Spring Holiday Reading

• Imagine sitting in your garden, soaking up the sun while getting lost in a good book
• Or perhaps you could unwind by the river, with the gentle sounds of nature as your backdrop
• For a fun and social twist, organise a book picnic in the park with family or friends, where everyone brings their favorite read to enjoy together

The heart-warming new story about family and friendships from Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Applegate.
Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, there’s not much food in the fridge and he’s worried that any day now the family will have to move out of their home. Again.

Crenshaw is a cat. He’s large, he’s outspoken and he’s imaginary. He’s come back into Jackson’s life to help him but is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?

FEEL THE MAGIC. CONJURE THE IMPOSSIBLE.

When her dad is kidnapped by a woman with a giant hamstoceros, Bitsy and best friend Kosh are swept into a secret world of ancient meteorites and strange beasts called magicores, each conjured using a different emotion. Using a powerful bestiary called Magicalia, the friends must quickly become conjurors themselves, before following a trail of clues that will take them from London to India to Paris, in a race to rescue Bitsy’s dad from a mysterious villain…

A gripping, beautifully-told fantasy quest set in a parallel medieval world.

Three friends and a one-eyed raven find themselves up against the rulers who restrict the gifts of writing and reading to an elite few.

They must go on a wild and unpredictable rescue mission. Who and what will they meet along their way? And what is the terrible truth behind everything they think they know about their world?

Alex wants to win the National Young Cartoonist Competition. She's got the talent, but what should she draw? Along comes Hi, an alien from the Planet Wendy. Hi is also working on a project: he has three days to learn about Earth's leaders for his Earth Studies class. Maybe they could help each other?

Soon, Hi's Earthly visit sets in motion a chain of extraordinary events, including a viral TikTok, a shoe-shop haunting and an astronomically wild rock concert.

How will the story end? Well, that's entirely up to you!

"Spook-tastic! The narrator creates an intimate reading experience, as she escorts the reader every step of the way through a myriad of twists and turns, allowing the reader to become the protagonist and drive the story in their chosen direction. I had so much fun!'

Cory dreads Sunday evenings. It's school the next day, where a bully is picking on him and he's struggling to keep up in class. The night before a Monday that will include a maths test and another lonely lunch break, Cory wishes that the weekend would never end... and when he wakes up the next day, time has reset itself to Sunday morning. This is amazing! He can lounge about all day watching TV, have pizza for dinner over and over again and play the lottery knowing which numbers will win big!

But Cory soon longs for life to move on - can he break the time loop and bring the forever weekend to a close?

When ten-year-old Ava moves to Whistledown Farm while her parents are working abroad, she must swap city life for mud, wellies and animals. But as one catastrophe follows another, will Ava learn to love life on the farm and find hope in nature? And can a very special little lamb show Ava that when all might seem lost, hope can be found...

Alice Toolie - seriously famous Youtootuber - and her best enemy Jimmy Cook are back to fight another day in a whole new chapter of adventures from the CBCA award-winning writers of the Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers series.

Book Week is always the best week of the year! But when Alice Toolie and Jimmy Cook get involved, it's set for disaster. From kooky costume ideas to accidental author visits, nothing is safe. It's no wonder they've been fired as Library Monitors! The only way they'll get their jobs back is by winning First Prize in the book parade. And that means working together. Can these two best frenemies leave their differences behind long enough to win the Battle of Book Week?

Sam is a kind and thoughtful eleven-year-old, but he thinks he's not that great at anything. His sister, Ava, is a soccer star and his best friend, Vihaan, is an award-winning artist. The one thing Sam is good at is knowing all about the extraordinary feats in the Big Book of Records.

When Sam is set a class project about a moment he's proud of, he can't think of anything and takes inspiration from his favourite book. He knows he'll be proud of himself if he can break a world record!

But breaking a world record isn't easy. And things get even harder when someone close to Sam needs his help and he must decide- will he be good? Or be the best?

This summer, Charley and George are in Paris to perform at the biggest sporting championships in the world, but soon after their arrival they notice one of the star athletes, Alfie Eagles, has gone missing. Has he dropped out? Is it sabotage? Or is it something more sinister all together . . . ?

With the big race fast approaching, it’s a race against time for the Rockstar Detectives to crack the case and find the missing athlete before it’s too late!

Gloria the talkative eclectus parrot is missing from the animal sanctuary, and Anna the massive 'not an anaconda' Australian scrub python has vanished from her enclosure at the library. Have they escaped? Or were they stolen?

When Andy and the Sugarcane Kids hear about an illegal native-animal trade, they know they have to investigate-and fast! Gloria and Anna are not only much-loved residents of their small coastal town in far north Queensland, but they also have very particular care needs-their lives could be in danger!

Andy, Eli, Harvey and the twins, Bernie and Fletch, along with Eli's trusty sausage dog Washington, have their eyes on a prime suspect- the Hench, the fierce, mean new canteen lady who is behaving very strangely. Can the Sugarcane Kids follow the clues to discover what is going on? Will they find Gloria and Anna in time? And what unexpected dangers lie in wait for them? Find out in this exciting new Sugarcane Kids adventure.

Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins invent the wedgie-powered superhero Captain Underpants in the first book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man!

George and Harold are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy more than playing practical jokes is creating their own comic books. And together they've created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school: Captain Underpants! His true identity is SO secret, even HE doesn't know who he is!

Once upon a time, Abby and her brother, Jonah, were regular kids. The next minute? The mirror in their basement slurped them up and magically transported them into the fairy tale of Snow White. And now they’re heroes! They stopped Snow from eating the poisoned apple. Hooray! Or ... not? If Snow doesn’t die, she won’t meet her prince and get her happily-ever-after. Oops. Now it’s up to Abby and Jonah to:

• Outsmart the evil queen

• Befriend the seven dwarfs

• Fix Snow White’s story

• And, fingers crossed, find their way home.

They’re lean, they’re mean, they’re the pride of Stoneybrook. Who are they? They’re Kristy’s Krushers! When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a ragtag team of her own. Maybe Kristy’s Krushers aren’t world champions (how could they be, with Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, playing for them?), but nobody beats them when it comes to team spirit. Now Bart’s Bashers have challenged the Krushers to a game. It’s bad enough that the Bashers truly are lean and mean―but what’s worse is that Kristy has a crush on the Bashers’ coach!

We're busy tallying the final class lists and will be announcing our winners early next term!

Also, if you completed your allocated number of books, there will be a certificate coming your way soon.

Celebrate Lauren Tarshis’ I Survived series with a variety of themed activities. Ideal for children aged 8-12 years.

Mon 16 Sep 2024, 2:00pm

Ashgrove Library, 87 Amarina Avenue, Ashgrove

Share what you favourite graphic novel is and which ones you want to read. Meet fellow young readers and maybe discover a new favourite graphic novel to check out! Ideal for ages 7-12 years.

Wed 18 Sep 2024, 11am

Everton Park Library, 573 South Pine Road, Everton Park (entry via 7 Gearside Street)

Celebrate Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series with a variety of themed activities and games based on Greek mythology. Ideal for children aged 8-13 years.

Wed 18 Sep 2024, 2pm

Grange Library, 79 Evelyn Street, Grange

Fri 20 Sept 2024, 2pm

Stones Corner Library, 280 Logan Road, Greenslopes

Fri 27 Sep 2024, 2pm

Carina Library, Corner Mayfield Road and Nyrang Street, Carina

Soar with us as we explore the fantastical world of Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland. Use your dragon wisdom to answer trivia, create a gliding dragon, and design your own island for an unknown dragon tribe. Ideal for children aged 8-12 years.

Wed 25 Sep 2024, 3pm

Holland Park Library, 81 Seville Road, Holland Park

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