The Little, Big and Even Bigger Read 2025

Upper Hutt Libraries are very excited to be once again teaming up with Hutt City Libraries to offer an amazing summer reading challenge to encourage tamariki to get excited about reading this summer, have fun playing, and be in to win cool prizes!

Tamariki of all ages can pick up an age-appropriate journal for FREE from any of the eleven libraries in Upper Hutt or Lower Hutt from 1 December 2025.

For more information about The Little, Big and Even Bigger Read 2025 click HERE

Getting Ready for End of Year 2025

The Christmas School Holidays are not far away now, but before they arrive there are some school events happening and important tasks to get done. In the library we are preparing for our annual end of year stocktake!

All library books are due back next Monday, 1 December. You can help by returning all your library books to the library "As Soon As Possible".

Will your class will be first to return all their library books this year? 

If you have any other school books, such as journals, junior reading books and class books lying around at home then now is a good time to return these to school too.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Kua Kainamu Te Kirihimete / Christmas Countdown" by Norah WILSON; illustrated by Kimberly ANDREWS (E Oma, Rapeti: Run, Rabbit series)
• "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh" by Mo WILLEMS
• "Snow White" by Jacob & Wilhelm GRIMM & Lesley YOUNG

Fiction:

• "Neeka and the Missing Key" by Tina STRACHAN (Wilder Zoo series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Secret Santa Stop" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Around the Spider-verse - An Original Graphic Novel" by Justin A. REYNOLDS and others 
• "The Unlucky Eleven" by Phil EARLE; illustrated by Steve MAY (Little Gems series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Time Warriors" by David ORME
• "Ella Diaries : Spooky Surprise" by Meredith COSTAIN; illustrated by Danielle McDONALD  (Ella Diaries series)

Non-fiction:

• "One Million Insects" by Isabel THOMAS
• "Reptiles and Amphibians" by Chris MATTISON (DK Findout series)
• "AI for Beginners by Rose HALL, Rachel FIRTH; illustrated by Hylton WARBURTON
• "Mega Cars" by Christiane GUNZI

Senior Fiction:

• "Coven" by Soman CHAINANI; illustrated by Joel GENNARI

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "The Nutcracker" by E.T.A. HOFFMANN & retold by Rachel ELLIOT; illustrated by Valeria DOCAMPO
• "How the Crayons Saved Christmas" by Monica SWEENEY; illustrated by Wendy LEACH
• "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles PERRAULT & retold by Leslie YOUNG

Fiction:

• "The Coldfire Curse" by Jordan QUINN (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly series)
• "The House at the Edge of the World" by Nadine Aisha JASSAT
• "Unicorn Diaries : Bo and the Merbaby" by Rebecca ELLIOT (Unicorn Diaries series)
• "Owen and the Soldier" by Lisa THOMPSON; illustrated by Hannah Mike LOWERY
• "Survival in Space : The Apollo 13 Mission" by David LONG; illustrated by Stefano TAMBELLINI
• "Karen's Ghost" by Mary Ann MARTIN & D.K. YINGST (Baby Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)

Non-fiction:

• "The Incredible Insects of Aotearoa" by Simon POLLARD & Phil SIRVID
• "This is Skateboarding" by Hannah WILSON; illustrated by Peter Phobia
• "Let it Flow : Healthy Ways to Release Emotions" by Rebekah LIPP
• "Birds" by Ben HOARE & Dr Paul GALE (DK Findout series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die" by Peter LANTOS

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "Do Not Lick this Book*" by Idan BEN-BARAK; illustrated by Julian FROST
• "Cinderella" by Ruth SANDERSON
• "I Really Like Slop" by Mo WILLEMS (Elephant and Piggie series)

Fiction:

• "Crunch" by Kayla MILLER (Click series)
• "Speechless" by Aron Nels STEINKE
• "Meg and Merlin - Showing Off" by Tanya LANDMAN (Meg and Merlin series)
• "Mint Choc Chip at the Market Cafe" by Jonathan MERES; illustrated by Hannah COULSON (Little Gems series)
• "Nellie Choc-Ice Penguin Explorer" by Jeremy STRONG; illustrated by Jamie SMITH (Little Gems series)
• "First Class Murder" by Robin STEVENS (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries series)

Non-fiction:

• "Incredible But True : Animals" by Barbara TOFT (Incredible But True series)
• "Maximum Speed - The Fastest Machines on Earth" by Rob Colson (Minecraft Bite-Size Builds series)
• "Logic" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "Deep-Sea Creatures : Adapting to the Abyss" by Mike LAWRENCE (Science Comics series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Entirely Emmie" by Terri LIBENSON (Emmie & Friends series)

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "Birdsong / he Korihi" by Maris O'ROURKE; illustrated by Claudia Pond EYLEY; translated by Stephanie Huriana FONG 
• "Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise" by David Ezra STEIN
• "Crumbs" by Phil CUMMINGS; illustrated by Shane DEVRIES
  

Fiction:

• "Mia the Bridesmaid Fairy" by Daisy MEADOWS (Rainbow Fairies Early Reader series)
• "Detective Beans Adventures in Cat Town" Li CHEN (Detective Beans series)
• "Nat for Nothing" by Maria SCRIVAN (Nat Enough series)
• "Five Children and It" by E NESBIT (Scholastic Classics series)
• "Star for a Day" by Jean URE; illustrated by Charlie ALDER
• "Piggy : Permanent Detention" by VANNOTES; illustrated by Malu MENEZES

Non-fiction:

• "Wētāpunga : The Biggest Wētā in the World" by Jo VAN DAM; illustrated by Laura RAYNER 
• "Minecraft : Magical Bite-Size Builds" by Mojang (Minecraft Bite-Size Builds series)
• "Which Native Forest Plant?" by Andrew CROWE
• "Which Native Tree?" by Andrew CROWE

Senior Fiction:

• "Lo & Behold" by Wendy MASS; illustrated by Gabi MENDEZ

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "The Lost Words" by Kimberley KEARNEY; illustrated by Taylor Terewai TIAVE
• "Why Not! The Almost True Story of Stuff that Actually Happened in a Library" by Swapna HADDOW; illustrated by Daron PARTON
• "Macca and Al, Super Pals" by Matt COSGROVE
  

Fiction:

• "Shrinkle" by Emily SNAPE (Game On! series)
• "The Moonlight Mystery Agency - The Birthday Cake Thief" Vashti HARDY, illustrated by Agnes SACCANI (Little Gems series)
• "Mallory and the Trouble with Twins" by Ann M. MARTIN & Arley NOPRA (Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)
• "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon MESSENGER (Keeper for the Lost Cities series)
• "Grandpa was an Astronaut" by Jonathan MERES (Little Gems series)
• "Lightfall : The Dark Times" by Kath BEATTIE (Lightfall series)

Non-fiction:

• "World's Coolest Jobs" by Anna BRETT (Lonely Planet Kids series) 
• "Christmas" by Mike CLARK (Festivals Around the World series)
• "Eid Ul-Fitr" by Grace JONES (Festivals Around the World series)
• "Incredible But True : Space" by Amanda ASKEW (Incredible But True series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Cyclone Bola" by Kath BEATTIE (My New Zealand Story series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Turkey Hurly-Burly" by Annelies JUDSON; illustrated by Nikki SLADE-ROBINSON
• "Welcome" by Alison GREEN; illustrated by Axel SCHEFFLER

Mature Picture:

• "Finding Alfie : A D-Day Story" by Michael MORPURGO; illustrated by Michael FOREMAN
  

Fiction:

• "My Friend is a Gris-Kwok" by Malorie BLACKMAN
• "Nine Girls" by Stacy GREGG
• "Dragon Girls : Rani the Enchanted Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "Belle the Birthday Fairy" by Daisy MEADOWS (Rainbow Magic - Early Reader series)
• "Warriors : Winds of Change" by Erin HUNTER & Dan JOLLY; illustrated by James L BARRY (Warriors - Graphic Novel series)
• "The Cartoonists Club" by Raina TELEGEMEIR & Scott McCLOUD; illustrated by Raina TELEGEMEIR

Non-fiction:

• "The Bacteria Book" by Steve MOULD
• "Flags of the World" by Phil CLARKE (Usborne Spotters Guides series)
• "Algorithims" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)

Reference:

• "French Dictionary for Beginners" by Hellen DAVIES and Françoise HOLMES 

Senior Fiction:

• "The New Girl" by Cassandra CALIN

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Coming Home" by Michael MORPURGO; illustrated by Kerry HYNDMAN
• "The Boys in the Waka Ama" by Angie BELCHER; illustrated by Debbie TUPUNA
• "Night Animals" by Gianna MARINO
  

Fiction:

• "Dead Girls Diary" by K.R. ALEXANDER
• "The Pocket Dog" by Holly WEBB
• "Karen's Prize" by Ann M. MARTIN & D.K. YINGST (Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)
• "Dimple and Boo" by Pip JONES (Little Gems series)
• "The Beach Puppy" by Holly WEBB (Little Gems series)
• "A Dangerous Game" by Malorie BLACKMAN

Non-fiction:

• "Climate Change and You : How Climate Change affects your Life" by Emily RAIJ
• "Passover" by Grace JONES (Festivals Around the World series)
• "LEGO, How to Build Everything" by Hannah DOLAN
• "Helen Keller" by Maria Isabel Sanchez VEGARA 

Senior Fiction:

• "Ground Zero : A Novel of 9/11" by Alan GRATZ

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "The Thank You Book" by Mo WILLEMS (Elephant and Piggie series)
• "Don't Trust Cats (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog)" by Dev PETTY; illustrated by Mike BOLDT
• "There's a Crab in My Castle/He pāpaka kei taku pā" by Dawn MacMILLAN, Stephanie Huriana FONG (māori text); illustrated by Nikki SLADE-ROBINSON
  

Fiction:

• "Katie the Catsitter" by Colleen A F VENABLE; illustrated by Stephanie YUE (Katie the Catsitter series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Invaders from Space" by David ORME; illustrated by Peter RICHARDSON (Boffin Boy series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Monsters from the Deep" by David ORME; illustrated by Peter RICHARDSON (Boffin Boy series)
• "The Story of the Dancing Frog" by Quentin BLAKE (Little Gems series)
• "Stellar" by Chris BRADFORD
• "Saphie the One-Eyed Cat" by Joanna HO

Non-fiction:

• "Elephants : Living Large" by Jason VIOLA; illustrated by Falynn KOCH (Science Comics series)
• "Debugging" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "Using Technology" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "What a Waste" by Jess FRENCH

Senior Fiction:

• "Pandemic" by Sally STONE (My New Zealand Story series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Robbit the Job-Hopping Frog" by Michael Gerard BAUER; illustrated by Katrin DREILING
• "Excitable Edgar" by Lucy FEATHER; illustrated by Jo LINDLEY
• "Your Head's Not the Place to Store Problems" by Josh PIKE; illustrated by Stephen Michael KING

Fiction:

• "Lightfall : Shadow of the Bird" by Tim PROBERT (Lightfall series)
• "Diary of a Pug - Get Well, Pug" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)
• "Miles and Jones : The Anaconda Attack" by Sam SMITH; illustrated by César LADOR (Miles and Jones series)
• "Dragon Girls : Eloise the Flame Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "World Burn Down" by Steve COLE
• "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson BURNETT

Non-fiction:

• "Frogs : Awesome Amphibians" by Liz PRINCE (Science Comics series)
• "Basketball All-Stars" by David CLAYTON
• "The Worlds Most Ridiculous* Animals : *or are they?" by Philip BUNTING
• "My First Maths Book" by Amanda ENRIGHT

Senior Fiction:

• "Hover Car Racer - Graphic Novel" by Matthew REILLY; illustrated by John HANNA

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Vinny the Not-So-Nice Guinea Pig" by Chrissie KREBS
• "At Home on the Farm" by Ned BARRAUD
• "God's Love in a Nutshell" by Hilary ROBINSON; illustrated by Mandy STANLEY

Fiction:

• "Star Wars : The Sequel Trilogy" by George LUCAS and others
• "Ozzie" by Ellen MILES (Puppy Place series)
• "The Missing Bunny" by Holly WEBB (Little Gems series)
• "Madam Squeaker" by Pip JONES (Little Gems series)
• "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter BROWN (The Wild Robot series)
• "Bad Kitty Gets a Phone" by Nick BRUEL (Bad KITTY series)

Non-fiction:

• "24 Hours on the Kiwi Seashore" by Gillian and Darryl TOCKLER
• "Skateboarding" by Paul STEVENSON (Buzz Books series)
• "Superflyer Paper Planes" by Dean MACKEY
• "Wellington at Work in the 1890's" by Beverly RANDELL and Hugh PRICE

Senior Fiction:

• "Ghost Stadium" by Tom PALMER

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Tractor" by Sally SUTTON; illustrated by Brian LOVELOCK
• "Interrupting Chicken : Cookies for Breakfast" by David Ezra STEIN
• "Gotcha!" by Jack HENSELEIT; illustrated by James HART
• "It Started with a P" by Brittany POMALES; illustrated by Andrew JOYNER

Fiction:

• "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren TARSHIS & Georgia BALL (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Hot Mess" by Jeff KINNEY (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
• "Unicorn Diaries : Bo the Brave" by Rebecca ELLIOTT (Unicorn Diaries series)
• "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis STEVENSON
• "The Squad" by Christina SOONTORNVAT

Non-fiction:

• "Flags of the World" 
• "A World Without the Sun" by William ANTHONY 
• "A World Without the Plants" by William ANTHONY 
• "Dear Moko : Māori Wisdom for our Young Ones" by Dr Hinemoa ELDER

Senior Fiction:

• "1916 : Dig for Victory" by David HAIR (Kiwis at War series)