Collins Booksellers Spring Reading Guide 2018 COLLINS Spring 2018 Catalogue WEB | Page 25

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PICTURE BOOKS
COLLECTING SUNSHINE
Rachel Flynn, Tamsin Ainslie
RRP $24.99
PIG THE GRUB
Aaron Blabey
RRP $17.99
Eww! What a stinker! Pig isnt just the worlds greediest
Pug, he's the DIRTIEST too. It's high time he had a
bath! But try telling Pig that...
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Ross Collins
RRP $22.99
Aaron Blabey
RRP $17.99
DUE 29TH AUGUST
WE ARE TOGETHER
Matt Cosgrove
RRP $17.99 Britta Teckentrup
RRP $24.99
Macca and pal Al are the best of friends and LOVE
spending time together. When there is an opportunity
to enter a talent contest, they just can’t resist. But
what will their act be? Will they shimmy and shake?
Dance and prance? Whatever they choose it will
surely be a performance to remember! On our own we’re special, And we can chase our dream.
But when we join up, hand in hand, Together we’re a
team… Celebrate the power of love and friendship
in this beautiful book by Britta
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Teckentrup. With vibrant artwork and
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peek-through pages, this is a picture
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book to treasure.
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THE GUM FAMILY FINDS HOME
Jen Campbell, Katie Harnett
RRP $24.99
Tania McCartney, Christina Booth
RRP $24.99
One evening, Luna’s tortoise, Neil Armstrong, notices
something far away in the sky. The three friends set
out on their biggest adventure yet – all the way to the
moon - in hope of reuniting Franklin with his long lost
family.
This is a charming story about home and family that
celebrates the stunning Australian landscape and its
flora and fauna. The Gum Family Finds Home uses
storytelling to introduce the natural world to children
as this family of koalas travels the country.
KUNG-FU KANGAROO DIGBY AND CLAUDE
Merv Lamington
RRP $14.99 Emma Allen, Hannah Sommerville
RRP $24.99
Meet Chops. She dreams of being a kung-fu master.
The trouble is she’s a kung-fu disaster. Her feet are
too big, her arms are too small, and she’s more likely
to break her head than break a plank. But when she
leaves the biliabong in despair, Chops discovers that
she might just be a hero after all...
DUE 3RD SEPTEMBER
Anteater is hungry, but he has completely forgotten
what anteaters eat. Whatever will Anteater do? It
isn’t until the ants all run for their lives that Anteater
remembers what he should be eating . . . bananas,
of course! A delightfully silly tale that little ones will
return to again and again.
ALPACAS WITH MARACAS
FRANKLIN AND LUNA GO TO THE MOON
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WHAT DOES AN ANTEATER EAT?
PIG THE PUG (WITH MASK)
Pig was a Pug and I'm sorry to say, he was greedy
and selfish in most every way. Pig is the greediest Pug
in the world. He is grumpy, rude and unreasonable.
But when Pig the Pug is asked to share his toys,
something unexpected happens... Hopefully Pig has
learnt a lesson!
Mabel and Robert love to collect things on their
walks - leaves and stones and seeds and berries.
But when they are caught in the rain and can’t take
their collection home they have an
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even better idea . . . A book for those
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magical days when a walk to the park
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is nothing short of an adventure.
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Digby’s street is soon going to look different – old
houses are going to be demolished and new
apartments will be built.  But Digby and Claude create
their own world – a hideout where they can think and
play. This is a story about creating a sense of home in
an environment of change.
KISSED BY THE MOON MY FIRST LEARNING BOOK
Alison Lester
RRP $14.99 Winnie-the-Pooh
RRP $16.99
Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story
celebrates a baby’s wonder at our beautiful
world. From Australia’s favourite picture-book
creator Alison Lester comes a timeless book to
share and to treasure. Now in a gorgeous board
book edition. Learn about opposites, shapes, colours, numbers
and more with Winnie-the-Pooh and all of his friends
in the Hundred Acre Wood! Each new concept is
presented with a fun learning activity that parents
can use when reading with their child.
DUE 1ST SEPTEMBER