On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Milo and the Mysterious Island" by Marcus PFISTER

Mature Picture Book:

• "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" by Roald DAHL; ; illustrated by Quentin BLAKE

Fiction Book:

• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Getaway" by Jeff KINNEY (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
• "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth GRAHAME (Scholastic Classics series)
• "You Can't Scare Me!" by R L STINE (Goosebumps series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom RIGGS

Non- Fiction: 

• "Savage Stone Age" by Terry DEARY; illustrated by Martin BROWN (Horrible Histories series)

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On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Bamboozled" by David LEGGE

Fiction Book:

• "Ella and Olivia : Little Lifesavers!" by Yvette Poshoglian (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Bad Dad" by David WALLIAMS
• "Lost in Time!" by Geronimo Stilton (Journey Through Time series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John BOYNE

Non- Fiction: 

• "The Villainous Victorians" by Terry DEARY; illustrated by Martin BROWN (Horrible Histories series)
• "Mother Teresa : Her Life and Work" by Paul HARRISON

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Pig the Star" by Aaron BLABEY

Mature Picture Book:

• "George's Marvelous Medicine" by Roald DAHL; illustrated by Quentin BLAKE

Fiction Book:

• "Hot Dog!" by Anh DO (Hot Dog! series)
• "Hot Dog! - Party Time!" by Anh DO (Hot Dog! series)
• "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard KIPLING (Scholastic Classics series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Fall" by Tristan BANCKS

Non- Fiction: 

• "The Slimy Stuarts" by Terry DEARY; illustrated by Martin BROWN (Horrible Histories series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Secret Dawn" by Joanne Edith NEWLIN-CHASE; illustrated by Yolaine LEFEBVRE

Fiction Book:

• "The Creakers" by Tom FLETCHER
• "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by Frank BAUM (Scholastic Classics series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Lost Hero - Graphic Novel" by Rick RIORDAN, adapted by Robert VENDITTI; illustrated by Nate POWELL & Orpheus COLLAR (Heroes of Olympus - Graphic Novel series)
• "The Son of Neptune - Graphic Novel" by Rick RIORDAN, adapted by Robert VENDITTI; illustrated by Antione DODE & Orpheus COLLAR (Heroes of Olympus - Graphic Novel series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Hope : In the Hands of Fatima" by Christine SPRING & UNICEF New Zealand 
• "The Incredible Incas" by Terry DEARY; illustrated by Martin BROWN & Philip REEVE (Horrible Histories series)

Most Popular in 2017

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2017 were:

1st        Phoebe and her Unicorn series 

             by Dana Simpson

2nd        Minecraft : Handbook series

             by Stephanie Milton & Nick Farwell

3rd=      Sisters by Raina Telegemeier
             Ratburger by David Walliams
             Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce
             Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon
             Bunny vs Monkey series by Jamie Smart

4th=  Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney; The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey; Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths; The Journey to Atlantis (Thea Stilton special edition) by Thea Stilton.  

5th=  Guinness World Records 2016 - Gamers Edition; Demon Dentist by David Walliams; The Lego Ideas Book by Daniel Lipkowitz; Lego Star Wars - DK Readers series by Emma Grange or Elizabeth Dowsett; Lego Awesome Ideas by Daniel Lipkowitz; Astronaut Academy series by Dave Roman; Kingdom of Fantasy series by Geronimo Stilton; Ghosts by Raina Telegemeier.
     

6th=    Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi; Smile by Raina Telegemeier; Ella Diaries series by Meredith Costain; Ella & Olivia series Yvette Poshoglian; Pearlie series by Wendy Harmer; Journey Through Time series by Geronimo Stilton.

7th=  Stone Rabbit series by Erik Craddock; Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal by Dan TDM; Guinness World Records 2015; Pilot & Huxley series by Dan McGuinness; The Worlds Worst Children by David Walliams; The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams .

Some of these books are previous favourites and are also on earlier Most Popular in ... lists, but a some are new to the list this year. 

Is your favourite book or series on our Most Popular list this year?