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WEEK 8 ALREADY!

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Enjoy this week's selection of books

STAY WHERE YOU ARE & THEN LEAVE

The First World War broke out and four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission.

Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name - on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by - a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place .  

LEGO CITY: WHERE’S THE PIZZA BOY?

A pizza boy is wandering the crowded streets of LEGO® City, and it's your job to find him! This Search-and-Find book is filled with amazing detailed scenes starring all of your favourite LEGO City characters. Once you've found the pizza boy, there are tons of other cool things to look for. It is hours of LEGO fun!!

HOW DOES THE GIRAFFE GET TO WORK?

A cute rhyming story about how all the zoo animals get to work on a variety of transport options. 

First-time author Christopher Llewelyn’s text clips along at a reader-friendly pace, 

packed with a rich vocabulary that will delight kids, 

and Scott Tulloch’s watercolour and pastel illustrations are jam-packed with chaotic detail.

A  LION IN THE MEADOW

When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.

SIZZLING WEEK 7

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focus!
How many books has he illustrated?

 Find out what we call a group of keas when you watch the You Tube link to Kaha the Kea!

DOODLE BUG

"Award-winning New Zealand illustrator Potter comes up with his best ideas while doodling so he has devoted a book to his muse Doodle Bug.  In this hardback, Doodle Bug is hidden in various fantastical scenes that display the breadth of Potter's talent and imagination.  The dream-like sequences are incredibly detailed and make a great case for the value of doodling.  And the story behind the creation of Doodle Bug included at the end provides a fascinating insight into Potter's work"

KAHA THE KEA

Kaha the Kea is possibly the cheekiest kea

 in New Zealand, who gets away with 

everything ...or does he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sflAy_TNeM

GERONIMO STILTON

THEA STILTON THE SECRET OF FAIRIES

A magical world is in danger! The Thea Sisters are on their way. . . .

Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters are on an expedition to the fantastical Land of Erin. While they are searching for a missing friend, they learn that the land itself is in peril! The mouselets are ready to help.

On their journey, they encounter fairies, pixies, and other magical creatures -- some helpful, but some out to trick them! Can the Thea Sisters save the Land of Erin before it's too late? It's an adventure full of mystery and friendship!

MYSTERIOUS WEEK 6!

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Little Ellie and her Grandma go on an adventure. But who's that following them?

"Can you tell me a story, Granny?" Little Ellie asked on the way to town one morning. "Deep in the woods, not far from here, lives Grandma Bear and Little Bear... " But what will happen next?

·         A lovely bedtime story promoting imaginative play and storytelling.

·         The delicate illustration style and entertaining narrative introduces fun creatures and characters to readers.

The parallel stories of Granny and Little Ellie and the bears, along with the repeated refrain "What happens next?" allows interaction with an individual reader or a group.

           MYSTIC AND THE MIDNIGHT RIDE

For Stacey Gregg fans...

Issie loves horses more than anything! And she especially loves her pony Mystic at Chevalier Point Pony Club. So when the unthinkable happens, Issie is devastated. Then her instructor asks her to care for Blaze, an abandoned pony, and Issie's riding skills are really put to the test. 

Will she tame the spirited new horse Blaze? 

And can Mystic somehow return to help her...

Find out in the first Pony Club Secrets mystery adventure from the bestselling author of 'The Princess and the Foal'.

FOLLOW THE EQUATOR

Join our flight around the centre of the Earth, visiting continents, countries and tiny islands. Discover amazing life as you follow the Equator. There are more kinds of plants and animals here than anywhere else in the world.

WEEK 5 - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

I CAN’T IMAGINE HOW THAT HAPPENED

Meg and her Grandpa are off camping and fishing at the lake. Grandpa keeps playing practical jokes on Meg, but then Meg gets her own back!

Winner of the 2013 Joy Cowley Award, it is a humorous story with a twist at the end.

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Warning! Everything is not as it seems. This book is packed full of a great range of brand new optical illusions, all written and created by Dr. Gareth Moore. You'll see impossible objects, distortions, ambiguities, illusions of brightness, and much more. It's a place where objects vanish right in front of your eyes, straight lines start to bend, and stationary items get up and slide around the page. Inside the front cover you'll find a handy visual interpreter, which is coded from A to E so that you can decipher the illusions using the relevant section. It will help your brain to make sense of these strange phenomena by removing context and misleading clues. It will help reveal the secret behind colours that change, lines that bend, and shapes that alter in size. Over 150 illusions have been arranged into thirteen highly varied chapters, featuring a dizzying variety of visual conundrums. All this, and more, can be found inside an eye-catching cover, which features a 3-D lenticular that will follow you around the room. Don't believe everything you see!

THE LAST THIRTEEN

Kidnapped from school and finding out his parents aren't who he thinks they are, Sam is suddenly running from danger at every turn. Nothing will ever be the same again.

With his life and identity shattered, Sam's salvation is tied to an ancient prophecy. He is in the final battle to save the world, up against an enemy plotting to destroy us all.

He alone can find the last thirteen.