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Aliens Love Underpants!

Claire Freedman
Room on the Broom

Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

"A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?"
"A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know? He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws."
And so begins the story of a quick-witted mouse as he encounters a host of predators who seem to think he might make a tasty treat. As he ventures deeper into the deep dark wood, stumbling across a hungry fox, a not-so-wise owl, and a slimy snake, spinning ever-extraordinary yarns about the scary, scaly gruffalo, he quickly realises that the hungry beast he has been talking of isn't imaginary after all.
A witty, sly little story that wrings giggles from the belly of the reader, The Gruffalo is both stylish and hilarious, simple in its execution, as it plays skilfully on a child's fears and then shows that even the most threatening of monsters are not always as scary as they seem.
A combination of read-along-rhyme by Julia Donaldson and illustrations by Alex Sheffler which perfectly capture the atmosphere of the story, The Gruffalo is an excellent picture book for 3-5-year-olds to read along with their parents, and is certain to become something of a classic. --Susan Harrison
The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson
The Night Pirates

Peter Harris
A Squash and a Squeeze

Julia Donaldson
The Smartest Giant in Town

Julia Donaldson
The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Judith Kerr
Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Claire Freedman
Tyrannosaurus Drip

Julia Donaldson
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Julia Donaldson
Where's Spot? (Lift-the-flap Book)

Eric Hill
Peppa Pig: The Official Annual 2009 (Peppa Pig)
Monkey Puzzle

Julia Donaldson
In the Night Garden (Little Library): Little Library (In the Night Garden)

BBC
How to Catch a Star

Oliver Jeffers
Disney Princess Annual 2009
First Cot Book (First Focus)
My First Signs (Baby Signing) (BSL) (Baby Signing)

Annie Kubler
Where the Wild Things are

Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's colour illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, and even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.