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Advantages: witty, laugh out loud, loved by children
Disadvantages: wish they were colour pictures

If you want a great story or set of stories to read, to children 6 and above, then I can highly recommend these books. fabulously written by Laurence Anholt, these stories take well known and loved fairy tales, and twist them on their head, giving a great contemporary twist. and they are great value for money - very affordable with pocket money. for example...in Little Red Riding Wolf, the villan of the story is NOT the wolf, but its the big bad ...
...animals of the forest, and she loves nothing better than picking on our hero - Wolfie...or as the author calls him "cutesy wolfie cub!" my class of 6 and 7 year olds absolutely howled and roared with this story, and let out an almighty cheer when the hero of the story changes the big bad girlie for the better. and the hat the wolf wears had me in hysterics too! The pictures are truly brilliant - I can compare it to the simspons in that you look ... Read review

Advantages: Good selection of activities, not too long for children to read.
Disadvantages: Stickers can make a mess, jigsaw pieces break easily.

I got this book for my 6 Year old, as she is a big fan of the TV show of Charlie & Lola. They were doing a special Christmas offer through my Book club, so I saved some money. *CONTENTS* This Book contains: - Two snowy scenes, 1 is over two pages, the other just 1 page. Complete with stickers. The stickers can be removed to change the scenes over and over again. - Dressing up game, which includes four jigsaw puzzles and a spinning wheel (A bit ...
...just play with the jigsaws by themselves. Jigsaws are the Characters of the show (Includes Charlie, Lola, Marv and Lotta) - Snowflake stencils to make your own glittery snowflakes. 1 Tube of Silver Glitter is included, but no glue. There are six stencils, 1 big, 1 medium and 4 small. There are only 2 different snowflake designs though. - Story book entitled "Snow is my favourite and my best". The story is told over 30 pages, so is not too long ... Read review

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...mutt and his friends. Schnitzel Von Krumm is one of Hairy Maclary's friends and gets a story all to himself in this funny and clever book. Her other series about the scrawny cat, Slinky Malinki is also a popular choice by young readers. She not only writes these books but illustrates them too. ***The Story*** The book starts, "With pattering paws and a lolloping tum, down the front steps galloped Schnitzel von Krumm." As we proceed through ...
...we MUST get away so Schnitzel von Krumm - PLEASE - keep out of the way!" So he sits quietly and watches them all get in the car and drive off without him. He is very sad and howls with grief, upsetting the neighbours. Along the road, however, the family stop and realise that they are missing him. They are absolutely horrified and rush back home only to see their neighbour coming speeding up to meet them with Schnitzel in the car. The family are ... Read review

Advantages: Great read
Disadvantages: none

...read the books myself. Scarface Claw is a black tom cat and is apparently the toughest cat in town and scares alot of the other animals too. The book is about Scarface Claw and he is not meant to be scared of anything like thunder storms or the dark not even dogs when they lollop and leap until the last page which i am not going to give away. The author of Scarface Claw is Lynley Dodd and the books she has written are great which include Slinky ... Read review

Advantages: Great for early counting skills. Introduces children to some unusual animals.
Disadvantages: None

I am a huge fan of Lynley Dodd's books but have only just come across this less well-kown one. ~ The story ~ It is about one very bossy warthog who doesn't appreciate the fact that the other animals are drinking from the waterhole. Two yellow weaver birds come along but the warthog squeals "EEEEEEEEEEEE!" and grunts "SNIFF-SNUFF-SNAP!" and chases them away. BUT..the birds come back once the warthog has left and are soon joined by three shy dik-daks, ...
...charges towards them with a "SNIFF-SNUFF-SNAP!" Once again these animals flee but only until the warthog has gone and then they make their way back. The same pattern continues with: * Five fine leopards * Six striped zebras * Seven tall giraffes * Eight fat elephants All the while the depth of the water is diminishing. Now so tired and hot from all of the chasing, the warthog comes back to his favourite spot for a drink but all he found was ... Read review