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Eighteen beautiful picture books have been collected for this anthology, including a book by a recent British Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, “We’re going on a Bear Hunt” and also two stories by Martin Waddell, “Little Mo” and “Sailor Bear”.If your child loves their bear, and so many do, this wonderfully illustrated collection of stories is
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This charming story teaches that everyone carries an invisible bucket to hold all their good thoughts about themselves. Having a full bucket makes you feel good, while an empty bucket leaves you with uncomfortable feelings. The book encourages positive behaviour andshows children how rewarding it is to express kindness and love by “filling buckets”.
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A re-telling of the Enormous Turnip, using simple text and delightful illustrations.When the farmer can’t pull a turnip out of the ground, he gets the whole family to help. But just how big can a turnip grow?The book is carefully levelled so it is accessible and fun.
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The book is a retelling of the film of the same name. It’s a very funny story about the lives our pets lead when we go off to work or school each day.My particular favourite is Leonard the posh poodle, who when alone, hits the switch on the stereo and with his friends, turns into
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A hilarious book featuring a scurvy bunch of pirates, setting sail for an island of gold.Only at the very end do we find a very unexpected development. They find the island – but they find a monster too, the Pirate-Cruncher. Alas for the pirates, their greed overcame their fear.
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Is essentially a picture book, with a very limited story, although it does present you with the opportunity for you and your child to talk through the various pictures of what happens behind the scenes at Weasel HQ. See how much your child understands and indeed whether they have any awareness of DIY/problem solving solutions.
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This is the perfect book using it’s cut out pictures showing different bones within the body to teach us the scientific names for the major bones. One of those where you learn something yourself while reading, or in the case singing (I use that term loosely) the traditional African-American Spiritual song.
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This is a bright and colourful book which is all about different people contributing towards a street party, all the neighbours have their signature dish and it seems their secret recipes are all featured on the right of each page, if you fancy getting involved.
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This is a story about a storm with some friendly dinosaurs showing the frightened children the storm is nothing to worry about. Beautiful pictures and bold and cuddly characters, even a cute cat (although I am firmly in the dog camp usually).
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This book will have children thinking about the many uses of ladders and the book does well to make a story of the missing ladders Leo finds. The adult in me keeps questioning whether you would leave/forget about such a large item, then I switch off the adult in me and go back to reading