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|title=It's Not Yours, It's Mine!
|author=Susanna Moores
|reviewer=Anne Thompson
|genre=For Sharing
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=9781846435959
|pages=32
|publisher=Child's Play (International) Ltd.
|date=May 2013
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|aznus=1846435951
|cover=1846435951
|website=http://www.susannamoores.com/Susanna_Moores_Illustrations/Its_Not_Yours,_Its_Mine!.html
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|summary=A charming debut picture book in which a small rabbit learns about sharing precious possessions.
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Presents are always special but Blieka’s new present is extra special. It is a lovely red ball and Blieka is sure that it is most definitely not for sharing. This ball belongs to Blieka and no-one else!  Time passes and the lovely red ball is not quite so lovely anymore. Blieka needs help but what can Blieka do now? Will Blieka’s friends be prepared to come to the rescue? 

This simple but charming story is a lovely one to demonstrate to young children the importance of sharing things, even things that are very precious to you. Blieka, a small yellow rabbit, behaves in a child-like way, taking the beloved ball absolutely everywhere. The author never mentions whether this little rabbit is a boy or a girl, although for some reason I thought of Blieka as ''she''. However, this cleverly ensures that the child listening to the story will be able to readily identify with Blieka.
 
The illustrative style is slightly unusual. The delicate drawings are presented in a wash of tones of yellow and red giving a distinctive look to the book. Susanna Moores manages to convey a multitude of emotions on Blieka’s face in deceptively simple looking pictures. This is a useful book for teaching one of life’s trickier lessons but a lovely picture book to read aloud too. The phrase, ''It’s not yours, it’s mine'' will be one that children will have heard before and no doubt they will want to join in with Blieka at the crucial point of the story! 

Thank you to the publishers, Child’s Play, for sending this copy to the Bookbag. 

If you are looking for another picture book about a rabbit, but a slightly cheeky one this time, you may enjoy [[What Small Rabbit Heard by Sheryl Webster and Tim Warnes]] 

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