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"Crazy Hair": Exciting Pictures, Funny Story

Advantages: Creative, Inspiring Pictures, Funny Rhyming Story,
Disadvantages: Won't necessarily work for young children

This is a picture book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean. Each double page contains double paged illustration of the same style as the cover. A couple of lines of rhyming dialog are on most pages, sometimes in speech bubbles and always printed so ...

JadeSarah 31.05.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Crazy Hair - Neil Gaiman

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A bloodthirsty tale...or is it?

Advantages: fun book for young children
Disadvantages: none

I recently bought my daughter a set of lovely picture books from The Book People. The books are all illustrated by the excellent Korky Paul and he has collaborated with a number of different authors. In this case, he has teamed up with the author Peter Ca ...

kingfisher111 19.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Captain Teachum's Buried Treasure - Peter Carter

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'Cinderella's Bum' a hilarious children's storybook.

Advantages: extremely funny, teaches children that we come in all shapes and sizes
Disadvantages: none

My four year old daughter is at an age where she is very curious about bodies and finds the mention of certain body bits - you'll know the ones I'm talking about - very funny indeed. I see this as a natural stage in her development and I'm always lookin ...

mag3kids 05.03.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Cinderella's Bum - Nicholas Allan

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KISSY KISSY KISSY!

Advantages: Fun and simple story, Great main character, Plenty of interaction, The puppet is fantastic!
Disadvantages: None

'Calm Down, Boris!' is a children's book by Sam Lloyd. The book is quite a large size and is a hardback. The pages are quite thick and can be wiped clean (as well as the cover). The front cover is very eye catching and would appeal to all youngsters - i ...

karalouk 09.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Calm Down Boris! - Sam Lloyd

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Calm down dear it's only a book.

Advantages: Children are proactive in the story
Disadvantages: Too short

...months old but I think my love of books has rubbed off on her. I did read my own books out loud when I was pregnant as I was told this leads to your children enjoying books so maybe that worked! Calm down Boris is an amazing boo ...

reddanni 10.11.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Calm Down Boris! - Sam Lloyd

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