Kid’s
Reads
SUMMER 2017
Comic
The three musketeers by Lance Stahlberg
& Eve Cabrera
GORE LIBRARY
Phone: (03) 203 9129
Email: [email protected]
HOURS
D’Artagnan wants nothing more than to
become a Musketeer. It’s not just the fame
and fortune he seeks in service of the King’s
army, he wants to be a part of something
important.
Mon, Wed 9.30am to 8.00pm
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Saturday 10.15am to 1.00pm
Sunday (May-Sept) 1.00 to 4.00pm
MATAURA LIBRARY
The wind in the willows by Stephanie
Peters & Fern Cano
Mole, Rat, and Badger are the best of
friends. As for Toad, well...he's not a bad
guy. It's just that he really, REALLY loves
cars.
Phone: (03) 203 8114
Email: [email protected]
Lost tales by Adam Murphy
HOURS
Mon to Fri 9.00am to 5.00pm
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www.gorelibraries.govt.nz
Uncover tales of wonder from around the
world. From Adam Murphy comes a
collection of the most magical myths and
legends you've never heard before.
Comic
The Smurf Olympics ; The wild Smurf by Peyo
Loving to play sports but unable to get the other Smurfs to play
with him, Hefty Smurf organizes the Smurf Olympics.
When a fire forces the Smurfs to
relocate, everything changes, and
also reveals the existence of a whole
new forest creature - the Wild
Smurf!
Truth in sight (Cici : a fairy’s tale) by
Cori Doerrfeld & Tyler Page
Cici's only joking when she uses her
powers to play a trick on the popular girl
at school. But the changes Cici jokingly
made to her classmate will last forever if
she doesn't learn to see the best in
people.
Term time on Wednesday
10:00 am @ Gore
These FREE 30 minute sessions are for parents and caregivers
with babies under two and will help stimulate your baby’s brain
and body.
What better place to learn and have fun than at the library!
Come to Gore Library every Tuesday morning
and Mataura Library every Friday morning
during Term Time
@ 10.30AM
Dog man by Dav Pilkey
George and Harold have created a new
super-hero. When Greg the police dog
and his cop companion are injured on
the job, a life-saving surgery changes
the course of history. With the head of
a dog and the body of a human, Dog
Man has a nose for justice.
It’s Toddler
Time!
STORIES..
CRAFTS..
AND MORE...
Picture Book + CD
Board books
The looky book by Donovan Bixley
Dig, dig, digging by Margaret Mayo &
Alex Aycliffe
When Sarah met duck by Sarah Gomes
Harris
Jingle bells, Rudolph smells by Deano
Yipadee & Paul Beavis
Rudolf makes history for the second
time, but this time it's not for his big red
nose, but for eating carrots and hay,
farting in Santa's face and saving the
day.
The kiwi hokey tokey by Stevie
Mahardhika, Pio Terei & Ngaere
Roberts
Presents a humorous kiwi version of
the action song The hokey tokey with
animal antics .
Fire Engine No. 9 by Mike Austin
Angel star by Chris Sanders & Kat
Merewether
I love you by Clemency Pearce
A little girl wishes for a brother or sister,
and her wish is granted, as an "Angel star"
arrives.
Puzzle book
Where’s Santa now? by Louis Shea
Naughty Nat's naughtiest idea yet hasn't
quite gone to plan, and she's accidentally
travelled back in time! Now Santa has to
search through thousands of years to find
her
Board books
My first board book … by Donovan Bixley
Animals
Colours
Picture Book + CD
Footloose by Kenny Loggins & Tim
Bowers
In this version of the pop rock song
Footloose, zookeeper Jack joins the zoo
animals in an all-night dance party.
What do they do with all the poo
from all the animals at the zoo? by
Anh Do & Laura Wood
The hippos, the tigers, the kangaroos what do they do with all that poo?
Where does it all go? Do they mix it
into chocolate ice-cream? Sprinkle it
on pizza? Stir it in the local swimming pool?
Picture books
Oi dog! by Kes Gray, Claire Gray & Jim
Field
Frog is changing the rules...Dogs no
longer sit on frogs. Phew! Dogs now sit
on logs - and everyone else is going to
have to sit somewhere different too.
The hilarious sequel to Oi, Frog!
Non-fiction
Picture books
Lovely old lion by Julia Jarman &
Susan Varley
Children’s world atlas by Malcolm
Watson
Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King
Lion, but when King Lion starts to
forget things, Lenny begins to worry.
With a little help from grandpa's old
friends, perhaps he can find a way to
help him remember.
Explore the world with this modern,
educational atlas. Each continent and
country is illustrated with a full-colour
physical map, annotated with capitals,
towns, oceans, rivers and mountains.
Patch and Ruby by Anouska Jones &
Gwynneth Jones
Patch the pony is lonely. Sometimes it
feels as if he doesn't quite fit in on the
farm. But one day something happens
that changes his life forever.
Bogtrotter by Margaret Wild & Judith
Rossell
Every morning bogtrotter runs across ,
up , down and around the bog until it's
time to go home. Sometimes he
wishes things would change, then one
afternoon, he picks a flower for the
first time in his life ...
Mighty machines (Ripley’s believe it
or not!)
Introduces you to a whole range of
amazing machinery, robots and
vehicles, complete with facts and
incredible stories.
Wild animals (Ripley’s believe it or
not!)
Open up the amazing world of nature.
Wild Animals ranges from the fastest
to the most dangerous, includes
information with entertainment and
stunning photographs.
Non-fiction
Ripley’s believe it or not! : wild &
wacky edition 2017
This brand new, updated edition
features all the craziest facts, newest
discoveries, and weirdest wonders of
the world!
Coding projects in Scratch by John
Woodcock
Coding Projects in Scratch uses fun
projects to show children how to code
with Scratch, teaching essential
coding and programming skills to
young learners. Built on the basics of
coding, each project follows simple,
logical steps that are fully illustrated.
From moa to dinosaurs by Gillian
Candler & Ned Barraud
Go back in time to explore ancient
forests, lakes and the seas around
Zealandia, and discover unique
survivors and long-extinct animals
that once made this land their
home.
Picture books
Home in the rain by Bob Graham
Francie and her mum, who is expecting
a baby girl, are driving home from
Grandma's in the heavy rain. As the car
steams up, Francie spells out Daddy and
Mummy on the window, leaving one
space free, ready and waiting for the
name of her soon-to-be sister...
The sisters Saint-Claire by Carlie Gibson
& Tamsin Ainslie
A delightful rhyming tale about five
fabulous French mice who love food,
fashion and family, and a story about
how greatness can come in any size...
Twinkle by Katharine Holabird &
Sarah Warburton
It's Twinkle's first day at The Fairy
School of Magic and Music. But she
keeps forgetting the magic words and
her spells go from bad to worse!
From the author of Angelina
Ballerina.
Non-Fiction
Picture books
Poles apart by Jeanne Willis & Peter
Jarvis
Awesome Lego creations with bricks
you already have by Sarah Dees
Everybody knows that penguins
belong at the South Pole and polar
bears live at the North Pole - but
what would happen if, one day, a
family of picnicking penguins
accidentally got lost?
This book creates hours of fun, new
worlds and new toys from the
collection of LEGOs kids already have.
Each project includes a parts list so
you can make sure that you have all
the pieces.
Nuddy Ned’s Christmas by Kes Gray
& Garry Parsons
365 things to do with Lego bricks
It's Christmas Eve, and minus three,
but Ned doesn't care. While other
people are dressed in duffle coats and
parkas, Ned is running riot, and he's
completely starkers! Can ANYONE
convince Ned to put his clothes back
on?
Features imaginative play and building
ideas, from LEGO projects that take
just a few minutes and require a
handful of bricks to inspirational build
ideas and activities to keep you
occupied for hours.
There’s a snake in my school! by David
Walliams & Tony Ross
Bear Grylls extreme planet by Bear
Grylls
Miranda loves to be different, and on
Bring-your-pet-to-school Day she
introduces everyone to her very
different pet... Penelope the snake.
Miss Bloat the headmistress doesn't
think snakes should be allowed in school. But Penelope has
other ideas...
Exploring the most extreme stuff on
Earth. A book of crazy facts from all
around the globe told by one of the
most recognisable faces of survival and
outdoor adventure in the world!
Fiction
Picture books
Cart & cwidder ; Drowned Amnet (Dalemark quartet) by
Diana Wynne Jones
The wide-awake hedgehog by Rose
Wellesley
For centuries, Dalemark has been a land divided by the
warring earldoms of the North and
South. Now, with the help of the
Undying, the mysterious gods of
Dalemark, four extraordinary young
people must join forces to reunify
their beloved land.
Isaac isn't sleepy, he's wide awake
and wants to play but autumn is
coming and all his sleepy little friends
want to go into hibernation. The only
person who will play with him is the
wind.
Simon Thorn and the viper’s pit by Aimee
Carter
Twelve-year-old Simon Thorn's life is
almost unrecognisable from just a few
months ago. He has a twin brother, an
uncle he never knew and his first real
friends at the secret Animalgam Academy.
The diamond horse by Stacy Gregg
Anna Orlov might be the luckiest girl in
the world. She is the daughter of a
Russian Count and lives in a beautiful
snowbound palace that is home to a
menagerie of wonderful animals: tigers,
wolfhounds and, of course, horses .
Gawain Greytail and the Terrible Tab
by Cornelia Funke & Monica Armino
Sir Tristan and his cat Terrible Tab
have decimated the mouse
population of Raven Castle. Can the
last survivors defeat the ferocious
feline with the help of some
homemade armour and a heroic mouse knight?
Push! Dig! Scoop!: a construction
counting rhyme by Rhonda Gowler
Greene
In this variation on the classic song
Over in the Meadow, mother and
father trucks show their youngsters
how to build down at the construction
site, from mama bulldozer with her little dozer one to
mama steamroller with her little rollers ten.
Fiction
Picture books
If I was a banana by Alexandra Tylee &
Kieran Rynhart
A boy's-eye-view of the everyday brings
alive all the wonder and oddity of the
world inside our own heads, capturing the
magic that they can find in common
objects and day-to-day encounters with
bananas, clouds, toys, breakfast, stars.
Tiny owl on the ramshackle farm by
Lotte Wotherspoon
Tiny Owl listens to the noises of the
farmyard at night and imagines that
there is a snaggle toothed monster and
hairy chinned guts-gobbler lurking in
the dark.
The snow beast by Chris Judge
Beast has been robbed! And so has the
whole village. Without tools the
villagers can't put on their legendary
Winter Festival, so Beast sets off to
solve the mystery.
Caleb’s cab by Sally & Sylvain Chomet
Caleb's dad has vanished and only his
abandoned taxi cab provides the clue to
his last movements. But can Caleb solve
the mystery of his missing dad before the
greedy Money Mongers snatch him up just like they did his best friend Myra?
The darkness of dragons by Alan Gibbons
They brought death without destruction.
No matter how many perished, skyscrapers continued to soar above the city
streets. The houses, the roads, the cars,
the utilities all stayed intact. Only the
people died.
Return to the secret garden by Holly
Webb
It's 1939 and a group of children have
been evacuated to Misselthwaite Hall.
Emmie is far from happy to have been
separated from her cat and sent to a huge
old mansion. But soon she starts
discovering the secrets of the house - a
boy crying at night, a diary written by a girl named Mary,
and a garden. A very secret garden..
Fiction
Picture books
Story thieves by James Reilly
Meltdown! by Jill Murphy
Owen's life is boring until he sees his
classmate Bethany climb out of a book in
the library and he learns that Bethany is
half-fictional and has been searching every
book she can find for her missing father.
Ruby likes to be helpful, but she
often gets a bit overexcited! A
story about a baby bunny rabbit
and her mum on the supermarket
shop - a shop which doesn’t go
quite to plan!
Ms. Rapscott’s girls by Elise Primavera
At Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy
Parents, Ms. Rapscott teaches her
students How to Get Lost on Purpose,
resulting in a series of fantastical
adventures that makes each learn a little
something about courage, strength,
bravery, and teamwork .
Fire engine man by Andrea
Zimmerman & David Clemensha
Here comes the fire engine man!
Dressed from head to toe in special
gear, he drives his trusty fire truck to
the scene and puts the fire out. It's all
in a day's work for this brave
firefighter!
The secret cooking club by Laurel
Remington
Dave’s Christmas cracker by Sue
Hendra & Lee Wildish
Shy Scarlett is the star and victim of her
mum's popular blog. When she discovers
an empty kitchen next door, she begins to
bake and her life changes for ever. The
Secret Cooking Club is formed, but can
Scarlett find the secret ingredients - to
cake, family and friendship?
Dave loves Christmas. There are
friends, decorations, presents - and,
best of all, there is an ENORMOUS
Christmas meal, including LOTS of
Brussels sprouts! Rumble, rumble
goes Dave's tummy. Christmas is
going to be EXPLOSIVE!
Picture Books
Fiction
The princess and the Christmas rescue
by Carly Hart & Sarah Warburton
Escape to the Moon Islands (Quest of the
Sunfish) by Mardi McConnochie
Princess Eliza is awfully lonely with
no-one to play with , but she can make
anything with a few bits of wood and
some string. What she wants most is a
friend, so can she help Santa and his
elves, rescue Christmas and maybe
finally make a friend?
Twins Annalie and Will are sailing halfway
across the world to find their missing
father, while trying to evade The
Admiralty, the all-powerful navy that rules
the oceans of the world.
Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller
How to hide a lion at school by Helen
Stephens
Lions aren't allowed at school, but
Iris's lion doesn't want to be left
behind. He even stows away on the
school trip to the museum, causing
much madness and mayhem as he hides among the
exhibits.
When we go camping by Sally Sutton &
Cat Chapman
When we go camping, we bang in the
pegs, bang in the pegs, bang in the
pegs. Guy ropes are tricky; they trip up
our legs!
Timid Elizabeth and her unusual and
fearless friend Zenobia arrive at Witheringe
House, the old manor where Elizabeth's
father and his beloved sister Tourmaline
lived as children. But strange things begin
to happen, especially in the East Wing,
where Elizabeth and Zenobia have been forbidden to
explore.
Fantastic beasts and where to find them :
the original screenplay by J K Rowling
When Magizoologist Newt Scamander
arrives in New York, he intends his stay to
be just a brief stopover. However, when his
magical case is misplaced and some of
Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells
trouble for everyone.
Fiction
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
A story about a boy named William
Trundle, and a dinosaur, the
Christmasaurus, how they meet one
Christmas Eve and have a magical
adventure. It's about friendship and
families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing
elves and flying reindeer, music and
magic .
Picture Books
Marmadule Duck and the Christmas
calamity by Juliette McIver & Sarah
Davis
Ho, ho, ho - oh no! It's a Christmas
calamity, deep in the snow. But look,
what luck! Can Christmas be saved by
Marmaduke Duck?
Word of mouse by James Patterson &
Chris Grabenstein
Dinosaur hunting by Lucy Davey &
Kirsten Richards
After a dramatic escape from a mysterious
laboratory, Isaiah is separated from his
'mischief' (which is the word for a mouse
family) and has to use his special skills to
survive in the dangerous outdoors, and
hopefully find his missing family.
Down to the garden, tiptoe tracking,
dinosaur hunting, Daddy and me.
Following footprints, twigs
snap-cracking, which kinds of dinosaurs
can we see?
Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi
Born as blank as canvas in a world
brimming with colour and magic, Alice's
pale skin and milk-white hair mark her as
an outcast. Because, for the people of
Ferenwood, colour and magic are one and
the same. And since the disappearance of
her beloved father, Alice is more
determined than ever to prove herself and her own magical
abilities.
Pig the elf by Aaron Blabey
No one loves Christmas more than Pig.
And the world's greediest Pug will stay
up all night to get his presents!
Fiction
Picture Books
Dinosaurs don’t have bedtimes! by
Timothy Knapman & Nikki Dyson
The water horse ; The mermaid’s sister ; The maskmaker’s
daughter (A magical Venice story) by Holly Webb
Mum is trying to get her rather lively
dino-obsessed child ready for bed, but
this little boy won't go easy ...he's got a
dinosaur-themed comeback (and a
ROARY action) for everything!
In the canals of Venice, hides a beautiful secret...
Enchanting tales of magic, friendship and adventure.
Ranger the Kaimanawa stallion by Kelly
Wilson & Jenny Cooper
A picture book about a stallion rescued
from the 2012 Kaimanawa muster, and
his real-life journey from wild horse to
show horse.
Podkin one-ear by Kieran Larwood
Here comes Mr Postmouse by Marianne
Dubuc
Have you ever taken a peek inside a
rabbit's toilet or entered the house of a
crocodile? Join Mr Postmouse on his daily
rounds and visit the extraordinary homes
of Mr Bear, Senor Snake, Madam Dung
Fly, the Penguins and many other animals.
Podkin One-Ear is a legend: a fearsome
warrior rabbit whose reputation for cunning
and triumph in battle has travelled the ages.
But how did he become such a mighty
fighter? The story of how one lost little
rabbit overcame the cruellest enemy
imaginable, and became the greatest warrior
their land has ever know.
Fiction
One half from the east by Nadia Hashimi
In modern-day Afghanistan, 10-year-old
Obayda is a bacha posh, a girl dressed as a
boy. She has more freedom than she would
as a girl, and makes a good friend of another
bacha posh, but must find a way to remain
free when she returns to life as a girl.
Picture Books
Gwendolyn! by Juliette McIver & Terri
Rose Baynton
A penguin in the JUNGLE? In the jungle
there are jaguars, monkeys and parrots
aplenty, but there are no penguins.
None at all. Because penguins do not
live in the jungle, except for ...
Gwendolyn!
The lost property office by James R
Hannibal
Penguin problems by Jory John & Lane
Smith
Thirteen-year-old Jack Buckles is great at
finding things, if only he could find his
father, who has disappeared in London
without a trace. But when he travels with
his family to London to find him, it turns out his father was
involved with something nefarious...and now so is he.
Little Penguin has problems: his beak is
cold; there's snow everywhere; the
water smells salty; he waddles; he looks
the same as everybody else. No - it's not
easy being a penguin!
The road to ever after by Moira Young
The Sam & Lucy fables by Allan Bagnall
When orphan boy Davy and his stray dog
George are driven out of their home in the
lead up to Christmas, they are forced to take
shelter in a boarded-up old museum on the
outskirts of town. It is here they meet Miss
Flint, and where their adventure really
begins.
Sam and Lucy are two clever pigs who are
always keen to help their human friends
in peculiar predicaments. From fixing
magic carpets to teaching fish to read,
they solve each conundrum with some
common sense and a lot of patience.
Fiction
Picture Books
The new libearian by Alison Donald &
Alex Willmore
At story time, the children discover a
bear at the librarian's desk, and they
think he's the new librarian. But he's
not.
Boing boing by Alexander McCall
Smith & Zoe Persico
Jane has always been just a little bit
different - she has springs in her
knees! A terrible flood and a trapped
old lady mean Springy Jane is called
on for help - will her springs save the
day?
A library of lemons by Jo Cotteril
Calypso's mum died a few years ago and her
Dad can't, or won't, talk about Mum at all.
Instead he throws himself into writing.
When a new girl, Mae, arrives at school, the
girls' shared love of reading and writing
stories draws them close. A story about the
magic of reading and friendship.
A whisper of horses by Zillah Bethell
Serendipity loves horses. No-one in Lahn
Dan has ever seen one, apparently they died
out before the Gases - but there are statues
of them around the city, paintings and
drawings too if you know where to look.
So, with the help of a trader boy and his
little dog , Serendipity heads into the unknown, searching
for the beautiful creatures she's always dreamed of.
Parakeet in boots by Chris Gurney &
Myles Lawford
Smashie McPerter and the mystery of
Room 11 by N Griffen & Kate Hindley
Based on Puss in Boots, the Parakeet
in boots does much the same sort of
thing. He helps his friend Pete trick
the Big Boss into thinking he is the
Pongatown mayor, who is rich and
impressive, in order to win the hand
of his daughter.
The day the hamster disappears from
Smashie McPerter’s class begins like any
other. Well, except for the fact that the
teacher is out sick and the mysterious
business with the glue. Smashie and her
best friend, Dontel, are forced to the limits of their
detecting to set things right.
Fiction
Spirit of the jungle by Bear Grylls
When teenager Mak discovers the whole
family is going on a trip to India, his heart
sinks. When the family are caught in a flash
storm crossing a river Mak is washed away.
Alone in the jungle, he must learn to survive.
But can he gather all his skills to make it back
to civilization?
Picture Books
The fabulous friend machine by Nick
Bland
Popcorn is, quite simply, the friendliest
chicken at Fiddlesticks farm! When she
finds a Fabulous Friend Machine in the
barn, she sets about making some brand
new friends. But behind the screen of
the Fabulous Friend Machine, maybe her new friends are
not so friendly after all … a cautionary tale!
Book scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss
Bertman
When Santa came to stay by Timothy
Knapman & Chris Chatterton
Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her
family move to San Francisco, she teams up
with new friend James to follow clues in an
odd book they find, hoping to figure out its
secrets before the men who attacked
Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold,
solve the mystery, or come after them.
When Santa's house at the North Pole
explodes, a regular family welcome him
into their home with open arms. But
Santa is NOT an easy houseguest - his
elves take over the house, the reindeer
poo everywhere and Santa even starts a flood!
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
Kuwi’s very shiny bum by Kat
Merewether
When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father
vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily's
determined to hunt down the truth behind
his disappearance, helped by Robert, the
local clockmaker's son, and her wily
mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures
are closing in and treachery lurks among the smoky spires
of London - along with a life-changing secret.
With the soft jingle of bells, a mysterious
gift falls from the sky. It is a shimmering
red ball. Kuwi knows exactly what it is. A
very shiny bum. She decides to make gifts,
so her friends can feel as fortunate as she does.
Fiction
Younger Fiction
My pet human by Yasmine Surovec
The midnight gang by David Walliams &
Tony Ross
A cat that enjoys his carefree life gets some
treats and backrubs from the humans who
have just moved into his favorite abandoned
house, then sets out to train them properly, all
the while protesting to his friends that he has
no interest in being tied down to a human pet.
The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily
heartwarming and, of course, funny story
of five children on a hospital ward - and on
a quest for adventure! It is a story of
friendship and magic - and of making
dreams come true.
AniMalcolm by David Baddiel
Lily and the Christmas wish by Keris Stainton
Lily and her little brother James discover that
something happened at the Christmas wishing
tree - the wishes have been granted, but to the
wrong people! They'll have to work out which
wish belongs to who, and sort everything out
before Christmas Day - otherwise no one will
get what they want for Christmas.
Maxwell Mutt and the downtown dogs by
Steven Voake & Jim Field
Maxwell Mutt might be small, but his heart is big
and the city is full of adventure. When Maxwell
hears the call of a friend in need, he and his
friends brave the big, bright city, where they
hear tales of the Collector; the cruellest ever
dog-catcher.
A laugh-out-loud adventure for every child
who ever wondered what it might be like
to be a bit of an animal.. Malcolm doesn't
like animals. Which is a problem because
his family love them. From the author of
The Parent Agency.
Artie and the grime wave by Richard
Roxburgh
Artie and his best friend Bumshoe have
stumbled upon a Cave-of-Possibly-StolenStuff, and along with it a gang of shady
characters. It's a sticky situation and if
Artie's going to escape he might need help
from family, friends and a little old lady
with a bizarre inventory of weapons.
Fiction
Ghosts on board ; Sunk! (Shrunk! Adventure) by Fleur
Hitchcock
Victor, the ghost, is desperate to get off dreary Black Hall
Island, so he steals a ride on an
unsuspecting tourist boat back to
Bywater-by-Sea.
The sun, the sea ... and the deckchairs
out for revenge? Welcome to
Bywater-by-Sea!
Odd and the frost giants by Neil Gaiman &
Chris Riddell
Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless
following a raid. Fleeing to the woods, Odd
stumbles upon and releases a trapped
bear ...and then Odd's destiny begins to
change. A tale of legend, magic and
adventure.
Clover Moon by Jacqueline Wilson
When tragedy plunges her into a world of
grief, Clover realizes that everything she
loved about the place she called home is
gone. Clover hears of a place she could
run to, but where will she find the courage
- and the chance - to break free?
Younger Fiction
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam : the spooky
school by Tracy Corderoy & Steven Lenton
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam don't just make
amazing cakes. These two brave bakers solve
wacky mysteries too! Halloween at St Spectre's
school brings out the cheekiest of ghosts! And
who is to blame when the weather goes crazy!
Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny by John Himmelman
Introducing Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny! She is
the best bunjitsu artist in her school, and she
can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder
than anyone else! But she never hurts another
creature . . . unless she has to.
Princess Smartypants and the missing princes
by Babette Cole
Eric the giant comes to Princess Smartypants'
door, having mysteriously found items of male
clothing. Princess Smartypants recognises them
as property of the princes, and sets off to the
fairytale land, to see what the princesses can tell
them.
Younger Fiction
Younger Fiction
Colin the cart horse by Gavin Puckett
Colin was a cart horse, hay his favourite
treat, it was ever so soft and incredibly
sweet. But the day he branched out and
broadened his diet... Why, who could have
guessed it would trigger a riot?
Geronimo Stilton
The phantom of the theater (Creepella Von
Cacklefur)
Wizard’s wand (Geronimo Stilton in the
Kingdom of Fantasy)
The moonshine dragon by Cornelia Funke
& Monica Armino
When a tiny silver dragon is chased out of
Patrick's storybook by an equally tiny
knight, all sorts of mayhem breaks loose!
Soon moonshine magic has shrunk Patrick
too, and he is forced to hole up inside his
toy castle as the knight attacks the 'fire
worm'. Can Patrick defeat the knight and make it to morning?
Away in a star sled (Spacemice)
Dinosaur danger (Heromice)
The tales of Mrs Mancini by Natalie-Jane
Prior & Cheryl Orsini
The story of a cat who, together with her
human friend, Filippina, runs a cake shop
full of delectable treats. Alongside her flair
for flan, Mrs Mancini also has a special
ability to bring lonely children together.
Thea Stilton
Treasure of the sea (Special edition)
Younger Fiction
Younger Fiction
How to beat Genghis Khan in an arm
wrestle by Nick Falk & Tony Flowers
Valdur the Viking and the ghostly Goths by
Craig Cormick
Join three friends as they use their
imagination, settle playground scores and
alter the entire course of history in the
process! Will they save the world, or will
life as we know it no longer exist?
Hi. My name is Valdur and I'm a Viking. We'll,
I hope to be a real Viking one day. My father
was kidnapped by his arch-enemy and I have
to fight to rescue him. Luckily I have my
dragon-dog Ragna with me though, and we
are all ghosts. Did I mention that?
Grandma Bendy and the great snake escape
by Izy Penguin
There is a deadly snake on the loose in
Pumperton and Lucy has been blamed for its
release! With the help of her brother, Max,
and their favourite grandparent, Grandma
Bendy, they must go on a quest to find the
snake, capture it and clear Lucy’s name, but can they do it
before the whole town descends into chaos?
A scare of a dare ; Bullies and buddies (Diary of a
Minecraft zombie) by Zack Zombie
Zack Zombie has to deal with the usual angst that comes
from being a pre-teen zombie attending Minecraft Middle
School. With the help of his
human friend Steve, Zack learns
valuable life lessons that help
him deal with the challenges of
zombie life.
The unforgettable what’s his name by Paul
Jennings & Craig Smith
If I climbed a tree or hid among the bins, no
one could find me. 'Where's What's His
Name?' they'd say...Then, one weekend, I
got what I wanted. First, I blended in with
things. But on the second day I changed...I
mean, really changed...
The fox and the ghost king by Michael
Morpurgo & Michael Foreman
In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a
family of foxes. They love to watch football
- all foxes do. But their favourite team
keeps losing and losing, and it seems like
things will never look up. That is, until
Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried
underneath a car park.
Younger Fiction
Younger Fiction
Badly drawn Beth by Jem Packer & Duncan McCoshan
Dig world ; Dragon land (Pixel Raiders) by Bajo & Hex &
Chris Kennett
So, I'm surrounded by crocodiles, holding a
briefcase full of fish fingers, I'm wearing a
swamp monster mask and Miss Primula is
about to call my parents! Meet Beth - and
all of her fantastically crazy family and
friends.
Rip and Mei are trapped inside a brand new video game.
No one on the outside knows they're in there. If they don't
play the game and find the way
out, they'll be stuck ... forever.
Rip and Mei escaped Level 1, but
they’re still trapped inside the
virtual-reality game and it’s only
getting harder to stay alive!
A boy called Christmas ; The girl who saved
Christmas by Matt Haig & Chris Mould
Believe in the impossible - you are about to
read the true story of Father Christmas. Are
you still reading? Good. Then let us begin…
When Amelia wants a wish to come true she
knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas.
But the magic she wants to believe in is
starting to fade, and Father Christmas has
more than impossible wishes to worry about.
The cat who ate Christmas by Lil Chase &
Thomas Docherty
Mango gets into a series of scrapes,
knocking the Christmas tree over,
shredding the presents and finally eating
the entire Christmas turkey!
Sweet escape ; Ring of truth (Sage Cookson) by Sally
Murphy
Sage and her parents visit a chocolatier to film a segment
for their TV show. Things go drastically wrong when the
competitive spirit gets the better of
the chocolatier. Sage and her parents
visit a bakery to film a segment for
their TV show. They are all in for a bit
of a surprise when a treasured ring
goes missing.
The cat and the king by Nick Sharratt
The cat and the King must find a new home
after their castle burns down in an
Unfortunate Incident with a dragon, and the
cat introduces the King to all sorts of new
experiences, from washing-up to shopping.
Then the pesky dragon makes its return.