I've got to tell you now, that I really love this book – firstly, the stanzas are the well-paced rhyming variety and not your ''moon'', ''June'', ''spoon'' assortment of verse, either, which was a pleasant surprise and went down very well in our house and secondly there are fold out flaps which are huge and beautifully illustrated, often with hilarious punch lines lurking inside.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434847</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=James McKnight and Mark Chambers
|title=Only Nooglebooglers Glow in the Dark
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Farmer and Mrs McDoogle are throwing a party for all their friends and for the people who visit the farm throughout the year. The barn has been decorated, Mrs McDoogle has prepared plenty of food and one of the monsters, Diggle, is acting as DJ and playing all of their favourite music. Soon the guests and some of the better behaved monsters start arriving. However, just as the party is getting into full swing, calamity strikes with the music stopping and all the lights going out. The machine that turns poo from the gogglynippers into electricity has broken down.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564515</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Neil Griffiths and Janette Louden
|title=Hats Off!
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary='Hats Off!' is a wonderfully entertaining book that is written entirely in rhyme. It starts by asking if the reader has ever thought about how many hats they might have been bought and whether a hat actually looks good on their head or not. The author, Neil Griffiths, then goes on to suggest that there are:
''Hats too big, too tight''<br>
''and too small,''<br>
''Hats that just shouldn't''<br>
''be worn at all!''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905434839</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Melanie Watt
|title=Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday Party
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Scaredy Squirrel is planning a birthday party - his own - but he's not a very brave squirrel and thinks that the safest thing to do for his party will be to celebrate, by himself, in his tree. Very safe. Very far away from any possible danger, like ants or Bigfoot or confetti. Very far away indeed from unfunny clownfish, ponies and porcupines. But then Scaredy's friend Buddy sends him a lovely birthday card and all of the plans for the party have to change.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471346</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Seema Barker
|title=The Tangle Fairy
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Jaya, just like every little girl in the land, brushes her hair before bed but wakes up with all sorts of knots and tangles. When Jaya asks her mummy how this can be, the simple explanation is 'The Tangle Fairy'.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564388</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=June Morley
|title=Time For Dinner
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=I was beginning to wonder when I would see a book that addressed the sticky (pardon the pun) issue of the food chain. I mean, the reception and pre-schooler set seem pretty au fait with being cooked and eaten by giants whose sleep is disturbed, or by nasty, warty, smelly old witches who live in the woods waiting for a hapless brother and sister to wander past the door, so I was very keen to see how Morley got into the detail of this particular stumbling block.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564396</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=John Yeoman and Quentin Blake
|title=Sixes and Sevens
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary='Sixes and Sevens' was originally published in 1971 but the fact it’s still doing the rounds is a testament to the longevity of the rhyming writing style and the simply fabulous illustrations by Quentin Blake. I grew up on a diet of books illustrated by Blake and it was a joy to revisit his style in the pages of this book with the next generation of my family; my 4 year old, Sadie.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393087</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Clemency Pearce and Sam McPhillips
|title=The Silent Owl
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=
Owl is silent. Not a hoot. Not a twit or a twoo. Nothing. The other forest animals are worried about him, and try to provoke him into saying something, but Owl remains silent.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849564248</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Dubravka Kolanovic and Eilidh Rose
|title=Little Penguin Learns to Swim
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Little Penguin has an important day ahead of him, for today he is going to go swimming for the first time. He's a little bit scared, but as he sets off to the water he meets several friends along the way, all of whom are also trying out something new. As he sees each of them succeed in their endeavours, will he also find the courage to try and swim himself?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184956440X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Laura Owen and Korky Paul
|title=The Misadventures of Winnie the Witch
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Have you met Winnie the Witch yet? I do hope so. She's really quite bonkers, often rather disgusting, and she has a fat, long-suffering cat called Wilbur. She's a bit of a favourite in our house, so we were eager to sit down and read her newest stories together!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192732145</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=J R R Tolkien
|title=Mr Bliss
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=
If you wanted to produce a classic of children's literature, it would probably look a lot like this. It would be written by a famous name as a private exercise for their children, with the author's own illustrations. It would feature a title character, with a typical Edwardian headstrong attitude, yet with an ability to create slapstick. It may well have fairytale characters as you've never seen them before. And it would be presented in a deluxe, pristine heritage edition such as this.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000743619X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Laurent de Brunhoff
|title=Babar's Celesteville Games
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Babar the elephant is the king of Celesteville, and this year his country is hosting the Worldwide Games. Athletes come from all over the world to compete. There is a fairytale romance for one of Babar's children, now grown up, too.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701258</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jutta Ash
|title=Rapunzel
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Rapunzel is the story of a young man and his wife who long for a child of their own. Unfortunately, the wife also yearns to eat the lush rapunzel that grows in the garden next door. She pleads with her husband to fetch her some which he does. However he is spotted by the witch who lives there who tells him that in return for the rapunzel they must give her their first born child. This is a baby girl who is given the name Rapunzel. The witch imprisons her at the top of a tall tower and she can only be reached by the witch climbing up her long golden tresses.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393729</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Eric Carle
|title=The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Eric Carle's latest story consists of just 50 words, 10 animal paintings and two pictures of the young artist at work. Simply, a child creates a series of vibrant paintings of animals in unusual, striking colours, including a blue horse, a green lion and a multi-coloured, polka-dotted donkey. My own favourite is the purple fox. The child says, I am a good artist.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141340010</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Leo Lionni
|title=Frederick
|rating=3
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=The story of Frederick starts by introducing a chatty family of field mice who live in a stone wall alongside a meadow not far from a barn and a granary. Unfortunately, the farmers have moved away meaning that there are not such rich pickings to collect for the winter. However, by working hard night and day the little family look like they could collect enough to see them through the long hard winter. Frederick is the only mouse who seems to see things slightly differently though. Instead of working as hard as his brothers and sisters, he spends his days staring at the meadow seemingly half asleep. Not surprisingly, the other hard working mice are none too pleased so they challenge Frederick. His answer amazes them when he claims that he is collecting supplies of a different sort – sun rays for the cold dark days ahead, colours for the grey winter and words for the long days when they might run out of things to say.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393095</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Christina Goodings and Annabel Hudson
|title=My Look and Point Bible
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=
This version of the bible for toddlers has been cleverly retold to engage little ones, with lots of illustrations, pictures to point at and words to learn. It includes stories from both the old and new testaments, from the creation and Noah through to the birth of Jesus as well as some of his parables and the crucifixion.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0745962068</amazonuk>
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