat decide to go for a walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in his smart grey fur coat. As they walk to the top of the hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. It's a farm shop! But this is a farm shop with a difference://wwwall the stallholders and customers are farmyard animals.amazonThere are sheep and ducks and cows, goats and chickens, and even some mice.coExcited, Kirelle and Sam go shopping.uk/dp/0993340342/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]

| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Madeleine Goes to the Moon by Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Madeleine is a very lucky girl: in her room she has all a girl could ask for in the way of toys, books, games and dollies. She's a very lucky girl in another way too: she has imagination and everything in her room can be used to take her on adventures. She spends all day there: Dad thinks that she likes to be alone, but Madeleine's not alone on all the trips she takes. WeHer class had gone one rainy afternoon''ll find out that yesterday she was told to tidy her room, but instead of doing that she went to the moon. [[Madeleine Goes to the Moon by Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts|Full Review]] <!-- Peter Lynas and Andy S Gray --br>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0993340350.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993340350/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Very Rude Toytoise by Peter Lynas and Andy S Gray]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] It was one of those blissful days in the forest. Mrs Rabbit was collecting carrots because she wanted to make a cake. Mrs Blue Bird was gathering twigs to build a nest. Mrs Spider was busily spinning a web to catch juicy flies. Mrs Squirrel was piling up acorns. And Mr Bear sat comfortably in a chair, fishing for lunch. What could be better? And then... [[The Very Rude Toytoise by Peter Lynas and Andy S Gray|Full Review]] <!-- Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0993340318.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0993340318/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Recipe for Making a Snowman by Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Who knew it? You can even get a recipe book which tells you how to make a snowman - and there's no cooking involved! Mum, Dad and the two children are absolutely meticulous though: they're going to get everything right, even down to doing some mining to get When all the coal for houses cowered in the eyesgloom, searching through the bits 'n bobs jar for buttons for the snowman's coat and picking out the perfect piece of headgear. There's quite a choice available, but the family decide on the bobble hat, presumably to keep the snowman warm. The moth-eaten pair of mittens simply won't do and a pair with purple and pink stripes are chosen. [[Recipe for Making a Snowman by Peter Lynas and Rosie Alabaster|Full Review]] <!-- Fegan --br>|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1925810097.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1925810097/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[Don't Drink 'To the Pink by B C R Fegan]]=== [[image:4starMaritime Museum''.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]

Madeline is very fond of Grandfather GilderberryHer imagination was fired. He She's always busy in his workshop, creating crazy potions, d love to sail the oceans on an ancient sailing ship and he always has a smile on his facewent back regularly. Madeline's dad thinks he's One day she fell asleep under a bit bonkers and Madelineglass case (it's mum thinks the same but gives him a pass because heone where Nelson's old. But Madeline? She thinks Grandfather Gilberberry is just great. Particularly Trafalgar breeches are on her birthday when he unfailingly arrives with a selection of potions show) and allows her to choose one as a gift. And he always says the same thing... [[Don't Drink missed the Pink by B C R Fegan|Full Review]] <!-- Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1910989339.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910989339/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy closing bell and Katie Cleminson]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''Loved to Bits'' is the heartwarming story of a boyattendant's love for his bearwarning shout. Bear When she woke (hard floors don's adventures with boy take him to all kinds of places and together they fight and defeat every obstacle put t make comfy beds) she was in their way, from the jungle to the sea. Inevitably mishaps occur on the way . The loss midst of an arm, adventure that she could never have imagined in a legworld of dolphins, an ear or an eye are nothing to Stripy Ted who shrugs off all injuries with a cheery ''don't worrypirates, I've got one more''. But boy loves him just as he is mermaids and won't hear of him being mendedtreasure. His place, after all, is in Boy's bed. [[Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson|Full Review]]}}<!-- Lee -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1782227741| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Little Gold Ted[[image:0874869722.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0874869722/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee]]===4[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]summary=One day, [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] There is Gold Ted falls into a place on this earth that, at the time of writing, is resplendent with lifepuddle. In the spring seals gambol in the river – not venturing too far, for fear of being slashed open on the razor wire the humans have put in place. In the autumn, salmon come upstream, looking doleful as well they might, for they will spawn and die, if they reach their birthing grounds. Mountain goats gambol prettily among the hills – if the landmines men left behind do not prevent them from doing so. This is a snapshot of life in the DMZ, the demilitarized zone between the two countries with Korea in their name, and it's the worldIt's least welcome wildlife sanctuary. [[When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee|Full Review]]  |-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1419731408.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1419731408/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Sweep: The Story of quite a Girl deep puddle and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Nan the water is a climber, the best chimney sweep in Londonswirling. She is growing fast, so what will happen Poor Ted starts to her when she gets too big to climb, when people realise she is a girl? Everything changes, when she spin around and around and is stuck in sucked down a chimney, set drain on fire, and saved by a golem. A story the side of outcasts, and friendships, told through two tales, the girl and the sweep, and the girl and her monster. Both intertwined beautifully, so that you have a fairy tale within a fairy tale. Moments of sadness slip easily into glorious happiness, then swiftly into heart-breaking tragedy. This is a heart-warming and engaging read for both young and oldstreet. Finding himself [[Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier|Full Review]] <!-- Haig -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1786894327.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786894327 /ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]]down in the sewer, [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Poor old Truth PixieTed starts to panic. She's cursed! She can't speak unless itOH HELP ME PLEASE's to tell the truth. You might think this is a good thing because telling lies is bad, right? But sometimes the truth isn't nice and sometimes a white lie is okay he cries and sometimes it's better to say nothing at all. You might not want to attract alerts the attention of Reg the school bully by calling him mean and nastysewer rat, for example, or you might not want to tell someone that you think their brand new haircut looks awful. [[The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig and Chris Mould|Full Review]] <!-- Kermani -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1785899953.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785899953/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Frog Who Was Blue by Faiz Kermani]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''Biriwita the blue frog longs to be accepted at Croak College, the most famous school for frogs in Malawi, but the other students all turn their backs on who plucks him. He is just too different!'' Biriwita hails from Lake Ticklewater. Many creatures find a home there, including frogs. For some reason that nobody can remember, all the Lake Ticklewater frogs are blue. They think nothing out of it. So, when Biriwita wins a place at Croak College, the first Ticklewater frog to manage such a feat, he is filled with excitement and his only worry is how much he will miss dirty water using his friends and family. [[The Frog Who Was Blue by Faiz Kermani|Full Review]] <!-- Pickles -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1787112926.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787112926/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Worzel goes for a Walk. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]cane, [[:Category:Pets|Pets]] When we [[Worzel says hello! Will you be my friend? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|last met Worzel Woolface]] he was which might look just a rather frightened dog who had difficulty meeting peoplebit like an old cricket bat. He's Reg is a bit better now kind soul and something which he really enjoys is going for a walk. It's not just a case of attaching a lead dries Ted off and heading for your favourite spot - there are warms him up with a lot nice bowl of other things to think about first. [[Worzel goes for a Walkbroth. Will you come too? by Catherine Pickles and Chantal Bourgonje|Full Review]]}}<!-- Owen -->|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|B08R7LXQ9S[[image:199999650X.jpg|linktitle=httpRemy://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/199999650X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] A book about believing in yourself| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ==author=[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children Mayuri Naidoo and families by Kelly Owen]]===Caroline Siegal[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]  ''The Owen family were feeling sad. There used to be five of them. There was Mum, Dad and three children: Abi, Jenny and Joe. But then Abi died. Now there were only four of them. Life felt very strange without their sister, and they were all very unhappy.'' How does a family cope with the loss of a beloved child and sibling?[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children and families by Kelly Owen|Full Review]]  <!-- Kermani -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4[[image:1788039971.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788039971/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Toad Who Loved Tea by Faiz Kermani]]===For Sharing[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Tungtang Remy is not like other toadsfeeling miserable. She can't sit still, tongue protruding, and wait to catch a fly. Tungtang needs to be on the move. Sometimes, she even hops right the way over to the rotten tree stump in her community of Muddy River. And she loves to regale her fellow toads with stories of her exploits. That is, until a mean old crow comes along and tells Tungtang that a real adventure would take her a lot further than a tree stump by a bridge everyone knows. Infuriated by the crow and inspired by her grandfatherHe's stories of humans and ancient toad prophecies, Tungtang decides on a Real Adventure and heads off to the town of Little Cobblestone... [[The Toad Who Loved Tea by Faiz Kermani|Full Review]] <!-- Keeley -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1789013313.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789013313/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[My Favourite People by Rob Keeley]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]]  In let himself down ''My Favourite Peopleagain'' the central character takes us to meet all the important people in his life. There's Auntie MegThe school bully Jayden, who does brilliant haircuts together with his sidekicks Ryan and loves cats. She has four of them! There's Uncle SteveBrandon, who's a gentle giant and an inveterate joker. There's best friend Alicehave been laughing at Remy, who can do that clever whistle when you put your fingers in your mouth. There's Carmel the library lady, who always suggests brilliant books to read. And loads more. The book ends with a fabulous party to which everyone calling him names because he is invitedshort and has small eyes. [[My Favourite People by Rob Keeley|Full Review]] <!-- Wills -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1911167022.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1911167022/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Gillie Can Share by Sarah-leigh Wills]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Gillie the rabbit is baking cookies with Daddy. We might think they look most appetising (they're shaped liked carrots and rabbits, you know) They are mean but Gillie is really taken by the way that they smell. Lips are being lickednot stupid. Does she dive in and eat them? No, she doesn't There are eight cookies. Two - a carrot and a rabbit - They are for Grandma and Gillie hops off careful to deliver them. Another two are for Grandpa wind up Remy when nobody can see and then there push him just that little bit further when the other kids are two for Mummyaround. Now there are just two left and Daddy gives them to GillieSo, but Gillie is a kindwhen Remy reacts, generous and thoughtful rabbit and whilst she eats one cookie, a rather scrumptious looking rabbit is offered to it looks as though he was the readerinstigator. I wanted to hug her! [[Gillie Can Share by Sarah-leigh Wills|Full Review]] <!-- Fegan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0648101908.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0648101908/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Mr Nicholas Noo is the host of the magical Hotel of Hoo and And then he's just welcoming his very first guests. They're going to be in room number one and it looks very comfortable with a cosy fire and comfortable bed. But Mr Noo is a considerate host gets into trouble at school and he shows his guests around the hotel. There's only one rule: teachers don't ever look behind door 32. Now, you're going believe him when he tries to wonder about explain what, exactly is in room 32, because we'll see some exciting and wonderful things as you move from room 2 to room 31. Forget expensive theme parks: you'd be much better off going to the Hotel of Hoohappened. [[Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B C R Fegan and Lenny Wen|Full Review]]}}<!-- Pankhurst -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1471191303| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Invisible[[image:Pankhurst_Women.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408878909/ref=nosim?tagauthor=thebookbag-21]] Tom Percival| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst]]==rating=5 [[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]] A lot of history is about men. Kings and generals and inventors and politicians. Sometimes, it feels almost as though there were no women in history at all, let alone ones young girls might like to read about or regard as role models. Of course, this isn't true and there are plenty of women who, throughout history, have achieved amazing things or shown incredible bravery, or created something never seen before. So here, in this wonderful picture book from Kate Pankhurst, are the stories of some of them. [[Fantastically Great Women Who Made History by Kate Pankhurst|Full Review]]<br><!-- Gonsalves -->|-| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Gonsalves_Queen.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546287663/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Lamellia: The Wicked Queen by Gloria D Gonsalves]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] Lamellia This is a kingdom of mushrooms in a land far away. Many types and colours the story of mushroom live there and they are all ruled over by King PoliPoliIsobel, a big brown mushroom little girl who is made a wise and kind leaderbig difference. King PoliPoli is married to the beautiful Queen Nobilia. But Queen Nobilia cannot conceive a baby and this makes Isobel lived with her very sad. She sings parents in a sad song so emotive that her sorrow infects the whole land. [[Lamellia: The Wicked Queen by Gloria D Gonsalves|Full Review]]<br><br> <!-- Seuss -->|house -| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Seuss_Read.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008240019?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008240019]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: Emerging Readers| Emerging Readers]], [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]] ''The more that you read,''<br>''The more things you will know.''<br>''The more that you learn,''<br>''The more places you'll go.'' This is a classic Dr Seuss quote from this bookvery cold house, and one that I painstakingly stickered onto the wall of my childrenbecause her parents couldn's school library! The book is very silly, as Dr Seuss always is, but is also a good rhyming ode t afford to put the joys of reading. [[I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Campbell -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Campbell_Bog.jpg|left|link=httpsheating on://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1546282718?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1546282718]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Adventures of Billy Bog Brush!: The Fire Brigade by Ian Campbell and Tim Constable]]===

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Billy Bog BrushThe family didn's family have gone out for t go to the cinema or on holidays but they had each other and they were happy. Then the day, leaving him staring out of came when they couldn't afford the window at rent for the lovely weather outside house and wondering what he could do they had to move to pass the timefar side of the city. Suddenly This part of the city was cold, he hears a desperate cry for helpsad and lonely and Isobel felt invisible. Mrs Brown's house }}{{Frontpage|author=Nick Jones and Si Clark|title=One Night in Beartown|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary= Many children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, who lives in Beartown, is on fire, the key obsessed with bears. She collects books about bears. Her favourite toy is insideBerisford, and a teddy bear passed down by her little boy Tommy is locked ingrandmother. Tommy is in terrible danger Every night, she looks out of her bedroom window and what if says goodnight to the fire brigade doesn't arrive in time? [[The Adventures of Billy Bog Brushbear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, a colourful painted bear that lives at her school. She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!: The Fire Brigade by Ian Campbell and Tim Constable|Full Review]]isbn=B08NFH7H9X<br>}}