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NEW ZEALAND
AUGUST 2019
new books
ALLEN & UNWIN
ARGH! THERE'S A SKELETON
INSIDE YOU!
Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost
ALLEN & UNWIN
9781760631635 | $22.99 | | HB | PICTURE BOOK
A funny picture book about a fascinating concept in science, by
the highly successful duo who brought us Do Not Lick This Book
Quog and Oort are on their way to Kevin's birthday party.
Unfortunately, there's been a slight detour. Their spaceship has
crash-landed. If only someone could lend them a hand.
A highly-entertaining and interactive picture book about two
party-going aliens that also explores the scientific concept of
biomechanics and the anatomy of the human hand. For ages 4–8.
Idan Ben-Barak holds a BSc in medical science, an MSc in
microbiology and a PhD in the history and philosophy of science.
He is the award-winning author of Small Wonders: How Microbes
Rule Our World. Julian Frost is an illustrator, designer and
animator who received worldwide acclaim for his animation Dumb
Ways to Die. They live in Melbourne.
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DEAR GRANDPA ELLA AND THE OCEAN
ALLEN & UNWIN
Kate Simpson and Lian Tanner and
Ronojoy Ghosh Jonathan Bentley
ALLEN & UNWIN ALLEN & UNWIN
9781760523435 | $27.99 | | HB | PICTURE BOOK 9781760633691 | $27.99 | | HB | PICTURE BOOK
A picture book about the special relationship A story of drought and renewal; of family,
between a boy and his grandfather who stay imagination and the power of hope
close even when they are separated by distance
Ella lived in the red-dirt country where the earth
Grandpa, did you know that if you rub a needle was as dry as old bones and it hadn't rained for
with a magnet, one end will point to the north years and years and years. One night, Ella dreamt
and the other end to the south? In the south of the ocean . . .
there's an apartment building 160 metres tall.
From the balcony, you can see the entire city. A captivating picture book from the award-
There are cinemas and ice cream shops . . . and winning author of The Keepers series and the
me! CBCA Notable illustrator of Where is Bear? For
ages 4–6.
As Henry measures the distance between his new
apartment and Grandpa's wooden house under Lian Tanner is the author of the internationally
the mango tree, Grandpa works out how close bestselling series The Keepers, as well as The
they really are. A moving story that celebrates Rogues and The Hidden. She lives in Tasmania.
the bond between a boy and his grandfather. For Jonathan Bentley has illustrated books for
ages 4+. Margaret Wild, The Wiggles and Andrew Daddo.
He lives in Brisbane.
Kate Simpson is a picture book author and co-
host of the children's book podcast One More
Page. Ronojoy Ghosh is an award-winning author-
illustrator who recently illustrated Mem Fox’s
bestselling picture book I’m Australian, Too.
.
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ALLEN & UNWIN
SUPERHERO DAD AND THE BIRTHDAY WARS: YOURS
DAUGHTER TROOLIE, ALICE TOOLIE 2
SUPERHERO DAD AND SON Kate and Jol Temple,
Timothy Knapman, illustrated by Grace West
illustrated by Joe Berger
ALLEN & UNWIN
NOSY CROW 9781760875435 | $14.99 | | PB | JUNIOR FICTION
9781788004251 | 9781788004244 | $16.99 | | BD BK |
PICTURE BOOKS Alice Toolie—seriously famous youtootuber—and
her best enemy Captain Jimmy Cook return in
A celebration of the superhero in every dad— this humorous sequel to Yours Troolie, Alice
perfect for Father's Day! Toolie: Letters from My Enemy
Dad might not have a superhero mask or wear Set the dial to catastrophe! Alice Toolie and
his pants outside his trousers, but his super Jimmy Cook have a problem. Their respective
snores can be heard a thousand miles away, he birthdays fall a week apart and they have both
tells super jokes and can even make super-scary sent out invitations for a party on the exact
monsters go away at bedtime. New board book same day! Alice isn't backing down and neither is
editions of the bestselling Superhero Parents Jimmy. For ages 7–10.
series featuring a heroic and inspirational father/
daughter and father/son team. For ages 5+. Kate and Jol Temple write funny books for kids
and are the CBCA award-winning authors of the
Timothy Knapman is the author of Superhero Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers series. Grace
Dad, Superhero Mum and The Winter Fox. Joe West is an illustrator and graphic designer. They
Berger is the illustrator of Hubble Bubble, Granny live in Sydney.
Trouble, Superhero Dad and Superhero Mum.
They live in the UK.
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S.T.A.G.S. 2 THE SURPRISING POWER OF
ALLEN & UNWIN
D.O.G.S A GOOD DUMPLING
M. A. Bennett Wai Chim
HOTKEY ALLEN & UNWIN
9781471407994 | $22.99 | | PB | YA 9781760631581 | $22.99 | | PB | YA
When something is dead, it's supposed to stay An authentic novel about growing up in a migrant
dead, right? The thrilling sequel to the much- Asian family with a mother who is suffering from
loved S.T.A.G.S. mental illness
After the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking
Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her after her brother and sister and helping out at
exams. She’s stuck for a play to direct for her her dad's restaurant, all while her mum stays in
drama assessment when one is pushed under bed. Dad's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome
her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a distraction and even though she knows that
play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan things aren't right at home, she's starting to feel
times that every copy was burned . . . except like she could just be a normal teen. But when
one. As the students begin to rehearse, events Mum finally gets out of bed, things go from
become increasingly dark and strange, and they bad to worse. And as Mum's condition worsens,
lead Greer back to where she never thought Anna and her family question everything they
she would return—Longcross Hall. There she understand about themselves and each other.
discovers that not only is the Order of the Stag A nourishing tale about the crevices of culture,
alive and well, but a ghost from the past might be mental wellness and family, and the surprising
too . . . For ages 14–19. power of a good dumpling. For ages 12–16.
M. A. Bennett is the author of S.T.A.G.S., which Wai Chim is the highly commended author of the
was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018. She CBCA Notable Book Freedom Swimmer. She is a
lives in London. first-generation Chinese-American who now lives
in Sydney.
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ALLEN & UNWIN
MOVE THE MOUNTAINS: THE HASINA: THROUGH MY EYES
FREEDOM FINDERS Michelle Aung Thin,
Emily Conolan edited by Lyn White
ALLEN & UNWIN ALLEN & UNWIN
9781760294946 | $18.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION 9781760637286 | $18.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION
Choose your own destiny and follow the exciting A gripping story of one child's experience of the
twists and turns of a girl leaving war-torn Italy to refugee crisis in Myanmar
find a new home in Australia's Snowy Mountains
in the 1950s When the soldiers came in the dead of night,
Hasina's family fled in all directions. All Hasina
To find freedom, you must leave behind remembers is picking up her baby brother and
everything you've ever known. It is 1951. During running deep into the forest. Braving snakes
the war, you rescued and hid an Australian and elephants, they hid until they no longer saw
airman near your small Italian village. He told smoke or heard gunfire. When Hasina and Rima
you that you could be anything you dreamed of— emerge, it is to a village half-standing. Hasina's
but those dreams are fast slipping away. As you overjoyed to find her grandmother but there is
make the leap for a new life, you find yourself no sign of her father and mother, or her older
facing life-and-death choices at every turn. Can brother and sister. As head of her household,
you overthrow the curse of bad luck that has Hasina must take care of her family. But how is
plagued your family, and prove yourself in a new anyone in the village to live when so many are
land? You'll be asked to stand up to bullies, stage gone? Who will work the fields and fish and feed
a mutiny and make your contribution to one of them all? One thing Hasina knows—they will all
the greatest engineering projects the world has need to work together to survive. For ages 11–14.
ever seen. At every turn, the choice is yours. How
far will you go for freedom? For ages 9–13+. Michelle Aung Thin is a writer and academic. She
left Burma, now Myanmar, with her family a year
Emily Conolan is a writer and teacher known for after the military coup.
her humanitarian work and has been awarded
the Tasmanian Human Rights Award.
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ALLEN & UNWIN
ALLEN & UNWIN
PERFECTLY 100 FIRST WORDS NO BALLET SHOES
PREVENTABLE DEATHS Edward Underwood IN SYRIA
Deirdre Sullivan Catherine Bruton
NOSY CROW
HOTKEY 9781788004893 | $14.99 | | BD BK | PICTURE BOOK NOSY CROW
9781471408236 | $18.99 | | PB | YA 9781788004503 | $16.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION
First word books tend to be either
Fifteen-year-old twins Madeline and Catlin informative but unattractive OR super- Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived
move to a new life in Ballyfran a strange stylish but completely un-child-friendly! in Britain seeking asylum from the war
isolated Irish town. A place where, for the Unusually, this gorgeous new board book in Syria. In a local ballet class, a teacher
last sixty years, teenage girls have gone is both informative AND super-stylish! With spots Aya’s talent and believes she has the
missing in the surrounding mountains. As seven spreads of gorgeous artwork, chunky potential to earn a prestigious scholarship.
distance grows between them—Catlin falls in board pages and large surface-mounted But Aya and her family must fight to remain
love, and Madeline begins to understand her flaps to lift on every page, it is a must-have in the country, and to find Aya's father who
own nascent witchcraft—Madeline discovers for every nursery bookshelf. For ages 0–2. was separated from them during the journey
that Ballyfrann is a place full of predators. from Syria. With wonderfully authentic
And when Catlin falls into danger, Madeline Edward Underwood is a renowned British ballet detail and an important message
must ask herself who she really is—or rather, homewares designer with a background in championing the rights of refugees, this is
who she might have to become to save her art and fashion. classic storytelling filled with warmth, hope
sister. For ages 14+. and humanity. For ages 10+.
Deirdre Sullivan is the award-winning author Catherine Bruton is the author of the much-
of Tangleweed and Brine and Needlework. loved Somersaults and Dreams series. She
7 She lives in Ireland. lives in the UK. 7
ALLEN & UNWIN
ALLEN & UNWIN
UNICORN ACADEMY: THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE DRAGON IN
ARIANA AND WHISPER CHARLIE NOON THE LIBRARY
UNICORN ACADEMY: Christopher Edge Louie Stowell
MATILDA AND PEARL
NOSY CROW NOSY CROW
Julie Sykes, 9781788004947 | $16.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION 9781788000260 | $14.99 | | PB | JUNIOR FICTION
illustrated by Lucy Truman
What lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Kit can't stand reading. She'd much rather
NOSY CROW Dizzy and Johnny are determined to be outside playing games and getting
9781788004565 | 9781788004633 | $14.99 | | PB | discover the truth, but when night falls muddy. But when she's dragged along to
JUNIOR FICTION without warning they find themselves the library by her friends, she makes an
trapped in a nightmare. They're lost in the incredible discovery: it’s run by wizards
woods, and strange dangers and impossible . . . and she's one too! Now someone is
When your best friend is a unicorn, magical
puzzles lurk in the shadows. As time plays threatening to tear down the library and
adventures are guaranteed! Imagine a
tricks, can Charlie solve this mystery and disturb the magical forces beneath it. And
school where you meet your own unicorn
find a way out? A timeless novel for anyone now it's up to Kit and her friends to save
and have amazing adventures together!
who's ever felt lost. For ages 9+. the library . . . and the world. The first book
That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn
Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island. For in a fantastically exciting, imaginative and
Christopher Edge is the award-winning brilliantly funny new series. For ages 7–9.
ages 7–9.
author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. He lives
Julie Sykes has written over 70 books Louie Stowell works in publishing and has
in the UK.
published worldwide. Lucy Truman is one of written many non-fiction books for children.
the UK's leading commercial illustrators. She lives in London.
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THE MONSTER SNOW CATERPILLAR SUMMER
WHO WASN'T Ondine Sherman Gillian McDunn
T.C. Shelley
PANTERA BLOOMSBURY
BLOOMSBURY 9781925700282 | $19.99 | | PB | YA 9781526606266 | $16.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION
9781526600837 | $16.99 | | PB | MIDDLE FICTION
Sky is travelling to Alaska to meet her father A beautifully written story of a girl, her
This is the story of a creature who hatches for the first time. Far away from Australia, special needs brother and the summer
down in the vast underground lair where she meets Jaxon, a local boy with his own they will never forget. Cat and her brother
monsters dwell but who looks just like a problems. In a vast and beautiful place, they Chicken have a special bond. Since their
human boy. He's a child with feet in both are isolated except for the wild animals. Sky mum has to work double-hard after their
worlds, and he doesn't know where he fits. finally feels she has a chance of having a father passed away, Cat has been the glue
But little does Imp realise that Thunderguts, real family. But her father has a secret that holding them together. When they spend
king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous threatens everything Sky holds dear. Will she holidays with grandparents they never knew,
destiny in mind for him. The first book in a have to choose between family and her love Cat has the opportunity to be a kid again,
deeply magical fantasy adventure trilogy. of animals? This is a heartwarming story in and her journey shows that relationships
For ages 9+. the coldest of places. For ages 8–14. can be healed if people take the time to walk
in one another's shoes. For ages 8–12.
T.C. Shelley is an English teacher. She lives Ondine Sherman is the co-founder of
in Perth. Voiceless, the animal protection institute. Gillian McDunn grew up as the big sister to
She grew up in Sydney and now lives in Tel a younger brother with special needs. She
Aviv. lives in the USA.
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IMPOSTORS
Scott Westerfeld
ALLEN & UNWIN
9781760876265 | $12.99 | | NEW IN PAPERBACK
Deception. Risk. Betrayal. Redemption. The first
book in the thrilling quartet that returns to the
world of the New York Times bestselling Uglies
series—now in paperback!
Frey was raised to take a bullet. She's the body
BAD MERMAIDS: ON double for her twin sister Rafia—the precious
THIN ICE first daughter of Shreve—and her existence
Sibéal Pounder is a closely guarded secret. So while Rafi was
schooled to be the perfect heir, Frey was trained
to be the ultimate weapon.
BLOOMSBURY
9781408877166 | $14.99 | | PB | JUNIOR FICTION When their father sends Frey in Rafi's place as
collateral in a precarious deal, she must become
Two notoriously bad mermaids have escaped the perfect impostor. But Col Palafox, the son
from Viper View prison and have stolen of a rival leader, is getting close enough to spot
Maritza's map that shows the locations the killer inside her. As layers of deceit peel
of twelve magical objects. When brought away, can Frey become her own person, and risk
together, these objects will create the most everything in a rebellion? As the deal falls apart,
powerful water witch the world has ever Frey must decide: can she trust Col with the
known. Beattie, Mimi and Zelda set off to truth? In a life built on lies, can she trust anyone?
travel the underwater kingdoms to stop For ages 13+.
them. But they haven't counted on meeting
a bunch of overzealous spies and the oldest Scott Westerfeld is the bestselling author of
shark in the world, or on their faithful the Uglies series, and the Leviathan and Zeroes
companion Steve the seahorse going rogue. trilogies. He lives in Sydney and New York.
For ages 7–9.
Sibéal Pounder is the author of the Bad
Mermaids series and Witch Wars. She lives
in Scotland.MARESI RED MANTLE BRUCE LEE
MURDOCH BOOKS
Maria Turtschaninoff RUDOLF NUREYEV
(Little People, BIG DREAMS)
PUSHKIN CHILDREN’S Isabel Sánchez Vegara
9781782690955 | $18.99 | | PB | YA
FRANCES LINCOLN CHILDREN’S
Maresi returns in the thrilling conclusion to the
9781786033352 | 9781786033369 | $22.99 | | HB |
feminist fantasy epic The Red Abbey Chronicles.
Now she is a young woman, Maresi must leave NON-FICTION
the safety of the Red Abbey and return home
to share her knowledge. But the people are too New in the critically acclaimed Little People,
busy trying to survive under the rule of the BIG DREAMS series: discover the life of Bruce
oppressive Earl to see the value of her teachings. Lee, the martial artist and Hollywood film
Maresi must use all the terrible force of the star, and the life of Rudolf Nureyev, one of the
Crone's magic to protect her people, but can greatest male ballet dancers of all time. Inspire
she find the strength to do so when her heart is the next generation of outstanding people who
weakening with love? For ages 12–16. will change the world with Little People, BIG
DREAMS! For ages 4–7.
Maria Turtschaninoff is the multi-award-winning
author of six novels about magical worlds. She Isabel Sánchez Vegara is a writer and creative
lives in Sweden. director. She lives in Spain.
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