Come in and check out our new books on display, if you are looking for an adventure, Enid Blyton has one for you…

Penelope perfect has a ‘Best friend project’.

My New Zealand Story ‘Gum digger’, history and a lives in the past.

A great visual language picture book ‘When Dad Showed me the Universe’

Enjoy Father’s Day on Sunday!

When Dad showed me the Universe

Tonight Dad wants to show Ulf something very special: the universe. Of course, they can't possibly embark on such a daring adventure unprepared, so they wrap up warm, gather provisions, and then off they go. It's a long walk, but eventually they get there. Along the way, they learn that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, and sometimes the biggest lessons happen when you least expect them.

The River of Adventure

A river cruise through ancient desert lands becomes a mysterious adventure when Bill disappears!

While Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack are desperately searching for Bill, they become trapped beneath a forgotten temple where no one has set foot for 7,000 years. What dangers lurk within, and will they ever escape?

Survival challenge:  COLD!

From "To Build a Fire" to "Hatchet" the fiction equivalent of these stories are a mainstay of student reading. You are Cold. You need to survive...From this premise this book shows the available "tips and tricks" that will allow you to survive. Real life survival sidebars add proof to the routines, and the thrill of "lost in the wild" is managed towards positive outcomes. Perfect for critical thinking exercises.

Come in and enjoy our exciting new books on display.

The King of Little Things, a great visual sophisticated language book. With a surprise!

Anyone going on holiday and you have to say goodbye to your pets!!!! It’s harder than you think?

Star Wars has arrived with a graphic story all about Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan.

Bye! Bye! Bye!

We’re going on a holiday!

Bye! Bye! Bye! A little girl says tearful goodbyes to her home full of pets as the family prepares to leave on summer holiday, pretending all along that it is the pets that are sad, not her. Kitten, mouse, frog, fish and duck all get a careful farewell, but actually … what harm is there? Surely they can all fit! Shhh …

Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan

It's time to return to middle school in a galaxy far, far away. . . .

After surviving his first year at Jedi Academy, Roan Novachez thought his second year would be a breeze. He couldn't have been more wrong. Roan feels like he's drifting apart from his friends, and it's only made worse when Roan discovers he's not the amazing pilot he thought he'd be. When the school bullies take him under their wing, he decides they aren't so bad after all--or are they? 

This year, Roan will have to face alien poetry tests, menacing robots, food fights, flight simulation class, online bullies, more lightsaber duels, and worst of all . . . a girl who is mad at him.

The Girl at Midnight

Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she's ever known.

Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she's fiercely loyal. So when a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, she decides it's time to act.

Legend has it that there is a way to end the conflict once and for all: find the Firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, though if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it's how to hunt down what she wants . . . and how to take it.

ARE YOU READY!!

The Big Game is here!

Danger, action and survival in the wild! 

A great visual language book about differences, family and friendship.

Come and find out some interesting facts about Shipwrecks.

Butterfly and Oscar

When Butterfly joins a family of dachshunds, she doesn't realise how different she looks ...until she unexpectedly sees herself in a mirror. It takes Oscar, her best friend, to convince her that the other dogs love her for herself. Being different doesn't mean being an outsider or being seen as ugly.

Penelope Crumb is mad at the moon

Penelope Crumb is not having a very good week. First she accidentally comes to school dressed as an elephant (dress like an animal day is next week), and then in gym class she’s forced to square dance. With a boy who is known as Lippy Gordon because of how sweaty his lip is. All the time. Penelope is mortified. And then is extra mortified when she discovers that Lippy doesn’t want to dance with her either!

When Grandpa tells Penelope that he sings to the moon when he’s having trouble, Penelope grabs onto this plan. But sometimes you need more than the moon to fix things.

The Hunt is on Big Game

13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world's most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.

Come and check these out, the long awaited Gary Paulsen novels!!!! ‘The River and Brian’s Winter’, a follow on from the Hatchet.

There’s some ‘Pet Trouble’ and a great read aloud visual language book.

Try your hand at knitting, a great way to learn a new craft.

The Good Ship Crocodile

 

When the skies of Africa darken with rain and the river swells, a good-natured crocodile named Snout lends his broad back to many stranded animal neighbours. After he ferries soggy fireflies, dripping hedgehogs, and other creatures over dangerous waters, his good deeds are repaid in full when a shift to hot, dry weather leaves him vulnerable instead.

Contest winner! PET TROUBLE readers voted online to choose the dog for this book, and the overwhelming winner was the adorable dachshund! 

Charlie can't wait to have a dog of his own, and King is just what he wished for: playful and very loyal. So loyal, in fact, that he doesn't like anyone else -- Charlie's brothers, the family's other pets, other people ... Can Charlie find a way to make King part of the group? Or is this dachshund an un-trainable tyrant?

The River

       

"We want you to do it again."

These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive.

This time he won't be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Their radio transmitter is dead. Brian is afraid that Derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post if the map he has is accurate.

Come and refresh your memories with the classic book, ‘Wind in the Willows’.

For our young chefs cakes and party food is on the menu.

Some of our talented young writers are appearing in ‘Granny goes Bungy Jumping’.

Who are they?

Do you know them?

The Cat, the Mouse and the Runaway Train

When a naughty little mouse steals cheese from the station master, a battle between cat and mouse follows! But they put their differences aside when a big, red steam train comes tearing down the track straight towards them! Exquisitely illustrated, this cat and mouse chase is a truly memorable ride that will be good for many repeated trips.

The Wind in the Willows

Meet little Mole, will full Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant Toad. Over one hundred years since their first appearance in 1908, they've become emblematic archetypes of eccentricity, folly, and friendship. And their misadventures-in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, and their Wild Wood-continue to capture readers' imaginations and warm their hearts long after they grow up. 

The Real Thing

Only three people in the entire world know the secret formula for Coca-Cola. So, when all three are kidnapped, the giant American corporation is in deep trouble. But the kidnappers didn't count on the extraordinary abilities of a boy from Auckland, New Zealand - Fizzer Boyd, who happens to have ESP. Soon Fizzer and his friend Tupai White are in the middle of an exciting adventure, which takes them to Coca-Cola's head office in Atlanta, then to Australia and some mysterious Pacific island as the search for the missing recipe becomes a matter of life and death. Funny, thrilling, action-packed books boys will devour. Look out for other books about the "strange happenings" at Glenfield High.