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Children’s Non-Fiction A Velocity of Being 101 Small ways to Change the World Maria Popova, Claudia Bedrick RRP $45 .00 --------------------------------------------- A Velocity of Being is an expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators. DUE 1ST DECEMBER Ancient Wonders - Then & Now Lonely Planet Kids, Aubre Andrus RRP $19 .99 Lonely Planet Kids, Clive Gifford, James Gulliver Hancock RRP $24 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- It’s hard to believe that you could change the world, but it’s true! We’ll show you loads of awesome ways to help out family, friends, yourself and the planet – and show how you’re never too young to make a difference. Where does luggage go after check in? What happens in the control tower? How do planes actually fly? This interactive, lift-the-flap book takes you behind-the- scenes to uncover the secrets of the airport. Build The Shark Barbara Taylor, Mark Ruffle, Galia Bernstein RRP $29 .99 Lonely Planet Kids, Stuart Hill, ----------------------------- See sharks like you never have before through colourful --------------------------------------------- illustrations, fascinating Ancient Wonders - Then & Now facts and finally by building introduces children to some of history’s your own great white. most famous civilisations and the buildings they created. This interactive tour reveals how these wonders were built and what they once looked like. Lindsey Spinks RRP $24 .99 How Airports Work Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum Lonely Planet Kids, Jenny Jacoby, Beatrice Blue RRP $29 .99 --------------------------------------------- We’ve just received a new crate of dinosaur fossils – and they need assembling! There are five pop-up skeletons to construct with lots of prehistoric facts to discover. Cardboard Box Creations Lonely Planet Kids, Laura Baker RRP $24 .99 ----------------------------- What can you do with a cardboard box? Plenty! No longer destined for the recycling bin, turn your spare scraps into amazing things, from a hot air balloon and space rocket to a Chinese dragon and Tiki totem pole! Children’s Fiction Wakestone Hall (Stella Montgomery Book 3) The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton RRP $14 .99 Judith Rossell RRP $24 .99 Jeff Kinney RRP $14 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Stella is to be sent to Wakestone Hall, a grim and dreadful boarding school. Soon she is thrown deep into the mysteries of the school ... and her own past. This is the breathtaking final adventure in this fabulous series. Join Andy and Terry in their wonderfully wild and wacky 104-storey treehouse. You can throw some refrigerators, climb the never-ending staircase, have a bunfight, or just take some time out and relax in the peaceful sunny meadow full of buttercups. It’s a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighbourhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or will they even survive to see another day? The Magic Misfits #2: The Second Story Redstone Junior High #1: Zombies Ate My Homework Elizabella Meets Her Match Neil Patrick Harris RRP $16 .99 Cara J. Stevens, Fred Borcherdt RRP $14 .99 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- The Magic Misfits are back in another tale of mystery and adventure from actor Neil Patrick Harris! And of course there’s lots of marvellous hints and tips on doing magic tricks so that you can become a magician too... 28 Shop online at The Meltdown: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (13) .com.au --------------------------------------------- Pixel is thrilled to be accepted at prestigious Redstone Junior High. But when zombies begin popping up on campus, the students panic. Pixel is the only one who can figure out why the zombies are invading... Zoe Norton Lodge, Georgia Norton Lodge RRP $14 .99 --------------------------------------------- It’s hard to be good when your head is practically exploding with schemes! Elizabella – ten and a quarter – is a Poet, Fixer of Fairytales and the biggest prankster in the history of Bilby Creek Primary. This is the first book in a hilarious new series. DUE 1ST DECEMBER Get social with us