Beautiful Bananas

Elizabeth Laird and Liz Pichon

Beautiful Bananas is an imaginative picture book in the African folktale tradition. A little girl sets off through the jungle to take a beautiful bunch of bananas to her grandfather. On the way she encounters a number of wild, but friendly animals who take her bananas, but then apologise and replace them with various treats, until finally an elephant gives her another bunch of bananas. A beautiful circular tale, the kind of which often appears in folklore around the world. This particular story is often heard in East Africa.
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Engines, Engines

Lisa Bruce and Stephen Waterhouse

A richly colourful counting rhyme book set in the glorious surrounds of India.
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Great Big Little Red Train

Benedict Blathwayt

When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old and useless, Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic, breakdowns and faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. And the Little Red Train doesn't look quite so useless, or little, after all!
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The Little Boat

Kathy Henderson and Patrick Benson

Award-winning story about the voyage of a small polystyrene boat.
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Mr Gumpy's Motor Car

John Burningham

Mr Gumpy is going out for a drive in his motor car, but the children, the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat all want to come along, too. All is well until the rain pours down, the wheels start to spin on the muddy track and Mr Gumpy's companions all find excuses not to get out and push the car.
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Ellie and the Butterfly Kitten

Gillian Lobel and Karin Littlewood

Ellie is staying with her grandmother for a few days while her mother is in hospital. One morning, when Ellie and Nanna are walking along the beach, they find a lost kitten, which they take him home and look after. Ellie is so sad when the kitten has to go back to his mother, but comes home to find her own mother is there waiting for her. A warm atmospheric picture book about a close relationship between a small girl and her grandmother and the joy that is brought by being reunited with her mother.
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Howler

Michael Rosen and Neal Layton

The human world is as confusing as ever for our canine hero. He can't understand why Trixie is getting bigger and bigger, and Rex is getting more grumpy. Then Trixie comes home with another small human! And nobody seems keen on our hero getting very close to him. But he soon finds consolation with the rather attractive lady dog next door who goes through a rather similar transformation to Trixie! A rambunctious dog's eye view of the chaos a small baby brings to the house
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I Want A Cat

Tony Ross

Jessy feels like she is the only girl in the whole world without a pet, and Jessy badly wants a cat. Her parents can't stand cats. But Jessy is determined to have one, so she makes herself a fluffy white cat suit and refuses to take it off until her parents buy her a real cat. She even goes to school in her cat suit, and eats raw fish under the table! Jessy's parents finally give in, but to their surprise, Jessy seems to have changed her mind about wanting a cat, and has her sights set on something else.
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Just Dog

Hiawyn Oram and Lisa Flather

A picture nook about a dog who is not content to be called just Dog and wants a proper name like Digger or Barker.
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My Cat

Jonathan Allen

The child narrator of this book tells the reader about his pet's appealing (and some not so appealing) characteristics.
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The Perfect Pet

Peta Coplans

Hen wants a pet, so she goes to the pet shop to buy one. The pig behind the counter has many sensible suggestions but none is quite right for the hen, who has her own ideas about what would make the perfect pet.
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Pet Poems

Jennifer Curry and Sarah Nayler

In this crazy collection of poetry inspired by pets of all shapes and sizes, you're sure to find something to make you laugh. Whether furry, feathered of frightening there's experiences with all kinds of creatures in this anthology and,you never know, you might discover some helpful hints. Like, where to find a lost hamster, what to call your new puppy, how to tell the difference between a budgie and a bird of prey (hmm, one's a lot bigger and has sharper talons).
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Rover

Michael Rosen and Neal Layton

This is a completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog's eye point of view - a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her.
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Sophie's Lucky

Dick King-Smith and David Parkins

Small, but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up. Sophie would love to have a pony, but she doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does get a lucky break, though, when Great Aunt Al invites her to Scotland!
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We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog

Lauren Child

Lola loves dogs. So when Charlie takes Lola and her friend Lotta to the park with his friend Marv and Marv’s dog Sizzles, Lola is thrilled. Marv lets her and Lotta look after Sizzles on the promise that they don’t let him off the lead. But Lola and Lotta are so over-excited that, of course, they let Sizzles go and then have a panicky search for him all round the park. Imagine their relief when Sizzles appears – until he's followed by an identical dog. They know that Sizzles is extremely very clever and so can tell which dog is the right Sizzles - he's the one that he sits down when they tell him. Yet another crisis averted for Lola!
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What Pet To Get

Emma Dodd

A brilliant new take on the subject of Pets.
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Dogger

Shirley Hughes

When Dave loses his favourite toy, Dogger, he is desolate. But then Dogger turns up at the school summer fair, and everything seems all right - until someone else buys him before Dave can get the money! This timeless picture book has lost none of its appeal and is still a tale to which all children and their parents can relate.
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I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!

Emma Chichester Clark

Blue Kangaroo has always been Lily's favourite toy, but then Wild Brown Bear comes along, and then Yellow Cotton Rabbit, and then the Furry Puppies, and then more and more new toys, until Blue Kangaroo feels there just isn't room for him any more ...Perhaps Lily's little brother will have some space for him! But Lily soon misses him, and it turns out NONE of the other toys mean anything like as much to her as her first and favourite Blue Kangaroo.
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My Friend Harry

Kim Lewis

Like many small children, James has a special soft-toy friend. He's an elephant called Harry. He and James go everywhere together - around the farm, on holiday, to bed. Then, one day, James starts school - and Harry stays at home. Will James miss his special friend?
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Tom Rabbit

Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth

Tom Rabbit is Sammy's soft-toy rabbit. He is happy with Sammy. But one evening Sammy takes Tom Rabbit out to the back field to see the real rabbits - and leaves him on the wall. The sun sets and the moon rises, and dozens of wild rabbits appear. But just as Tom Rabbit thinks he's been abandoned for the night, Sammy appears and carries Tom Rabbit back home to bed.
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Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo?

Emma Chichester Clark

Lily loves Blue Kangaroo, but sometimes he disappears and Lily says, "Where are you, Blue Kangaroo?" And Blue Kangaroo waits for Lily to find him! . When Lily goes to the park, she has a great time, but forgets to hold on tight to Blue Kangaroo and nearly loses him. And when Lily goes shopping with Aunt Jemima, she leaves poor Blue Kangaroo on the bus! Luckily he is returned to her, but by now Blue Kangaroo is feeling very anxious. Then one day, Lily goes to the zoo with Uncle George and again Blue Kangaroo is nearly lost, but the trip gives him an idea that will mean he never be lost again. But where, oh where is Blue Kangaroo the very next morning?
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Rescuing the Plated Lizard (Dinosaur Cove 7)

Rex Stone

When Jamie and Tom emerge in their secret dinosaur world, they realize that something's changed. The landscape is familiar but also very different from the last time they were here. And when they spot a herd of Stegosauruses, they realize that they've switched from the Cretaceous to the Jurassic! It's the same world but a completely different set of dinosaurs - awesome! A stegosaurus egg is washed away in a rain storm and it's up to the boys, and their dino-friend Wanna, to rescue it and return it to its mother.
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Jamie Morgam and Tom clay and Wannr caught a egg. I thing thes is a stegosaurus egg. The book was good because it made me excited.
(NBIS review by Alfie L !)

Astrosaurs: The Skies of Fear

Steve Cole

Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he is an astrosaur! Captain of the amazing spaceship DSS Sauropod, he goes on dangerous missions and fights evil - along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy! Disaster has struck Squawk Major, the pterosaur planet. Its people have forgotten how to fly - all except a sinister stranger named Grandum who now plans to rule the world. Can Teggs and the team stop him and put things right - before it's too late?
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Teggs was solving the mistre of the dino-birds that koodnt fliy. the book was good beecause teggs solved the mistre the booc was fantastic.
(NBIS review by Nathaniel Lawrence !)