==Confident readers==
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{{newreview
|author=Monica Dickens
|title=Dora at Follyfoot
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Follyfoot Home of Rest for Horses is owned by the Colonel, but he's been very ill in hospital and now he has to go away to a warm climate to recuperate. It's not ''quite '' certain who is in charge of the farm in his absence. It might be Dora or it might be Steve – but there's one thing that is quite clear: they're both under strict instructions not to buy any horses. What's Dora to do though, when she realises that unless she buys the cream-coloured, lame horse, Amigo, it will end its days pulling a log cart? Well, obviously she ''has'' to buy the horse with money she borrows from the shady Ron Stryker. How's she to pay it back though?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393265</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|summary=Thirty years ago, Harris Burdick walked into a book publisher's office with samples of his work. He had fourteen stories ready for publication, but just brought one picture and caption from each. Burdick was never heard of again. The publisher spent many years trying to track down Burdick, showing the pictures to people - many of whom were inspired to write their own stories. (Shh about ''The rights of Chris Van Allsburg to be identified as...'').
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184939279X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Diana Wynne Jones
|title=Power of Three
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Gair's father is the chief of their mount. Gair's mother is famous for being incredibly wise. His brother and sister, Ceri and Ayna, both have special gifts, and so it is just Gair who is left feeling ordinary and out of place. However, when a powerful curse begins to affect the livelihoods not just of his people but also their enemies, the Dorig, and the Giants, it is up to Gair to find a way for them all to survive...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007113706</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Elena Pasquali and Sophie Windham
|title=The Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=There are three trees standing side by side on a hill. They dream together of what they hope to become in the future; one wishes to become a chest for the finest treasures, one wishes to be a ship carrying a mighty King, and the last wants to stay on the hillside quietly pointing up to heaven. The first is cut down and made into a trough, but then it turns out it is a trough in the stable where Mary gives birth to Jesus, so it becomes the manger for him. The second is made into a simple fishing boat, but then it is the boat which Jesus goes in when there is a big storm and he calms the waves. The third tree is cut down and forgotten in a yard until one day it is made into a cross. It is, of course, the cross Jesus is crucified on and becomes the symbol of hope, forever pointing to heaven.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745961703</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Nick Butterworth
|title=Tales From Percy's Park: After the Storm
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=One day, after a particularly wild and windy evening, Percy the Park Keeper discovers on his check around the park that an old oak tree has fallen down in the storm. All of the animals who lived in the tree ask Percy to help them find a new home. He loads them up in his wheelbarrow and, after a bit of an adventure, they finally find a new place for Percy to rebuild their homes.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007155158</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Alex T Smith
|title=Claude in the City
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Claude is a sweet little dog who wears a beret and whose best friend is a sock called Sir Bobblysock. They live with Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes, and when Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes go out, Claude and Sir Bobblysock go out and have their own adventures which, in this book, involve capturing a thief in an art gallery and solving a medical mystery in the local hospital. Claude, who reminds me a little bit of Snoopy, is very endearing and it's amazing how much personality an old sock can have!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340998997</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Pippa Funnell
|title=Tilly's Pony Tails: Moonshadow the Derby Winner
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=We've met Tilly Redbrow before. She's of native American Indian descent but living with her adoptive family in the UK. To say that she is mad on horses is something of an understatement – just about everything she does revolves around them. This time she and her friends are having a sleepover at the Silver Shoe Stables, where – although no one is supposed to know about it – a famous racehorse is staying incognito because his history as a Derby winner means that horse thieves are after him.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000918</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Ant Attack
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=It seems that Josh and Danny are about to meet their match. Despite being almost eaten by cats, birds, spiders and more when they've turned into creepy crawlies before in this series, they have a far worse foe this time - Tarquin, the snooty posh brat from up the road. How they survive him turning them into ants, and his misguided attempts to kill them, while all the time the next door neighbour's scientific research which is allowing all this transformation has to be kept a top secret, are all elements of this fourth book in the series.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729357</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Charlotte Haptie
|title=Ice Angel
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Rockscar City is controlled by the Scarspring family – or at least, its water supply is, which comes to the same thing. And the water which the citizens receive is stale and unpleasant, especially in the summer months. City authorities are obliged to spend vast amounts of money looking for new wells, but for some reason each excavation is sabotaged as soon as it is begun. So when Zack and Clovis decide to use the pure, sweet water from a secret spring high in the mountains to make and sell delicious ices, they run into all kinds of danger. Unless they're very careful, they will be made to disappear, just as their father did twelve years before.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340894180</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Grasshopper Glitch
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=One minute Mrs Potts is an innocent old biddy living next door to Josh and Danny, the next she's horrifying them by turning them into spiders, then bluebottle flies. But now they're working for her, trying to complete her bizarre body-swapping research. She's paying them back by driving them to school. Luckily there's not a chance that they might SWITCH while at school, or have to suffer a bully while in the shape and form of a grasshopper. Oops...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729349</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Fly Frenzy
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Josh and Danny have only recently recovered from being turned into spiders by the peculiar scientist woman next door. But however adamant they are it'll never happen again, they don't foresee a time when they're willingly taking a repeat dose of the SWITCH serum, becoming tiny flying detectives, and almost drinking up spills from the toilet rim...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729330</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Peter Millett
|title=The Curse of the Catastrophic Cupcakes (Boy Zero Wannabe Hero)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Boy Zero Wannabe Hero has defeated General Pandemonium twice before, but as with all supervillains, he's relentless. This time, the General has come up with a wicked plan to conquer the world by making everyone float off into space by feeding them catastrophic cupcakes. Will Boy Zero be able to save the world yet again?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571253261</amazonuk>
}}
