On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Pretty Close But Not The Same" by Meg FLEMING; illustrated by Steph STILWELL
• "Tomorrow I'm In Charge" by Jörge MÜHLE

Fiction:

• "Jolly Foul Play" by Robin STEVENS (Murder Most Unladylike series)
• "Twice Upon a Time" by Michelle HARRISON; illustrated by Natalie SMILLIE (Spike & Merry series)
• "Wish I was a Baller" by Amar SHAH; illustrated by Rashad DOUCET
• "Eye of the Dragon" by Susan BROCKER
• "The Summer Puppy" by Holly WEBB; illustrated by Sophy WILLIAMS

Non fiction:

• "Amazon" by Tom JACKSON (DK Eyewitness series)
• "365 Amazing True Football Stories" by Matt OLDFIELD
• "Deep Space for Young Explorers" by The Royal Observatory, Greenwich; edited by Grace GLENDINNING
• "Cute Animals that Could Kill You" by Brooke HARTMAN; illustrated by Maria GARCIA
• "The Christmas Story" retold by Lois ROCK; illustrated by Diana MAYO

Senior Fiction:

• "Jellybean" by Eve AINSWORTH
• "Courage to Dream : Tales of Hope in the Holocaust" by Neal SHUSTERMAN; illustrated Andrés Vera MARTÍNEZ

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "I'd Rather be a Cat" by Laura BUNTING; illustrated by Philip BUNTING
• "Farmyard Hullabaloo" by Giles ANDREAE; illustrated by David WOJTOWYCZ 
• "Happy Father's Day from the Crayons" by Drew DAYWALT; illustrated by Oliver JEFFERS

Fiction:

• "The Case of the Missing Stuff" by Rachael KING; illustrated by Phoebe MORRIS (Violet and the Velvets series)
• "Enola Holmes : Graphic Novels - Book 1" created by Nancy SPRINGER; written & illustrated by Serena BLASCO, translated by Tanya GOLD (Enola Holmes series)
• "Game Over!" by Serena PATEL
• "Serendipity" by Gabbie BENDA
• "Moonlight Mystery Agency - The Birthday Cake Thief" by Vashti HARDY; illustrated by Agnes SACCANI (Little Gems series)
• "Hilo : The Great Big Boom" by Judd WINICK (Hilo series)
• "Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum" by Hannah TUNNICLIFF; illustrated by Erica HARRISON (Detective Stanley series)

Non fiction:

• "Mammals" by Sue WALKER
• "Ancient Egypt" by Penelope ARLON
• "Massive Book of School Jokes" by Andy JONES

Senior Fiction:

• "The Ash House" by Angharad WALKER

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Earl and Worm: The Bad Idea and Other Stories" by Gregg PIZZOLI
• "B is for Bird" by Lily EMO

Fiction:

• "Snowlands: A Blood Moon" by Morr MEROZ; illustrated by Collin FOGEL (Snowlands series)
• "Ella & Olivia's Puppy Club: Puppy School Rules" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN; illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Ella & Olivia's Puppy Club series)
• "The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac "n" Cheese Ran Out" by Swapna HADDOW; illustrated by Minky STAPLETON

Non fiction:

• "Drive to Victory : Incredible True Stories from the Fastest Sport in the World" by Karun CHANDHOK; illustrated by Max RAMBALDI
• "What Makes Your Body Work" by Gill ARBUTHNOT; illustrated by Marc MONES

Senior Fiction:

• "The Lovely and the Lost" by Jennifer Lynn BARNES

Winnie-the-Pooh is 100 years old

Winnie-the-Pooh, written by A.A. Milne, was first published in October 1926, meaning Winnie is now 100 years old!

Photograph by Robert Kato from HERE

Have you read Winnie-the-Pooh? Perhaps someone read one of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories to you when you were little, or maybe you have seen the movie. If you have never read, heard or seen Winnie, now could be a great time to buy or borrow a copy as there will be lot's of special 100th Anniversary editions available to buy and soon also to borrow.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "A Day off School" by Oliver JEFFERS; illustrated by Kevin WALDRON

Fiction:

• "Dragon Girls : Selena the Sunflower Dragon" by Maddy MARA; illustrated by Jane PICA (Dragon Girls series)
• "Chaos!" by Andrew CRANNA
• "The Moonlight Mystery Agency : The Puzzling Paw Prints" by Vashti HARDY; illustrated by Agnes SACCANI
• "Landfall : A Place Between" by Tim PROBERT (Landfall series)

Non fiction:

• "The Ultimate Secret Builder's Guide to Minecraft"
• "Rock and Mineral" by Dr R.F. SYMES (DK Eyewitness series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Dawn Raid : The Apology" by Pauline (VEALUAGA) SMITH & Brooklyn TAYLOR

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!" by Mo WILLEMS
• "The Pet Person" by Jeanne WILLIS; illustrated by Tony ROSS

Fiction:

• "The Magic Faraway Tree : Up the Faraway Tree" by Enid BLYTON; illustrated by Mark BEECH (The Magic Faraway Tree series)
• "A Clock Strakes Murder" by Michelle HARRISON (Spike & Merry series)
• "Benny's Bad Day" by Nathan LUFF; illustrated by Wayne BRYANT

Non fiction:

• "New Zealand's Backyard Birds" by Ned BARRAUD
• "Science : Science as you've never seen it before" (DK Knowledge Encyclopedia series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Fruitcake" by Rex OGLE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Flotsam" by David WIESNER

Mature Picture:

• "Ariā and the Monster Island" by Witi IHIMAIRA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE
• "A Ariā Me Te Motu Pouākai" by Witi IHIMAIRA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

Fiction:

• "Lottie the Little Wonder" by Katherine WOODFINE; illustrated by Ella OKSTAD (Little Gems series)
• "Back of the Net" by Ruth AINSWORTH
• "Kimi the Kekeno's Big Adventure" by Sally BURNE-FIELD

Non fiction:

• "Natural Disasters" by Claire WATTS (DK Eyewitness series)
• "Horses" by Lucy THORN

Senior Fiction:

• "Mixed Feelings" by Sara AMINI; illustrated by Shardia AMIN

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2026 - Winners

 

Book Fair 2026 - 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 successful Book Fair. This year, sales earned us more than 30 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” later this term and next term, they'll all have special Book Fair 2026 Donation book plates inside!

Book Fair 2026

Come to our Book Fair 

Where: in the Library

When: 

Tuesday, 28 July, 2.30-7.30pm 

Wednesday, 29 July, 8.30-9.15am and 2.30-3.30pm

Thursday, 30 July, 8.30-9.15am and 2.30-3.30pm

Friday, 31 July, 2.30-3.30pm 

Monday, 3 August, 8.30-9.15am and 2.30-7.30pm 

Tuesday, 4 August CLOSED

All purchases from the Book Fair help to 

earn new resources for our library.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture:

• "Mutt Dog" by Stephen Michael KING (21st Anniversary edition)
• "A Guide to Rocks" by Sacha COTTER; illustrated by Josh MORGAN

Fiction:

• "The Magic Faraway Tree : The Folk of the Faraway Tree" by Enid BLYTON; illustrated by Mark BEECH  (The Magic Faraway Tree series)
• "Roller Girl" by Victoria JAMIESON
• "Willa and Woof : Birthday Business" by Jacqueline HARVEY  (Willa and Woof series)

Non fiction:

• "Roarrr! : Ancient Creatures of Aotearoa" by Donovan BIXLEY
• "The Periodic Table of Elements : Understanding the Building Blocks of Everything" by Jon Chad (Science Comics series)
• "Axel Scheffler's Treasury of Fairy Tales" by Axel Scheffler

Senior Fiction:

• "Escape" by Sophie McKENZIE

Book Fair 2026 - Coming Soon

St Brendan's School Book Fair 2026 will be held in our school library, next door to Room 9. The Book Fair will be open before and/or after school most weekdays between Tuesday, 28 July and the evening of Monday, 3 August. More information about Book Fair opening hours will be on display next term. All purchases from the Book Fair help to earn free books for our school library.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2026 - Non-fiction

Hooked: Learning to Fish written by Al Brown and illustrated by Hope McConnell

Omnibird: An Avian Investigator’s Handbook written and illustrated by Giselle Clarkson

Survive Aotearoa written by Bronwen Wall and Jonathan Kennett and illustrated by Kimberly Andrews

Taniwha written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Tainui, Ngāti Awa)

Whenua: Māori Pūrākau of Aotearoa written and illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu)


See the list of Te Reo Maori, Young Adult and other award finalists here.

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust