Tuesday, October 28, 2025

On the New Books Display this Week








Picture:

  • "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

Monday, October 20, 2025

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)


Monday, October 13, 2025

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

Monday, October 6, 2025

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