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Charlie Cook's Favorite Book 4 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2008
Great book for Ages 4-6
I'm a huge fan of this author/illustrator team, and this book is another great one. The concept is very clever and engaging. I enjoy reading it almost as much as my daughter loves hearing it.
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The Gruffalo (Picture Books)5 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Dial, 2005
One of the best childrens books you will find!
Our friends from the UK highly recommended this book as it received the British Smarties award. I have to say my 2 and 4 year old absolutely love this book. At the age of three my daughter had memorized this entire book and the clever rhyming. It is a wonderful story and you will not be disappointed.
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The Gruffalo15 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Dial, 2005
Hands Down One of the Best Children's Books
This is seriously one of the best children's books out there. The writing and rythym are fluid and the story line is very captivating.
I have a 4 year-old faux-niece that I read to relatively often. I will read anything she asks, but this is one book that I ask to read to her.
The book is good for kids of all ages. The story is fun to hear and can have a deeper meaning when the kid is ...
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The Gruffalo14 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2006
Awesome Children's Book
This is a very cute story! A "must have" for all children's personal libraries. It is always so fun to get a great kids book and this is definitely one of them. You won't be disappointed! Our twin 3-year-old boys love it, and we parents love to read it!
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The Gruffalo's Child 13 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2007
Hilarious sequel to the Gruffalo - the big bad mouse is back
This is the gorgeous sequel to Julia Donaldson's amazing and imaginative story, the Gruffalo. If you thought she couldn't top The Gruffalo - then think again. Again, this has been ably illustrated by the amazing Axel Scheffler - whose pictures of the Gruffalo cave and gruffalo toys had my kids in fits of laughter even before the story began.
Again the amazing rhyme and rhythm which Donaldson ...
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The Spiffiest Giant in Town7 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2005
Fantastic Stories
I am an absolute Julia Donaldson fan and own almost all her stories. This one as well as probably her most famous story (The Gruffalo), must rate as some of the best children stories available. Snail & the Whale, Room on the Broom is must-buys as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Room on the Broom38 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Dial, 2001
*I* love this book.
So does my four year old. But it is my favorite Halloween book out of his big stack. The cadence is perfect and the drawings are fun. I highly recommend this book!
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The Snail and the Whale Big Book29 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Children's Books, 2007
Love it!
My family is very fond of all of Julia Donaldson's books, but The Snail and the Whale is our very favorite. Axel Sheffler's illustrations are whimsical (My son has noticed that most of the insects he draws have noses)and beautiful. I am especially fond of its rhyming, making it a delight to read. Most of all, I love the messages it contains. One of which is that the world is vast and ...
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Night Monkey Day Monkey (Book & CD)6 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Egmont UK, 2008
A great story about different views of the world
Our 4 year old daughter loves this story of 2 monkeys each experiencing the other's world - the day monkey wakes the night monkey during the day and explains away the night monkey's fear of the unusual things he normally wouldn't see during the day as he's usually asleep, and vice versa. The rhyming text is entertaining and lovely to read and the hard board material should endure plenty of wear ...
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Room on the Broom Activity Book
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Children's Books, 2008
Hours of witchy fun! This wonderful book is packed with exciting puzzles and games based on the bestselling story. Includes a sticker scene and over 40 reusable stickers, so you can have fun creating your own stories again and again. A must for any fan and brilliant entertainment for Halloween or all year round!
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Sharing a Shell3 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Children's Books, 2005
A glittery experience
This is one of those books that you see in the bookstore and think...mmmm - "a bit gimmicky". It even comes with a sticker that states "there's glitter on every page". Now this is a sure-fire way to catch your little one's attention but in my experience this type of book is not destined to become a classic in children's literature. Having said that however, I reluctantly bought this book as my ...
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The Princess and the Wizard1 review
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Children's Books, 2007
Another engaging book by Donaldson, with Glitter on every page
Princess Eliza is having her 7th birthday party when a wicked wizard comes flying through the window, he turns everyone into stone and says he is taking her away to his castle to work for him. A fairy godmother flutters in just in time to give her 7 chances to escape before the fairy godmother is turned to stone to.
Over the next seven days Princess Eliza 'changes her colour and changes her ...
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Where's My Mom?1 review
Julia Donaldson
Dial, 2008
Get the British version
We are huge fans of Julia Donaldson's books, having been introduced by friends in the UK. And honestly, we can't understand why the US publisher insists on changing Julia Donaldson's titles and text to "American-ize" it. The British versions are far more lyrical and rhythmic. Is "Where's My Mom?" truly a better title than "Monkey Puzzle?" Does the publisher really think we need to translate ...
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Fish Who Cried Wolf3 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
Fabulous Book to Share With Your Child
My son got this book for his 3rd birthday, and it quickly became both his and my favorite. The story is a cute one -- a little fish named Tiddler tells elaborate stories about why he's late to school every day. Then one day he is caught in a fisherman's net and then lost in the ocean. Then he hears someone telling one of his tall tales, and he traces his own story back home.
The book rhymes ...
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Follow the Swallow
Julia Donaldson
Egmont UK, 2008
Apollo the Swallow and Chack the Blackbird meet in the garden as fledglings when they are both learning to fly. Apollo explains that he is practicing flying to Africa?but Chack doesn?t believe him. Chack tells Apollo that the blossom on his favorite tree will eventually turn into orange berries?but Apollo doesn?t believe him. With the inevitable turning of the seasons, however, both birds learn to believe the other?and cement their friendship ...
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Tyrannosaurus Drip (Book & CD)1 review
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Digital Audio, 2008
The whimsical illustrations add the perfect touch to this delightful dino-adventure.
Tyrannosaurus Drip is a charming children's picturebook about a conflict between dinosaurs. The peaceful, plant-eating duckbill dinosaurs live across the river from the ferocious, meat-eating T-Rexes. And what the T-Rexes want to eat most is duckbill dinosaur meat! When a duckbill egg hatches in a T-Rex nest, the little duckbill named Drip finds that he just can't adapt to their carnivorous ways. ...
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Stick Man
Julia Donaldson
Alison Green Books, 2008
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Tiddler1 review
Julia Donaldson
Alison Green Books, 2007
Another lovely book for you AND the kids to read
Julia Donaldson manages to write compelling rhymes which are easily read aloud and enjoyed by Adults and children. In this great fun book Tiddler is a small fish in a school with Miss Skate - but he is always late and always with a big excuse. Unfortunately one day there really IS a problem, a man with a net.
Axel Sheffler gets to let his wonderful illustrations run riot for the underwater ...
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A Squash and a Squeeze Big Book3 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Children's Books, 2007
Fun to read to kids, but also great for small stage shows
This is a great book - hilarious morality tale which children can understand, wonderful rhymes and beautifully illustrated too.
In this an old woman is complaining about how crowded her house is, it is in fact "A squash and a squeeze". She goes to an old man, who gives her some 'good advice' about taking in her farm animals until at last she throws them all out - and now she feels like she has ...
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Monkey Puzzle Book and Tape (Book & Tape)2 reviews
Julia Donaldson
Macmillan Audio Books, 2003
Avid Book reader
This book is fantastic! My son absolutely loves this story and we read it every night before going to bed. The story is about the monkey who loses his mom. His friend, the butterfly, offers to help monkey find his mother. The butterfly asks the monkey to describe his mother and for every description, leads the monkey to an animal-unfortunately not his mother but another animal-the elephant, the ...
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