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Santa learns some new tricks!

Advantages: Magical, festive, fun
Disadvantages: None

...High on a mountain, “far to the north of almost everywhere” lives Arthur, whose job it is to make toys for Santa Claus. Although Arthur is usually very efficient, one year he gets hopelessly behind schedule. Two days before Christmas he still has toys t ...

moistbabe 20.12.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Christmas Won't Wait - Eve Tharlet

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A Christmas story with a snap!

Advantages: One of the most wonderful Christmas books ever!
Disadvantages: Limited availability - must order from USA.

...My son's love books with plenty of naughtiness and mischief and this book is just packed with both. Alice Jayne finds a most unusual gift under the Christmas tree, a crocodile with a bright red bow wrapped around it's neck. From that point on it's one mis ...

Marge3781 16.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Christmas Crocodile - Bonny Becker

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Sweet comfort of home

Advantages: The ultimate feel-good read
Disadvantages: Too sweet for some

Brambly Hedge. For the uninitiated, this is a collection of eight richly illustrated children' stories about a society of mice, and probably one of the most underrated children's book series ever. Beatrix Potter and A.A Milne are wildly accepted amongst t ...

up2nogood 06.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Complete Brambly Hedge - Jill Barklem

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Super for kids who are familiar with our capital.

Advantages: bright pages, lovely child like text, familiar settings for my children.
Disadvantages: Might not be as relevant if your child has no knowledge of London.

...children are big fans of the Charlie and Lola series, both on TV, and the book series by Lauren Child. We own a fair few of them, but we spotted this one in the library, and as we regularly visit London to visit my husbands family, they were very excit ...

cha97michelle 05.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Charlie and Lola: We Completely Must Go to London - Lauren Child

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The third and final book about the Fuentes brothers

Advantages: All of it
Disadvantages: Nothing

About the book Chain Reaction is the third book in the Perfect Chemistry series by Simone Elkeles. It was published by Simon and Schuster on 5th July and the book is 320 pages long. Plot Like his brothers, Luis Fuentes is a risk taker; whet ...

linzee_loulabelle 22.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Chain Reaction - Simone Elkeles

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