{"id":16918,"date":"2012-05-01T10:20:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T09:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=16918"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:48:46","slug":"chopsy-baby-is-reviewing-this-months-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/chopsy-baby-is-reviewing-this-months-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopsy Baby is reviewing&#8230; This month&#8217;s children&#8217;s books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/books.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16919\" title=\"books\" src=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/books.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Review of :<\/strong><br \/>\nDiary of a Spider By Doreen Conin and Harry Bliss<br \/>\nHarold and the Purple Crayon By Crockett Johnson<br \/>\nFrog and Toad Are Friends By Arnold Lobel<br \/>\nSecret Agent Splat! By Rob Scotton<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chopsy Favourite Diary of a Spider<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Doreen Conin and Harry Bliss<\/p>\n<p>Doreen Conin and Harry Bliss&#8217; diary format is unusual for children&#8217;s books but it really works. Their fabulous book, Diary of a Spider, blends simple spider facts into the fiction which will raise smiles and a rare ability to present the spider as a truly sympathetic character. Perfect for children aged three years upwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36.99 Paperback<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frog and Toad Are Friends<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Arnold Lobel<\/p>\n<p>Picture book Frog and Toad are friends is one of a series of children&#8217;s classics being relaunched by HarperCollins. The five stories featuring friends Frog and Toad are ideal for children age four years upwards whose attention span is longer and are able to read or sound out basic stories. With gentle illustrations and simple stories about two friends, this is ideal bedtime reading.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36.99 Paperback<br \/>\n<strong>Harold and the Purple Crayon<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Crockett Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Harold and the Purple Crayon is one of those books that have captured the imagination of creatives through the years. Stage productions and even CBeebies Dip Dap must surely have taken some inspiration from this simple book featuring a little boy, a crayon and a magic artistic talent. Harold takes a walk one evening with his imagination and purple crayon leading the way through the sea, up mountains, through cities until eventually back to bed. A great book to stimulate young imaginations, as long as it isn&#8217;t on the wall paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36.99 Paperback<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secret Agent Splat!<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Rob Scotton<\/p>\n<p>The delightful Spat the Cat is back and this time he has a mystery to solve! Who is messing with Splat&#8217;s toy ducks? He soon spies up to solve the puzzle. With Rob Scotton&#8217;s usual witty and charming illustrations, this is another super story for 3-6 year olds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36.99 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of : Diary of a Spider By Doreen Conin and Harry Bliss Harold and the Purple Crayon By Crockett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chopsy Baby is reviewing... 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