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Book Reviews

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Hoorah for Birds! (US)

Author and Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Walker Books (UK), Candlewick Press (US)
Target audience: 2+
Format: Board book, Paperback (34 pages)

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A lift the flap picture book

Author and Illustrator: Rod Campbell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan (UK), Little Simon (US)
Target audience: Baby and toddler
Format: Board book, Paperback (16 pages)

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Author: Lauren Seeger
Illustrator: Eric Venuto
Target audience: Mixed ages (with a CVI)
Format: Paperback (10 pages)

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From the Read Me Beginners Series

Author and Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
Publisher: Walker Books
Target audience: Toddlers/Early Readers
Format: Hard cover, Paperback (16 pages)

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From the My First Gruffalo series

Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Target audience: Toddlers
Format: Board book (12 pages)

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A felt flaps book

Author: Julia Donaldson
Ilustrator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Target audience: Babies
Format: Board book (10 pages)

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Author: Evelyn Furey
Author and Illustrator: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Yellow Schoolhouse Press
Target audience: Children with CVIs
Format: Paperback
Size: 152 to 203 mm square

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(and the Little Penguin series)

Author and Illustrator: Mary Murphy
Publisher: Egmont Books (UK), Houghton Mifflin (US)
Target audience: 1-4 years
Format: Board book, Paperback (22 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Jan Thomas
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Target audience: 4-8 years
Format: Hard cover (38 pages)

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A simple story with tabs to pull

Author and Illustrator: Rod Campbell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Target audience: 3-5 years
Format: Board book (16 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Walker Books
Target audience: 0+
Format: board book (~12-14 pages)
Size: 158 x 158 mm

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Author and Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Walker Books
Target audience: Babies and toddlers
Format: Board books (12 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Walker Books (UK), Turtleback Books (US)
Target audience: 2+
Format: Paperback (around 20 pages)

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Meg and Mog / Meg's Eggs

Author: Helen Nicoll
Illustrator: Jan Pieńkowski
Publisher: Puffin
Target audience: 2-5 years
Format: Board book, Paperback (30 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Dick Bruna
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Target audience: Various ages
Format: Mostly hard cover (24 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher: Orchard Books
Target audience: Baby to 3 years
Format: Board book, Hard cover, Paperback (29 pages)

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A lift-the-flap book

Author and Illustrator: Rod Campbell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Target audience: Baby and toddler
Format: Board book, Paperback (18 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books
Target audience: Toddlers
Format: Board book (14 pages)

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Author: Rosie Greening
Illustrator: Shannon Hays
Publisher: Make Believe Ideas Ltd
Target audience: 0+ years
Format: board book (10 pages)

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Author: Child's Play/Bookstart
Illustrator: Stephen Cheetham
Publisher: Child's Play
Target audience: Mixed ages (with a visual impairment)
Format: Board book (10 pages)

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Author and Illustrator: Rod Campbell
Publisher: Campbell Books (Pan Macmillan)
Target audience: 1-5 years
Format: Board book, Hard cover, Paperback (20 pages)

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Author: Marthe Jocelyn
Illustrator: Tom Slaughter
Publisher: Tundra Books
Target audience: 2-5 years
Format: Hardcover, Paperback (22 pages)

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Sesame Beginnings

Author: Anna Jane Hays
Illustrator: Christopher Moroney
Publisher: Random House
Target audience: 6-12 months
Format: Board book (12 pages)

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Usborne touchy-feely books

Author: Fiona Watt
Illustrator: Rachel Wells
Publisher: Usborne
Target audience: 3 months +
Format: Board books (10 pages)

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Author: Sally Symes
Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
Publisher: Walker Books (UK), Candlewick Press (US)
Target audience: 1+
Format: Board book (20 pages)

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