On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Dr SEUSS (writing as Theo LeSIEG)
• "Hunches in Bunches" by Dr SEUSS

Junior Browsing Book:

• "1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland" by Gillian DOHERTY & Anna MILBOURNE; illustrated by Teri GOWER

Fiction Book:

• "Friday Barnes, Girl Detective" by R.A. SPRATT (Friday Barnes series)
• "Awful Auntie" by David WALLIAMS

Senior Fiction

• "Anne Boleyn and Me : A Tudor Girls Diary 1525-1536" by Alison PRINCE
• "Elizabeth : A Tudor Princess's Diary 1544" by Kathryn LASKY

 Non-Fiction:

• "The Story of the First World War For Children : 1914-1918" by John MALAM
• "Art for Kids : Comic Strips - Create Your Own Comic Strips from Start to Finish" by Art ROCHE

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10

Image from HERE

The 10th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be released on 3 November 2015. The title hasn't yet been announced, but the cover is set to be revealed on 27 April by author Jeff Kinney in a live webcast, and coincides with an international author tour. 

The information above is adapted from Publishers Weekly HERE.

For more information you could visit the Diary of a Wimpy Kid website HERE.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Emma Chichester CLARK
• "The Hippo Who Was Happy" by Rachel ELLIOT & John BENDALL-BRUNELLO

Fiction Book:

• "Big Nate Flips Out" by Lincoln PEIRCE (Big Nate series)
• "Lotus Lane : Kiki - My Stylish Life" by Kyla MAY (Lotus Lane series)
• "The Search for Treasure" by Geronimo STILTON (Kingdom of Fantasy series)

Senior Fiction

• "Laddertop : Books 1-2" by Orson Scott CARD & Emily Janice CARD; illustrated by Honoel A. IBARDOLAZA

 Non-Fiction:

• "They Fought For Us : Gallipoli" by Ruth NAUMANN (They Fought For Us series)
• "They Fought For Us : Paschendaele" by Ruth NAUMANN (They Fought For Us series)
• "My Very Own Bible" retold by Lois ROCK; illustrated by Carolyn COX

Book Dominoes...

Please don't try this in our school library - unless of course you've got permission first!

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Day The Crayons Quit" by Drew DAYWALT; illustrated by Oliver JEFFERS
• "Lettice : The Birthday Party" by Mandy STANLEY
• "Lettice : The Fairy Ball" by Mandy STANLEY

Fiction Book:

• "Timmy Failure : Mistakes Were Made" by Stephan PASTIS (Timmy Failure series)
• "Penny Dreadful" by Laurel SNYDER
• "The Wizard of Oz" by Frank BAUM; adapted & illustrated by Ben CALDWELL

Senior Fiction

• "Skulduggery Pleasant : The Dying of the Light" by Derek LANDY (Skulduggery Pleasant series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Shipwreck Disasters" by John HAWKINS (Catastrophe series)
• "The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes" by Sarah WILLIAMS & Karen KING; illustrated by Ian BECK

Derek Landy's New Book Announced

Derek Landy, the author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series, has announced the title of his new book.

Take a look on his blog HERE to watch a short video of the announcement.

Now we just have to wait until 27th August when the book is due for release.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Mister Bud Wears the Cone" by Carter GOODRICH
• "The Day Louis Got Eaten" by John FARDELL

Fiction Book:

• "The Amazing Voyage" by Geronimo STILTON (Kingdom of Fantasy series)
• "Queenie" by Jacqueline WILSON
• "A Wrinkle in Time : The Graphic Novel" by Madeleine L'ENGLE; adapted by Hope LARSON

Senior Fiction

• "Catherine of Aragon : A Tudor Girls Diary 1501-1513" by Alison PRINCE (My Royal Story series)
• "Bloody Tower : A Tudor Girls Diary 1553-1559" by Valerie WILDING (My Royal Story series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Machines on the Farm" by Sian SMITH (Machines at Work series)
• "Illustrated History of New Zealanders at War" by Marcia STENSON

Mobile Library

Image via Tumblr HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr SEUSS (Green Back Books series)
• "Happy Birthday to You!" by Dr SEUSS (Green Back Books series)
• "The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley" by Colin TOMPSON & Amy LISSIAT

Fiction Book:

• "Don't Look Now - Book Two" by Paul JENNINGS; illustrated by Andrew WELDON (Don't Look Now series)
• "EJ Spy Schhol : Deep Water" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ Spy School series)
• "Mary Poppins" by P. L. TRAVERS (Essential Modern Classics series)

Senior Fiction

• "The Iron Trial" by Holly BLACK & Cassandra CLARE  (Magisterium series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Air Disasters" by John HAWKINS (Catastrophe series)
• "Maori Art for Kids" by Julie NOANOA & Norm HEKE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Zebra Who Was Sad" by Rachel ELLIOT; illustrated by John BENDALL-BRUNELLO
• "I Am Too Absolutely Small for School" by Lauren CHILD (Charlie & Lola stories)

Fiction Book:

• "The 52-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS (Treehouse series)
• "Ava Anne Appleton : Up and Away" by Wendy HARMER (Ava Anne Appleton series)
• "Battle of the Mega-Mutants : Aquamaxitor" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)

Senior Fiction

• "The Royal Ranger" by John FLANAGAN (Ranger's Apprentice series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame : 25 Kiwi Champions" by Maria GILL
• "Mountains" by Margaret HYNES (Discover Science series)

Book Spine Art

Image from Pinterest HERE

This book sculpture by Marie Montard.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Construction" by Sally SUTTON; illustrated by Brian LOVELOCK
• "The Huge Bag of Worries" by Virginia IRONSIDE; illustrated by Frank RODGERS

Fiction Book:

• "Extra Time" by Morris GLEITZMAN
• "EJ Spy School : Puppy Alert" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ  Spy series)
• "EJ Spy School : Secret Spy" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ  Spy series)
• "Wier Do" by Anh DO (WeirDo series)

Senior Fiction

• "Gone" by Michael GRANT (Gone series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa" by Te Papa Museum
• "Motorbikes" by Clive GIFFORD (Machines at Work series)

Most Popular in 2014

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2014 were:

1st    The Dragon Prophecy (Kingdom of              Fantasy series) by Geronimo Stilton

2nd =   The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

                  by Jeff Kinney

           The Karate Mouse (Geronimo 

                  Stilton series) by Geronimo Stilton

           Pearlie series by Wendy Harmer

3rd=   Guinness World Records 2010

          Thea Stilton series by Thea Stilton

             Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

4th=  Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi; Cinderella by Ruth Sanderson; Boy 
        vs Beast series by Mac Park; Lego Ideas Book by Daniel Lipkowitz; 
        EJ12 series by Susannah Mc Farlane; Attack of the Clones by 
        Elizabeth Dowsett; Art Attack - Even More Cool Stuff! by Neil 
        Buchannan.  
      

5th=  Pilot & Huxley series by Dan McGuiness; Billie B Brown series by 

        Sally Rippin; Freak Street series by Knife & Packer; 

        The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths; Geronimo Stilton 

        Graphic Novels series by Geronimo Stilton; Littlest Angels series 

        by Elizabeth Pulford; Ripleys Believe it or not Special Edition.

Many 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 or series of books on our Most Popular list?