|summary=Looking back on my childhood the most useful skill I acquired was that of making things. I was the daughter of a man who made a greenhouse out of a derelict bus, so it was inevitable that something would rub off on me. Well over half a century later it still stands me in good stead: I can see ''how'' to make things, ''how'' to solve problems and my imagination was fired up at an early stage. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a bus-to-greenhouse converter in-house, but the best start is being encouraged to make things ''regularly'' and learning that you don't always have to buy everything you need. A drum roll, please for Sarah Goldschadt's ''Craft-A-Day''.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745951</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Robert Leroy Ripley
|title=Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=You know it's getting near Christmas when you spot the annual Ripley's ''Believe It or Not'', the celebration of all that's macabre, shocking, gruesome and frequently downright revolting - and that's just the people. Just wait until you get to the non-human items. We don't usually cover annuals at Bookbag because they've frequently gone out of fashion before too many months have passed, but these books can be read year after year and they're still going to make the average adult feel rather unwell. Yes - you're right. Kids are going to love it.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847946739</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Fiona Foden
|title=How to be Gorgeous: Smart Ways to Look and Feel Fabulous
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The first point that author Fiona Foden stresses is that this is a book about how to be gorgeous, but she goes on to explain that this isn't just about having glossy hair, great skin and a wonderful dress (although she does admit that these help). It's about looking amazing, but still being you. It's about having confidence in who you are and having a positive energy about you. It's about having great friends - and ''being'' a great friend, in fact being the sort of person that everyone wants to know. She promises that most of what she suggests is not going to break the Bank - somethings are virtually, if not totally, free and it's all easy. So how does it live up to the promises?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407132695</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Harriet Ziefert and Liz Murphy
|title=ABC Dentist: Healthy Teeth from A to Z
|rating=4
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=I hope that children are not as fearful of going to the dentist as used regularly to be the case, but even those who are unworried will benefit from this useful book directed mainly at the five to ten age group, although I'm sure that older children will find it of interest too. The ABC format might suggest a younger age range, but don't be fooled!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609052749</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Rosen
|title=Fantastic Mr Dahl
|rating=5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=Reading this book is rather like curling up in a deep, squishy armchair with a cup of cocoa and some squashed-fly biscuits while a favourite uncle chats to you about books. He tells you interesting things about Roald Dahl's life, and then he discusses how those events may have affected his writing, secure in the knowledge that you already know and love the stories. Just as important, he pauses in his chat from time to time to ask your opinion — and it's clear he's really interested in your answer. Do you prefer the original version of ''James and the Giant Peach'', or the one which was eventually published? Can you imagine how funny it would be to see your grandfather looking in through your bedroom window, like the BFG?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141322136</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner
|title=The Comic Strip Book of Dinosaurs
|rating=3
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=If I asked you all to put your hands up if you had a dinosaur book as a youth I'd feel the draught from here. My grander examples certainly stayed on my shelves for years and survived several readings, and I'm sure that's not unique - plus, over the intervening years science has learnt a lot of extra facts, to make the books more accurate. Here then, for the 5-9s, is a primer of prehistory, and one such as the young me never had.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408817462</amazonuk>
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