On the New Books Display this Week

Picture: 

• "Ko Kiwipihi" by Kat QUIN; translated by Pānia PAPA
• "Pipi Dance" by Angie BELCHER; illustrated by Lily UIVEL

Fiction:

• "Flying Fergus - The Best Birthday Bike" by Chris HOY; illustrated by Clare ELSOM (Flying Fergus series)
• "Diary of a Pug - Pug's Sleepover" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)
• "Kristy and the Walking Disaster" by Ann M MARTIN; illustrated by Ellen T CHRENSHAW (Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)
• "Pirate Spacecat Attack" by Geronimo STILTON (Geronimo Stilton - Spacemice series)

Non-fiction:

• "Swim : The Story of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai" by Chris SZEKELY

Senior Fiction:

• "This Land : The Search for Māui" by Mark ABNETT; illustrated by P.R. DEDELIS (This Land series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture: 

• "Baa Baa Smart Sheep" by Mark SOMMERSET; illustrated by Rowan SOMMERSET
• "Sun Shower" by Melinda SYZMANIK; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

Fiction:

• "Dragon Games : The Battle for Imperia" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Games series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Dance Divas" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN; illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Ella and Olivia series)
• "A Rovers Story" by Jasmine WARGA
• "Hot Dog : Garden Time" by Ahn DO; Dan McGUINESS (Hot Dog series)

 Mature Picture: 

• "Ariā and the Kūmara God" by Witi IHIMAERA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE
• "A Ariā me te Atua o te Kūmara" by Witi IHIMAERA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture: 

• "Nōu te Ao, e Hika e!" by Dr SEUSS; translated by Karena KELLY; illustrated by Philip BUNTING
• "Trevor the Daring Duck" by Lynda FINN; illustrated by Nikki SLADE ROBINSON

Fiction:

• "Ella Diaries : Sleepover Fail" by Yvette POSOGLIAN; illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Ella Diaries series)
• "Zombie Season" by Justin WEINBERGER (Zombie Season series)
• "Boy vs Beast : Air Beast" by Mat PARK (Boy vs Beast series)

Non-fiction:

• "The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi" by Toby MORRIS, Ross CALMAN & Mark DARBY; translated by Piripi WALKER

Senior Fiction:

• "Bone : Eyes of the Storm" by Jeff SMITH (Bone series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Errol" by Zanni LOUISE; illustrated by Philip BUNTING
• "Kei hea te Hipi Kākāriki?" by Mem FOX; illustrated by Judy HORACEK

Fiction:

• "Dragon Girls : Zoe the Beach Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "Bad Guys : Episode 18 - Look Who's Talking" by Aaron BLABEY (Bad Guys series)
• "Te Rātaka a Tama Hūngoingoi" by Jeff KINNEY (Te Rātaka series)

Non-fiction:

• "The Animal Book" by John FARNDON, Steve PARKER, Clint TWIST & Camilla DE LA BÉDOYÈRE

Senior Fiction:

• "Rainbow Warrior" by Sharon HOLT (My New Zealand Story series)

Beyond the Page with Upper Hutt Libraries

Holiday activities at Upper Hutt Libraries.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go" by Richard SCARRY
• "After Dark : Nocturnal Forest Creatures of Aotearoa" by Julia CROUTH

Fiction:

• "Dragon Games : The Frozen Sea" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Games series)
• "Finally Seen" by Kelly YANG
• "Twinning : BFF's (Not)" by Alexa MOSES (Twinning series)
• "Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco" by Jason & Andrew (Jason Mason series)

Non-fiction:

• "Children's Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs" by Caire HIBBERT

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "But Then ... The Almost True Story of an Overdue Book" by Swapna HADDOW; illustrated by Daron PARTON
• "A Unicorn, A Dinosaur and a Shark Walk into a Book " by Jonathan FENSKE; illustrated by Jo PEARSON

Fiction:

• "Owl Diaries : Nature Club" by Rebecca ELLIOT (Owl Diaries series)
• "Diary of a Netball Star : New Player" by Liz WATSON & Fiona HARRIS (Diary of a Netball Star series)
• "The Worlds Worst Monsters" by David WALLIAMS

Senior Fiction:

• "Gold" by Pauline CARTWRIGHT (My New Zealand Story series)

Reference:

• "The Story of a Treaty / He Kōrero Tiriti" by Claudia ORANGE
• "The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi" by Claudia ORANGE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Nanny Mihi's Harvest /Te Hauhake a Nanny Mihi" by Melanie DREWERY; illustrated by Suzanne SIMPSON
• "Five Wee Pūteketeke" by Nicola TOKI; illustrated by Jo PEARSON

Fiction:

• "Once Upon a Wickedness" by Fleur BEALE
• "Dragon Games : The Thunder Egg" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Games series)
• "Koro's Star" by Claire ARAMAKUTU

Non-fiction:

• "Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific" by Andrew CROWE; illustrated by Rick FISHER

Senior Fiction:

• "Always Anthony" by Terry LIBENSON (Emmie & Friends series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ruru : Night Hunter" by Katie FURZE; illustrated by Ned BARRAUD
• "Island Toes / Tamatama'i Vae o Motu" by Chistin LOZANO; illustrated by Mariko MERRITT

Fiction:

• "Timid" by Jonathan TODD 
• "The Hero Puppy" by Holly WEBB (Puppy Place series)
• "Meet Ella : Show and Tell" by Rebecca McRITCHIE (Meet Ella series)

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft Beginners Guide - Revised Edition" 
• "The Science Book" by John FARNDON, Ian GRAHAM, Clint TWIST & Clive GIFFORD

Senior Fiction:

• "Starfish" by Lisa FIPPS

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Winners

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Te Hōpua Kaukau / The Swimming Hole" by Norah WILSON; illustrated by Kimberly ANDREWS (E Oma Rāpeti : Run, Rabbit series)
• "Dear Chocosaur" by  Chae STRATHIE; illustrated by Nicola O'BYRNE

Fiction:

• "My Aunt is a Monster" by Reimena YEE
• "Deena the Diwali Fairy" by Daisy MEADOWS (Rainbow Magic series)
• "Diary of a Pug : Pugs Road Trip" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)

Non-fiction:

• "Massive Book of Jokes for Kids Only!" by Andy JONES
• "Francis of Assisi" by Geraldine ELSCHNER

Senior Fiction:

• "Danger in the Darkness" by Heather HOLMES

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Wolf and the Hocus Pocus" by Avril McDONALD; illustrated by Tatiana MININA
• "Watson the Detective Dog" by  Susan BROCKER; illustrated by Jenny COOPER

Fiction:

• "I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944" by Laure n TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
• "Dragon Girls - Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "Arsenic for Tea" by Robin STEVENS (Murder Most Unladylike series)

Non-fiction:

• "Ann Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl" by Ann FRANK & Mirjam PRESSLER
• "The Story of Titanic for Children" by  Joe FULMAN

Senior Fiction:

• "Worse Things" by Sally MURPHY

Book Fair 2024 - Update

St Brendan's Book Fair has wrapped up for another year. A BIG Thank You to everyone who came along and helped to make it another very successful Book Fair. This year, sales earned us around 40 free new books for our library collection. 

An extra special thank you to the families and staff who purchased a "Red Dot" book for donation to the library - keep a look out for them on the library “New Books Display” during this term, they'll all have special Book Fair 2024 Donation book plates inside!