On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "A Dragon in a Wagon" by Lynley DODD

Fiction Book:

• "Frost Fire" by Jamie SMITH
• "Beastly! - Tiger Terror" by Andy BAXTER (Beastly! series)  
• "Step Back in Time" by Laura BAKER (From Your Diary With Love series)  
• "Captain Underpants and the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2 : The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers" by Dav PILKEY (Captain Underpants - Full Colour  series)  

Non-fiction:

• "I Was An ... Egg Carton" by Emily KINGTON (Recycled Art series) 
• "Mighty Machines" by Caroline BINGHAM, Christopher MAYNARD & Claire LLEWELlYN

Senior Fiction:

• "Just Jaime" by Terri LIBENSON (Emmie & Friends series) 
• "ANZAC Boys" by Tony BRADMAN

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Comet the Red Bus" by Christopher CANDY
• "Llamas in Pyjamas" by Matt COSGROVE

Fiction Book:

• "The Thirteenth Home of  Noah Bradley" by Amber Lee DODD
• "Fairy Unicorns : Magic Forest" by Zanna DAVIDSON (Fairy Unicorns series)  
• "Ninja Kid 7 - Ninja Toys!" by Ahn DO (Ninja Kid series)  

Non-fiction:

• "Vertical Drop - Gravity in Motion" by John ALLAN (Amusement Park Science series) 
• "What Happened When in the World - History as You've Never Seen it Before" senior editor - Rob HOUSTON 

Senior Fiction:

• "Scorched Earth" by Robert MUCHAMORE (Henderson's Boys series) 
• "Lily and the Rockets" by Rebecca STEVENS

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Worries are like Clouds" by Shona INNES; illustrated by Irisz AGOCS (A Big Hug Book series)  
• "The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue" by Rhonda & David ARMITAGE

Fiction Book:

• "United Here I Come" by Alan COMBES
• "Rooftoppers" by Katherine RUNDELL 
• "7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up" by Jimmy GOWNLEY

Non-fiction:

• Maths in Space" by Nancy DICKMANN (It's a Mathematical World series)  
• "Refugees and Homelands" by Louise SPILSBURY

Senior Fiction:

• "Cyborg" by Chris BRADFORD

Browsing:

• "I Spy:  Spooky Night" by Jean MARZOLLO

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea" by Nicole MILLER; illustrated by Lily UIVAL 
• "Who Am I?" by Philip BUNTING

Fiction Book:

• "Gym Stars - Handsprings and Homework" by Jane LAWES (Gym Stars series)
• "Tom Gates : Ten Tremendous Tales" by Liz PICHON (Tom Gates series)  
• "The Lost Diary of Sami Star" by Karen McCOMBIE
• "Wings : Typhoon" by Tom Palmer (Wings series)  

Non-fiction:

• "City of Water" by Andrea CURTIS
• "All About Diversity" by Felicity BROOKS

Senior Fiction:

• "Wildfire" by Rodman PHILBRICK 

Most Popular in 2021

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2021 were:

1st      Guts by Reina Telgemeier 

2nd    Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey

3rd=     Olivia's Secret Scribbles 

             by Meredith Costain

            Ghosts  by Reina Telgemeier

4th=     CatWad series by Jim Benton;

            Baby Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series Mary Ann Martin,

            illustrated by Katy Farina & others

5th=    Ella Diaries series by Meredith Costain; Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series by Ann M. Martin, illustrated by Reina Telgemeier & others; Minecraft Guides / Handbooks

6th=  Sisters by Reina Telgemeier; Game On! series

     

7th   Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney

8th    The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

9th    The Piggy and Gerald series (Elephant and Piggy) by Mo Willems

10th=    Ella and Olivia series by Yvette Poshoglian; Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon; The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey; Cat Kid series by Dav Pilkey; Disney Princesses series; Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre; A Stack of Alpacas by Matt Cosgrove; Amulet series by Kazu Kabuishi

11th=    Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson; Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford; The Football Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford; Stay Alive in Minecraft

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

Is your favourite book, series or author on our Most Popular list for 2021?