| Author: | Jeff Kinney |
| Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
| Series: | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Readers won't be able to stop laughing as they join Greg and his family on a holiday trip to remember. To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what's billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare.
| Author: | Philip Pullman |
| Category: |
Fiction - senior |
| Series: | Book of Dust Series |
Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the ... read more
| Author: | Jessica Townsend |
| Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
| Series: | Nevermoor |
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide.
But as Morrigan a... read more
| Author: | Gavin Bishop |
| Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud.
Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining mom... read more
| Author: | Edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris |
| Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
Annual 2 contains all-new material for 9 to 13-year-olds. The result is a highly original, contemporary take on the much-loved annuals of the past – all in one beautiful package.
Alongside familiar names publishing for children – Gavin Moulde... read more
| Author: | Paul Jennings |
| Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
The forest is dense and dark. And the trail full of unexpected perils. The dog can't move. The boy can't talk. And you won't know why. Or where you are going. You will put this story down not wanting the journey to end. But it's from Paul Jennings so watch out for the ambush. One of the best. From one of the best.
| Author: | Nicholas Allan |
| Category: |
Picture books |
| Reading Level: | Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7 |
A hilarious book of counting, colours, animals... and queuing for the loo! In this riotous rhyme from Nicholas Allan, the queue for the loo gets very long indeed, as a series of multi-coloured animals impatiently join! Count, spot colours, spot animals, and all join in to find out who's in the loo.
| Author: | Jane Millton |
| Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
During the massive 7.8M earthquake that hit New Zealand in November 2016 two cows and a calf were stranded on a two-metre high 'island' when their paddock slid and buckled 80 metres from its original position...
Sensibly they stayed put and were rescu... read more
| Author: | Lissa Evans |
| Category: |
Fiction - intermediate |
| Reading Level: | Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11 |
You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. You need to deal with a cruel dictator ... read more
| Author: | Natalie Jane Prior |
| Category: |
Picture books |
Lucy's mum takes her to the library every Saturday. Lucy loves to read, but there is one special book that she borrows over and over again. The book is shared between friends, dropped in the ocean, flown to China and even made into a banana sandwich. But what will happen when everyone's favourite book goes missing?
| Author: | J. K. Rowling |
| Category: |
Series - children |
| Series: | Harry Potter |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2016. |
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potte... read more
| Author: | Melinda Szymanik |
| Category: |
Picture books - NZ |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for the 2017 Picture Book Award at the NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults |
Fuzzy Doodle is a celebration of creativity. It is a sophisticated picture book in which the text and illustrations work together to create a delightful metaphor for the creative process. The text tells of Fuzzy, a small pencil doodle that magically comes to life, looking very mu... read more