Collins Booksellers Christmas Reading Guide 2017 Collins Christmas 2017 Catalogue WEB | Page 32

Visit us today! collinsbooks.com.au CHILDREN'S FICTION BAD GUYS EPISODE 6: ALIENS VS BAD GUYS Aaron Blabey RRP $14.99 One by one, the Bad Guys are vanishing. Taken by a creature with way too many teeth and far too many bottoms. Is this the end? Maybe. But will it be funny? You bet your butts it will! GINGER GREEN, PLAY-DATE QUEEN: THE NAUGHTY NICE FRIEND Kim Kane, Jon Davis RRP $5.00 Ginger Green is BRIMMING with excitement, BURSTING to dance and BUSTING to play with her friends. But will she ever have a drama-free playdate? There’s no such thing, but don’t worry because Ginger Green IS the Play Date Queen! HOTDOG #3: CIRCUS TIME! Anh Do, Dan McGuiness RRP $12.99 Lizzie’s joining the circus! Her sister Emma is a high-flying trapeze star, but Lizzie's TERRIFIED of heights! She’s going to be a clown, the funniest around! Hotdog and Kev can’t wait to see the show. Hopefully everything goes to plan! THE ADVENTURES OF EGG BOX DRAGON Richard Adams, Alex T. Smith RRP $19.99 From the author of Watership Down comes an enchanting picture book about the adventures of a mischievous homemade dragon. Whatever you’ve lost, Egg Box Dragon will find it. He’s retrieved missing footballs, glasses and watches aplenty. Will Egg Box Dragon find the missing diamond from the Queen’s crown? THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN COLLECTION A.A.Milne RRP $19.99 This charming collection of stories and poems, selected from A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six, tells extraordinary tales of a Boy and his Bear, accompanied by E.H.Shepard’s beautiful illustrations. PICTURE BOOKS THE AMAZING MONSTER DETECTOSCOPE Graeme Base RRP $29.99 When our hero uses his Amazing Monster DetectoScope he finds that the house is infested with monsters! Can he find the courage to face his fears? This whimsical take on facing childhood fears features Our Price intricate paper engineering and a $ whole host of hilariously hideous 99 beasties. 26 IMAGINE John Lennon, Jean Jullian Forward from Yoko Ono Lennon RRP $24.99 Join one little pigeon on her mission to spread the word of peace around the world. Set to the lyrics of the iconic song Imagine, this book brings John Lennon’s enduring message of peace and tolerance to a new generation. M IS FOR MUTINY!: HISTORY BY ALPHABET John Dickson, Bern Emmerichs RRP $29.95 M is for Mutiny! History by Alphabet is a taste of intriguing history. Why did Sir Joseph Banks hate bananas? Did anyone like William Bligh? Who’s afraid of Pemulwuy? BIG FELLA RAIN Beryl Webber, Fern Martins RRP $17.99 Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain. It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a country that is like no other place in the world. JINGLE BELLS, RUDOLPH SMELLS Deano Yipadee, Paul Beavis RRP $19.99 NEE NAW THE LITTLE FIRE ENGINE Deano Yipadee, Paul Beavis RRP $15.99 I LOVE YOU: A POP-UP BOOK STINK-O-SAURUS David A. Carter RRP $19.99 Deano yipadee, Paul Beavis RRP $16.99 David A. Carter has created an extremely imaginative pop-up dedicated to love. The book has seven spreads, each with a verse and a pop up of different geometrical and abstract forms. This tribute to love is sure to please young and old. Sing along, read and enjoy these hilarious stories from this talented duo.