On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "The Human Body" by Carron BROWN; illustrated by Rachael SAUNDERS (A-Shine-A-Light Book series)
• "I Spy Island : Book vs Shark" by Sue Hendra; illustrated by Paul LINNET (I Spy Island series)

Fiction:

• "Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter" by Mary Ann MARTIN; illustrated by Elen T. CRENSHAW (The Baby-sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)
• "Finding My Voice" by Aoife DOOLEY (Frankie's World series)
• "Letters to a Dog" by Piers TORDAY; illustrated by Alice McKINLEY
• "Gymnastics Diaries - Beam Queen" by Georgia GODWIN & Laura SIEVEKING; illustrated by Amanda ERB (Gymnastics Diaries series)
• "Meg and Merlin Having Fun" by Tanya LANDMAN; illustrated by Sonia ALBERT (Meg and Merlin series)
• "Flora the Fancy Dress Fairy" by Daisy MEADOWS (Rainbow Magic - Early Reader series)
• "The Legend of Chocolate Hills" by Geronimo STILTON (Geronimo Stilton series)
• "Press Start! -Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!" by Thomas FLINTHAM (Press Start! series)

Non fiction:

• "Epic New Zealand Adventurers" by Maria GILL; illustrated by Marco IVANCIC
• "Aotearoa : Lost Worlds" by Dave GUNSON
• "A World of Monster Trucks" by Paul MASON

Senior Fiction:

• "Wings of Fire : Darkstalker - The Graphic Novel" by Tui SUTHERLAND; adapted by Barry DEUTSCH & Rachel SWIRSKY; illustrated by Jake PARKER
   (Wings of Fire - Graphic Novel series)

Most Popular in 2025

 The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2025 were:

1st    Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series by Mary Ann Martin; illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, Chan Chau, Gale Galligan & others.

2nd     Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

3rd =    Dog Man series  by Dav Pilkey; Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series by Mary Ann Martin, illustrated by Katy Farina & others; Cat Kid series by Dav Pilkey; Paris Takes over the World series by Zanni Louise.

4th=  Allergic  by Megan Wagner Lloyd; illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter; Whitney and Britney Chicken Detectives by Lucinda Gifford.

  

5th=  I Survived - Graphic Novel series by various. 

6th= Minecraft Guides/Handbook series; Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd; illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter; Click series by Kayla Miller.; The Piggy and Gerald series (Elephant and Piggy) by Mo Willems; Guts by Raina Telgemeier; Freestyle by Gale Galligan; Science Comics series; The Pigeon series by Mo Willems; Minecraft Bite-Size Builds series; Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae.

7th= The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Joanna Cacao; The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey; Level Up 2025 by Eddie Robson.

8th= Drama by Raina Telgemeier; The Dragon Prince series by various authors; Pirates of Pangaea - Book 1 by Daniel Hartwell & Matthew Holm; The Good Egg by Jory John; Minecraft Volume 2 by Sfe R. Monster; Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, illustrated by Dave Valeza; The Bewilderbeast by Josh Pyke, illustrated by Binny Talib; City of Dragons series by Jaimal Yogis; Boy vs Beast series by Mac Park; Shiny Misfits by Maysoon Zayid, illustrated by Shada Amin; Jokes for Every Day by Toby Reynolds.

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 2025? 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "We're All Wonders" by R. J. PALACIO

Fiction:

• "Spy Academy : Doomsday" by Jack HEATH (Spy Academy series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Lost City" by David ORME; illustrated by Peter RICHARDSON
• "Dread Cat" by Michael ROSEN (Little Gems series)
• "Shadow Hills" by Jordan QUINN; illustrated by Ornella GRECO & Glass House Graphics (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly series)
• "Big Trouble for Nellie Choc-ice" by Jeremy STRONG; illustrated by Jamie SMITH (Little Gems series)
• "Seeing Red" by Ruth AINSWORTH (Piggy - Graphic Novel series)
• "Dog Man - Big Jim Believes" by Dav PILKEY (Dog Man - Graphic Novel series)
• "Pizza Face" by Rex OGLE; illustrated by Dave VALEZA

Non fiction:

• "Around the World in 80 Endangered Animals" by Jess FRENCH
• "24 Hours in the Kiwi Bush" by Gillian & Darryl TORCKLER
• "This Book is Full of Holes" by Nora NICKUM

Senior Fiction:

• "Villain : Respawn" by Adrian BECK (Villain series)
• "Sunny Figures it Out" by Jennifer L. & Matthew HOLM (Sunny series)