Monday, March 26, 2018

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)




    Monday, March 19, 2018

    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

    Monday, March 12, 2018

    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)




    Tuesday, March 6, 2018

    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)

    Thursday, March 1, 2018

    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?