==Confident readers==
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{{newreview
|author=Philip Ardagh
|title=The Wrong End of the Dog (Grubtown Tales)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=If you haven't been to Grubtown before, then feel welcome. It's an auspicious day for the town of grubby and inept people with names like Rambo Sanskrit, and Mango Claptrap, as well. For today is the day of film star Tawdrey Hipbone's gala charity premiere. But there's to be no gala, and little charity either, when a pelican (and not the town mascot either, but a different one) comes and steals - yes, steals - the beloved dog Snooks - yes, Snooks - from where he was living the fine life in Tawdrey's hair - yes, hair.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>057124792X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
Clemmy (as she is known) is nine years old, but looks younger, due to her being rather small. However, she makes up for this by being brave and inventive. We learn early on that her mother disappeared in mysterious circumstances and the books have the underlying theme of Clemmy trying to find her mum again.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956122205</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gary Blackwood
|title=Mysterious Messages - A History of Codes and Ciphers
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=There's something utterly cool about codes and ciphers. It's not just the spies with their secret world, it's the mystery of an ostensibly random set of letters or pictures. It's being able to unravel them and see what they're hiding. It's a combination of geeky riddle solving (and geeks are cool, so there) and uncovering the unknown meanings. Gary Blackwood treats us to a history of codes and ciphers, looking at their creation, the stories behind them, and how to crack them.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0525479600</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Daniel Pennac
|title=Dog
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Dog was the runt of the litter. Unwanted. Half-drowned and left to die on a rubbish tip, you can imagine better starts in life for this scruffy-looking little puppy. But it's not so bad. Black Nose takes him under her wing and gives him a little of her milk and a lot of her love. More importantly, she teaches him the rubbish tip ropes and gives him as much advice about doghood and ownerhood as she possibly can. And then... there's an accident. The last thing Black Nose says to Dog is ''If you go to the town, watch out for the cars. Dodge, little one, remember.''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406322741</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Robert Crowther
|title=Cars - A Pop-Up Book Of Automobiles
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Robert Crowther tells the story of the car, from Cugnot's steam engine, Trevithick's road locomotive and Benz's Motorwagen, right through to the record-breaking Thrust SSC and to future cars, like the biodegradable Eco One. There are plenty of pop-ups and pull tabs to bring it all to life, and it's packed with detail.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406312274</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=James Fitzsimmons
|title=The Hudbrax Hoard (Sabrax Clyke Series)
|rating=3
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Sabrax Clyke. Not allowed to sit around in the hole in the dry-stone wall he and his family call home, and admire the pretty girl who's just moved in next door, he's persuaded by an urgent message from distant relatives to go to their aid regarding some unmentionable, awful predicament. His journey there and the task itself will involve metal dragons, odd standing stones, earth-shattering movements, and unearthly nasties.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0955644216</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jane Ray
|title=Snow White
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Jane Ray has taken the classic fairy tale of Snow White, the dwarves and the wicked queen, and created beautiful three-dimensional tableaux. It's a much-loved story that everyone is familiar with, and this is a great opportunity to rediscover a classic in an interesting new way.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406311839</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Children's Trust
|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Celebrities, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Grady, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds from the book go to [http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/ The Children's Trust]. It's a fantastic charity, who help disabled children, and I urge you all to buy a copy of ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' to support them.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632650X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tanya Landman
|title=The Head is Dead (Poppy Fields Murder Mystery)
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet, once again, Poppy Fields. When tasked to create a murder mystery experience for a school fete she is only surprised to find the headmistress - a newly employed battleaxe that no-one seems to like - a real-life victim of an assassin. And there is only a school field full of suspects. Can she and her best friend, brainbox George, solve the day and make the staff room a safer place to be? And where does the invisible sheepdog come in?!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406314633</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Morpurgo
|title=The Kites are Flying
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Said lives on the West Bank. He herds his family's sheep, spends a lot of time talking in his head to his absent brother Mahmoud, and he makes a great many kites, which he sends across the wall to the girl in the blue headscarf who lives in the occupiers' settlements. What Said doesn't do, is talk out loud, even to his new friend Mister Max. Max is a Western journalist who wants to make a documentary about how the Palestinian/Israeli conflict affects ordinary people on both sides of the wall. Max is entranced by Said, and his dozens of kites, all bearing the message salaam or peace. He can see that Said has a dream, but he's not sure what it is. Will the dream come true before Max has to leave?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406317985</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tanya Landman
|title=Dying to be Famous (Poppy Fields Murder Mystery)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Poppy Fields - an inquisitive young lass, keen on exploring her world - in a slightly different way to her geeky, walking-encyclopaedia of a best friend, Graham. So keen is she to explore the phenomenon that is the latest seen-everywhere, snapped-at-all-hours celebrity, she makes the pair of them go to audition for bit parts in the Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz the star is starting to rehearse. Unfortunately for her, she apparently hasn't noticed she's in the third book in a series of young reader murder mysteries, and deaths more unexpected than having a house land on you might just be on the playbill...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406314625</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen
|title=A To Z - The Best Children's Poetry From Agard To Zephaniah
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Michael Rosen has picked the best modern children's poetry, from John Agard through to Benjamin Zephaniah. It stemmed from Rosen performing in schools and libraries with many of the poets, and as children's poetry anthologies go, it's amongst the very best.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141324503</amazonuk>
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