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A mummy on a mission to find stories for her children

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox Helen Oxenbury #bookreview #baby #mummy #book

Apologies for the blurred image Boo was trying to run off with the book see her hand Somehow this book passed me by the first time I became a parent. I truly don’t know how as it’s a beautiful book. It was written in 2008 published by Walker Books Ltd the edition we have was published in 2011. Rosie Rabbit getting ready for bedtime reading The text has a rhyming repetitive way of taking you…

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Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird illustrated by Helen Craig

Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird Illustrated by Helen Craig #bookreview #toddler #book

I hadn’t realised the story wasn’t written as recently as I thought having been written in 1983 to many a classic story however I don’t remember having this read to me as a child. The edition we have is a board book published in 2007 by Puffin Books. The story is about a young mouse called Angelina who wants to be a ballerina however she hasn’t had lessons and she dances all the time when she’s…

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Tap The Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

Tap The Magic Tree by Christie Matheson #bookreview #baby #toddler #bookblogger #BookLoversDay

Have you ever fell in love with a children’s book as an adult the quick way a young child does? Where you have to read the story no matter who is around or what is going on. This is what happened to me, we were in a small independent bookshop and there was only myself and Boo (and the man at the till not far away). I read it out loud, smiling and doing the actions the way I knew I would at home.…

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Jemima Puddle Duck by Beatrix Potter

Jemima Puddle Duck by Beatrix Potter #bookreview #childrensbook #BeatrixPotter #Beatrix150

Probably one of the best known stories written by Beatrix Potter about a duck called Jemima Puddle Duck who wants to find somewhere suitable to lay her eggs but Mr Tod a fox has other plans when supposedly helping her. The edition we have is dated 2007 published by the Penguin Group. As with the Jeremy Fisher book this is a board book which is a lovely shape to hold. The original story was first…

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Mr Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter

Mr Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter #bookreview #childrensbook #BeatrixPotter #Beatrix150

I think this may be one of a few Beatrix Potter stories which is less known. The story is about Mr Jeremy Fisher who is a frog who wants to catch some minnows for supper as he’s having friends round. However instead of catching minnows he has a narrow escape from a trout! The edition we have is dated 2007 published by the Penguin Group and is a board book which is a lovely shape easy for young…

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Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl illustrations by Quentin Blake

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl illustrated by Quentin Blake #bookreview #childrensbook #mummy

Following on from my last post about the summer reading challenge and the discovery that this year marks the 100th year since Roald Dahl was born I thought I’d review another of his great books Fantastic Mr Fox. The edition of the book we have is dated 2016 and was published by Puffin Books however it was first published in 1970 by George Allen and Unwin. The story is about a fox family and the…

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Summer Reading Challenge 2016

Summer Reading Challenge 2016 #reading #SummerReadingChallenge #children #TheBigFriendlyRead

A selection of books you might find in your library for your own Summer Reading Challenge It’s that time again with school summer term coming to a close and then a long hot (well we live in hope in the UK) summer. It’s a time where as a child I rarely went home only going home when playing outside with friends to either get something to eat or drink. As summer goes on and friends leave for their…

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The Jolly Rogers and the Monster's Gold by Jonny Duddle

The Jolly Rogers and the Monster's Gold Jonny Duddle #bookreview #childrenbook #bookblogger

This is a story about Matilda who has a pirate family for friends. To the pirates she is a ‘landlubber’ someone who stays on dry land but she is best friends with one of the pirates Jim Lad who often sends her notes in bottles whilst he’s out to sea. One day she finds a treasure map in a bottle she has fished out of the sea but it’s not from her best friend. Matilda does know though that Jim…

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My First Words Let's Get Talking! By Dawn Surety

My First Words Let's Get Talking! by Dawn Surety #bookreview #childrensbook #baby #toddler #mummy

As you can probably see from my recent posts Boo is on a huge learning mission and she loves books with photographs in best which she can point to and ask “what’s that” age 19 months she is enquiring daily what everything is which I love and therefore we have a lot of these photograph books. This book is published by Dorling Kindersley (DK) in 2008 and features an incredible number of photos each…

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's abc by Eric Carle

Book Review The Very Hungry Caterpillar's abc by Eric Carle #book review #childrensbook #baby

An abc book which adults will enjoy to look at too Very few people will not know who the character of Eric Carle’s famous book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is which is a childhood favourite of mine. This book explores the abc with help of the hungry caterpillar and lots of animal friends who I believe can be found in several other Eric Carle books. The book was first published in 2015 by Puffin…

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Spot Looks At Opposites by Eric Hill

Spot Looks At Opposites Eric Hill #bookreview #childrensbook #spot #dogs #mummy #blog

As Boo loves dogs we appear to have a small collection of stories featuring dogs as the main character. I have already reviewed a couple of other Spot the Dog books – Where’s Spot Spot Says Goodnight Spot Looks At Shapes All great books and this is no exception. This little book is a lovely introduction to the world of opposites for very young children ideal for pre-school children. The edition…

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Spot Looks At Shapes by Eric Hill

Spot Looks at shapes by Eric Hill #bookreviews #childrensbook #review #blog #mummy #dog

There can’t be many of us who don’t remember or know Spot the Dog. For those that don’t know Spot was created by Eric Hill who wrote many different Spot the Dog books. The books are aimed at very young children before school age. Boo who is now 17 months old loves dogs even though as a family we have 2 cats. She is also fascinated by shapes showing a real interest in completing a simple Melissa…

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Usborne Baby Very First Play Book Animal Words

Usborne Baby's very first play book animal words #book #bookreview #children's #childrensbook

This book published by Usborne is a lovely lively book of animals for babies and toddlers to enjoy on their own or with parents/older siblings etc The book was first published in 2016 and was written by Stella Baggott. The front cover shows various animals and many have shapes cut out of them lovely for little fingers to poke through and makes it easier to turn pages. The fun part though is that…

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James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl #childrensbook #bookreview

This is a classic Roald Dahl book, it was first published in 1961 the edition we have is from 2001 published by Puffin Books. Illustrated as always by Quentin Blake, the illustrations in this book are outstanding and have a lot more detail than some other illustrations in Roald Dahl’s books. The story starts with James living with his parents however something terrible happened one day which…

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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

#bookreview #childrensbook #RoaldDahl The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Roald Dahl books are characteristically funny and part of many people’s childhood, I for one have been a fan for many years and yet I have never read this story before so it was a great read to have at bedtime with Monkey just before his 7th birthday. The story is about a boy called Billy who dreams of having a sweet shop One day the abandoned building he has past many times before had been…

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George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

Book review of George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl #bookreview #childrensbook #RoaldDahl

Roald Dahl books and the accompanying illustrations of Quentin Blake don’t need much of an introduction as they have been part of most people’s reading at some point or other either as a child or to your own children. George’s Marvellous Medicine is one such book. I remember quite well being 7 years old and having this story read to my classmates and I by a very enthusiastic young student…

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A Recap of Some of Our Favourite Books We've read in 2015

A Recap of Some of Our Favourite Books We’ve read in 2015

There’s nothing better than at the end of a year to look back at what has happened before and I believe that the same can be said about previous books we’ve enjoyed. So let me take you on a little journey back in time, sit back and enjoy :-) Brown BearBrown Bear What do you see? By Bill Martin Jr illustrated by Eric Carle Smelly Louie by Catherine Rayner Santa is Coming to…. by Steve Smallman…

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