Bloomsbury Publishing Books for Schools Students & Teachers Includes Primary & Secondary, Fiction & Non-Fiction, History, Science, Poetry, Plays and Music
January–June 2014
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Contents
Key Contacts
Non Fiction
3
Memoirs
3
Transport
5
Animals
5
History
6
Historical Fiction
7
Fiction
8
Secondary Fiction
8
Best Books for Boys
10
Primary Fiction
11
Reluctant Readers
12
Junior Fiction
13
Poetry
15
Picture Books
15
How to Order All books featured in this catalogue can be ordered from your local educational bookseller
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Non Fiction Memoirs Tracks
A Thirst for Home
Robyn Davidson
Christine Ieronimo
The incredible story of one woman’s lifechanging, solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian outback. A modern classic, now a major motion picture starring Mia Wasikowska. Coming to cinemas in March 2014.
The inspiring illustrated true story of a young girl’s transition from the poverty and hardship of Ethiopia to a new life in America. Written by her adoptive American mother.
Teachers Notes available. Themes: Australian author, Exploration, Australian Desert, Geography, Flora & Fauna, Indigenous Australians
Themes: Ethiopia, Africa, Famine, Poverty, Adoption June 2014 • 279 X 215mm • Hardback • 9780802723079 • AU$21.99 NZ$27.99 • pgs 40 Age Range: 4–8 years
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408847145 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 272 Age Range: 13+ years
Non Fiction Don’t Worry Be Happy! Or Else!
How Cool Are Your Parents? (Or Not)
Françoize Boucher
Françoize Boucher
Life is so confusing! Wouldn’t it be great if you had a guide to help you through all the ups and downs? Well now you do! A hilarious self-help book for kids and teens packed with zany illustrations and an important message.
Parents are curious creatures. One moment they are explaining the importance of being polite, the next moment they are shouting rude words. What on earth is going on in their mysterious minds? This fun guide, packed full of laugh-out-loud illustrations will help you understand them.
Themes: Self-Help, Happiness, Humour, Life March 2014 • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472904713 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 112
Themes: Self-help, family, humour March 2014 • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472904720 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 112
Age Range: 9–16 years Age Range: 9–16 years
Bloomsbury Discovery: My Body
Bloomsbury Discovery: Space
Learning about your body has never been more fun! Lift the flaps and discover how all the different parts of your body work together in unique ways every day.
An amazing discovery book about space. Lift the flaps to discover all about the stars above us, the planets in our solar system and the spacecraft we build to visit them.
Themes: Human body
Themes: Space
March 2014 • Board • 9781408194638 • AU$21.99 NZ$27.99 • pgs 18
March 2014 • Board • 9781408194621 • AU$21.99 NZ$27.99 • pgs 18
Age Range: 5–7 years
Age Range: 5–7 years
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Non Fiction Bugged Sarah Albee There are about ten quintillion insects in the world and some of them have affected human history in tremendous ways! Beneficial bugs have built empires. Bad bugs have toppled them. This funny book is not your everyday history book.
The Silly Book of SideSplitting Stuff
One Day Suma Din
Andy Seed
Themes: Insects. History
Sidesplittingly silly facts, jokes, people, names and stories PLUS the silliest things to do…EVER. This laugh-out-loud book is bursting with funny facts, cartoons, games and activities for hours of entertainment!
May 2014 • 255 x 205mm • Paperback • 9780802734228 • AU$21.99 NZ$27.99 • pgs 176
June 2014 • 190 x 153 mm • Paperback • 9781408850794 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 160
Follow 15 children from around the world through a 24 hour period. Learn about different lives and cultures and find out how time zones work and how we measure them. Themes: Geography, Time Zones, Cultures January 2014 • 214 X 275 mm • Paperback • 9781408180242 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32 Age Range: 5–8 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Survival at 40 Above
Fossil
Debbie S. Miller
Claire Ewart
Travel to one of the hottest places in the world with this beautifully illustrated, award-winning book. Discover all the amazing animals who call the Australian desert home and learn how they have adapted to survive in the most extreme temperatures.
Be transported back to the age of the dinosaurs. In this fully illustrated book, a young girl finds a fossil, and a day in the life of a pterosaur unfolds. The pterosaur finally lives out its natural life, and time transforms the creature into a fossil waiting to be discovered.
Teachers Notes Available Themes: Eco-systems, climate change, Australia, animals Available now • 215 X 280mm • Paperback • 9781408190296 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 40 Age Range: 6–10 years
Themes: Science, dinosaurs, pre-history June 2014 • 279 x 216 mm • Hardback • 9780802737373 • AU$19.99 NZ$39.99 • pgs 40 Age Range: 5–7 years
How the Beatles Changed the World
Fitter, Faster, Funnier Football
Martin W. Sandler
Michael Cox
The Beatles changed popular culture forever. They changed the way people listened to music and experienced its role in their lives. Through full colour photos, Martin Sandler explores the birth of Beatlemania and its lasting impact.
Packed full of fantastically funny illustrations, incredible facts and amazing activities, Fitter, Faster, Funnier Football is a brilliant guide to soccer past and present.
Themes: Music, 1960s, popluar culture
Themes: Soccer April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194676 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 112
March 2014 • 255 x 255 mm • Hardback • 9780802735652 • AU$26.99 NZ$32.99 • pgs 176 Age Range: 7–9 years Age Range: 10+ years
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Non Fiction First books of Transport Isabel Thomas Bikes, trucks and ships and everything in between! Find all about different modes of transport - the smallest, largest, fastest and even driverless - in these beautifully illustrated and annotated first guides. With spotters charts to fill in. Themes: Transport Age Range: 4–8 years
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194591 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194584 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194577 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472901057 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
First books of Animals Isabel Thomas Learn about different types of animals in these beautifully illustrated first guides. Full of fun facts for beginner and confident readers alike. Age Range: 4–8 years
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472904003 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472903976 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472903990 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472903983 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 48
First Animal Encyclopedia
First Animal Encyclopedia Seas and Oceans
Animal Atlas
My First Book of Baby Animals
Anita Ganeri An informative and colourful first guide and reference book. Learn, explore and be amazed by animals big and small. Available now • 214 X 275 mm • Hardback • 9781408842522 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 64
Age Range: 5–7 years
Anna Claybourne
An amazing introduction to sea and ocean life accompanied by brilliant full colour photos of sea life in action.
Find out all about animals and where they come from and the different habitats they live in. From polar bears in the Arctic to orangutans in the rainforest. Packed with delightful illustrations, brilliant facts and informative maps.
May 2014 • 214 X 275 mm • Hardback • 9781408843055 • AU$18.99 NZ$23.99 • pgs 64
March 2014 • 214 X 275 mm • Hardback • 9781408842188 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 64
Anna Claybourne
Age Range: 5–7 years
Age Range: 5–7 years
Mike Unwin The perfect introduction to baby animals. From cuddly polar bear cubs to curious kittens and playful puppies, this book is packed full of fantastic illustrations and fun facts that every child will love. March 2014 • 210 x 210mm • Hardback • 9781408194645 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 48 Age Range: 5–10 years
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History Hard Nuts of History Tracey Turner Who were the most famous (and not-so-famous) ruthless, brave, fearless and hardest nuts of ancient times? Full of entertaining and witty fact-filled text in bite sized chunks and jam-packed with hilarious full-colour illustrations throughout. Includes Hardometers and a Hard Nut rating for some of history’s toughest nuts. Themes: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Warriors in History Age Range: 7–9 years
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472905628 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 64
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472905611 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 64
July 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472905635 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 64
July 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472905642 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 64
Terry Deary’s Tales Terry Deary’s popular ‘tales’ series — Knights Tales, Egyptian Tales, Pirate Tales and Tudor Tales — now available in single volumes. Each book includes 4 true stories, told in Terry Deary’s fun and funny style. Themes: Knights, Ancient Egypt, Tudors, Pirates Age Range: 7–9 years
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472906724 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 240
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472906694 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256
The National Archives: World War I Unclassified Nick Hunter From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, WWI Unclassified takes readers on a journey back in time through this terrible war. Amazing photographs, original documents and real-life artifacts enable readers to build a true and real account of World War I and how it shaped the world. Produced in association with the UK National Archives. Themes: WWI May 2014 • 280 x 215mm • Hardback • 9781472905253 • AU$24.99 NZ$29.99 • pgs 64
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472906717 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 240
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472906700 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 240
The National Archives: The Great Fire of London Unclassified
The Lost King: Richard III & the princes in the tower
Nick Hunter
Alison Prince
The Great Fire Unclassified takes readers on a journey back in time to uncover the story behind London’s most destructive ever fire. Published in association with the UK National Archives, it includes real-life artefacts, documentation and fire fighting techniques of the time.
The compelling story of Richard III and the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower. One of the most famous historical mysteries of all time, told through the eyes of the princes’ nursemaid.
Themes: The Great Fire of London February 2014 • 280 x 215mm • Hardback • 9781408193037 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 64
Themes: Richard III June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472904409 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 128 Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 7–9 years
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Age Range: 7–9 years
History History Ages 10+ Alan Turing: Real Lives Jim Eldridge Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century and is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. A mathematical genius and hero, his code-breaking genius changed the course of the Second World War, saving countless lives. Alas Turing was tragically persecuted for homosexuality and treated cruelly by the law of the day. Themes: History of Computer Science, CodeBreaking, WWII, Prejudice and Persecution, homosexuality February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472900104 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 96 Age Range: 9–15 years
Noor Inayat Khan: Real Lives Gaby Halberstam The incredible story of an Indian Muslim pacifist woman who was one of the great Allied heroines of the Second World War. Noor Khan worked for the Special Operations Executive in Nazi-occupied France as a wireless operator, transmitting vital secret messages. When captured by the Nazis, she bravely refused to abandon what had become the most important and dangerous post of the War. She was executed in Dachau in 1944. Themes: WWII Resistance, War Heroine, Muslim Women February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472900135 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 112 Age Range: 9–15 years
Fiction Historical Fiction Ages 8+ My Brother’s Keeper
The Great Fire
Tom and Tony Bradman
Ann Turnbull
The Great War has begun. An underage boy signs up for the Army to be like the other men fighting for his country, but the reality of war is very different from his dreams of glory.
A thrilling historical adventure. Orphan Sam has survived the Great Plague, but his chance at a new life goes up in smoke when a the Great Fire of London breaks out.
Themes: WWI
Themes: Great Fire of London
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408196793 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 160
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408186862 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 96
Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Historical Fiction Ages 11+ Poppy
Red Shadow
Mary Hooper
Paul Dowswell
Poppy is a young parlourmaid in a wealthy country manor. But her life is dramatically thrown off course when war breaks out and she signs up to train as a nurse. For fans of Downtown Abbey and Birdsong, this is a romantic, heartbreaking novel set against the backdrop of World War I.
Russia, 1940. 15- year-old Misha’s life changes when his father is offered a job with Stalin, and the family moves into a luxurious apartment in the Kremlin. A shocking thriller about one boy and his family trapped within Stalin’s inner circle as Germany prepares to invade Russia.
Themes: WWI
Themes: Stalin, Russia, Dictators, WWII
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408827628 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 288
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408826249 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 304
Age Range: 12+ years
Age Range: 12+ years
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Fiction Secondary Fiction When Mr Dog Bites Brian Conaghan Dylan Mint has Tourette’s. Welcome to his !%#king world! One day Dylan Mint overhears that he is dying. So he makes a list: 3 Things to Do Before I Cack It … it’s not a long list, but it’s ambitious. And he doesn’t have much time. You will laugh, you will howl, you will fall in love with Dylan Mint! Funny, clever, poignant, rude and absolutely brilliant – Brian Conaghan’s gobsmackingly original novel will do for Tourette’s Syndrome what The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time did for Asperger’s. Warning: Contains Swearing. LOTS of swearing. Themes: Tourette’s Syndrome. Being Different, Family February 2014 • 216 x 135mm • Trade paperback • 9781408851586 • AU$24.99 NZ$29.99 • pgs 320 Age Range: 13+ years
Australian author Hidden
Broken
Marianne Curley
Marianne Curley
Ebony has always known that she is different. Her violet eyes mark her out, and her protective parents have kept her in a gorgeous valley, home-schooled, safe from everything - almost as if she’s being hidden. By Australian author, Marianne Curley.
Following the revelation that Ebony is an angel, her journey of discovery continues as she is torn between two world and two loves. A heartstopping romance and adventure from a brilliant Australian author.
Teacher’s Notes available
Themes: Australian Author March 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408822623 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 352
Themes: Australian Author Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408822623 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 336
Age Range: 12+ years
Age Range: 12+ years
Award Winners The Murder Notebooks Anne Cassidy It’s been 5 years since Rose and Josh parents disappeared. The mysterious Murder Notebooks might hold the clue to finding out what happened to them. A stylish crime-thriller series, nominated for many awards including the Carnegie Medal. Age Range: 12+ years
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408815502 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 368
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Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408815519 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 304
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408815526 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 304
March 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408815533 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 368
Fiction Award Winners Hostage Three
The Wall
Nick Lake
William Sutcliffe
A family holiday on a yacht turns into a nightmare when they are boarded by Somali pirates. Hostage One is Dad. Amy is Hostage Three. As she builds a strange bond with one of her captors, it becomes clear that the price of a life and its value are very different things. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Inspired by the Arab-Israeli conflict, a story of a divided city and one boy who strays on to the wrong side of the wall. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Teachers Notes available Themes: Piracy, GFC, Family April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408828229 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 400 Age Range: 12+ years
Teachers Notes Available Themes: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Prejudice & Persecution May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838433 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 304 Age Range: 12+ years
Anthem for Jackson Dawes Celia Bryce A moving story of two teenagers who meet and fall in love in the hospital ward where they are both being treated for cancer. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2014 and the Branford Boase Award 2014. Themes: Cancer, Friendship, romance, family, death Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408827116 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 240
Age Range: 12+ years
Secondary Fiction continued Clay Melissa Harrison An original and intimate portrait of four very different people struggling with the concrete confines of city life. Selected for the HSC 2015. Themes: Urban life, humanity, nature February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408842553 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 272 Age Range: 13+ years
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Winter Damage
Jessica Day George
One girl’s quest in a frozen wasteland. A powerful story of survival, about finding not what you’re looking for, but something more important instead. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Based on the Nordic legend East of the Sun, West of the Moon, with romantic echoes of Beauty and the Beast, this re-imagined story will leave fans of fantasy and fairytale enchanted. Themes: Folk & Fairy Tales January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619631847 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 352
Natasha Carthew
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408835852 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 320 Age Range: 12+ years
Age Range: 12+ years
Take Back the Skies
Through Dead Eyes
Unnatural Creatures
Lucy Saxon
Chris Priestley
Neil Gaiman
Catherine is the sheltered, aristocratic daughter of a senior government official. To avoid an arranged marriage, she runs away, disguised as a boy and stows away on a smuggler’s skyship. There she discovers the raging war – and the world - are nothing like she’s been told. Part fantasy, part steam punk adventure, this is a thrilling new series from a talented teen author.
On a business trip with his father in Amsterdam, Alex buys an ancient-looking mask. When he puts it on, he is sucked into a parallel Amsterdam of centuries past. A gothic mystery with a sinister twist.
An amazing collection of stories about incredible creatures from myth, legend and dark imagination. Selected and introduced by Neil Gaiman.
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408847657 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 320
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408811078 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 224 Age Range: 12+ years
Themes: Myths & Legend April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408845462 • AU$16.99 NZ$21.99 • pgs 480 Age Range: 12+ years
Age Range: 12+ years
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Fiction Best Books for Boys Ages 9–14 Urban Outlaws
Knightley and Son
Mutant City
Peter Jay Black
Rohan Gavin
In a bunker hidden deep beneath London live five savvy, streetwise. Using their guile, guts and hacking skills, they outsmart crime gangs and evil empires, and hand out their dirty money through Random Acts of Kindness (R.A.K.s). The Bourne Identity meets Robin Hood in this new hightech adventure series.
An intrepid young detective and his narcoleptic father make for a hilarious crime-solving duo! A funny conspiracy caper starring a pair of unlikely heroes.
Fifty years ago, the world was almost destroyed by a chemical war. Now the world is divided: the mutants and the pure, the broken and the privileged, the damaged and the perfect. Today four teenagers are about to discover that their mutant blood brings with it special powers. And the fate of the world rests in their hands.
March 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408851418 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 320
Steve Feasey
Themes: Crime mystery January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838914 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 336
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408843031 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 324
Age Range: 10+ years Age Range: 10+ years
Age Range: 10+ years
Fizzlebert Stump A.F. Harrold Fizzlebert Stump lives in a circus. His mum’s a clown, his best friend is a bearded boy, and he sticks his head in a lion’s mouth every night. Other than that, he’s pretty normal … Age Range: 8–12 years
Available now • 182 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408830031 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 272
Available now • 182 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408835210 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 272
February 2014 • 182 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408842461 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 288
Monster Odyssey
Shiverton Hall
Jon Mayhew
Emerald Fennell
Assassins, espionage, giant squid, mind-blowing adventure – and sharks! A mind-blowing action series inspired by Jules Verne and James Bond.
Welcome to Shiverton Hall. A prestigious school dogged by tales of curses and bad fortune. This deliciously creepy series will have readers sleeping with the lights on … Themes: School life, ghost stories
Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Book 2: The Creeper
Emerald Fennel Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408826300 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256
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June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408826324 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408827789 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408827796 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 256
Fiction Fiction Upper Primary–Lower Secondary Dangerous Shannon Hale When Maisie wins a harmless sounding competition to astronaut boot camp, she stumbles on a terrifying plot that threatens the whole planet. An unlikely superhero story starring starring a one-armed heroine.
The Castle Corona
Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech
A new edition of a wonderful, magical family story. Winner of the Carnegie Medal.
Sharon Creech
A new edition of a popular fairy tale by a Carnegie and Newbery Medal winning author.
Themes: Family, adoption, belonging
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408848036 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 320
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408848029 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 320
Themes: Science, Astronomy, Superheroes March 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838853 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 320
Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Age Range: 9–14 years
Finding Family
The Quirks
Tonya Bolden
In the tradition of The Incredibles and The Addams Family, a charming series about a delightful family that is anything but normal.
Erin Soderberg
Delana embarks on a quest to unravel the truth about her long lost parents. A unique novel told in words and photographs, by an award-winning author. A Kirkus Best Book of the Year.
Age Range: 8–12 years
Themes: Family January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599908304 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 192 Age Range: 8–12 years
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408841716 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 176
March 2013 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408842935 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 176
Annabelle Unleashed Leslie Margolis Annabelle moves house and changes to a co-ed school where the boys run wild. And at home her new puppy is chewing everything. A dog training manual is just what she needs. But can you train boys like dogs? A brilliant school series soon to be a Disney film. Themes: School life Age Range: 8–12 years
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599903811 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 224
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599905204 • AU$12.99 NZ$12.99 • pgs 208
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599908281 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 224
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619631618 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 192
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Fiction Fiction Upper-Primary–Lower Secondary Tuesdays at the Castle/Wednesdays in the Tower Jessica Day George A magical castle with a life of its own … and a plucky princess who will defend it at all cost. An enchanting New York Times bestselling series. Themes: Family, siblings, strong girl heroine Age Range: 9–11 years
The Bravest Princess E. D. Baker A clever twist on Snow White by the author of The Frog Princess. Themes: Fairy Tales, Strong Girls May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Hardback • 9781619631366 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99 • pgs 250 Age Range: 10–14 years
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408847008 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99 • pgs 240
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408836927 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 240
Graphic Novel–Upper Primary
Athlete vs. Mathlete
Rapunzel’s Revenge
W. C. Mack A series about twin boys who are total opposites! Can they learn to put aside their differences and work together? Themes: Family, siblings, school life
Dean Hale & Shannon Hale A funny and actionpacked graphic novel that re-imagines Rapunzel’s story...in the wild west! Rapunzel and her very long braids team up with Jack (of Beanstalk fame) to win the justice they so well deserve.
Age Range: 8–12 years
Themes: Fairy Tales, Strong Girls April 2014 • 276 x 191 mm • Hardback • 9781599902883 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 144 Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599908588 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 192
February • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781599909387 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 192
Age Range: 10–14 years
Reluctant readers Airlock: Black Cats Simon Cheshire A school trip to a space station goes horribly wrong when a saboteur causes a deadly explosion. The terrorist must still be on board. Can George and his friends stop him and survive? February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408196878 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 96 Age Range: 8–12 years
Dicing with Death: Black Cats
Running on a Patchwork of Earth
Beth Chambers
Jonny Zucker
Max used to be an ordinary boy … until he offered himself up to Death in the place of his little sister, and somehow ended up as Death’s assistant. A darkly comic fantasy adventure for newly confident readers.
A talented young Kenyan runner finds it hard to adapt to his new life in England. Can he form the friendships he needs, and find a way to keep running?
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408180419 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 128 Age Range: 8–12 years
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Themes: Immigration, bullying, prejudice & persecution June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472905345 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 96 Age Range: 8–12 years
Reluctant readers Lost …
Viridian
Tracey Turner
Susan Gates
An amazing new interactive, adventure-packed series in which the reader must choose their own path to survive to the end of the story. Packed full of fascinating facts and essential information to get you to safety. In the jungle or the desert, with deadly encounters around every corner, make the right choices to get out alive.
A plant virus is turning people into human/plant hybrids called Verdans. It’s a beautiful, peaceful way of life that will save the world. Until the rise of the Cultivars: aggressive warriors who want to wipe out humanity …
Themes: Survival, Geography
Age Range: 11+ years
Age Range: 7–10 years
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194669 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 128
Themes: The environment, Dystopian
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194652 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 128
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408174111 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 144
January 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408186114 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 144
The Caves Benjamin Hulme-Cross In the future, convicted teens have a choice. Life in prison, or taking part in a cruel life-or-death TV show, The Caves. If they fail, they die. An edgy dystopian series for struggling teen readers.
Themes: Dystopian Age Range: Ages 12+, with a reading age of 5+
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472901095 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 32
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472901064 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 32
July 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472900937 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 32
July 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472900968 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 32
Junior fiction Araminta Spook Angie Sage Araminta Spook is just like any girl. She likes bats, ghosts, werewolves and vampires and she lives in a haunted house. A funny and spooky series about a girl and her ghosts. Age Range: 7–9 years
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838655 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 144
February 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838662 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 160
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838631 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 208
April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408838679 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 208
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Junior fiction Fortunately, the Milk …
Superhero School 1
Neil Gaiman
Alan MacDonald
A spectacularly silly, mind-bendingly clever, brilliantly bonkers adventure from a multiaward-winning author.
Captain Underpants meets Marvel comics in this very funny and very silly new series.
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408841792 • AU$9.99 NZ$12.99 • pgs 144 Age Range: 7–9 years
May 2014 • 182 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408825235 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 144 Age Range: 7–9 years
Sunny Sweet Is So Not Sorry Jennifer Ann Mann Introducing Masha Sweet and her little sister Sunny – who also happens to be an evil genius! Themes: Family, siblings June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619633629 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 208 Age Range: 8–12 years
The Ghost of the Trenches and other stories Helen Watts and Taffy Thomas A collection of ghost stories, legends and myths arising from the First World War. Themes: WWI, ghost stories
Twisted Winter
Winter’s Tales
Catherine Butler
Lari Don
A chilling collection of terrifying tales for the darkest winter nights …
A selection of folk tales about winter from all around the world.
Themes: Ghost stories
Themes: Folk tales
May 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408193044 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 144
May 2014 • 216 x 135mm • Hardback • 9781408196908 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 128
Age Range: 10+ years
Age Range: 7–10 years
June 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472907875 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 128 Age Range: 8–12 years
Dance Divas Sheryl Berk Be swept off your feet by the Dance Divas! For this diverse troupe of tween girls, dancing is everything … and so is winning! Themes: School life, Friendship, Dance Age Range: 8–12 years
Available now • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619631816 • AU$10.99 NZ$13.99 • pgs 160
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April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619631885 • AU$10.99 NZ$13.99 • pgs 160
July 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781619632257 • AU$10.99 NZ$13.99 • pgs 164
Poetry Don’t Poke a Worm till it Wriggles
Stars in Jars
Celia Warren
The first collection from a talented poet for children. ‘Chrissie Gittins knows just what words can do: she makes them dance, sing, sit still for a moment and then leap across the page with joy!’ - Ian McMillan
Chrissie Gittins
A charming collection of poems for children, all about worms. With lots of fun and just a little environmental consciousness thrown in. April 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472900234 • AU$12.99 NZ$15.99 • pgs 64
March 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408196939 • AU$15.99 NZ$19.99 • pgs 128
Age Range: 5–7 years
Age Range: 8–12 years
Picture books Marmaduke the Very Different Dragon Rachel Valentine A feisty princess who’s not very good at being a princess. And a lonely dragon who’s not very good at being a dragon. Maybe what they need is each other? Themes: Being different March 2014 • 274 x 245mm • Paperback • 9781408836781 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32 274 x 245mm • Hardback • 9781408836774 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 Age Range: 4–7 years
Princesses Are Not Just Pretty
Princesses Are Not Quitters
Kate Lum
Kate Lum
Three princesses argue over who is the most beautiful. When they set up a beauty contest to settle it once and for all, they learn a very valuable lesson.
Three Princesses are so bored they decide to try working. In doing so, learn a bit about other people’s lives. A charming and funny picture book with a slightly subversive message.
April 2014 • 300 x 237mm • Paperback • 9781408824252 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32
Age Range: 4–7 years
Two Left Feet
Available now • 300 x 237mm • Paperback • 9780747561118 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32 Age Range: 4–7 years
The Story Machine
I Got the Rhythm
A classic bloomsbury picture book that celebrates being different. Now you can bring the story to life with the awardwinning Two Left Feet App from itunes.com.
Tom McLaughlin
Connie SchofieldMorrison
An inspiring, uplifting picture book about the simple joys of a typewriter in a world of hi-tech machines.
Themes: Being different, Digital Literacy
Themes: Creativity, story telling
On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. Capture the beat of the street in this toe tapping, finger snapping, rollicking read!
Available now • 300 x 237mm • Paperback • 9780747571438 • AU$14.99 NZ$18.99 • pgs 32
February 2014 • 274 x 245mm • Hardback • 9781408839331 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 32
Adam Stower
Age Range: 3–7 years
Themes: Music, percussion July 2014 • 280 x 215 mm • Hardback • 9781619631786 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99 • pgs 32
Age Range: 4–8 years Age Range: 4–8 years
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