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|author=Charles Dickens, Sarah Powell and Louise Pigott
|title=Search and Find A Christmas Carol
|rating=3.5
|genre=Emerging Readers
|summary=Recently I got to applaud a book that branched away from the ''Where's Wally?'' style volume, and taught the explorer about a non-fiction subject as they went a-searching. Well, it seems tweaking the form is going to be a big thing, for this book tries yet another different approach – to teach us about a fictional story. They've started at the deep end, with a book hastening towards being two centuries old, and one that has been adapted countless times before now, yet always has people returning to it at a certain time of the year for its ageless lesson. But does the rich content of Dickens, even at his most populist, survive this quirky variation?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1787411869</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Dr Seuss
Yes, there's proof that this is the original text of this classic children's book – at least it's not been updated to metric. So while the illustrations are new, we get the real deal, with the young Stanley squished one night, to such an extent he can limbo under shut doors, get airmailed to America to visit relatives, become a kite for his younger brother to play with, and more. But then you don't need to update perfection.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405288108</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Philippa Pearce and Cate James
|title=The Ghost in Annie's Room (Little Gems)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Dyslexia Friendly
|summary=Emma is on a family holiday in an older relative's seaside cottage, where she is to sleep in the room in the attic. Her brother has passed on what he says he has overheard – that it is haunted. But even with the mementos of the person that once lived there all around her, and with a strange feeling of being watched, even with the stormy winds knocking tree limbs on to the window – Emma can sleep through it all. But that's not to say things will forever be that way…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126852</amazonuk>
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