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Children’s Fiction Clementine Rose and the Bake-Off Dilemma How to Raise Your Grown- ups (Hubert Horatio Book 1) Jacqueline Harvey RRP $14 .99 Lauren Child RRP $19 .99 Laura Ellen Anderson RRP $14 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Clementine Rose is bursting with plans for the school holidays! But with the announcement that a new cooking show will be filmed in the village, everything changes… Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent is back in this hilarious illustrated book from Lauren Child. Lauren revisits one of her most popular characters in these laugh-out- loud stories about the unconventional Bobton-Trents! This is a brand new title in the bestselling gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny Amelia Fang series Meet Amelia Fang! Everyone’s favourite little vampire. Maxi the Lifeguard: In Deep Water Maxi the Lifeguard: The Stormy Protest Trent Maxwell, David Lawrence, Peter Baldwin RRP $12 .99 Trent Maxwell, David Lawrence, Peter Baldwin RRP $12 .99 A Funny Thing Happened to Simon Sidebottom #2: Too Cool for School --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Get ready to hit the beach in this action-packed series from Bondi Rescue’s Lifeguard Maxi and Australian comedy writer David Lawrence. When Maxi and his friends discover that someone has been dumping rubbish into the ocean near Bondi, they are furious. Luckily, Maxi has a plan - but exposing the polluter will hurt someone he cares about. It’s the first day back at school and things are going from BAD to EMBARRASSINGLY BAD for Simon Sidebottom. Can things get any worse? Yes! Because YOU get to choose what happens next. Hotdog! #5: Camping Time! Hotdog! Hot Set 1-4! Anh Do RRP $12 .99 Anh Do, Dan McGuiness RRP $39 .99 The First Adventures of Princess Peony DUE 3RD DECEMBER --------------------------------------------- Hotdog, Lizzie and Kev are going CAMPING! There will be wood-chopping, campfire sing-alongs and an EPIC biscuit- eating competition. It’s going to be awesome! Can they learn the skills they need to survive in the bush? Hotdog and his friends are going on FOUR mad adventures! Theyll try to help a baby bird find his missing mum, plan a HUGE surprise party, join the circus and compete in Game Day! Read all FOUR while they're HOT! Mary Poppins “One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 30 Shop online at --------------------------------------------- P.L. Travers, Lauren Child RRP $39 .99 --------------------------------------------- First published in 1964, Mary Poppins has been delighting readers ever since, both in books and on film. This stunning deluxe edition is published ahead of the release of the hotly anticipated Disney film Mary Poppins Returns. DUE 16TH NOVEMBER .com.au Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief P. Crumble, Dean Rankine RRP $12 .99 DUE 1ST DECEMBER Nette Hilton, Lucinda Gifford RRP 19 .99 --------------------------------------------- In her first adventure, she must keep an evil troll (her brother) from trying to steal her dragon (dog) - and avoid being eaten by a bear, which is really hard work. A gifty, funny illustrated series for imaginative girls. Pearl #2: The Flying Unicorn Sally Odgers, Adele K. Thomas RRP $12 .99 --------------------------------------------- Pearl, Olive and Tweet are on the hunt for glitter feathers! They use Olive’s boat to reach Gull Island, but rowing behind them are three mean pirate gobble-uns! Can Pearl use her magic to save her friends in time? Get social with us