On the New Books Display this Week

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• "The Nutcracker" by E.T.A. HOFFMANN & retold by Rachel ELLIOT; illustrated by Valeria DOCAMPO
• "How the Crayons Saved Christmas" by Monica SWEENEY; illustrated by Wendy LEACH
• "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles PERRAULT & retold by Leslie YOUNG (Elephant and Piggie series)

Fiction:

• "The Coldfire Curse" by Jordan QUINN (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly series)
• "The House at the Edge of the World" by Nadine Aisha JASSAT
• "Unicorn Diaries : Bo and the Merbaby" by Rebecca ELLIOT (Unicorn Diaries series)
• "Owen and the Soldier" by Lisa THOMPSON; illustrated by Hannah Mike LOWERY
• "Survival in Space : The Apollo 13 Mission" by David LONG; illustrated by Stefano TAMBELLINI
• "Karen's Ghost" by Mary Ann MARTIN & D.K. YINGST (Baby Stitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)

Non-fiction:

• "The Incredible Insects of Aotearoa" by Simon POLLARD & Phil SIRVID
• "This is Skateboarding" by Hannah WILSON; illustrated by Peter Phobia
• "Let it Flow : Healthy Ways to Release Emotions" by Rebekah LIPP
• "Birds" by Ben HOARE & Dr Paul GALE (DK Findout series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die" by Peter LANTOS

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "Do Not Lick this Book*" by Idan BEN-BARAK; illustrated by Julian FROST
• "Cinderella" by Ruth SANDERSON
• "I Really Like Slop" by Mo WILLEMS (Elephant and Piggie series)

Fiction:

• "Crunch" by Kayla MILLER (Click series)
• "Speechless" by Aron Nels STEINKE
• "Meg and Merlin - Showing Off" by Tanya LANDMAN (Meg and Merlin series)
• "Mint Choc Chip at the Market Cafe" by Jonathan MERES; illustrated by Hannah COULSON (Little Gems series)
• "Nellie Choc-Ice Penguin Explorer" by Jeremy STRONG; illustrated by Jamie SMITH (Little Gems series)
• "First Class Murder" by Robin STEVENS (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries series)

Non-fiction:

• "Incredible But True : Animals" by Barbara TOFT (Incredible But True series)
• "Maximum Speed - The Fastest Machines on Earth" by Rob Colson (Minecraft Bite-Size Builds series)
• "Logic" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "Deep-Sea Creatures : Adapting to the Abyss" by Mike LAWRENCE (Science Comics series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Entirely Emmie" by Terri LIBENSON (Emmie & Friends series)

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "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

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "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)

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

On the New Books Display this Week

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• "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

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "The Thank You Book" by Mo WILLEMS (Elephant and Piggie series)
• "Don't Trust Cats (Life Lessons from Chip the Dog)" by Dev PETTY; illustrated by Mike BOLDT
• "There's a Crab in My Castle/He pāpaka kei taku pā" by Dawn MacMILLAN, Stephanie Huriana FONG (māori text); illustrated by Nikki SLADE-ROBINSON
  

Fiction:

• "Katie the Catsitter" by Colleen A F VENABLE; illustrated by Stephanie YUE (Katie the Catsitter series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Invaders from Space" by David ORME; illustrated by Peter RICHARDSON (Boffin Boy series)
• "Boffin Boy and the Monsters from the Deep" by David ORME; illustrated by Peter RICHARDSON (Boffin Boy series)
• "The Story of the Dancing Frog" by Quentin BLAKE (Little Gems series)
• "Stellar" by Chris BRADFORD
• "Saphie the One-Eyed Cat" by Joanna HO

Non-fiction:

• "Elephants : Living Large" by Jason VIOLA; illustrated by Falynn KOCH (Science Comics series)
• "Debugging" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "Using Technology" by John WOOD (Code Monkeys series)
• "What a Waste" by Jess FRENCH

Senior Fiction:

• "Pandemic" by Sally STONE (My New Zealand Story series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Robbit the Job-Hopping Frog" by Michael Gerard BAUER; illustrated by Katrin DREILING
• "Excitable Edgar" by Lucy FEATHER; illustrated by Jo LINDLEY
• "Your Head's Not the Place to Store Problems" by Josh PIKE; illustrated by Stephen Michael KING

Fiction:

• "Lightfall : Shadow of the Bird" by Tim PROBERT (Lightfall series)
• "Diary of a Pug - Get Well, Pug" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)
• "Miles and Jones : The Anaconda Attack" by Sam SMITH; illustrated by César LADOR (Miles and Jones series)
• "Dragon Girls : Eloise the Flame Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "World Burn Down" by Steve COLE
• "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson BURNETT

Non-fiction:

• "Frogs : Awesome Amphibians" by Liz PRINCE (Science Comics series)
• "Basketball All-Stars" by David CLAYTON
• "The Worlds Most Ridiculous* Animals : *or are they?" by Philip BUNTING
• "My First Maths Book" by Amanda ENRIGHT

Senior Fiction:

• "Hover Car Racer - Graphic Novel" by Matthew REILLY; illustrated by John HANNA

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Vinny the Not-So-Nice Guinea Pig" by Chrissie KREBS
• "At Home on the Farm" by Ned BARRAUD
• "God's Love in a Nutshell" by Hilary ROBINSON; illustrated by Mandy STANLEY

Fiction:

• "Star Wars : The Sequel Trilogy" by George LUCAS and others
• "Ozzie" by Ellen MILES (Puppy Place series)
• "The Missing Bunny" by Holly WEBB (Little Gems series)
• "Madam Squeaker" by Pip JONES (Little Gems series)
• "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter BROWN (The Wild Robot series)
• "Bad Kitty Gets a Phone" by Nick BRUEL (Bad KITTY series)

Non-fiction:

• "24 Hours on the Kiwi Seashore" by Gillian and Darryl TOCKLER
• "Skateboarding" by Paul STEVENSON (Buzz Books series)
• "Superflyer Paper Planes" by Dean MACKEY
• "Wellington at Work in the 1890's" by Beverly RANDELL and Hugh PRICE

Senior Fiction:

• "Ghost Stadium" by Tom PALMER

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Tractor" by Sally SUTTON; illustrated by Brian LOVELOCK
• "Interrupting Chicken : Cookies for Breakfast" by David Ezra STEIN
• "Gotcha!" by Jack HENSELEIT; illustrated by James HART
• "It Started with a P" by Brittany POMALES; illustrated by Andrew JOYNER

Fiction:

• "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren TARSHIS & Georgia BALL (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Hot Mess" by Jeff KINNEY (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
• "Unicorn Diaries : Bo the Brave" by Rebecca ELLIOTT (Unicorn Diaries series)
• "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis STEVENSON
• "The Squad" by Christina SOONTORNVAT

Non-fiction:

• "Flags of the World" 
• "A World Without the Sun" by William ANTHONY 
• "A World Without the Plants" by William ANTHONY 
• "Dear Moko : Māori Wisdom for our Young Ones" by Dr Hinemoa ELDER

Senior Fiction:

• "1916 : Dig for Victory" by David HAIR (Kiwis at War series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Macca the Alpaca" by Matt COSGROVE
• "I'm Not Missing" by Kashelle GOURLEY; illustrated by Skylar HOGAN
• "When I Smile" by Jo WITEK; illustrated by Christine ROUSSEY
• "Hidden" by Larissa FERENCHUK; illustrated by Fiona WEST

Fiction:

• "The Apprentice Witnesser" by Bren MacDIBBLE
• "Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat" by Li CHEN (Detective Beans series)
• "Owl Diaries : Eva and the New Teacher" by Rebecca ELLIOTT (Owl Diaries series)
• "Ninja Girl 2 : Ninja Superstars" by Anh DO (Ninja Girl series)
• "Next Stop" by Debbie FONG

Non-fiction:

• "Our Earth"
• "Motocross" by Paul STEVENSON (Buzz Books series)
• "The Trolls in the Knolls" by Silja AÐALSTEINSDÓTTIR; translated by María Helga GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR  
• "Guinness World Records 2025 : Gamer's Edition"

Senior Fiction:

• "Into the Wild" by Hayley LAWRENCE

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2025 - Winners

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Flit the Fantail and the Christmas Crash" by Kat QUIN
• "Te Kura Huna o Te Aranga : Easter Surprise" by Norah WILSON; Kimberly ANDREWS
• "The Witch in the Cherry Tree" by Margaret MAHY; illustrated by Jessica TWOHILL
• "Honesty is the Best Policy" by Heath McKENZIE

Fiction:

• "Dog Man - Big Jim Begins" by Dav PILKEY (Dog Man series)
• "Bad Guys : One Last Thing" by Aaron BLABEY (Bad Guys series)
• "Jimmy Boon : The Super Resilient Ranga" by S J CAMERON
• "Shannon the Ocean Fairy" by Daisy Meadows (Rainbow Fairies - Early Reader series)
• "I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived series)

Non-fiction:

• "Wild Wellington - Ngā Taonga Taiao" by Michael SZABO
• "Diwali" by Grace JONES (Festivals Around the World series)
• "1001 Best Ever Cool Jokes"
• "World Tour : The Ultimate Journey Around the Globe" by Beth RALSTON (editor)

Senior Fiction:

• "Villain" by Adrian BURNS