CHILDRENS BOOKS

In this hilarious yet reassuring back-to-school picture book, a backpack deals with first-day-of-school nerves and feeling out of place. Filled with crowded hallways, lonely lunch tables, toilet stalls, this fun read-aloud will have kids braving classrooms with a smile (and maybe taking better care of their trusty backpacks …)!

This little girl has heard her new teacher is a Teachersaurus! Will she be scaly? Or spiky? Or something different altogether?

Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad are on the run... until they set up somewhere else and start again. Trey believes his father when he says no one's getting hurt. After all, these parents have money to spare. But Trey's starting to get tired of running... and lying... and never having a friend for longer than a few months. But how do you get your family to stop lying when your lives depend on it?

The second book in the most charming and funny new character launch of 2024: Nina is the new best friend for all kids, everywhere. Nina Peanut is in the running to be Class Captain, and of course her main rival is mean girl Megan Dunne, who is taking every chance to sabotage Nina. Plus Nina and Brian have turned ghost hunters and detectives extraordinaire as they investigate the mystery of a haunted shoe in a series of vlogs.

A funny, fast-paced adventure! Vesper and Aster need Excalibur to save the world. At the top of Glastonbury Tor, they find an elevator down to the enchanted realm of Camelot, where Arthur has been waiting for this day. The elderly King and his loyal knights snap to attention – at last they have a quest! But Excalibur will only serve its chosen master. What would anyone do with such power?

Can a wolf really be a superhero? Luna, the little wolf, has just one ambition: she wants to be a superhero. There’s only one problem – the other animals are all terrified of wolves. Whenever Luna swoops in to save the day, everyone runs off screaming. Luna’s about to abandon her superhero dreams. Then, with one final, thrilling rescue, Luna shows that a wolf can be a superhero after all. Exciting, dramatic and packed with heart and humour, this is a warm, funny picture book about never giving up on your dreams.

When David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words: No, David! ... and a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. All he hears from his mother as he breaks her rules is ‘No, David!’, ‘That's enough, David!’, and ‘Settle down!’ Now David is all grown up. But some things never change ... David is a beloved character, whose unabashed good humour, mischievous smile, and laughter-inducing antics underline the love parents have for their children—even when they misbehave. Children will find his outrageously bad behaviour both funny and liberating as they see themselves in him.

I'll buy you a skirt that won't show the dirt, to go with the socks from the local shops, to go with the shoes from Grandpa. When Grandpa decides to buy Jessie a new pair of shoes for winter, the rest of the family join in with offers of new socks, skirt, blouse, sweater, coat, scarf, hat and mittens. Jessie doesn’t want to be mean, but all she really wants is a new pair of ...

Ari is just a regular avatar from Blockville who loves hanging out with his two best friends – Zeke, an obby and parkour pro, and Jez, the ultimate hacker and Queen of Tech. While shopping in Brickmart one night, Ari and his friends encounter a nasty surprise: Brickmart has replaced all their avatar store assistants with robots! When the school bully locks them in, they are trapped inside the store ... and they're not alone! Thrust into a battle against deadly robots, can Ari, Jez and Zeke escape?

The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen’s reign. The harmony of the forest and its snowstorms depend on the bravery of the girls. Can they find a way to beat the Chaos Queen at her own game, once and for all?

Once upon a scary time ... Thirty years ago, Harold Biddle died in a tragic accident. Now the teenage kids of Harold’s classmates are determined to find out what really happened to him all those years ago ... as long as Harold’s spirit doesn’t exact his revenge first! But Harold Biddle isn’t the only thing threatening the town of Port Lawrence. From doppelgangers to haunted books and one creepy dummy, Isaiah, Margot, James, Lucas, and Isabella have to fight to stay alive or risk becoming monsters themselves! This official novel tells the story of Goosebumps Season 1—plus additional scenes and information not seen on the show! Based on the hit Scholastic book series by R.L. Stine.

One day, Fox waits by a forest track with a small blue suitcase and the feeling that something extraordinary is about to happen. And then, along comes an incredible house on wheels, towed by doleful Moose. On board are distinguished Bear and theatrical Toucan, with his magnetic beak that always points north. Together, the animals embark on an adventure: they’re off to see the fabled Northern Lights. The expedition brings them new friends, like excitable Young Llama and argumentative Little Owl. But they also meet challenges along the way—and their journey’s end will require the most courage of all. A brave, touching and timeless children’s fable about friendship, art and the journey of a lifetime.