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[[Category:New Reviews|For Sharing]]==For sharing==__NOTOC__{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Tony RossAdam Stower|title=A Little Princess TreasuryMurray and Bun
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|genre=For SharingConfident Readers |summary=Most parents of two Murray is supposed to three year olds will surely be aware of The Little Princess. She a humble, tidy and friendly cat, one who is used universally whilst potty training thanks able to 'I want my potty!' sleep and always seems to raise giggles eat and sniggers from little ones when her stories are read aloud. I do enjoy reading them aloud, as I get to be loud eat and shouty sleep and obnoxious! This treasury is a lovely collection, with a wide range of stories as well as some puzzles for slightly older toddlers thrown in too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392048</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Foster|title=See You Later, Escalator|rating=4.5|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse|summary=Always a sucker for a good poetry anthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Brian Patten.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731831</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Elizabeth Beresford|title=The Wombles|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A scruffy, shaggy, slightly overweight, furry creature is riding around part of South London, barely in control of whatever takes his bicycle. No, not the political memoirs fancy next of the incumbent Mayor of Londontwo. Better. Far better. It But he's Orinoco Womble and the gang are back!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808374</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Kenneth Steven and Jane Ray|title=Stories for a Fragile Planet: Traditional Tales About Caring for the Earth|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Stories for a Fragile Planet is a wonderful anthology of stories from long ago and also from the present. The stories come from far and wide – from China to Alaska. They all seem to involve brave characters that care greatly about their environment and who are prepared to do things differently whether it is looking after a blackbirdbad magician's nest for days until the eggs hatch or caring for cat, so his favourite bun has been turned into a young lion cub who would otherwise die. There are ten stories in total hyperactive sticky rabbit called Bun, and each one is short but self contained with a very satisfying conclusion. Each one can easily be read in a single sitting and would make ideal bedtime stories for slightly older children.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961576</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=David McKee|title=Elmer and Papa Red|rating=4.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Elmer and Papa Red is a lovely picture story book that features some very excitable elephants. It is only two days before the visit of Papa Red and all the young elephants are so excited that catflap they both use can hardly contain themselves. Elmer takes chuck them for a walk to fetch out, not into the big tree whilst the older elephants make the preparations. They have regular back garden, but into a great time especially as they see snow for the first time and that leads to a great deal world of fun frightening adventure and frolickingwhiffs. Once the tree is brought home This time round it is decorated and surrounded by lots of presents and the young elephants hide so that they might catch drops them into a glimpse of Papa Red. He duly arrives out of the sky on Viking land, where a sleigh pulled by six moose. Surprisingly thoughtroll hunter is expected – well, rather one much bigger than the sleigh being laden it is empty until Papa Red loads it up with all the presents under the tree. The elephants have all seen him taking the presents but instead of being upsetMurray was, they are excited as they know that he is taking them to those who need them most! As they fall asleep exhausted thoughbe honest, Elmer delivers one small gift to each elephant – especially left by Papa Red.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849391971</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Tony Ross|title=Don't Do That!|rating=5|genre=For Sharing|summary=In this story we meet a little girl called Nellie who is fortunate to have a very pretty nose. She wins competitions and gets the best part in the Christmas play because of that nose. However, during a rehearsal, the teacher suddenly shouts out 'Don't do that!' as but he notices Nellie and her fellow angels with their fingers sticking up their noses. Unfortunately Nellie's finger becomes stuck fast turned up and she is sent home for her parents to remove it. It is impossible though which sets off a chain of events where all sorts of people attempt to remove the offending finger but all in vain. They all go to extreme lengths such as tying Nellie to the back of a tractor or sending her up into space. Throughout all of this, Nelliehe's brother Henry keeps declaring that he knows how ll have to get the finger out but he is always ignored. You might think that is probably a good thing when you take a look at the brilliant illustrations and notice some of the hazardous implements he is holding at various times. So can any of the sensible grown ups help Nellie or is she facing a future with a permanent finger up her nose? But then again, Henry is very persistent...do…|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1842709364</amazonuk>0008561249
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Marisa Laycock1732898766|title=Santa's DelightThe Adventures of Birpus and Bulbus: Book One: The Sour Milk Dragon|author=Wynn Everett-Albanese, Michael Albanese and Indre Ta (Illustrator)
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|summary=ThereWhen we first meet Birpus and Bulbus they's only one more night to go before Christmas Eve and Santa knows that his preparations are going wellre running for their lives in the Forest of Fine Repute. The reindeer are fed and strong and Their greatest fear has come about: the elves were just finishing wrapping all the presentsSour Milk Dragon is chasing them. He's done the planning 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 grateful lowered for the different time zonesthem, they escaped. But Mrs Santa knew that there was something worrying her husband and gently she persuaded him They climbed up to talk about it. He was worried about all the people Tree Wee homes high up in our communities who help so much, from the doctors and nursestangled woods where they lived with their Grand Wees, rescue services Nester Nook and the armed forces who are on duty over ChristmasGranny Cranny.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848762682</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jane RayB0CC9W7GLR|title=On the Beach: The Dolls' House FairyWinter Visitor|author=Chris Green and Jenny Fionda
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|summary=Rosy has 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 beautiful dolls' house that she enjoys playing polar bear. As the ice bumped onto the sand, the bear woke and with every Saturday with her dadwobbly legs moved from the ice. HoweverKit was all for making a run for it, but Teal knew that the bear was hungry and gave him one Saturday she wakes up to find her dad is ill apple and has gone to hospital, so she is left to play alonethen another. When she goes He obviously needed to be taken home on the dolls' house, however, she discovers that bus and given a messy little fairy named Thistle has moved in!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169097</amazonuk>good meal and somewhere to sleep. What else would you do?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ann Bonwill and Russell Julian1913839656|title=PocketLet's Christmas WishCelebrate Being Different|author=Lainey Dee
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|summary=It's Christmas morning and Pocket Todd was excited about spending the rabbit sees a snow angel on weekend with his grandmother, not least because she made the groundbest beetle juice. He decides packed two pairs of dungarees and his favourite hat and then gathered together his button collection to show his grandmother. She had promised to follow the angel's tracks take him to discover the true meaning of Christmas. He leaves his brothers and sisters playing in Friday Night Club at the snow, local community centre and off Todd was pleased about this as he hops on an adventurewanted to make new friends. At home, taking in a variety of sights his only friend was his mum and soundshe wondered why that could be. Grandma thought that it might be because he looked different.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192728202</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthea Simmons and Georgie Birkett1529504775|title=Share!The Toy Bus (The Repair Shop Stories)|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summaryauthor=Ah, sharing! Perhaps one of the hardest lessons to teach a toddler is how to let go of a chosen toy Amy Sparkes and share it with someone else. My weekly playgroup is always full of loud parental demands of 'share!' followed by wails of distress from small children being forced to part with the one thing they absolutely, positively must have...until they spot something else they want! This promising-looking story deals with just such an issue, and in this case it is an older sister learning to share everything, from favourite blankets to tea-time food with her baby brother.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390096</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=John Yeoman|title=Mouse TroubleKatie Hickey
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|summary=Mouse trouble tells the story of an old windmill that is overrun by mice. The grumpy miller never sees these clever mice but he knows they are there Elsie and determines her little brother David loved to get rid of them. He buys a large tabby cat but is too mean go to feed him which means that the cat never has park and watch the red buses drive past. Elsie would race the energy to catch buses along the mice. Rather than rejoicing in this fact though, side of the mice actually feel quite sorry for him park but David couldn't - he'd been born with cerebral palsy and decide to make his life even just standing up was very difficult. One day Elsie spotted a bit easier. Without ever allowing themselves to be caught, they let bus in the cat chase them and toy shop window which would help him to become fitter David - and healthier. They also pretend was happy to be very scared whenever they see use the cat which does wonders coins from her money box to pay for his self esteemit as cash was tight at home.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392013</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Brian Wildsmith|title=A Christmas Journey|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel and told that she'll give birth Gradually, David learned to Jesus. So far so good for stand up, use the Nativity story. Skip ahead to Mary and Joseph leaving bus for Bethlehemsupport, and that's where we part ways with them for a whilewalk behind it. Instead Many decades later, we travel with their cat Elsie brought the bus, now damaged and dogrusted, who are left behind but decide to follow. They meet up with the other animals and people from the Nativity story on their wayRepair Shop, until finally they come to hoping that the manger in Bethlehemexperts there could make it so that her grandchildren could play with it.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192789805</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester Clark1529504767|title=The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy TalesChristmas Doll (The Repair Shop Stories)|author=Amy Sparkes and Katie Hickey
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|summary=It's Cactus Annie's first day at cowgirl school, but Susan was very young when she was evacuated from London in 1939 and nervous about how she would be greeted when she really struggles got to fit inher final destination. Her teacher encourages her to believe in herself, but Annie She needn's having a hard time doing that, especially t have worried though as there are scary rat rustlers on she went to the loose. When the cows go missinghome of Mr and Mrs Russell, Annie is secretly pleased, as it means she wonwho couldn't have been kinder to do any cowgirl things, but her. She even had her own room - all to herself. Gradually sherelaxed and began to enjoy her life. She's soon faced d help Mrs Russell with an opportunity the baking and when it came to prove herselfChristmas Eve Susan and Mr Russell put the decorations on the Christmas tree. The best surprise happened the following morning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340981415</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alex T Smith1916459943|title=EggSqueakily Baby|author=Beth Webb
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|summary=Egg rolls up 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 house waves sing ''hush, hush''. Think of gentle wavelets falling onto a sandy beach and you have the wicked Foxy DuBoissound perfectly. Foxy invites Egg The mermaids join in - she's always very kind 'la lou, la lay...'' And for a moment it seems to strangers - but shehave worked as Baby closes his eyes. Then a seagull '''shouts'''s got a glint in her eye, and has devilish plans for we know exactly what she's going to do to the little egghappen next. The clues are there: recipe books, and pictures of fried eggs adorning her walls. Be careful, Egg!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340959851</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anne Cottringer and Sarah McIntyre140639131X|title=When Titus Took The TrainA Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant|author=Briony May Smith
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|summary=Titus is going on a train journey all by himselfPhilippa Pheasant was ''tired'' of nearly getting squished as she tried to cross the Old Oak Road. His mum and dad have given him his lunch, books and games, and seen him off at She wrote to the mayor about the stationproblem but didn't even get a reply. The guard will keep an eye on him 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 journey, and Uncle Henry will meet him lollipop lady at the other endschool crossing and decided that she would set up something similar herself. Nothing could possibly go wrong Her uniform and lollipop stick were both a little amateur to start with but the benefits were obvious. ...Unless, of course, All the animals used the train is attacked by bandits, chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex, has a boulder hurtling towards it, crossing and then won't stop as it's approaching the station. Luckily, our Titus is a little bit of Hedgehog was even trained up to provide a herosafe path overnight.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>019272987X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kimara Nye and Marcin Bruchnalski1776574338|title=The Four Little PigsLeilong's Too Long!|author=Julia Liu and Bei Lynn|rating=4.5
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|summary=Tom loves visiting Every morning Leilong, the brontosaurus school bus, makes his Granny especially way through the city, picking up children as she 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 witch and can cast magical spellsproblem, though. However, Leilong isn't happy in the city: he doesn't s always enjoy the bedtime stories that she reads, 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 when she picks traffic regularly gets snarled up . The Three Little Pigs he declares school decides that it is boring because he has heard it so many times. Granny suggests that it might can't be interesting to find out what would happen if another pig entered the fray and before he realises what is happening, Tom is transported into the storybus anymore.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848860633</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Tony Ross1776574028|title=The Three SilliesBumblebee Grumblebee|author=David Elliott|rating=4.5
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|summary=If your children like silly thingsI 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, they will definitely enjoy 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 story of elephant who dons a tutu - and becomes a ''balletphant''. The Three Sillies, written and illustrated by Tony Ross, buffalo who is perhaps best known for his wonderful [[I Want has had a Sister bath (Little Princesscomplete with yellow duck) by Tony Ross|Little Princess]] storiesand then dries off with a hair drier becomes a ''fluffalo''. The story of The Three Sillies rhinoceros who drops his ice cream cone is indeed very silly and you can tell that a ''crynoceros'' (think about it is going to be just that by looking at the front cover and seeing three very strange people standing !) The pelican who sits on their heads lookinghis potty changes into a ''sm.......'' OK, unsurprisingly, very red faced.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709607</amazonuk>let's not go there Some people are eating!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Van Allsburg1838226834|title=The Polar ExpressCarried Away With the Carnival|author=Ed Boxall|rating=54
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|summary=It's Christmas Eve, and a young boy is waiting up to catch a glimpse was one of Santathose memories we treasure from our childhoods: an outing with our grandparents. When a train pulls up instead, he soon finds himself on the Polar Express, chuffing away They're there to undo all the North Pole, with scores of other children. With hot chocolate in handgood that parents do, and snowy landscapes whizzing past so the windows, he's having a fabulous journeytrips out were always so much fun. At A young boy was going to the North Polecarnival with his Grandad, he meets the elves and Santa, and waits to see which child will be given the first gift of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390983</amazonuk>}}who told him:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James MayhewB09MYXSRV4|title=Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Ella Bella Ballerina's back! Before she was dancing to [[Ella Bella Ballerina and The Sleeping Beauty by James Mayhew|Sleeping Beauty]], and this time it's Sergei ProkofievOtter's Cinderella. Coat: The music washes over here, Real Reason Turtle Raced Rabbit: A Cherolachian Tortoise and suddenly she's whisked away to the fairy tale, with the prince, fairy godmother and all the magic that every reader knows and loves.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169275</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewHare|author=David Melling|title=Hugless DouglasCordellya Smith
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|summary=Douglas When the bear wants world was made, the animals were given gifts. Bear was given strength so that he could become a hugprotector. He remembers Water Spider received a strong web that some of his best hugs are with big things, even fire could not burn. Owl had excellent sight so that he tries hugging a bouldercould see the present ''and'' the future. That doesn't work so Rabbit developed intelligence - but, unfortunately, not the ability to use it well. What about He liked to trick other animals. He was also jealous which was how he came to be in a tall tree? Nup. Hmmrace with Turtle. You might think that's not a fair contest but wait and see. Things are not always as they seem. Poor Douglas. He I's going to have to keep hunting around if he wants to get his hugll tell you how it came about.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340950633</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mick InkpenRob Keeley|title=This Is My BookCarrots Don’t Grow On Trees!|rating=54
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|summary=The Snapdragon has swooped down Lily loves eating fruit and vegetables. She likes carrots, broccoli, cabbage and eaten the ''k'' of ''Book''aubergines. He's also broken off a bit of the ''B''When her friends at school turn up their noses, so it looks like the Bookmouse Lily is saying ''This is my Poo''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. He's been eating Infuriated, Lily checks with the dots teacher, who explains that fruits grow on top of trees and vegetables, like carrots, grow in the letter ''i'' wherever he can find it tooground. Jordan says, "I did try to tell her, Miss!" and spitting them outeveryone laughs at poor Lily. What on earth can be done to stop the mean ol' Snapdragon?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0340989637</amazonuk>B09HHN541V
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Giles Andreae and David WojtowyczB09FFJF8YS|title=ABC Animal Rhymes For You And Me|rating=3|genre=For Sharing|summary=Repackaging some rhymes found in Can''Rumble In The Jungle'' and [[Commotion In The Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz|Commotion In The Ocean]], ''ABC Animal Rhymes For You And Me'' takes us through the alphabet, with rhymes about the angelfish, boa constrictor, crocodile, and so on.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408306808</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewt Wear Panties! (No More Nappies!)|author=Leigh Hodgkinson|title=Scrummy!Justine Avery and Kate Zhoidik|rating=43.5
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|summary=Sunny McCloud is back after losing''For the big, grownup girls out there, then findingthe potty masters in training, her [[Smile"You Can't Wear Panties! by Leigh Hodgkinson|smile]]. This time she's considering what " is a cry (the big-girl kind !) of sandwich ingredients her family are. When her sandwich turns out to be a bit of a mundane cheese sandwich, she wonders what would spice up her sandwich toilet triumph and her family, going wild with bananas/monkeys and ice cream/penguinspersevering panty pride. Ice cream in a cheese sandwich? Hmm...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140830936X</amazonuk>}}''
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!}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Valerie Thomas Justine Avery and Korky PaulNaday Meldova|title=Winnie In SpaceEverybody Toots! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=Winnie The Witch is backToots, trumps, farts. Whatever your word for them, and this time she has find us a hankering 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 into spaceat the wrong time. With a wave of her magic wandIn class, she creates a rocketsay, when everyone will hear it and she 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 her cat Wilbur are whizzing along from planet to planetcalmly, exploring with the cosmosfamiliar humour attached, and getting into all sorts of trouble with space rabbitsexplains that tooting is perfectly normal.Everybody does it: ''Everybody Toots''!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0192732188</amazonuk>B09C2RVJ2W}} {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rachael Mortimer and Liz PichonB09BG8V3Q6|title=The Three Billy Goats Fluff|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Mr Troll has a headache. The Billy Goats Fluff keep trip-trapping over his bridge, making an awful racket. He's not happy one little bit. He's cursing the newspaper advert that brought him under the bridge, and desperate for something to stop the goats from ruining his life. Whatever can a troll do in those circumstancesWho Needs Nappies?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989904</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewNot Me! (Everybody Potties!)|author=Georgie Adams Justine Avery and Emily Bolam|title=The Three Little WitchesSeema Amjad
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|summary=What happens when three little witches decide to throw a Halloween party''Who Needs Nappies? This entertaining story takes us through their decisions over who to invite: Baby Dragon and Wizard Wink are definite, but what about Not Me!'' is the naughty little witch called Melissa? Then once latest release in the invitations have been sent they need ''Everybody Potties!'' series from Justine Avery. This series of fun picture books aims to clean take the house, await every onepain out of potty training children and replace it with some fun. It's repliesa worthy aim, shop for the party and finally host the Halloween celebrationsas any frustrated parent will tell you. .|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000802</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Ross CollinsB07GZ81J7C|title=Dear Vampa|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Bram Pire is writing to his Vampa about their new neighbours, When Fred the Wolfsons. The Pires love dressing in black, staying up all night Snake Got Squished and getting up to all sorts of fiendish fun. They have a hard time adapting to the Wolfsons with their sunny dispositions, unpleasantly cheerful pets and jolly parties. Ick! Whatever can be done?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144490020X</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Mij Kelly and Ross Collins|title=Where Giants Hide|rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=A little girl has stopped believing in giants. She ain't never seen no fairy neither, nor mermaids, witches or trolls. As she wanders around the world decrying the lack of magic, strange things seem to happen around her, until she discovers just where the magic lurks.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340960000</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewMended|author=Penny Dann|title=The Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes For Your BabyPeter Cotton
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|summary=Father Christmas is doing his roundsMeet Fred. Well, actually, drinking you're going to be meeting Fred-Fred for reasons which will become all the treats that the boys too obvious very quickly. But I'm getting ahead of myself: I'd better tell you a bit more about Fred. Fred is a snake and girls even those of us who have left out for a phobia about snakes are going to warm to him. With that much liquid sloshing around inside him, he's soon bursting for He arrived as a present in a wee, but he then realises box with holes so that he's forgotten to deliver could breathe and immediately became part of the presentsfamily, so has to rush back againthe extent that they would take Fred out with them when they went out for a walk. Will he ever get to And that was where the toilet in time?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849410496</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Aesop, Fiona Waters and Fulvio Testa|title=Aesop's Fables|rating=4problem started.5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Everyone knows and loves ''Aesop's Fables' Fred didn't have any road sense. They're part of our literary tapestry and our everyday lives. We know sour grapes, we know [[Tortoise vs. Hare - The Rematch! by Preston Rutt and Ben Redlich|the tortoise and the hare]], the boy who cried wolf and so many more. Fiona Waters has retold 60 of the most famous fables in this delightful anthology Or brakes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390495</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Mini GreyJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Three By The SeaEverybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!)
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|summary=DogCan potty training ever be joyous? It often isn't, Cat and Mouse live together by the seaas any parent will tell you. But really, each with their own chores why shouldn't it be? We all have to learn about our bodily functions just as we have to take care of in their own special waylearn about everything else when we are small. They think that theyWhy shouldn're happyt potty training be as much fun as, but when a stranger say, learning about why the sun and the moon take turns up from in the Winds of Change companny, each of them reassesses their position in their friendship.sky? |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0224083627</amazonuk>B098BJZYHH
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=David McKeeJustine Avery and Naday Meldova|title=Elmer AgainNo, No, No!
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|summary=Elmer They say the patchwork elephant is back... umm... Again. Everything is gearing up for best picture books are the annual Elmer's Day Parade, where the other elephants paint themselves brightly and he paints himself greysimplest ones. Being a bit And nothing could be truer of a scamp, he decides that things need to be livened up, so he plots and plansthis latest from Justine Avery, then sets about putting a smile on everyone's facesBookbag favourite.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842707507</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=James Mayhew194812467X|title=Katie The Farm Shop|author=Devon Avery, Justine Avery and the Waterlily PondEma Tepic
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|summary=When Katie Kirelle and Grandma are at her best friend Sam the art gallery, they see there's a competition cat decide to paint go for a picture walk. Kirelle is dressed for all weathers in her bright yellow wellies and Sam is perfectly turned out as ever in the style of Monethis smart grey fur coat. Grandma has a bit of a rest, whilst Katie goes off As they walk to look at the Monet exhibition for inspiration. When one top of the paintings speaks to her - really speaks to her - she steps inside it and explores..hill, they see a big barn with a sign outside. Subtitled ''A Magical Journey Through Five Monet Masterpieces'', ''Katie and the Waterlily Pond'It' s a farm shop! But this is a wonderful introduction for children to art in general farm shop with a difference: all the stallholders and Claude Monet in particularcustomers are farmyard animals. They'll get a feel for ''In The Woods There are sheep and ducks and Giverny''cows, ''Bathers at La Grenouillère''goats and chickens, ''Path Through the Poppies'', ''The Waterlily Pond''and even some mice. Excited, Kirelle and ''The Rue Montorgueil, Paris''Sam go shopping.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304635</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=0995647895|title=Karen King Sadie and Marina Le Raythe Sea Dogs|titleauthor=Silly MooMaureen Duffy and Anita Joice
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|summary=When an apple falls on CowSadie's headmother always said that she was a dreamer, her mind never on what she gets all woozy so decides to go home for a bit of a lie downshould be doing. She's got mild amnesia, so she goes from place to place on lives by the farmyard, getting to meet all the animals, River Thames at Greenwich and causing all sorts of problems as she doesn't realise where she needs loves to gospend hours at The Maritime Museum or gazing at Cutty Sark.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846669014</amazonuk>}}
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Rebecca Elliott1782227741|title=Just BecauseLittle Gold Ted|author=Vanessa Wiercioch, Poppy Satha and Sasha Satha|rating=4.5
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|summary=TobyOne day, Gold Ted falls into a puddle. It's best friend quite a deep puddle and the water is his big sister, Clemmieswirling. She can't walk, talk or move Poor Ted starts to spin around and around muchand is sucked down a drain on the side of the street. Just becauseFinding himself down in the sewer, Ted starts to panic. He loves her dearly''OH HELP ME PLEASE'' he cries and alerts the attention of Reg the sewer rat, and we discover all who plucks him out of the many ways they play togetherdirty water using his cane, which might look just a bit like an old cricket bat. It's an utterly gorgeous tale Reg is a kind soul and he dries Ted off and warms him up with a nice bowl of sibling affectionbroth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962351</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony BrowneB08R7LXQ9S|title=Play The Shape GameRemy: A book about believing in yourself|author=Mayuri Naidoo and Caroline Siegal
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|summary=Milo the lemur discovers a pretty pebble one dayRemy is feeling miserable. He prods it's let himself down ''again''. The school bully Jayden, together with his sidekicks Ryan and Brandon, have been laughing at Remy, calling him names because he is short and has small eyes. They are mean but they are not stupid. They are careful to his surprise it moves! He listens carefully, wind up Remy when nobody can see and finds then push him just that it's breathinglittle bit further when the other kids are around. So, so he realises that it's an eggwhen Remy reacts, calls it Snappy, looks as though he was the instigator. And then he gets into trouble at school and the two of them get up teachers don't believe him when he tries to all sorts of adventuresexplain what happened.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408802007</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross1471191303|title=Big Bad BunThe Invisible|author=Tom Percival|rating=4.5
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|summary=Big Bad Bun (formerly known as Fluff) has run away from home to join the Hell Bunnies. He passed This is the initiation ceremony of being buried up to his nose in cowpats, and has since gone on to do all sorts story of baaaaad thingsIsobel, like getting his ear pierced and never washing his whiskersa little girl who made a big difference. What on Earth will Big Bad Bun's Isobel lived with her parents make of all this? ...It IS truein a house - a very cold house, right? He REALLY has joined because her parents couldn't afford to put the Hell Bunnies, right? ...Right?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709453</amazonuk>}}heating on:
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{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Alan Durant Nick Jones and Simon RickertySi Clark|title=UnfortunatelyOne Night in Beartown|rating=54
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|summary=One day a boy is walking through the jungle. Unfortunately, a lion tries to get him. FortunatelyMany children have an obsession and Sandy Lane, he escapes. Unfortunatelywho lives in Beartown, a huge snake is poised to snaffle him upobsessed with bears. FortunatelyShe collects books about bears... and on and on it goesHer favourite toy is Berisford, with good news followed by bad followed a teddy bear passed down by goodher grandmother. OkEvery night, so that might make it sound a little simple she looks out of her bedroom window and boringsays goodnight to the bear statue outside. Every morning she says hello to Bee Bear, but trust me: it's fantastica colourful painted bear that lives at her school.She even has bears on her bedroom wallpaper!|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1408309890</amazonuk>B08NFH7H9X}}