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Upper Hutt
Spinners & Weavers
8 September @ 10.30am
Upper Hutt City Library

Last Modified: 1 September 2010

Kids

New Kid's Reads

Featured new books picked out monthly by Gail, our Senior Operations Librarian.

Stephen Measday
Send Simon Savage
Simon's father has drowned under mysterious circumstances and Simon wants to know why. When two secretive men turn up with classified information and an offer of a place in an elite school, Simon jumps at the chance; for this is no ordinary school, it is one of the world's most uber secret organisations: the Time Bureau.

Ann M. Martin
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Babysitters Club)
The Babysitters Club are scared. Who keeps phoning when the friends are on babysitting jobs – and then doesn’t speak?

Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Incredibly Strange
Be shocked and amazed at the extraordinary feats, incredible creations and unusual tales in the 2010 Ripley’s Believe it or Not.

Enid Blyton
The Famous Five Adventure Game Book 1
The Famous Five Adventure Game Book 2
You choose where the Five go on their new adventure. You might find a secret way that takes you straight to the answer or you might follow a false trail – you decide!

Alan MacDonald
Oi, Caveboy! (Iggy the Urk ; book 1)
Fans of Mr Gum, Grubtown Tales, Charlie Small and Dirty Bertie or indeed the Flintstones will love this new series featuring a wonderfully adventurous cave boy called Iggy.

Sorrel Anderson
The Clumsies Make a Mess of the Seaside
Check out these hilarious stories about the two clumsiest talking mice you’ll ever meet! Nothing goes to plan when the Clumsies are about!

Jamie Rix
The Incredible Luck of Alfie Pluck
This very funny book is about a boy who eats a lucky chicken!

Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Two Spies
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander
Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace
Two-Minute Mysteries
You’ll enjoy solving these mystery puzzles.

Kathryn Lasky
Felix Takes the Stage (The Deadlies)
The Deadlies are like any other family with a loving mother and bright, rambunctious children. Except they're spiders. Really, really poisonous ones. But Edith and her children are kind and cultured. A simple misunderstanding leaves the Deadlies having to flee from exterminators and find a new home.