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Picture Books - Holiday Reading 2014
Holiday Reading is a small selection of recommended new titles added to Christchurch City Libraries in 2014. Here you will find picture books to excite, enthuse, enthral and inform. A Christchurch City Libraries list.
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- A sudden gust of wind sets off a marvellous London adventure for the Queen, the Queen's men and one very special hat. So let's follow one determined, daredevil queen through the zoo, over Tower Bridge and up Big Ben just where will that…
- Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a…
- A bus driver named Joe heads out on his route, stopping at one bus stop after another to pick up passengers. He picks up five dogs and five cats in all, dropping nine of them off at the plane, train, or boat. The tenth passenger, a dog,…
- Tiger, Gibbon, Water Buffalo and Geeko are sitting amongst the ruins of ancient Angkor Wat, wondering which of them would have made the best king. The appearance of a mysteries visitor leads them to discover their true selves in a race to…
- The five of us is a captivating tale of adventure, friendship and teamwork from one of Britain's best-loved illustrators. Angie, Ollie, Simona, Mario and Eric are five fantastic friends, each of whom has an unusual ability.
- Once a week, Willy walks through an ordinary-looking set of doors and straight into an adventure. Where will those doors take him today: to a mysterious desert island with footprints in the sand; down a deep, dark rabbit hole full of…
- Who would have thought? Lucy Cousins' favourite animal is a leopard! Not a mouse! And Eric Carle? He loves cats! Suitable for any picture book lover, this is a collection of illustrations from luminaries such as Jon Klassen, Lucy Cousins,…
- This brand new picture book from the hugely talented Lauren Child, about the arrival of a new sibling will undoubtedly strike a chord with children and parents alike. Told with Lauren Child's trademark wit, humour and style, this picture…
- What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young…
- When an entertainer dressed as a big cuddly bear arrives at a fancy dress party, the children are delighted. He makes them hoot with laughter as he drinks water from a vase, goes wild on his skateboard and bursts all the balloons. So after…
- When everyone has left the house in the morning, the bath toys spring into action and head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out a fire for a frightened baboon, they…
- Alphablock features thick pages cut into the shape of each letter, creating a sort of peek-through guessing game around the letter form itself. Illustrated by hip British design team Peskimo, this fresh high-concept ABC book encourages…
- Bear and Hare are off on a fishing trip, with nets and rods at the ready. Bear loves fishing! Hare seems more interested in his picnic. But after a long wait, the two adventurers catch more than they expect in this tale of fun, friendship…
- From the award-winning Kes Gray and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes an hilarious rhyming tale about a frog who discovers that all animals have their special places to sit! Jam-packed with animals and silliness,…
- A carpenter ant drills a hole to see what is outside his stump, worrying his fellow ants, and when new holes reveal different colors they fabricate a story about the horrible beast that will soon attack.
- In the city of imagination, anything is possible, and an outing with their mother brings every kind of possibility to life for two lucky children.
- One of the Hueys tries to explain the concept of "none" to another by finding different numbers of items, one through ten, then taking them all away.
- From an Astronaut who's afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet.
- Once there was a library that only opened at night. Step inside and meet the little librarian and her three assistant owls.
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