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{{newreview
|author=Jill Newton
|title=Don't Wake Mr Bear!
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Dormouse is the leader of the woodland orchestra, and it is time for the lullaby of the forest to begin. Softly, gently the animals play and off goes Dormouse to hibernate for the winter, departing with the strict instruction ''remember, WHATEVER you do, don't wake Mr Bear!'' It's not hard to guess what happens next, is it?!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405249668</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=John Yeoman and Quentin Blake
|summary=Mrs McCready ''was'' ever so greedy. She was a cheerful, red-headed lady who simply loved her food. She would eat absolutely anything – sometimes it was quite healthy, such as the berries, especially cherries, but she didn't even worry if there were ''worms'' inside. She didn't even worry too much about whether the foods she ate tasted good together – she just loved to ''eat''. This caused something of a problem with clothes, as absolutely nothing would fit her – not even the wedding marquee or the hot air balloon. Eventually she met her fate…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184886065X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Simon Mayor and Hilary James
|title=I'm A Parrot
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=I think that most small children will love the friendly, chatty parrot who speaks to them in 'I'm a Parrot'. From the very start of the book, the parrot chatters on, talking what can only be described as nonsense – but it is very amusing nonsense even though he claims to enjoy intelligent conversation. He talks about the different places he would or wouldn't live and the things that he might do. There are many puns and some play on words such as living in 'Polly-nesia' and becoming a 'parrot-trooper'. My daughter also found it quite comical the way the parrot keeps repeating particular words, although I can imagine that if we were to read the book a few times, it might become a little annoying to say the least.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849563187</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=You Are Very Special
|author=Su Box and Susie Poole
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=''You Are Very Special'' introduces the idea of individuality, of how we're all different and how we're all special. This isn't really a story as such, but rather a book that invites further discussion. Written in occasionally clunky rhyme, it investigates how everyone is different, all different shapes and sizes. It suggests how miraculous our bodies are, breathing and working through the day and also through the night, even when we're asleep!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745963005</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=From the Day You Were Born
|author=Sophie Piper and Kristina Stephenson
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=This lovely little story looks at parental love, of that special bond that grows between parents and children, how babies grow and develop as they get older, and how that love is ''for ever and for always.''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962378</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Play With Colours (The Happets)
|author=Laurence Jammes and Marc Clamens
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The Happets are a friendly looking bunch of animal friends all made of different coloured fabrics. In this story we're introduced to each character and told about its colour, for example Milo is green like ''gorgeous green apples, gorgeous green clover, gorgeous green balls.'' Each page has a fabric tab, to match the character in question, making it a lovely book for babies to touch and play with.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444904078</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=We Love Bears
|author=Catherine Anholt and Laurence Anholt
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Two young children wake up one morning to find their teddy bear has come to life and is waiting to take them on an outing to a Teddy Bear Town. The simple text makes for a short and sweet bedtime read, always useful in our house. There are just a couple of lines of rhyming verse on each page, with a nice rhythm for easy reading aloud, and I think it could be enjoyed by quite young toddlers. However, I liked the amusing pictures, with lots of detail to look and discuss with slightly older siblings.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408311682</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Oomph! (Preston Pig)
|author=Colin McNaughton
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Preston Pig is a charming and somewhat lucky character who features in quite a few of Colin McNaughton's picture books. In ''Oomph!'', Preston and his family go to the seaside for their holiday where he makes a new little friend called Max. They have great fun together all week but are blissfully unaware that there is someone a bit sinister lurking in the background. With this book, as well as reading the words, make sure that you pay close attention to the illustrations where there is a slightly different story being told.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392617</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=Elmer's Special Day
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=My daughter has grown up loving the Elmer the Elephant stories and even though she is now six, he still remains one of her firm favourites. His brightly coloured patchwork skin, along with his wise words and thoughts, is particularly appealing. In 'Elmer's Special Day', all of the elephants become as bright and colourful as Elmer, as this is their one opportunity to paint and decorate themselves as brightly as him. They do become rather noisy and excitable though which causes some of the other jungle animals to complain. Elmer is both wise and resourceful though and soon realises that the way to keep all of the animals happy is to invite them all to join in. He does this and the outcome is truly colourful with lions, monkeys, giraffes, as well as elephants and many more animals, all uniquely decorated and wearing elephant masks. All except one elephant that is. Because this is the day when all of the other animals can shine, Elmer goes and rolls in elephant coloured berry mud until he is the one that looks like an ordinary elephant. At that moment the parade begins and it is truly enjoyable and spectacular.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709852</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tony Ross
|title=Little Princess: I Want A Party!
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The Little Princes is quite a famous character among young children having starred in many stories as well as her own TV series. In her latest book, 'I Want a Party!', she is set on having a do even though there is nothing to actually celebrate. And of course, if you are familiar with this series of books, you will know that what the little princess wants, she usually gets. Having brushed aside her parents' objections, she sets about writing invitations, preparing party food with the Cook, making party hats with the Prime Minister and planning games with the General.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392684</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Cerys Matthews and Fran Evans
|title=Tales From The Deep
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Cerys Matthews has adapted two Welsh legends - ''Cantre'r Gwaelod'' and ''The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach'' - for a young and modern audience. The first tale from the deep, ''The Ghost Bells of the Lowlands'', tells of a drunken watchmen whose carelessness leads to the destruction of a village. The second tale, ''Myddfai Magic'', sees a man marry a beautiful lady of a lake, with the promise that she will leave him if he hits her three times.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848513127</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ellie Sandall
|title=Daisy Plays Hide-and-Seek
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Jake's friend, Daisy, is a cow. In fact, she's a very special cow. If we were a little older than Jake we'd call her a chameleon because she's not black, or black and white, or brown. Wherever Daisy goes she can take on the colours of what's around her. So when she stands in front of the stone wall she's a mottled grey colour but when she's in the field of corn she turns golden. Funniest of all is when she stands in front Mum's washing and is the colour of the sheets which she has hung out on the line.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140525419X</amazonuk>
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