The next thing Hal knows is that an enormous winged super swooper dinosaur has landed in his garden and wants to play. Well, you don't really want to argue with a dinosaur that you have only just met so Hal agrees. The first game that the super swooper suggest is Hide-and-seek but it soon becomes apparent that it won't be very successful as the dinosaur is too big to hide anywhere in the garden and is easily found by Hal every time. It's time to think of something else but the next idea, dino-dancing, is equally unsuccessful when Hal's new playmate ends up dancing on the roof. Paddling is equally problematic when the super swooper lands in the little paddling pool with an enormous splash which completely soaks Hal's mum
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408307804</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Crockett Johnson
|title=Harold and the Purple Crayon
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''Harold and the Purple Crayon'' is a classic picture book that celebrates the power of the imagination. Harold draws his own journey with the crayon. When he gets hungry, he draws himself a picnic. When he wants to walk through a forest, the crayon helps out. His slight figure walks across the plain white pages of the book creating everything that the reader sees. But the things Harold draws don’t always do what he likes, and he has to think quickly to reach the safety of his bed at the end of the tale.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007464371</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mara Bergman and Nick Maland
|title=Snip Snap, look who's back!
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''Were the people scared? You bet they were!''
So says Mara Bergman when the alligator from ''Snip Snap! What’s that?'' returns for further slightly scary fun. The original story is a sure fire hit as a read aloud and fans will definitely want to try this sequel.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444902474</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
|title=Fly, Chick, Fly
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Do you have a born worrier in your family? This picture book is for them. Two of the owlets in the tale leave the nest with excitement and confidence. The third one is too much of a thinker for her own good. When her parents say she has to fly, she replies
''If I fly, the crow might get me.''<br>
''If I fly, the rain might wet me.''<br>
''If I fly, a train might hit me.''<br>
''My sister flew and never came back.''<br>
''Why would I want to fly?''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393443</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Smriti Prasadam-Halls and David Wojtowycz
|title=Elephant Pants
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''Oh, fiddle-dee fickers,''<br>
''Where, oh where, oh''<br>
''WHERE are my knickers?”''
This is the plaintive cry from Major Trump that sets the tone at the start of this wonderfully entertaining story and sends Noah and all the animals on the ark into a flap. Major Trump asks Noah to help locate the missing undies which are a fetching red pair with white hearts that match his wife's. Noah calls an ark alert and gathers all the other animals round in order to line up and display the pants that they are wearing. What then follows is a comical parade of animal pairs showing of their weird and wonderful underwear. There are hippos brandishing stars and stripes pants, flamingos with frilly knickers, tigers in super-strength drawers and horses wearing ones that are organic, recycled and handmade. I have only mentioned a few of what is quite a sensational collection of varied underwear. Unfortunately, no one is wearing the missing undies but perhaps there is another explanation for where they might be!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408313472</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=James Mayhew
|title=Katie in London
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Katie is visiting London with her little brother and her Grandma. When Grandma gets tired they stop a while in Trafalgar Square, and whilst Grandma rests on a bench Katie and her brother find themselves going on a magical adventure with one of the Trafalgar Square lions!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408323850</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton (illustrator)
|title=Cheer Up Your Teddy Bear, Emily Brown!
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Emily Brown and her rabbit, Stanley, are having fun indoors on a very grey and rainy day. They meet a small, very wet little teddy bear who is singing sad, self-commiserating songs to herself about how sad and lonely she is. Of course, Emily and Stanley feel compelled to help, so they take the teddy with them to the Outback of Australia, but will they manage to cheer the little teddy up?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408308495</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tatyana Feeney
|title=Small Bunny's Blue Blanket
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Small Bunny has a blue blanket. He loves his blanket very much and takes it everywhere he goes. It helps him to do all the things he enjoys doing, like swinging and painting and reading. Of course, this means that Blue Blanket gets rather dirty, and so one day Mummy says that both Small Bunny and Blue Blanket need to have a wash...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019275792X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rob Scotton
|title=Secret Agent Splat!
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Splat the Cat has a collection of wooden ducks, made by his father, that he is very proud of. He keeps them in a display case in the garden shed and has named every one of them. Therefore, you can imagine his dismay when one day he discovers that the red duck is missing. The following day he discovers that the blue duck is missing although the red one has been returned. He would have been happy about this apart from the fact that its beak is missing. The day after, the blue one's back (minus its beak) but the green one is no longer there. It's certainly a mystery and Splat is determined to get to the bottom of it with a little help from his friend, Seymour.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007463383</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=Elmer and Butterfly
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=One day, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, is out walking when he hears a cry for help. It's his cousin, Wilbur, playing tricks and because of this, when Elmer hears a second cry for help he is tempted to ignore it. Luckily, he doesn't though, as this time the plea is for real as Butterfly is trapped behind a fallen branch. It does not take Elmer long to set his small friend free and, of course, Butterfly is enormously grateful. Anxious to return the favour, Butterfly promises to repay Elmer one day and tells him just to call if help is needed. Elmer thinks that is highly unlikely and, as he goes on his way, he chuckles:
''A butterfly saving and elephant, that's a good one!''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709380</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
|title=Wumbers
|rating=3
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''Wumbers'' mixes - as you might have guessed - words and numbers. Think text speak that doesn't horrify stuffy parents. Each page takes in a different scene, with a speech bubble along the lines of ''Look at his 2can ta2!"" It takes a little bit of decoding for its young readers (and rapidly ageing reviewers) but look upon it as a bit of a game, and it's good fun.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452110220</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Conway and Melanie Williamson
|title=The Great Fairy Tale Disaster
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary='Once Upon a Time there lived an old Big Bad Wolf. He no longer had any huff and puff to blow down the Three Little Pigs' house and he'd had enough of falling into hot water.'
Well, when it's put like that it's no wonder that the Big Bad Wolf decides that he has had enough of his own particular fairy tale. He decides that he needs a nice relaxing one instead and thinks that he would fit in well to ''Cinderella''. However, when a very nervous Cinderella allows him to take her place, he's not too happy to find himself in a dress and glass slippers. It's not good for his macho wolf's image at all.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989971</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Richard Byrne
|title=The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Finlay is what you might call a ''little'' dinosaur; there are certainly plenty bigger than him. One day, a big dinosaur walks past and Finlay offers to share his jelly beans with him.
But the big dinosaur wants all the jelly beans for himself and even though Finlay explains that the jelly beans actually belong to his really big friend and they aren't his to give away, the big dinosaur just puffs up his chest and tells Finlay to let his friend know that he's going to take the jelly beans all for himself anyway.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192757636</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Brett McKee and Ella Burfoot
|title=Monsters Don't Cry!
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''Archie awoke with a shout in the night.''<br>
''Only a dream, but what a terrible fright.''<br>
''Well monsters may roar, may growl or just sigh,''<br>
''But monsters are strong, monsters don't cry''.
Archie is a funny, adventurous and brave little chap but in spite of the fact that he's a little monster – literally – sometimes when life's little twists and turns don't go his way, it all gets a bit upsetting. Because even monsters get scared; especially little ones like Archie.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393133</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Peggy Rathmann
|title=Good Night, Gorilla
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When it's bedtime at the zoo the zookeeper goes round all the animals and wishes them 'good night'. What he doesn't realise is that the crafty gorilla has gently lifted the zoo keeper's key ring from his belt and is opening the cages. All the animals - Elephant, Lion, Hyena, Giraffe and Armadillo are tiptoeing along behind the zookeeper as he leaves the zoo and goes home to bed, completely unaware that he has all his friends with him. In fact - it's not until his wife wishes him good night and receives a lot more replies than she was expecting that the animals are found out. I'm not going to tell you the rest of the story because I want you to enjoy it for yourself.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405263768</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tony Ross
|title=I Don't Want to Wash my Hands (Little Princess)
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The Little Princess is always getting her hands dirty whether it's by playing in the palace garden, stroking Scruff, the dog or going on her potty. Whenever she does any of these, there's always someone there to tell her to wash her hands. Now, as the Little Princess never likes being told what to do, she does not take kindly to this hand washing business and she demands to know why. However, when the level-headed maid, who never puts up with any of her nonsense, tells her about all the germs and nasties and horrible things that could make her ill, she is soon found rushing to the hand basin at every opportunity. Not only that, she starts insisting that everyone else always washes their hands too.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393990</amazonuk>
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