|summary=The princess who has no kingdom wanders around in a cart pulled by her horse Pretty. She's very polite, friendly, and kind-hearted, but she feels like something is lacking because she doesn't have a kingdom of her own. The other royals she meets treat her nicely enough, but there's always a feeling that she's not quite as good as them because she isn't the princess of anywhere.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846160421</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mij Kelly and Louise Nisbet
|title=The Happiest Man in the World or the Mouse Who Made Christmas
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Mouse doesn't like anyone and keeps herself to herself. Her things are her things and she is too selfish to share them with anyone else. One day, an old man moves in to Mouse's house. He used to be the happiest man in the world, but now he's sad. He's fed up of having given, given, given all his life and never got anything back. He just sits quietly and mopes. This makes Mouse miserable, so one day she decides to cheer him up by giving him a clementine...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340931558</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nick Bland
|title=The Very Cranky Bear
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Moose, Lion, Zebra and Sheep head into a cave to get out of the rain, but little do they know that Bear is fast asleep in there. When they wake him up, he roars at them, chasing them outside, so they decide to cheer him up somehow. Zebra paints stripes on him, Moose fashions antlers for him and Lion sticks a mane of straw on him. Unsurprisingly, this makes Bear even crankier, so it's down to Sheep to save the day...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340989424</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kes Gray and Lee Wildish
|title=Mum and Dad Glue
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=A young boy's parents are splitting up. He's going through the usual emotions that children of divorce go through: worry, feeling unsure, blaming himself, anger, denial, and then trying to get them to stay together. His method for this isn't the usual response though: he looks for glue to stick his mum and dad together. Thankfully, he finds some wise and kindly advice in the process.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340957107</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Clara Vulliamy
|title=The Bear With Sticky Paws Won't Go To Bed
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It's Pearl's bedtime, but she says she's really busy and isn't going to sleep. She just wants to play and play and play. When the bear with sticky paws rings the doorbell, he whisks her away on an amazing adventure - although as you might expect, the bear has a little more energy than Pearl and eventually she does get a little sleepy.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408300648</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Stephen Mackey
|title=Miki
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It's cold, dark and icy, and Miki and Penguin are trudging through the snow. But it's Midwinter Eve, when wishes come true. They wish for a tree, lights, someone strong to power the lights, and finally a star that will shine brightly forever. Miki is taken deep below the ice to find the star, whilst up top Penguin and new friend Polar Bear start to worry about her.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>034095065X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Margaret Mayo, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan Snow
|title=Magical Princess Stories
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Most little girls would love a pretty pink book all about princesses, wouldn't they? This one has seven retellings of traditional fairy tales accompanied by beautiful illustrations and would make a lovely gift for a birthday or Christmas.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140830516X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Joyce Dunbar and Jimmy Liao
|title=The Monster Who Ate Darkness
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Jo-Jo is scared that there might be a monster under his bed. He's right! The hungry monster doesn't want to eat little boys though; he eats darkness. He starts with all the darkness in Jo-Jo's room, and keeps eating and eating until he's eaten all the darkness in the world. With no darkness at all, strange things begin to happen...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406315540</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Lucas
|title=Peanut
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=One day, a flower opens up and a little monkey the colour of a pea pops out. He soon turns brown, and is the size of a nut, so of course he decides he's a peanut called Peanut. Peanut is a nervous little thing: dragonflies are monsters coming to eat him, the rain is the sky falling down, and night is the end of the world. Thankfully, he meets Beetle, who sets him straight about a thing or two.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406319589</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen and Joel Stewart
|title=Red Ted and the Lost Things
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Red Ted is handed in to a lost property office, where he meets Crocodile. Red Ted is sure Stevie will come to find him, because she loves Red Ted as much as she loves cheese. He then starts to have a nagging doubt - Stevie doesn't know where he is, so what if she never comes?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406310379</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Various
|title=Let's Play Peeka! (Waybuloo)
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Come to the land of Nara and meet Nok Tok, De Li, Lau Lau and Yojojo. ''Let's Play Peeka!'' accompanies the CBeebies show ''Waybuloo'', and is aimed at the very youngest children.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248173</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Various
|title=Piplings Come and Play! A Sound Book (Waybuloo)
|rating=1.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=A tie-in with the CBeebies show ''Waybuloo''. There's nothing really to recommend it as a standalone book: it's just an introduction to the characters, with annoying (and difficult to press) sound-producing buttons. Take a look at [[Let's Play Peeka! (Waybuloo) by Various|Let's Play Peeka!]] instead.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405248181</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr Benn
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Ooh, it's a book of Mr Benn! Excellent! For those of you not already wrapping yourselves in the comforting blanket of nostalgia, I suppose an introduction is warranted. Mr Benn lives at 52 Festive Road, and enjoys visiting his local fancy dress shop. When he tries on a costume and steps through a secret door, he finds himself transported to a new and exciting world.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>034099715X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
|title=Room On The Broom
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=As the witch flies around the countryside, she drops various objects, which are picked up one by one by animals. As thanks, she offers all the animals a lift, but will there be enough room on the broom? This book comes with a fantastic interactive CD to stick in your PC.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330508911</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nick Sharratt
|title=What's In The Witch's Kitchen?
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The witch's kitchen is magical: if you open the fridge door one way, there's something tasty inside. Open it the other way, and there's something scary and gruesome. Dare you look in all the drawers in this delightful pop-up book?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632227X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey
|title=Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse and Was Eaten By A Lion
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Hilaire Belloc's ''Cautionary Tales For Children'' are rightly lauded as classics. Mini Grey (also [[Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey|rightly lauded]]), has illustrated one of these fine tales, so that a new generation of children can discover just what happens when you run away from your nurse and a lion eats you. Pay attention kids.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224083678</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jan Pienkowski
|title=The First Christmas
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The First Christmas is, as you might expect, the story of Jesus' birth, Gabriel, Mary, Joseph, shepherds, wise men and Herod, presented as a picture book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141500972</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Debi Gliori
|title=Stormy Weather
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=It's bedtime in millions of bedrooms across the world. Stories are being read, children are being tucked in, glasses of water are being fetched. Parents (of all animal species) explain what will happen if stormy weather hits, and how they'll keep their children safe, warm and cosy.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747599718</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mandy Stanley
|title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Favourites
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Every small child should have book (or a few) containing traditional nursery rhymes, and every so often newly illustrated collections are published.
''Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'' is part of such a new series called ''Time for a Rhyme'', published by Harper Collins and illustrated by Mandy Stanley known for her [[The Fairy Ball (Lettice) by Mandy Stanley|Lettice]] stories and other picture books.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315635</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Liz Martinez and Mark Beech
|title=The Everyday Witch
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Jimmy has heard rumours of everyday witches living amongst us, then one day he spots his mother riding a broomstick with Tiddles the cat in tow. Are his eyes deceiving him? Is his mum really a witch?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747597022</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Emily Gravett
|title=Spells
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=A frog discovers a book, but he wishes it was a boat, so he tears and folds the pages to turn it into the boat. He soon tires of that game, and wishes it was a castle, so he tears and folds it again, as well as cutting out a model of a beautiful princess. As fun as his new game is, it lacks a certain reality. Spotting that it's actually a book of spells, he sets about putting together the torn bits of paper, so he can turn himself into a prince.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230531369</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nick Butterworth
|title=Trixie The Witch's Cat
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Trixie loves being a witch's cat, but from time to time she's upset by her white paw: witch's cats are supposed to be all black. Trixie finally has a brainwave and uses magic to turn her white paw black, but will she really be happy?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141326794</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jez Alborough
|title=Captain Duck (Duck in the Truck)
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Duck runs out of petrol in his truck. Luckily, Goat's house is nearby and Goat uses petrol in his boat! Duck 'borrows' the can of petrol and trots off to fill his truck when the appearance of Frog distracts his attention. Frog and Sheep are ready to go on a boat trip with Goat! As Goat pops back to get something from his shed, Duck jumps in, un-moors the boat and off they go, along the river and into the stormy sea: and then the boat runs out of fuel! Will Goat save them? Or will the tide bring them back? And what about the truck that Duck abandoned for his maritime adventure?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007302908</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Camilla Reid and Ailie Busby
|title=Lulu's Christmas
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Lulu is getting ready for Christmas and she'd like you to help her to decorate the tree. After that there are cards to make, streamers to put up and then she helps to ice the cake. After that it's time to go outside and have a little bit of fun and build a snowman, but it made her hands cold so she came back inside again! At bedtime she hangs up her stocking and leaves a mince pie for Father Christmas and a carrot for his reindeer. In the morning she has some wonderful presents, but the best one of all is the one you might least expect!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747599912</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Margaret Mayo
|title=The Orchard Book of Magical Tales
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Is it sensible to build your house in the path of an enormous one-tusked elephant? Or to visit the house of Baba Yaga Bony-Legs the witch if you don't have to? This beautifully produced collection of folk tales featuring magic will give you the answers to these and many other questions. The collection was first published in 1993, and it had become quite difficult to find, so it's great to see it reissued.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846165296</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lauren Child
|title=Who Wants To Be A Poodle? I Don't
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Trixie Twinkle Toes Trot-a-lot Delight hates being a pampered pooch. This primped and preened poodle can think of nothing she'd rather do that get messy, splash in a muddy puddle, and tear about the park like all the other dogs. Mademoiselle Verity Brulee may take good care of Trixie Twinkle Toes, but she's just not in tune with her needs as a scruffy mutt in the body of a poodle.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141384905</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen and Adrian Reynolds
|title=Bear Flies High
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Michael Rosen builds on the success of [[The Bear in the Cave by Michael Rosen and Adrian Reynolds|The Bear in the Cave]] with Bear Flies High. This sequel follows the same poetic formula of the original, with its ask and answer ''I'm a bear on a beach. On a beach? On a beach...'' Everything is as it was first time round, but this time Bear decides he wants to fly like the seagulls, so his friends take him to the amusement park. What follows is a gentle tale of a day out, of being scared and exhilarated by rides, and of imagining oneself soaring higher and higher.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747597979</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Spike Milligan
|title=The Magical World of Milligan
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Some people you just have to love. It's the law. Spike Milligan was always fantastic, and he's much missed. He's got the perfect mix of nonsense, heart, and surreal humour. He speaks to people of all ages, and he's just plain lovely.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905264844</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jill Marshall and Sam Childs
|title=Kave-Tina Rox
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Kave-Tina Rox lives with her Mug, Pug and brother Dave-Kave in a cave. Her Mug tries to brush her hair and make her look pretty, but Kave-Tina's having none of it. When the Caveman Games come to town, Dave-Kave doesn't let her join in with any of the games, because she's just a girl, but Kave-Tina's having none of it. She shows she's perfectly capable of joining in, and indeed of doing it better than Dave-Kave and his mates.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340957123</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
|title=Cross Crocodile
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=There's no water on the Great African Plains, and Cross Crocodile sits beneath the mango tree, guzzling the sweet fruit and snapping at anoyone who dares to come near her. One day, monkey hits on a great idea for how the other animals can get to the fruit...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340970324</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sam Lloyd
|title=Inspector Croc Investigates
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=All is peaceful in Whoops-a-Daisy World, until the phone rings at the police station. Someone has knocked over Rory Lion's paint, ridden their bike through Fix-It Fox's concrete and stomped all over Farmer Moo's crops. There's only one thing for it: Inspector Croc is going to have to investigate.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846169453</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Susannah Corbett and Lynne Chapman
|title=Dragon's Dinner
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=A hungry dragon heads into the woods to see what he can catch for his lunch. He's soon chasing after a bear, fox, cat and other animals, desperately trying to munch them. When the dragon comes across a mouse, he soon discovers that the most unlikely animal might just fight back.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340944226</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=John Lechner
|title=The Clever Stick
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The clever stick has all manner of wonderful ideas and things he wants to share with the world, but he has no mouth. He wants to write poetry, help others and tell roses how lovely they look, but he can't. With a heavy heart (I think sticks have hearts even if they don't have mouths) he drags himself home, and discovers that he does have a way of expressing himself after all.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406322237</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen and Bob Graham
|title=I'm Number One
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When the girl leaves for school in the morning, her toys do what all toys do during the day: they hang out with each other as friends do. A-One, the drummer boy, is at pains to point out to the other toys that he rules, that he's number one, and that the others are no good, hopeless and useless. He tricks Maddy into giving him her hat, Sally into giving up her rucksack and Sid into giving up his scarf. He's a bit of a meanie is A-One.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140631465X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Colin McNaughton and Emma Chichester-Clark
|title=Not Last Night But The Night Before
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Not last night but the night before, a large cast of characters came knocking at the door. The three little pigs, Goldilocks, the man in the moon and many others come rushing in, knocking the young boy over and barely paying him any attention. They each shoot straight upstairs and before he has time to think, there's yet another knock at the door, and another, and another. What are the parcels, balloons and cakes they're carrying with them?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406304263</amazonuk>
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