Children’s


From the new titles available recently, or due very soon, we would like to share the following with you .....

ZEBEDEE’S ZOO  ZEBEDEE’S ZOO
Giles Milton & Katharine McEwen $20.50

The animals in Zebedee's Zoo may not seem a very lively bunch, but at the end of the day, everything changes ...suddenly it's party time at the animal park! Riotous animal fun abounds in this brilliant book that begs to be read aloud time and time again.


THE LITTLEST DINOSAUR AND THE NAUGHTY ROCK  THE LITTLEST DINOSAUR AND THE NAUGHTY ROCK
Camilla Reid & Michael Foreman $18.50

The littlest dinosaur is in a bad mood. He sulks, shouts and throws his food on the ground. When he's sent to the naughty rock, he gets a bit of a surprise and some very helpful advice on how to handle his sulkiness. With beautiful art and great text, this is a perfect book for any family who has wrestled with a toddler's temper.


ELMER AND GRANDPA ELDO   ELMER AND GRANDPA ELDO
David McKee $20.50

Elmer is on his way to visit his Grandpa Eldo. He has great fun reminding Eldo of all the things they used to do together, but is Eldo quite as forgetful as Elmer thinks? He may be old but he is an elephant, after all, and elephants never forget. Do they?


DOUGAL THE DIGGER DOUGAL THE DIGGER
Benedict Blathwayt $20.50

Oh no! There's trouble amongst the rubble when Patch, the foreman's dog, goes missing! But luckily, Dougal is there to save the day ...Readers will love lifting the flaps to help find Patch but there's only one digger brave enough for the job, and that's Dougal! With bold and bright illustrations and a hidden bunny for little ones to spot on every page, this is guaranteed to be a much-loved story that will be read again and again.


MR GUM AND THE CHERRY TREE  MR GUM AND THE CHERRY TREE
Andy Stanton $15.50

A tale of forests, of legendary beasts of misbehaving children of furry caterpillars called Graham and of a great big cherry tree! What dark secrets are hidden in that tree, where the leaves grow thick and green? Follow Polly and Friday on another crazy adventure on the streets of Lamonic Bibber. And watch out for that dastardly villain, Mr Gum, not to mention his sidekick, Billy William. Hilarious, delightful and utterly, absurd.


MAGICAL MISCHIEF MAGICAL MISCHIEF
Anna Dale $20.50

Hardbattle Books is no ordinary bookshop. Magic has settled there in every corner and over the years has brought chaos to Mr Hardbattle's life and driven away most of his customers. His livelihood threatened, Mr Hardbattle is finally forced to take action. Together, Mr Hardbattle, the resourceful and down-to-earth Arthur and Miss Quint embark upon a quest to find a new home for the magic.
An inventive plot, humour, warmth and a host of delightful and varied characters make this an engrossing tale for young readers. Anna Dale skilfully combines a real-life setting with magical elements: Arthur, Mr Hardbattle and Miss Quint, together with their new 'magical' friend Susan, forge a strong and effective team and show how friends working together can overcome difficult obstacles.


NOBODY’S HORSE NOBODY’S HORSE
Jane Smiley $20.50

Abby Lovitt has always been more at ease with horses than with people. Her father insists they call all the mares 'Jewel' and all the geldings 'George' and warns Abby not to get attached: the horses are there to be sold. But with all the stress at school (the Big Four have turned against Abby and her friends) and home (her brother Danny is gone -- for good, it seems -- and now Daddy won't speak his name), Abby seeks refuge with the Georges and the Jewels. But there's one gelding on her family's farm that gives her no end of trouble: the horse who won't meet her gaze, the horse who bucks her right off every chance he gets, the horse her father makes her ride and train every day. She calls him ‘the Ornery George’.


ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX
Eoin Colfer $29.00
 Artemis Fowl's criminal ways have finally got the better of him... Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has summoned an elite group of fairies to Iceland. But when he presents his invention to save the world from global warming, he seems different. Something terrible has happened to him. Artemis Fowl has become nice. The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex (that's multiple-personality disorder to you and me) -- dabbling in magic has damaged his mind. And now the subterranean city of Atlantis is under attack from vicious robots and nice Artemis cannot fight them. Can fairy ally Captain Holly Short get the real Artemis back -- before the mysterious robots destroy the city and every fairy in it?