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What's that Noise, Mr Croc by Jo Lodge
ISBN: 978-0-340-96001-1 £6.99
What's that noise, Mr Croc? It's me - banging the
pots and pans! Join Mr Croc as he makes all sorts of noises but be
careful when you hear those snappy teeth! Snip, snap! With fantastic
tabs and pops!
Totz2teens Member Review: Whats that Mr croc is a very fun
book with pull tabs and flip sections of the page. My son enjoyed
finding out what was underneath. He liked the drawings and laughed
when the bits moved.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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Wolf's Magnificent Master Plan
by Melanie Williamson
ISBN: 978-0-340-95059-3 £10.99
Wolf's last rotten tooth is throbbing and he longs to eat something
other than soup! So he comes up with a cunning plan and, with his
brand-new teeth, goes in search of supper!
Totz2teens Member Review: The
sweetest book I have seen in a long time. It is about a wolf who
has lost his teeth and comes up with a cunning plan to buy new teeth.
He plans to use the lambs to gain him his teeth and then eat them!!!!
He gets them to knit woolly jumpers to gain him his money but the lambs
are clever and soon catch on to his plan. We really enjoyed
looking at the pictures as they were colourful and fun and we loved the
story.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The Baker Street Mysteries:
The Dragon Tattoo by Tim Piggott-Smith
ISBN: 978-0-340-957103-5 £5.99
Sherlock
Holmes has disappeared. Billy Chizzell
dreams of hitting the headlines: YOUNG HERO
LOCATES MASTER DETECTIVE! Billy's search
takes him to Limehouse and an encounter with
evil. Rescued by Sam Wiggins, Billy agrees
to help Sam stop the plans of the infamous
Dragon Clan of Shanghai to spread their
criminal activities to London.
Totz2teens Member Review:
Fantastic, exciting thriller. The characters are totally
believable. Pacing through the streets of Victorian London is so
interesting and easy to visualise through this tremendous story.
Ideal for any mystery loving youngster.
Totz2teens Member Rating 5/5
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Something Wickedly Weird:
The Smugglers' Mine by Chris Mould
ISBN: 978-0-340-95055-5 £6.99
Stanley Buggles holds the key to the ancient secret contained in the
smugglers map. But where will it take him? And who is following on
behind?
Totz2teens Member Review: A lovely engaging, humorous book
which also has a dark side which works so well. Having the
illustrations throughout the book we found helped carry it along and not
make it so scary to read. We were so pleased to read this book and
had great fun waiting for the next evening to find out what was going to
happen next.Totz2teens Member
Rating: 4/5
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Spray by Harry
Edge
ISBN: 978-0-340-95614-4 £5.99
Five teenagers enrol in a play assassination game
in a fictional city: Shell, a student, with a perky exterior hiding a
vulnerable need to prove herself, falls for Mac when required to
assassinate him; Mac a student drop out, resentful of his parents'
divorce a year before the story starts, what he doesn't know is that his
sister Han has joined the game to find him; Green, a computer geek, is
overweight and has issues with self-esteem, like Shell he sees the game
as a chance to prove himself as well as interact with people his own
age; Zed is feisty and attractive and a metal head goth by night, by day
a student nurse - Zed is a chameleon and pretty ruthless, the most
competitive of all perhaps, but does she know who she really is? The
buzz in this 'street war' is that you feel like a player in a real
action movie with all of the adrenalin and the strategy and the pace,
without the danger The game is organised online by the elusive
'gamekeeper' and all players meet him once, to collect the details of
their first target on a laminated card ...Meanwhile their name is also
down as a target, for whom, they don't know...all they know is that they
have to be on their guard, always looking over their shoulder, ready to
dodge their 'assailant'. These five teens have their own stories to
tell, their own relationships unresolved, for some the game and the end
result is more important than others. But what becomes clear, as the
plot and the game unravels, is that the danger is more real than they
thought, and that the Gamekeeper has a shady agenda of his own.
Totz2teens Member Review: Really
enjoyed this book it kept you on the edge of your seat wanting to read
what happens next. Suitable for both boys and girls i
would recommend this bookTotz2teens Member
Rating: 4/5
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Out of my
depth by Helen Bailey
ISBN: 978-0-340-95029-6 £5.99
Electra's totally out of her depth. Everyone's giving her the third
degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know whether he's being bullied.
Sorrel's interrogating Electra about Lucy's private life. Even her dad
is cross-examining her about her mum's love-life, over his Deep Pan
Super Supreme. And all Electra can think is, How far can you get a piece
of melted cheese to stretch without it breaking? Welcome to the crazy
world of Electra Brown.
Totz2teens Member Review:
"I am totally out of my depth"
Everyone's giving me the third degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know
whether he's being bullied. Sorrel's interrogating me about Lucy's
stroppy moods.
Even Dad is cross-examining me about mums love-life, over garlic bread
and pepperonied pizza. All i can think about is "how far can i get a
piece of melted cheese to stretch without it breaking?"
I can be very shallow. Theses are the real-life, messed up rants
of me, Electra Brown. Welcome to my crazy world.
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I gave this my 13 year old teenager to read and here are her comments :
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was like taking a look at real
teenage life and give you examples of problems and possible solutions,
it was really easy to read and in words that are very understandable for
teenagers,I would definately recommend it.
As a parent I would pay 5.99 for this book, YD seemed to really enjoy
it.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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Lily's Dressing
Up Dreams: The Silver Mirror by
Jenny Oldfield
ISBN: 978-0-340-95597-0 £3.99
Pearl loves playing dress-up with her friends, Amber and Lily. But this
dressing-up box isn't like any other ...When Pearl finds a red cloak
there's a magical dazzle of light and the next thing she knows, she's in
the middle of Red Riding-Hood's fairytale world! Pearl is desperate for
her own fairytale adventure, just like Amber and Lily. When will it be
her turn? Pearl wonders as she puts on a shawl from the dressing-up box.
To her delight, it's her turn now, as she whooshes away to the world of
Red Riding-Hood filled with village fairs, delicious treats and lots of
animal friends! But Pearl better beware. A hungry wolf lurks in the
woods ready to pounce ...
Totz2teens Member Review:
A great looking book with a cut out of lily to dress and a picture
to colour. I found the story a little boring and my yd wasnt that keen
to continue reading it, it is a tale of a girl called lily who finds an
old mirror and cleans it to find herself transported to the life of snow
white with some extra bits added where she helps to rescue her nurse
from her evil step mother and of course ends up at the dwarfs cottage to
escape.Totz2teens Member
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The General
by Robert Muchamore
ISBN: 9780340931844 £6.99
The world's largest urban warfare training compound
stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being
hunted by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace
up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the
best war game ever. CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults
never suspect that kids are spying on them. For official purposes, these
children do not exist.
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Sapphique by
Catherine Fisher
ISBN: 9780340893616 £5.99
Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its
memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside,
Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity.
Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another
construct of his imprisonment? And can you be free if your friends are
still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you
be free if you don't even know who you are? Inside Incarceron, has the
crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of Sapphique, the only man the
Prison ever loved. Sapphique, whose image fires Incarceron with the
desire to escape its own nature. If Keiro steals the glove, will he
bring destruction to the world? Inside. Outside. All seeking freedom.
Like Sapphique.
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Bras, Boys and Bad Hair Days
by Anita Naik
ISBN: 9780340970577 £5.99
For every girl that wants to know how to apply make-up, how to ask a guy
out, how to survive school and of course, how to buy a bra that fits!
this book is an oracle of knowledge that no teenage girl should be
without! With advice on boys, friends, parents, school and fashion,
Bras, Boys and Bad Hair Days reveals all in one stylish, ultimate
handbook.
Totz2teens Member Review:
There are lots of
book around that cover these topics,
It is full of no-nonsense advice.
The books is laid out really well
and clear. It is a really
entertaining book which gives so
much entertainment mixed with the
advice. I am happy to
recommend this to anyone.\
Totz2teens Member
rating: 5/5
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Puddle
Goblins by David Melling
ISBN: 9780340930502 £3.99
The land of the goblins is hidden. But not so far away. If
you look carefully you might just find it...
Totz2teens Member Review: A great value book which is
packed full of fun and entertainment. Lots of pictures and
basically a non scary book for a reluctant reader to get into.
very pleasing. My son enjoyed reading it and finished it which is
quite amazing.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 4/5
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Hiccup: The Viking who was
seasick by Cressida Cowell
ISBN:9780340969991 £5.99
So begins Cressida Cowell's hilarious book about a little Viking who
cannot fit in. Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny,
thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything - especially of
going to sea for the very first time. But go he must...So who will save
the day when everything goes disgustingly wrong aboard ship and all the
big Vikings lose their cool? This wonderfully witty fable will delight
all those who have ever faced up to their worse fears.
Totz2teens Member Review: Hiccup the
viking that was seasick- what an endearing book, it tells the tale of a
little boy that has to face his fears and how he overcomes them. I
would definitely recommend this book its well written and well
illustrated, for children 3 + . Its a pleasure to read.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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Baggy Brown
by Mick Inkpen
ISBN: 9780340932315 £5.99
Another classic picture book from the best-selling creator of Kipper and
Wibbly Pig. Baggy Brown was born at Better Bears Limited. Only he wasn't
born as Baggy Brown, but Number One. And as a special limited edition
bear, he was due to be presented to Princess Sophie, daughter of King
and Queen of Thingland. But this isn't quite what happened. This is the
story of how Alfie found and named Baggy Brown and the beginnings of a
very special friendship.
Totz2teens Member Review: Baggy Brown is a book by Mick
Inkpen whom I have to say I love. His books are fantastic.
Baggy Brown is another book that adds to the fantastic selection from
Inkpen. This one is probably suitable for slightly older toddlers
in my opinion. The story is delightful and we liked reading this.
The princesses name was a bit tricky so we were glad they shorten it to
make life easy and the story to follow. A totally classic book for
children and super for the adults to read.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 4/5
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Shine Moon
Shine by David Conway
ISBN: 9780340930847 £5.99
One snowy night, in a great big city, a strange thing happens. The moon
falls from the sky and lands on top of a very tall building. And no
matter what the people in the neighbourhood do, the moon will not rise.
That night, a young boy named Ata decides to sit with the moon to keep
it company. In return, the moon tells him why he doesn't want to go
home. It is so dark up there, the moon says. It makes me feel lonely.
Ata tries again and again to make the moon shine, but nothing works.
Until Ata has a great idea It's a simple and inspirational story, well
told and beautifully illustrated. Most of all though it shows that one
small boy, in having the courage to try, can achieve something
wonderful.
Totz2teens Member Review: " A superb
book for the age 3-5 age range"
A classic in the making. One snowy night, in a great big
city, the moon falls from the sky. Can a young boys kindness make the
moon shine again ?
I have read and re-read this to my 4 year old son and it has become one
of his favourite bedtime stories! Beautiful illustrations. Would
definately recommend.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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Baby Blue Egg
by Mary McQuillan
ISBN: 9780340956908 £10.99
This is the story about the day, a baby blue egg came out to play. First
came one leg, then the other, then it yelled, 'I want my mother!' Join
Baby Blue Egg on his search for his mother. The other dinosaurs are
happy to help as long as the Egg stops making such a noise. They don't
want to wake the scary Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Totz2teens Member Review: My children enjoyed me reading
this book with them. The story is about a little blue egg and his
journey to find his mother. The way it is written is lovely and
rhymy which helps carry the story along nicely. Great Read.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The Famous Five's Survival
Guide by Enid Blyton
ISBN: 9780340970836 £15.99
Have you ever wished you could be
one of the Famous Five? Now you can be, by using all the information
they have collected to solve this mystery of the hidden treasure. Not
just the story of a search for the bejewelled dragon, this book includes
useful advice on topics such as codebreaking, using a compass, building
an escape raft, first aid, camping, and much more.
Totz2teens Member Review: A really exciting book. I loved
reading and looking through this book. There is so much
information about survival, setting up camp, solving a mystery and so so
much more. I think any other person would be really happy to have
this book as it has so many interesting things in it.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The Great Nursery Rhyme
Disaster by David Conway
ISBN: 9780340945070 £10.99
Little Miss Muffet is bored of her own nursery rhyme so goes in search
of a new nursery rhyme to be in. But before you can say Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers, the whole book of rhymes is thrown
into chaos! With some of the most favourite rhymes, including The Grand
Old Duke of York, Jack and Jill, Hickory, Dickory, Dock, Ding, Dong,
Bell, Hey Diddle, Diddle, Sing a song of Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts,
and Little Miss Muffet.
Totz2teens Member Review: The Great Nursery Rhyme
Disaster is a delightfully sweet book that is totally enjoyable to read.
The book is full of fun, bright and friendly pictures of the different
nursery rhymes and Miss Muffet. We found this book familiar due to
the nursery rhymes but because of the confusion it makes the book really
great fun to read.Totz2teens Member Rating:
5/5
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Miki by Stephen
Mackey
ISBN: 9780340950647 £10.99
A long time ago and very far away,
three friends -- Miki, Polar Bear and Penguin, lived
in a place that was always cold and dark. Nothing
grew in this snowy world. Until, on midwinter eve
when an icy wind blew, the moon weaved her magic and
Miki's wish came true...
Totz2teens Member Review: We enjoyed reading
Miki. It is a calmly, beautiful story of three
friends and some magic. We loved reading about
their adventures and would happily read it again.
Totz2teens member Rating: 4/5
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Nickolai's
Quest by Lucy Daniel Raby
ISBN: 9780340903032 £6.99
At the stroke of midnight, a miracle
must happen at the North Pole ...Nickolai has made
his home in the Elfin Kingdom, safe at last from the
wicked Magda. Now he must keep his Winter Solstice
promise: to bring gifts to all the world's children
in one night. It seems an impossible mission. Forced
into the dark and forbidden NetherWorld, in the Cave
of the Crystal Chronicle, Nickolai must confront his
deepest fears ...
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The Big Book of Big Excuses by Tracey Turner
ISBN: 9780340970553 £6.99
This book will teach you that * you're unlikely to get away with
pretending to be dead. * it's better to dump someone with no excuse at
all than to tell them it's because they only like early Radiohead. *
sometimes, giving a genuine excuse is far more embarrassing than saying
nothing. * pretending to be an answering machine is never going to be
convincing. * you should never attempt to eat your underpants under any
circumstances
Totz2teens Member Review: This is one of those books you
can pick up and put down and have a new little fact under your belt.
I left it in the bathroom to see how many people actually read a bit.
They did. So we threw around lots of little excuses that we had
read. Great little pressie for someone who lacks time keeping or
just likes useless facts.
Totz2teens member Rating: 4/5
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How to Ride a Dragon's storm by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III by
Cressida Cowell
ISBN: 9780340950357 £5.99
Hiccup has three months, five days and six hours to discover America,
get back to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents, AND win the
annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. Can he do it?" (Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock)"Find
out in this brand new Hiccup adventure bursting with swash-buckling
adventure, mad-cap humour, and lots more deadly dragons ...A must read
for every hero who has a little trouble being as heroic as he would
like.
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A Perfect Ten
by Chris Higgins
ISBN: 9780340950692 £5.99
Perfection. That's the key aim in Eva's life. She works hard to be the
girl all the other girls wish they could be: pretty, popular, smart and
a gymnastic star, the queen of her gymnastics clique, the 'Jimmies'. She
seems to have it all. But the arrival of new girl Patty threatens Eva's
perfect life and soon her mother's in rehab, her father's absent and her
best friend seems more interested in snogging her brother than spending
time with Eva. With her life quickly unravelling Eva clings to the one
thing she can control, her weight. But no matter how strong her
willpower is, the dark secret that Eva has worked so hard to conceal
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Felicity Wishes
The Great Fairy balloon Race by Emma Thomson
ISBN: 9780340945094 £16.99
The sky is filled with balloons of every size, shape and colour as
Felicity and her friends set off for the first ever Great Balloon Race
around Fairy World! Read the exciting story and then follow the fairies'
adventure with your very own pop-up Fairy World to treasure forever.
Totz2teens Member Review: Totally beautiful book and globe.
The book comes apart from the globe and you can read about the race
around fairy world. The Globe opens up into a truly beautiful
sparkly girly globe with pop up objects. Very appreciated by my
little girl. She now has the globe hung up in her room and it
looks perfect.Totz2teens Member Rating:
5/5
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Kipper's Christmas Eve by Mick Inkpen
ISBN: 9780340932094 £5.99
Which is best Kipper wonders,
Christmas Day or Christmas Eve? Presents? Or
expecting presents? Kipper's friends: Pig, Arnold
and Tiger are all getting ready for Christmas too
and Kipper manages to give little Arnold his best
Christmas Eve ever.
Totz2teens Member Review: Treasure it.
This book is just so brilliant. Perfect for
Kipper fans of course. Loved the Christmas
Story and so did my little boy.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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Kipper's
Snowy Day by Mick Inkpen
ISBN: 9780340932100 £5.99
Kipper loves the snow and when he
sees great white flakes tumbling down one morning,
he can't wait to be out enjoying himself. Kipper's
friend Tiger isn't nearly as good at snow games as
Kipper is, because of his silly, woolly clothes -
but they still manage to build a wonderful snowdog.
Totz2teens Member Review: A must for
any Mick Inkpen/Kipper fan. Kipper is enjoying
the snow with his friends and this follows his
adventures. Great Book with lovely
illustrations.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The
Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
ISBN: 9780340970157 £6.99
It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to introduce
carbon dioxide rationing, in a drastic bid to combat climate change. As
her family spirals out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year
of rationing with scathing abandon. Will her mother become one with her
inner wolf? Will her sister give up her weekends in Ibiza? Does her
father love the pig more than her? Can her band the dirty angels make it
big? And will Ravi Datta ever notice her? In these dark days, Laura
deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs. The
Carbon Diaries 2015 is one girl's drastic bid to stay sane in a world
unravelling at the seams.
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The Happiest Man in The World
by Mij Kelly
ISBN: 9780340931547 £10.99
Just who is the happiest man in the world and what does it mean to be
happy? Mouse lives in a house all alone - and that's the way she likes
it. Until one day a miserable old man moves in and turns mouse's life
upside-down. As mouse makes moves to cheer up the old man, she slowly
learns what it is to be happy and discovers the true identity of her
visitor
Totz2teens Member Review: A little mouse ends up
sharing its life with a sad old man, slowly over time the mouse brings
the old man some presents to cheer him up. Eventually he decides
that he knows what he must do. The children enjoyed the story and
didnt question anything. It sat a little uncomfy with me over the
fact that Father Christmas is unhappy, tired and not pleased with his
lot in life. I know it comes good in the end and there are some
excellent morals within the story. The pictures are pleasant and
over all its a good story.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 3/5
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book
by Lauren Child
ISBN: 9780340956526 £12.99
This is the second stunningly original pop-up book by Lauren Child about
Herb - star of Beware the Storybook Wolves. Have you ever fallen into a
storybook? Well, if you do, just make sure it isn't a fairy tale!
Because in every one there is a 'wicked this, an evil that and a hungry
somebody.' Readers will be amazed as, this time, Herb is trapped inside
his very own storybook.
Totz2teens Member Review: Who's afraid of the big bad book
is a delightful, dreamy story book. Full of real action and just
so edibly delicious. A Pop up book with p-zazz offering the reader
the chance to delve into classic fairy tales through Herbs dreams.
We had a complete scream playing with this book and we know you will
too.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The
Star-faced Crocodile by David Melling
ISBN: 9780340930465 £10.99
Introducing two fabulously fun characters a bear with a banjo and a
star-faced crocodile, this is a tale of friendship and of music. Told
with warmth and wit and accompanied by vibrant watercolour artwork, it
teaches us how to respect the world we live in and the delicate balance
of nature.
Totz2teens Member Review: In this book a
plain simple crocodile seeks a bit of friendship from a local bear who
plays music by the water. The crocodile thinks that he will not be
liked but the bear wants to be friends with him and attempts to give him
his star back. However disastrous consequences occur and the bear
and crocodile sort it all out becoming friends at the same time.
Written and drawn in a warm and friendly way which helps keep the spirit
of the book high.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 4/5
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Hide me
Kipper by Mick Inkpen
ISBN: 9780340970454 £10.99
A Little squeaky mouse comes running across the page and hides himself
inside the foldy bit in the middle of the book. Will the cat find
him? Not if Kipper can help it!
Totz2teens Member Review: I have a smile from ear to ear.
This Kipper book is the best. The imagination of using the 'foldy
bit' of the book as a hiding place is just ingenious. Kipper books
are always easy to read to children and the pictures are always fabulous
and clear. Hide me Kipper does not fail. It is a smile in a
book - a must read time and time again.
Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5
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The
Bear with Sticky Paws Goes to School by
Clara Vulliamy
ISBN: 9781846163050 £10.99
When Pearl and the bear go to bear school, fun and chaos follow - with
sticky paws everywhere! Children will love sharing Pearl and her
boisterous sidekick's school-time adventures in this wonderfully chaotic
and beautifully illustrated picture book.
Totz2teens Member Review: Pearl is not wanting to go to
school. Suddenly she finds a bear at her door who is willing to
take her to Bear School. She goes but finds it hard to just do
what you want and she returns back to the real world happy to go to
school. I like the counting aspect within the story which was
repetitive and useful to use whilst reading. The layout of the book is
simple and the pictures are clear and friendly which helps keep the book
nice and bouncy.
Totz2teens member Rating: 4/5
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