Bloomsbury Schools Catalogue Term 1 2014

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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