On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Warning!" by Tim WARNES

Fiction Book:

• "Ava Anne Appleton : Catching a Wave" by Wendy HARMER (Ava Anne Appleton series)
• "Ice Beast" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "The Hour of Magic" by Geronim STILTON (The Kingdom of Fantasy series)
• "Troy Trailblazer and the Horde Queen" by Robert DEAS (The Phoenix Presents series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Smile" by Raima TELGEMEIER

Non- Fiction:

• "Fatal Forces" by Nick ARNOLD (Horrible Histories series)
• "Guinness World Records 2016 : Gamer's Edition" by Guinness World Records

Books to Movies - Mortal Engines

This from Stuff.co.nz on Tuesday.....

The above image is a screenshot from Stuff.co.nz HERE where you can also read the full article.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Fuzzy Doodle" by Melinda SZYMANIK;  illustrated by Donovan BIXLEY

Fiction Book:

• "Droid Tales - Episodes I-III" by Michael PRICE & adapted by Kate HOWARD (LEGO Star Wars series)
• "Alice-Miranda in the Alps" by Jacqueline HARVEY (Alice-Miranda series)
• "Confessions of an Imaginary Friend" by Michelle CUEVAS 
• "Scream : The Spider Army" by Jack HEATH (Scream series)

Senior Fiction:

• "All Fall Down" by Ally CARTER (Embassy Row series)

Non- Fiction:

• "What's Up With John? : Medi Kidz Explain Scoliosis" by Kim CHILMAN-BLAIR & John TADDEO
• "What's Up With Richard? : Medi Kidz Explain Leukaemia" by Kim CHILMAN-BLAIR & John TADDEO

A Discount Haircut for Reading Aloud

In the news in the US this week is a Barbershop giving their child customers a discount haircut if they read aloud while having their hair cut. The barbershop found out about it happening in other places in the US before they started the scheme themselves. This sounds like a great idea, I wonder if we can convince barbers and hairdressers in NZ to do this?

           Image & more information from HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Mine!" by Jerome KEANE;  illustrated by Susana DeDIOS

Fiction Book:

• "The Pirates of Pangaea : Book 1" by Daniel HARTWELL & Neill CAMERON (Pirates of Pangaea series)
• "Pearlie and the Imperial Princess" by Wendy HARMER (Pearlie series)
• "The 78-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS (Treehouse series)
• "The Rescue Princesses : The Snow Jewel" by Paula HARRISON (Rescue Princesses series)
• "Space Jackers" by Huw POWELL

Non- Fiction:

• "Monster Dinosaurs" by David BURNIE
• "50 Things You Should Know About the Human Body" by Angela ROYSTON

Skulduggery Pleasant - New Series in 2017

Image from HERE

Well, it turns out that Derek Landy wasn't finished with Skulduggery Pleasant after all. He is currently writing a new series, as yet un-named, which features both Skulduggery and Valkyrie but also a new hero named Omen Darkly. 

Next year marks the 10th Anniversary of the release of the first Skulduggery Pleasant book and apparently the whole of the first series will be re-released with new covers in early 2017. The new series will be released later in the year. As Derek apptly put it on his blog....

"It's gonna be fun. Well, it's gonna be fun for US. 

For you it's going to be torture."

You can find out more and keep up-to-date with developments on Derek Landy's blog HERE or on the Skulduggery Pleasant website HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Green Bath" by Margaret MAHY;  illustrated by Steven KELLOGG

Fiction Book:

• "Frankie Potts and the Bikini Burglar" by Juliet JACKA (Frankie Potts series)
• "Tom Gates : Super Good Skills (Almost...)" by Liz PICHON (Tom GATES series)
• "Ghost Works : The Grave of Gasper Weavell & The Haunted Hoader" by James LEE (Ghost Works series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Brave Company" by David HILL

Non- Fiction:

• "The Ultimate Book of Randomly Awesome Facts" by Karen HOOD & Penelope ARLON
• "50 Things You Should Know About the Human Body" by Angela ROYSTON