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PICTURE BOOKS
Lawrence, Jamie† Illus Mark Russell*
Flick and Friends: The Big Storm
Picture Puffin 2008 9780143502609 Pb $15.99 Flick and the gang go to the rescue when a huge storm blows into Maddsville. They have to race through thunder and lightening to rescue the mayor’s son who is trapped in the river. Computer generated illustrations are reminiscent of Disney style. 3+.
The Bushfire
Picture Puffin 2009 9780143503514 Pb $15.99 Flick receives his engine badge from the mayor when he spots smoke. Campers haven’t put their fire out properly and now Mr Meena and his family are trapped by the blaze. Twirl the helicopter locates them and guides Flick and Zipster so the Meenas can be rescued while the others get to work extinguishing the fire. Useful bush safety tips at the end of the book. 3-7.
Marmaduke Duck & the Marmalade Jam
Illus Sarah Davis†† Scholastic 2010 9781869439286 Pb $19.50 A rollicking rhyming tale about Marmaduke Duck who makes a batch of marmalade jam which all the local animals want to enjoy too. Exuberant animals illustrated in gouache, Prismacolour pencil and Photoshop. A great read-aloud. 3-8.
Queen Alice’s Palaces
Illus Lucia Masciullo** ABC Books 2013 9780733331022 Hb $29.99 Queen Alice has the best palace in the land. But when cunning Sir Hugh plots to take one of Alice’s palaces (by means of a military coup!), will she be able to outwit him? A brilliantly funny rhyming text. 3+.
Leibrich, Julie
Illus Ross Kinnaird Nesta and the Missing Zero
Scholastic 2006 9781869437305 Pb $19.50 The characters from The Biggest Number in the Universe are back. Mr Abacus and Nesta are looking for zero which has gone missing, causing chaos in the world. Vivacious illustrations convey the chaos fabulously. Also in te reo Maori. 3-7.
The Biggest Number in the Universe
Scholastic 2004 9781869436483 Pb $19.50 Scholastic 2004 9781869436025 Hb $31 Nesta asks her neighbour for a big, impressive number. The mathematician is not interested to begin with but eventually lends her 8,888,888,888, but only on the understanding that she looks after it. Read aloud. Also available in Maori. Storylines Joy Cowley Award 2003.
Illus Helen Craig* Picture Puffin (1985), 2010 9780143504399 Pb $19.99 Mr Castle is looking after the family while his wife works and starts making jam when they have a bumper crop of plums, filling every jar, vase, glass and pot in the house. 4-8.
Mister Whistler
Illus Gavin Bishop Gecko Press 2012 9781877467912 Hb $34.99 Mister Whistler is waiting for the train. He checks that he has a clean handkerchief, but then can’t find his ticket. The song in his head keeps his feet dancing while he strips off items of clothing trying to find his ticket. Children will love this hilarious tale as they see the answer to Mr Whistler’s problem in the illustrations full of pizazz in rich tones of orange and inky blues. 3-8. Finalist LIANZA & NZ Post Children’s Books Awards. Storylines Notable Book 2013.
The Boy Who Was Followed Home
The Exploding Paint Factory
Picture Puffin 2008 9780143502982 Pb $15.99 It’s the annual clean-up day in Maddsville and Flick and his friends have been helping. On their way home they spot a trail of litter so Flick and Ember follow it to find the culprit. Meantime the paint factory has caught fire and when it explodes everyone ends up covered in paint. List of eco-wise tips in the back. Disney-style computer generated illustrations. 3+. www.flickandfriends.com
Jam
Tom and the Dragon
Illus Scott Tulloch Scholastic 2011 9781869439699 Pb $19.50 Tom wants to play at the pier and is warned to watch out for the dragon. When Tom does meet the dragon they discover that the dragon’s mother has been issuing similar warnings. There’s a great refrain to join in on and the illustrations depict an adorable, rather goofy, dragon. 3-8.
Mackenzie Bowen, Ewen
Superpuffin and the dinosaurs
Shetland Publishing Co 2011 9780906736227 Pb $22.99 Superpuffin takes Thomas on a timebeam to visit the dinosaurs. 4-7.
Maddern, Eric*
Illus Adrienne Kennaway †
Illus Steven Kellogg Picture Puffin (1975), 2010 9780143504375 Pb $19.99 A Margaret Mahy Classic. When a hippopotamus follows Robert home he’s delighted, but his parents aren’t and ask for help from the neighbourhood witch. 4-8.
The Boy With Two Shadows
Illus Jenny Williams Picture Puffin (1987), 2010 9780143504405 Pb $19.99 A young boy agrees to care for a witch’s shadow while she is on holiday, but having two shadows has some unexpected problems. 4-8.
The Great White Man-Eating Shark
Illus Jonathan Allen* Picture Puffin 1996 9780140554243 Pb $17.99 A funny tale about Norvin who looks like a shark and likes to shoot through the water like a silver arrow. But his plans to clear the water badly misfire.
The Man From the Land of Fandango
A Lion in the Meadow
Illus Polly Dunbar* Frances Lincoln 2012 9781847802200 Hb $29.99 Frances Lincoln 2013 9781847804747 Pb $18.99 The man from Fandango doesn’t call very often so I hope you’re ready when he does so you can join in the magical fun with all the animals, dancing and music. A fantastical adventure of the imagination with dreamy mixed media illustrations. 3-8.
Illus Mark Jones* Blue Apple Books 2010 9781609050498 Hb $33.50 Raisin and Rice are two Manhattan mice living in the storeroom of Zanzibar’s Deli. They prepare a Christmas feast and discover that the most important ingredient is friends. Included recipe for Christmas treats. 4-10.
A Summery Saturday Morning
Illus Margaret Chamberlain* Picture Puffin 1996 9780140554304 Pb $17.99 Orion May 2013 9781444009255 Pb $14.99 Orion April 2013 9781409128939 Pb+Audio CD $29.50 Sam is an ordinary person leading a dull, ordinary life but his mother is a pirate with a yearning to return to the sea.
Lock, Rachael
Bubble Trouble
Littleton, Mark*
Stories Jesus Told: Lift the flap
Illus Trace Moroney Kregel Kidzone (US) 2004 9780825455193 Bd $21.50 More than 40 flaps to lift while reading about Jesus’ parables. 3-6.
Loates, Lyn
Christmas Delicious
Daisy & Tweeter: Two Most Unlikely Friends
Illus Todd Williams R Lock 2010 9780473168919 Pb $17 You wouldn’t think a cow and a little bird would be best friends, and at first they weren’t. But when Daisy the cow and Tweeter the sparrow get to know each other, a beautiful friendship begins. 0-5.
Lockyer, John
Illus Bob Darroch
Kiwi Has a Big Secret
Hodder Moa 2007 9781869711146 Pb $17.99 Kiwi has a pair of lucky socks he thinks help him play better. When he loses them he panics and forgets about playing his best for the team until Coach Morepork gives him a nudge in the right direction. A story about self-belief and being part of a team. 4-8.
MacIver, Juliette Illus Sarah Davis††
Marmaduke Duck & Bernadette Bear
Scholastic 2011 9781775430629 Hb $31 Scholastic 2011 9781775430339 Pb $19.50 Marmaduke Duck has a very popular marmalade shop, until Bernadette Bear sets up in competition next door. It takes a big disaster for them to realise they don’t need to compete. Richly detailed illustrations in gouache, colour pencil and Photoshop. 3-8. Copyright © 2013 Silvertone
Rainbow Bird
Frances Lincoln 2002 9780711208988 Pb $18.99 An Aboriginal fire legend about how Bird Woman stole fire from Crocodile Man and turned into the Rainbow Bird.
Mahy, Margaret
Illus Jenny Williams* Picture Puffin (1989), 2006 9780140506303 Spiral $17.99 Overlock Press June 2013 9781468306651 Hb $35.50 Orion April 2013 9781444009262 Pb $14.99 A little boy finds a big roaring yellow whiskery lion in the meadow but his mother thinks he’s making it up.
The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate
Illus Selina Young Picture Puffin (1999), 2010 9780143504528 Pb $19.99 Let’s go down to the sea this summery Saturday morning, scattering shells and leaping logs! First the dogs chase the cat, next they chase a boy on a rattly bike – then the wild geese chase them.
The Margaret Mahy Treasury
Illus Polly Dunbar* Frances Lincoln (2008) 2011 9781847801869 Pb $19.99 Frances Lincoln 2008 9781845077587 Hb $31.99 Frances Lincoln 2013 9781847804013 Pb Big Bk $47.99 Follow the hilarious efforts of the village people as they chase the baby far across the town in an effort to get him down from the bubble, safe and sound. Storylines Notable Book. 3-10.
Down the Back of the Chair
Illus Polly Dunbar* Frances Lincoln 2007 9781845076023 Pb $19.99 Margaret has recited this poem for many years and now we finally have it in print with appropriately riotous illustrations. Dad has lost the car keys and when they search down the back of the chair they find all sorts of things - from a piece of hairy string to a taxi!
Footsteps Through the Fog
Illus Gavin Bishop Puffin 2012 9780143505570 Pb $19.99 Anthea is blind so when she goes to the beach with her brothers and sisters they have to take care of her, but when fog comes rolling in it’s Anthea who can find the way home. Braille title on the front and alphabet on back flap. Royalties to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. 4-10.
Penguin (2011) 2012 9780143307518 Hb+Audio CD $49.99 Eleven stories with their original illustrations: The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate, The Lion in the Meadow, The Great White Man Eating Shark, The Boy who was Followed Home, The Boy with Two Shadows, The Three Legged Cat, The Witch in the Cherry Tree, A Summery Saturday Morning, Jam and The Great Piratical Rumbustification. Six stories are also read by Margaret Mahy on the accompanying CD.
The Moon and Farmer McPhee
Illus David Elliot Random House 2010 9781869794064 Hb $36.99 Farmer McPhee is trying to sleep but animals are all having a grand time singing and dancing to the moon.He makes them all go into the dark barn and waits for them to sleep but the moon shines on Farmer McPhee and soon he’s dancing too. Illustrated in lush blues and moonlight yellows with fold-outs and die cuts. NZ Post Picture Book & Book of the Year 2011. 3-8.
The Three-Legged Cat
Illus Jonathan Allen* Picture Puffin (1993), 2010 9780143504368 Pb $19.99 A Margaret Mahy Classic. Mrs Gimble has a three-legged cat who would love to prowl the world but can’t. Mrs Gimble also has an embarrassing brother who prowls the world wearing a ‘revolting, moulting Russian hat’. When the brother comes to visit their problems are all solved in a surprising way. 4-8.
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