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Who's that Trip-Trapping over my Bridge?

Advantages: interesting idea for a book
Disadvantages: younger children may have difficulty following 2 stories

The Troll is the latest title to have joined our fairly extensive library of Julia Donaldson books. The "by the author of the GRUFFALO" by-line on the front cover is probably superfluous to many parents, that title being somewhat of a modern children's cl ...

azana 18.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Troll - Julia Donaldson

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The troll

Advantages: fun story and fab illustrations
Disadvantages: none for us

...to take part in a summer holiday scheme going on at our local library called circus stars. I think it is probably a nationwide scheme but the basis of it is that you have to read six books from the library and after each book you get a sm ...

louisechackett 19.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Troll - Julia Donaldson

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better than I expected!

Advantages: bigger and better than I expected, and a bargain!
Disadvantages: none!

This is the perfect alternative to the more expensive Noble Harry Potter memorabilia that you can buy. I bought this off amazon and didnt really know what to expect, I assumed it would be really small and cheap looking but I was pleasantly suprised when I ...

staceycaunt 10.08.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Harry Potter Golden Snitch Kit - Running Press

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The huge bag of worries

Advantages: Really child friendly, well written and illustrated, easy concepts for the child to understand
Disadvantages: I could find no disadvantages of this book

...A really well written and well illustrated book, I used it for a child who had been bullied and had difficulties expressing himself. The concept of the monsters in the bag is a really good 'concrete' concept for the child to be able to see that the proble ...

jlb1980 23.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Huge Bag of Worries - Virginia Ironside

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A cute read

Advantages: Very cute, bold
Disadvantages: none

We have several of these books in our house. When Hope was a baby we had lots for her and now for Baby M we have some for him too, both of them have really enjoyed reading these books. They are perfectly designed for young babies and very enjoyable for pa ...

lorriellah 09.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of That's Not My Puppy (Usborne Touchy Feely Books) - Fiona Watt

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