Best of 2024: Children's Younger Fiction - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• Tales of London Town

  Aiken, Joan, 1924-2004

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  A collection of stories for children by Joan Aiken brought together in this new edition for the very first time to celebrate the centenary of the author's birth.

• Kevin and the Blackbirds

  Almond, David, 1981-

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  A moving retelling of this ancient Irish tale about the love of nature and a willingness to let go

• Beti and the Little Round House

  Atinuke

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  A collection of four stories centred around a strong-willed little girl having adventures with her friends in the wild with each changing season.

• Stella & Marigold

  Barrows, Annie

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  A new series about a pair of sisters named Stella and Marigold. These adventure tales are animated with full-colour illustrations of the sisters' encounters with magical bathrooms, snow monkeys, dream lions, howling wolves and more.

• Smile

  Child, Lauren

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  The utterly wonderful Clarice Bean is thinking about the endangered things: the big creatures, the little creatures, the plants and the trees. But it's not just the planet that needs help - there's her whole family too . . .

• Beanie the Bansheenie

  Colfer, Eoin, 1965-

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  Beanie must create a new sound to protect Rose and her family. She must find a way of being in the world that will change ... everything.

• The Book That Can Read Your Mind

  Coppo, Marianna

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  This is not an ordinary book-it's a magical one! Lady Rabbit goes beyond pulling a rabbit out of a hat or making herself disappear. For her next act, she will READ YOUR MIND!

• How to Train Your Dragon

  Dragon Tales Collection

  Cowell, Cressida, 1966-

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  Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. The Hairy Hooligan tribe think he's totally useless, but Hiccup is brave enough to face his destiny, with the help of one tiny dragon. This collection features…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Beginning

  DiCamillo, Kate, 1964-

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  Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn until the day a small owl gets caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris make the right decision and rescue the owl?

• What Might Have Been

  Dunbar, Joyce

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  A collection of three new stories featuring the lovable characters of Mouse and Mole.

• The Cozy Home

  Three-and-a-half Stories

  Dyckman, Ame

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  What happens when three friends - a bat, a cat, and a rat - move in together?

• Soren's Seventh Song

  Eggers, Dave, 1970-

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  Soren, a young humpback whale, loves music but is tired of the dull, droning, endless songs. He suggests better songs but his friends are not encouraging.

• Pernickety Boo

  Gardner, Sally

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  Pernickety Boo is the unforgettable, magical story of a very unusual umbrella.

• This Lake Is Fake!

  Gough, Julian, 1966-

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  This is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... and how friends can accept that the world isn't always perfect.

• Jason Mason and the Dastardly Master of Disguise

  Gunn, Jason, 1968-

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  This book is sure to make you wonder where on earth Jason Mason is going to end up next! NZ author

• The Princess in Black and the Kitty Catastrophe

  Hale, Shannon, 1974-

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  The Princess in Black may know how to handle all kinds of monsters, but a kitten set on destruction? Me-OW!

• Where's Wally?

  the Mighty Magical Mix-up

  Handford, Martin, 1956-

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  Join Wally on a spellbinding adventure to find Wizard Whitebeard's missing magic staff which has gone wild transforming everything!

• The Stick and Other Stories

  Jarvis, 1985-

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  When Bear and Bird find they both want to collect the same stick, they are absolutely determined not to let it get in the way of their friendship. And when Bird accidentally swaps Bear's bouncy ball on Swapsy Day, she will give anything to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Legend of Tiger and Tail-Flower

  Lee, Gee-eun

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  Tiger is a bit grumpy. Why won't the other forest animals give him food. . .even when he yells at them? Why doesn't anyone want to be his friend?

• Silent Night, My Astronaut

  the First Days (and Nights) of the War in Ukraine

  Lushchevska, Oksana, 1982-

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  This picture book is a powerful and uplifting introduction to the war in Ukraine from a child's perspective.