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Early Reader

The Little Nut Tree
By Sally Gardner

Published by: Orion Children's
ISBN: 1444010271

A brand new Early Reader edition of million-copy selling, CARNEGIE MEDAL-winning Sally Gardner's picture book based on the favourite nursery rhyme. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

 

 

Review: This book is about a girl called Sally. For her birthday she gets a magic tree which
grows magic fruit and gives it to a princess. I liked this book very much. I liked the pictures best.

 

Lexy, age 4

My Nature Sticker Activity Book: Creepy Crawlies
(My Nature Sticker Activity Bk)
By Olivia Cosneau

Published by: National Trust Books
ISBN: 1907892974

This delightful nature sticker and activity book about creepy crawlies will give hours of fun to all children aged 5 upwards. The beautiful illustrations include butterflies, bees, beetles, ants, dragonflies and ladybirds.
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Review: This book is lots of fun. Mummy helps me colour in the pictures and teaches me about bugs. I really like butterflies best. I like the stickers too.

 

Lexy, age 4

The Dragon's Dentist (Early Reader)
By John McLay

Published by:
ISBN:
 

A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Harry wishes he was a knight. All his family are. So, one morning, as he sits cleaning the shields after a very muddy battle, he decides to do a great deed. He decides to capture Eric the Dragon. A hilarious new Early Reader story about a knight, a dragon and a horse called Oats. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

Review: Eric is a dragon and Oats is a horse. They are funny. Mummy and I read this book
together and laughed a lot.

 

Lexy, age 4

Say it Like a Snake
By Lucy Morse

Published by: Tia Publishing 
ISBN: 1909772011

This beautiful 32 page picture book tells the story of a girl named Sue
who couldn't say her S's. With the help of Sam the snake she learns a rhyme that teaches her a great way to overcome her problem. 
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Review: This book had realy good pictures of the zoo, but I didn't like this book as much as the other books I read.

 

Noah, age 4

 

There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
By Michelle Robinson

Have you ever collected coupons from a cereal box? Maybe you were saving them up for a book or a toy. Well, when Dan and his brother
decide to collect 100 coupons so that they can have their very own lion, they assume the task will be easy enough. How wrong can you be?!
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Review: I love this book. Me and my mum read it before I go to bed and we always laugh.
I especially like the crocodiles in this book.

 

Noah, age 4

Cantankerous King Colin
By Phil Allcock

Published by: Maverick Arts Publishing
ISBN: 1848861133

King Colin is naughty, grumpy, lazy, silly and grumpy but he is king so
he'll do what he likes! But he'll discover that even a king can't get away with everything. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

Review: It's about a grumpy king. It was a funny book but also made me angry, he was
naughty and didn't do anything! We read this book over and over again at bedtime. I loved it.

 

Noah, age 4

Happy Hooves, Ta Dah! 
by Anna Bogie 

Published by: Fat Fox Books Ltd 
ISBN: 0992872812

Donkey has a dream about a trip to the beach. He calls to his friends and they begin their journey to the sea and the sand. But how will they cross the terrifying cattle grid that lays ahead? Happy Hooves, Ta Dah! is the first book in a series of tales about the exciting and funny adventures of five hoofed friends who use the power of teamwork and friendship to overcome challenges. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: This book is about a donkey and his friends going to the beach. In the book a cow is
scared to cross over but he gets help from his friends. I really liked this book as I like going to the beach with my friends. Mummy liked the pictures. 

 

Noah, age 4

The Diggers and Trucks Colouring Book
By Chris Dickason

Published by: Buster Books
ISBN: 1780552505

Any child who loves trucks and diggers will enjoy being transported
through this amazing colouring book. Jam-packed with exciting things,
it's guaranteed to put boredom in reverse. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

Review: I really like this book. I bring it with me when I visit my friends. It’s fun to colour the pictures. Girls might like it but I think it’s more of a boys book.

 

Noah, age 4

Hocus Pocus Diplodocus: The World's First Ever Magician
By Steve Howson

Published by: Maverick Arts Publishing
ISBN: 1848861125

Hocus P. Diplodocus is not like other dinosaurs, he is the world's first magician! The story of the world's first magician and how the dinosaurs disappeared! BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: This book is very funny. I like to read it before I go to bed. It has a dinosaur in it who
can do magic with his tail!  

 

Noah, age 4

 Mungo Monkey goes to School 
By Lydia Monks

Published by: Egmont
ISBN: 140526909X

Join Mungo Monkey and his friends in Miss Raffy's class at school: the second adventure in this brilliant pre-school series by Julia Donaldson's award-winning illustrator, Lydia Monks.
Today the class are learning about bugs! Lift the flaps to help everyone find some creepy-crawlies and then play hide-and-seek with Mungo's spider.
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Review: I have just started school so I liked this book. I am scared of spiders so I didn’t like
the spider. This book is fun to play with.  

 

Noah, age 4

Best Friends
By Mara Bergman

Published by: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 1444914197

Dexter, Daisy and Lily are up to their usual doggy tricks causing mayhem
in the park, chased by their young owners. Three mischievous mutts and
a muddy stream should be a recipe for a disaster but instead these clever dogs bring everyone together. Soon dogs and children are all best of friends!

This warm and funny rhyming story celebrates the joy of playing outside and the bond between children and their pets. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: We like it and the pictures. We give it 3 and a half stars!

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

Barbapapa's New House
By Annette Tison

Published by: Orchard Books
ISBN:140833139X
 

 

Full of gentle humour, every Barbpapa story celebrates the power of family and friends.
In this story, Barbpapa and his family have to find a perfect new home after their old one is
turned into apartments. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: We love this. Tilly loves Barbabella and Luella loves Barbalib. Mummy likes Barbabeau, Daddy likes Barbapapa. We don't like the cranes they are naughty.  We keep asking for it to be read
to us and today mummy, daddy and grandma have read it 5 times.

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

Moonday
By Adam Rex

Published by: Hyperion
ISBN: 1423119207

What do you do when the moon lowers itself into your backyard? When the mornings are replaced by perpetual night, and people sigh-sleep in their beds? What do you do when the tide comes in, and all the neighbourhood dogs won't stop howling? You can take the moon for a ride! New York Times bestseller Adam Rex delivers a magical, surreal story that glows brighter than the full moon. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: Daddy read this twice to us and the pictures and story was too old for 3 year olds.

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

Ten Little Princesses
By Mike Brownlow

Published by: Orchard Books
ISBN: 1408330105

Ten little princesses set off on a journey to a magical fairy tale ball.
But on the way to the ball there's a dark and spooky forest, and a wicked witch, and a big bad wolf, and a sneaky troll, and a hungry giant! Will any of the little princesses get
to the ball on time? Meet all your favourite fairy tale characters in this perfectly princessy adventure: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White and more! With lots of things to spot and count on every page, this bouncy rhyming story from the creators of the highly acclaimed Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again and again. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: Tilly likes the troll and Luella likes the counting.  The pictures are very colourful and we
love princesses.

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

How to
By Julie Morstad

Published by: SIMPLY READ BOOKS
ISBN: 1897476574

 

This imaginative 'how to' book explores whimsical ways of doing a host of different tasks,
including 'how to wonder', 'how to see the breeze' and 'how to be brave'. With text and images
by award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad, this book will delight all ages. BUY IT ON AMAZON

Review: We didn't like this book Mummy and Daddy both tried to read it to us and we lost interest

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

The Kitten Colouring Book
By Kim Scott

Published by: Buster Books
ISBN: 1780551533

This cute colouring book is crammed with quirky illustrations of kittens
and cats that kids will love to colour in. From kittens in knitwear and fashionable felines, to tree climbing cats and pretty paw-print patterns,
this book is the purrrr-fect purchase. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

Review: We loved painting the kittens with Mummy in the sunshine in the garden. 
Pussy cats are warm and snuggly

 

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

Just Right For Two
By Tracey Corderoy

Published by: Nosy Crow
ISBN: 0857631772

Dog has everything he needs in his big blue suitcase - it's the perfect fit for all the little treasures he has collected along the way - and Dog is sure that he is happy just him and his suitcase. Until one night, Mouse comes along and Dog discovers that life is richer and more fun with a friend and his big blue suitcase is actually just right for two. "Oh Dog," said Mouse. "You look sad. What's wrong?" "Well," sighed Dog, "I thought I had everything I needed in my suitcase. But now I think I need something else - though I really don't know what ..." "Don't worry," smiled Mouse. "Whatever it is, we'll find it!" A Stories Aloud paperback title - includes a free audio reading using children's voices, complete with sound effects and original music. BUY IT ON AMAZON
 

Review: We loved the pictures; it was really fun and nice. We loved the friendly mouse.

 

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

Lottie and Dottie Sow Carrots
By Claire Burgess

Published by: Orion Childrens
ISBN: 1444011286

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books.
A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red
Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Lottie and Dottie love growing things and when they take a trip to Mr McWelly's Garden Centre they make the amazing discovery that carrots taste much better when they grow them themselves. BUY IT ON AMAZON

 

Review: We liked all of the book.  It reminds us of growing carrots with Daddy this year in
our garden.

 

Matilda and Luella, 3

 

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