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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
In this classic Seussian tale, the good doctor primes his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us -- from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps -- encouraging us to take life in our stride! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more flue
Author:
Dr. Seuss,
Dr. Seuss
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007158522
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Blue Back Book
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere. In this hilarious exploration of simple concepts such as colours, numbers and opposites, Dr. Seuss presents a crazy world of boxing Goxes and winking Yinks that drink pink ink!
Author:
Dr. Seuss,
Dr. Seuss
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007158560
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The Last Battle
For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults. Complementing the look of the author's non-fiction books, and anticipating the forthcoming Narnia feature films, this edition contains an exclusive "P.S." section about the history of the book, plus a round-up of the first six titles.
Author:
C.S. Lewis
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007202324
Format: Paperback Book
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Storymaze
200 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STORYMAZE 2 The Eye of Ulam1. It is written and illustrated by the FUNNIEST MAN in a small part of the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.2. It is a COMIC EXTRAVAGANZA printed with soy sauce on dolphin-free recycled tuna flesh pages.3. It contains drawings by an ILLUSTRATOR with NO FORMAL TRAINING.4. It is the second in a series of 12 books ...But I warn you, I may not get around to writing the others because I am a busy man (the busiest man in the southern hemisphere) (and maybe I have better things to do).5. The word 'STORYMAZE' describes a combination of a story and a maze. It has 9 letters. So does the word 'DOGCATFLY' and the word 'CATDOGCAR' and the word 'DOGDOGDOG'.6. A rogue iceberg that escaped from Nell Smith's fridge in 1902 smashed into a bridge in Nepal killing 328 penguins.7. If you have ever wanted to travel to parallel universes, this is the book for you. It contains a lot of factual information that will assist you.8. + 9. The person sitting next to you is an idiot. If there is no one sitting next to you then you are an idiot.200. Because this book is printed on tuna flesh, when you have finished reading it, you can feed it to your cat.If your cat won't eat it, then it is an alien dressed as a cat!
Author:
Terry Denton
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781865083582
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Cat on the Island
The tiny Stephens Island wrens, being flightless birds, had no natural defences against cats that had been introduced to the Island by people working there. Within two years, the species had been wiped out. The strikingly beautiful illustrations reinforce the tragedy of the obliteration of this tiny Eden. Age 6+.
Author:
Gary Crew,
Gillian Warden
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780207200700
Format: Hardback Book
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Icefire
The sequel to Chris d'Lacey's bestselling Orchard title The Fire Within, Icefire continues the story of student, David Rain, and his life in the Pennykettle household. Life isn't exactly normal lodging at the Pennykettles - not when you're surrounded by hundreds of clay pottery dragons. Fate seems to be dictating an unusual course for David when his university tutor sets him a writing project on the existence - or not - of dragons. The tantalizing prize - a fully-funded research trip to the Arctic - seems just within his grasp. David starts to research the subject and soon discovers a connection between dragons and the Arctic just as it begins to snow. Is it only a coincidence? Or could deeper forces be at work? As David starts to uncover more about the dragons, he finds himself drawn down a path from which there is no going back to a time when dragons really did exist, and their secrets were guarded by the polar bears of the Arctic. If David is going to have any chance of winning the research trip, he has to open his mind to the legend of dragons and the mysterious secret of Icefire
Author:
Chris D'Lacey
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books
ISBN: 9781843621348
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Very, Very Pearlie
PEARLIE IN THE PARK No doubt you have heard of the fairies that live at the bottom of the garden. But did you know that fairies also live in the big city? Of course they do! Meet Pearlie, the fairy in the park. Pearlie has lots of jobs to do - she makes sure the slippery dip stays slippery, the flowers are open each day, and the spiders' webs are sparkling with dew drops each morning. But one day Pearlie wakes up to find everything is topsy turvy. The frogs are trying to spin webs. The possums are trying to paddle in the lake. And the ducks are trying to jump from tree to tree. What can have gone wrong? It's up to PEARLIE IN THE PARK to find out...A delightfully funny urban fairytale for early readers (6-8). PEARLIE AND THE BIG DOLL One evening, Pearlie the park fairy finds a lost dolly sitting under a bush. The big doll is very sad because she has lost her little girl. What can Pearlie do? Organise a glittering, glowing, glorious concert, that's what! And all the animals in the park can help too. Pearlie the park fairy is back, in another glittering adventure! PEARLIE AND OPAL Hurly Burly, Pearlie!Opal the Desert Fairy is visiting all the way from her home in Rainbow Ridge, and Pearlie is delighted to show her around the beautiful sights of Jubilee Park.
But it's Opal's first time in the big city, and Pearlie soon discovers what a strange place it can be for an Outback fairy
Author:
Wendy Harmer & Mike Zarb
Publisher: Random House Publishers
ISBN: 9781741660081
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Valiant
When 17-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-coloured powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there's Luis's brother, Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet. When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been working, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. He is as hideous as he is honourable, and as Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between affection for him - and fear of what her new friends are becoming because of him.
Author:
Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416901198
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Mister Monday
Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But then he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.Arthur is safe but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with blood-stained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house a house that only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate.Mister Monday is the first book in The Keys to the Kingdom series. Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But then he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.Arthur is safe but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm.A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with blood-stained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.
Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house a house that only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate.The first book in the breathtaking The Keys to the Kingdom series. Garth Nix is the best-selling author of Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen
Author:
The Keys to the Kingdom,
Garth Nix
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781741142136
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Could You? Would You?
A uniquely charming book of questions and possibilities to get kids laughing, thinking, talking, drawing, writing and exploring the world.What do you look like: do you have a round nose, three eyes, pointy ears? What do you want to do when you grow up: be a doctor, plant trees, own 50 cats? Where do you live: by the sea, up high, in a house your parents built, in a teapot? Does your house have a secret tunnel? Could you fall asleep with a dog, a cat, an owl, a wombat on your bed? Like an intimate little journal, Could you? Would you?offers a beguiling series of pictures, questions, thoughts and anecdotes to get young children using their imagination to explore ideas about themselves, the world, their hopes and beliefs. It's an ideal present for children 5-8, and for playful adults. It will be useful in schools as a stimulus for writing, drawing and talking about the major themes of grades Prep to 3 SOSE: self, home, family, community, pets, transport, environment (the natural and the built world), time, change, continuity, traditions, rules.
Author:
Trudy White
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781741144628
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It's Not All About You, Calma!
Calma Harrison is in love. Not just with herself, but also with the handsome checkout guy at Crazi-Cheep. But when Calma gets a job at Crazi-Cheep, her cynical approach to customer service makes headlines.And then there's the small matter of the rest of her life, which is fast falling apart: her absent father turns up unexpectedly and wants to talk' her mother, The Fridge, is keeping secrets and her new best friend, Vanessa, is hiding something horrible.Fearing the worst for her family and friends, Calma knows the only sure way to shape events is direct, personal intervention...It's not all about YOU, Calma! is a bold and witty novel about friendship, loyalty and acting on impulse.Praise for The Whole Business with Kiffo and the PitbullThis is the best teen fiction I have read in years. Barry Jonsberg's first novel is an absolute riot. As hilarious as it is poignant, The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbullshould be on every year-10 syllabus in the country. If this book doesn't make them want to read, nothing will.' The AgeMagnificent! Loved it! Laughed, snorted, and snickered maniacally on thesubway all through it.It's taking great restraint not to run down the hall and read bits aloud to people - Nancy Siscoe, Knopf USAJonsberg's writing is fresh and funny, and bites with fierce teenage realism.
Children's Bookseller & Publisher, April 2004.
Author:
Barry Jonsberg
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781741144840
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The Hollywood Mission
Life's a drag for Max Remy. Her mum is getting married to her sop of a boyfriend, Aiden. Her dad wants Max to visit him in Hollywood, but she's not allowed to fly there on her own. And her arch-enemy, Toby Jennings, is acting strangely at school. A weekend at Mindawarra with her friend Linden soon cheers her up, especially when she discovers that Ben, Eleanor and Francis have finished their improvements to the Time and Space Machine and are taking it to America. Now Max has someone to travel with! But Max soon discovers that Hollywood isn't all glitz and glamour. First Toby Jennings turns up unexpectedly to crash her holiday. Then Max can't seem to do anything right on the set of her father's latest blockbuster. And Spyforce uncovers a fiendish plot within the movie industry to program hidden secrets into Hollywood films bound for worldwide distribution. Can Max and Linden find Dr Biggus Fartie, the world-renowed encoding expert, before it's too late? Why does Max's father stop paying any attention to her? And what is the mysterious Raychik really up to in the editing suite? This may turn out to be Max Remy's most dangerous Spyforce mission yet ...
Author:
Deborah Abela
Publisher: Random House Publishers
ISBN: 9781740518598
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4F for Freaks
It's Miss Corker's first day at her new school (in fact, it's her first day at anyschool) and she is looking forward to meeting her class ...Leigh Hobbs turns his sharply observant eyes to the oddballs and misfits in Grade 4 in this absolutely hilarious illustrated story for 7-11 year olds.'a world of barely contained anarchy, borderline menace and irresistible humour It's reassuring to think that the truly anarchic tradition in children's literature is still being honoured' Brisbane's Child, Sydney's Child'Once again, Leigh Hobbs has created a wicked but loveable set of characters. Packed with loads of drama, conflict and suspense, this is a real page turner, guaranteed to deliver a laugh on every page for both children and adults. And, to top it off, there's an exciting twist at the end. A daring and satirical book ...this is sure to be a big hit.'Deidre Rabel, Midwest Book Review(USA)'a perfect read for reluctant readers with a zany sense of humour' Sunday Star Times'one of the most profound, moving and monumental children's books that has ever been written.This never-before-told story of grade 4F will change your life A classroom of freaks is an inspired idea allows his anarchic and outrageous funny drawings to carry the day.
' The Age'In magnificent, minimal sketches the pupils of 4F leap from the pen of Melbourne illustrator and author Leigh Hobbs and elbow their way on to the page Parents are likely to enjoy the cleverness of the drawings and text as much as children.' Courier Mail'4F for freaks Hobbs's skill as artist and author is evident here. He has created a cast of unpleasant characters who appeal even as they repel. He uses alliteration and rhyme to powerful effect. The conclusion is superb, with a twist that leaves the reader pondering who has really won.' Sunday Morning Heraldunputdownable'Single Parent Biblepacked full of the author's distinctive, bizarre, cartoon cha rac ters Young fans of Leigh Hobbs will readily take to the ter ri
Author:
Leigh Hobbs
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781741140910
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The Selfish Crocodile
Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: 'Stay away from my river! It's MY river! If you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' The animals in the forest don't know what to do. They are frightened of the crocodile. Even the fish, tadpoles, frogs, crabs and crayfish stay out of the water. Until one day, the creatures are woken by a loud groaning sound which turns out to be the selfish crocodile in a lot of pain, and the smallest of them all, a little mouse, finds a way to solve their snappy dilemma! Astoundingly bright, bold illustrations bring to life all the wonderful creatures of the forest in a rainbow of colours. The Author: Faustin Charles is a renowned poet and story-teller. His collection of Afro-Caribbean rhymes was published to great success by Puffin. This is his first picture book text. Bloomsbury Children's Books are also publishing his first poetry collection in October 1998, establishing Faustin as a Bloomsbury author across the board. Faustin spends much time in schools and libraries story-telling, and is also Library Buyer for Enfield. He lives in North London.
The Illustrator: Mike Terry is most well-known for his wonderful cover illustrations for Dick King-Smith, including The Hodgeheg and The Sheep-Pig (the basis for the successful film Babe). This is his first picture book. Mike lives in Hythe, Kent.
Author:
Faustin Charles,
Mike Terry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747541936
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The Falconer's Knot
Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted out of her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a convent and a friary. And when they meet they are both instantly aware that they alone are not accustomed to the religious clothes and customs. And when not just one murder - but then another, and then another, happens to both the friars and guests staying with them, Chiara and Silvano cling together within the terrifying spiral of murder as they and the friends they make attempt to solve the deadly mystery. This remarkably rich mystery thriller, with all the pace and action of a 'whodunnit', is set in the incredibly atmospheric environs of a friary in 14C Italy. And amidst all the action of the murder mystery, the author depicts in fascinating and intricate detail the lives and tasks of the friars and nuns, whether it be crushing pigments to create paints for the artists painting frescoes in nearby Assisi, to the daily and nightly ritual of the religious services. All the historical detail is carefully researched.
A huge cast of characters with romantic teen heros, combined with the thriller murder element ensure a pacy, richly enjoyable read.
Author:
Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747582755
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Emily and Alfie
Far, far away near the bottom of the world, where the penguins live, a great white iceberg rose above the ice. In its side, like a whale's watchful eye, was an ice cave. Emily and Alfie are best friends looking for adventure. While their mothers are away fishing and their dads are chatting about the weather, Emily and Alfie cannot resist the shiny iceberg beckoning to be explored! Fall in love with the extremely adorable Emily and Alfie. Their sense of adventure will delight any young child. From the author and illustrator of Thank you for my Yukky Present, a CBCA Notable book for 2003. Acclaim for Daddy's Having a Horse by Lisa Shanahan and illustrated by Emma Quay: 'Once again, Emma Quay's work is distinctively endearing without being at all sentimental.' Children's Bookseller & Publisher Acclaim for Antarctic Journal by Meredith Hooper: 'Hooper's lively text describes a variety of life-forms in this harsh habitat, from diatoms to elephant seals, from krill to giant petrels.' The School Library Journal
Author:
Meredith Hooper
Publisher: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780733621819
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The Vampire's Assistant
Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire's assistant.
Author:
Darren Shan
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780006755135
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Carla's Sandwich
For ages 4-8. This charming story presents a new way for young children to understand how to creatively embrace who they are, no matter what others think. Carla's lunch box is filled with odd delights like the Olive, Pickle and Green Bean Sandwich, the Banana-Cottage-Cheese Delight, and the unforgettable Chopped Liver, Potato Chips, and Cucumber Combo. To Carla, they are delicious and creative lunches, but her teasing classmates are unconvinced and abandon her at the lunch table to eat her bizarre sandwiches alone. One day, however, tables turn when Buster - the worst tease of all - forgets his lunch on the day of the picnic and Carla thoughtfully offers him her extra sandwich. Her own spirited nature helps Carla teach her classmates that 'unusual' can actually be good. Lively illustrations help showcase the book's messages of acceptance, tolerance, individuality, and creativity, and the funny plot and authentic dialogue are sure to make this tale a favourite among elementary school children. Carla's creative sandwich solutions provide young chefs-to-be with the inspiration to create sandwich masterpieces of their own.
Author:
Debbie Herman & Sheila Bailey
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 9780972922524
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Ivy
The only beautiful thing in Ivy's drab life is her glorious red hair. At a young age, her locks made her the target of Carroty Kate, a 'skinner'. She recruited Ivy to help her coax wealthy children away from their nannies so that she could strip them of their clothes. It is years before Ivy escapes and finds her way back to her in-laws.
Author:
Julie Hearn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192754318
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After the Death of Alice Bennett
Before mum died, she told Sam that she would always be with him. On the day of mum's cremation, his sister Becky receives a text from a friend: 'Thinking about you. X' Sam becomes convinced that the text is from their mother. Sam thinks he's in contact with mum and forms a plan. How will Sam cope when confronted with the truth?
Author:
Rowland Molony
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192754721
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