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