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Children titlesFebruary 2013
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BABY/TODDLERS
9780061958120 EVERYTHING GOES: 123 BEEP BEEP BEEP (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$10.90
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9780061958137 EVERYTHING GOES: STOP! GO! (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$10.90
9780062263124 MONSTERS LOVE COLORS (HB) MIKE AUSTIN HARPER US S$13.90
Learn about opposites with cool
cars, trucks, trains, and more! Different-coloured monsters
happily howl, growl, and roar for
more as they mix and match
primary colours to make new
shades and hues. While
everyone might know that yellow
and blue make green, it has
never been created in such an
unusualand celebratory way!
In this wild and colourful romp,
small gray monsters morph into
big, colourful ones as the book
progresses. Never has colour
been presented in such
enthusiastic and exuberant
style. Never have monsters
been so creative and appealing.
Get ready for some alphabet fun
with this exciting new format! On
each page a Disney Princess
introduces a new letter of the
alphabet with a sturdy die-cut
letter to trace and colorful flaps
to explore! Beneath each flap is
a new word that connects the
Princess to the featured letter.
Full color.
For children who are just
beginning to learn to read,
this book introduces simple
words with easy letter sounds
and amusing illustrations.
Follows the UK government's
reading strategy which uses
synthetic phonics.
Vroom!
Beep Beep!
Count from 1 to 10 with fire trucks,
motorcycles, race cars, and more!
9781849418683 HUG A SLUG OR SNOG A FROG? (PB) CHRIS P. BACON TRANSWORLD S$11.90
What would you rather do - hug a
slug or snog a frog? Have hair
made of soggy spaghetti or a nose
made of plasticine? Be best friends
with the Incredible Hulk or with
Batman? This brilliantly funny and
totally addictive collection of
impossible choices will keep you
entertained for hours!
9781409562467 THAT'S NOT MY LAMB (PB) FIONA WATT USBORNE S$14.90
A sweet touchy-feely book, just right
for sharing with babies and toddlers.
The furry textures are a delight to
touch, and even very young babies
will reach out to touch them.
From Aunt Annie's alligator to the
colourful Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Dr. Seuss's
delightful book introduces early learners
to the letters of the alphabet through an
amazing array of crazy creatures. With
his unique combination of hilarious
stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes,
Dr. Seuss has been delighting young
children and helping them learn to read
for over fifty years. Creator of the
wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and
ranked among the UK's top ten favourite
children's authors, Seuss is firmly
established as a global best-seller, with
nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
9780007487752 DR SEUSS'S ABC (PB) SEUSS HARPER UK S$11.90
9781423164715 DISNEY PRINCESS: P IS FOR PRINCESS (HB) ANNIE AUERBACH HARPER US S$17.90
9781409550488 VERY 1ST READING: 1ST PHONICS WORDS (PB) MAIRI MACKINNON USBORNE S$4.80
BABY/TODDLERS
9780062110664 MY 1ST ICR: PETE THE CAT: PLAY BALL! (PB) JAMES DEAN HARPER US S$5.90
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9780062082015 ICR L1: PENNY AND HER DOLL (PB) KEVIN HENKES HARPER US S$5.90
9780061935046 MY 1ST ICR: BISCUIT IN THE GARDEN (PB) ALYSSA SATIN CAPUCILLI HARPER US S$5.90
Penny loves her new doll. The doll is
absolutely perfect, from her head to her
toes. But Penny's doll needs a name.
What should Penny call her?
Biscuit the puppy is eager to
see the plants and make
friends with the animals in the
garden.
Henry is going on a bike ride all
by himself through the
neighborhood. What amazing
new vehicles will he find?
Help Bunny find his friends in this
gorgeous rhyming hide-and-seek
adventure!
Bunny’s with his friends today
and there’s one game they LOVE
to play!
Bunny is having such a
wonderfully exciting time during
his forest game of hide-and-seek
that he manages to miss most of
his friends’ hiding places. Can
YOU help him find them before
Bunny gets too downcast?
All together now: Bunny, Bunny
what to do? Bunny, Bunny…
PEEK-A-BOO!
Pete the Cat is ready to play
baseball! Pete's team, the
Rocks, is playing the Rolls.
But when the game doesn't
go Pete's way, what will Pete
do?
9780062110695 MY 1ST ICR: PETE THE CAT: PETE'S BIG LUNCH (PB) JAMES DEAN HARPER US S$5.90
Pete the Cat is hungry. Pete is
going to make the grooviest
sandwich ever! But what
happens if his sandwich is too
big for Pete to eat?
9780007508655 WHY I LOVE MY MUMMY (PB) DAVID HOWARTH HARPER UK S$11.90
Featuring children’s own words and
heart-warming pictures, this book can
be given by boys or girls to their
mummy on mothers’ day. Or at any
time! ‘I love my mummy because… ‘
Everyone’s mummy is the best. And
who better to tell the world than
children themselves? This charming
book combines endearing things said
by children about their mothers with
gentle illustrations of familiar animals.
With beautiful pictures and charming
words from children, all about
mummies, this is the perfect book to
share with Mum!
Elmer and Wilbur visit their Aunt
Zelda. She may be getting old
and deaf, but she is fun and has
lots of interesting things to show
the two young elephants.
9781842707517 ELMER AND AUNT ZELDA (PB) DAVID MCKEE TRANSWORLD S$11.90
9780061958229 MY 1ST ICR: EVERYTHING GOES: HENRY ON WHEELS (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$5.90
9780007414376 PEEK-A-BOO BUNNY (PB) HOLLY SURPLICE HARPER UK S$11.90
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9781423166917 MINNIE: BLOOMING BOWS (PB) NANCY PARENT DISNEYHARPER US S$5.90
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9780316085984 TUMTUM $ NUTMEG: ROSE COTTAGE ADVENTURES (PB) EMILY BEARN LITTLE BROWN US S$12.90
9781423167662 DISNEY 5-MINUTE FAIRY TALES (HB) DISNEYHARPER US S$17.90
Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to
live out their comfy lives in peace,
unbothered by anything as
distracting as an adventure. But the
holidays are upon them, and it
seems to be the time of year when
Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled
human children of Rose Cottage,
and bumbling veteran hero General
Marchmouse are most likely to get
into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg
want to make things right, but first
they'll have to outwit a wicked
mouse named Purple Claw, face a
crazed circus ringmaster, and even
save Christmas!
Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy
and more of their friends in this
treasury of 12 classic fairy tales that
can be read aloud in about five
minutes. The book features a
padded cover and beautiful full-page
and spot illustrations.
Bad Dude has a plan; it's a bad
plan. He wants to use his Make-
Things-Disappear Machine to zap
the playground and make it
dematerialize—and then force all
the children to work in the Bad
Dude Factory! But have no fear,
Wedgieman comes to the rescue
and saves the day—and develops
a new wedgie in the process that's
called The Celery!
When a family brings home chicks
from a local farm, they must do
everything they can to make sure
their feathered friends thrive in
their new environment. With the
help of their knowledgeable
parents, the children provide the
baby chicks with food, water,
warmth, and proper shelter.
Young readers will chirp along
happily page after page, learning
to read as they watch the fuzzy
little chicks grow into downy adult
chickens, who will eventually lay
eggs of their own!
Minnie's nieces, Millie and Melody,
are very upset! The paper petals on
their posy costumes are falling
apart. Now, it's up to Minnie to
redesign the girls' costumes. But
can she do it in time for the school's
Posy Pageant? Hold onto your
bows! Minnie must come up with
the perfect "flower fix" so the girls
come out smelling like roses!
9781423157458 BELLE: THE CHARMING GIFT (CHAPTER BOOK (PB) ELLIE O'RYAN HARPER US S$6.90
Planning a winter dance at the
Beast's castle, Belle becomes
homesick and wishes she had the
charm bracelet her father made for
her, inspiring the Beast, Mrs. Potts
and the rest of the Enchanted
Objects to make a new bracelet to
cheer her up. Original. Movie tie-in.
9780062090195 ICR L1: SPLAT THE CAT WITH A BANG AND A CLANG (PB) ROB SCOTTON HARPER US S$5.90No Description Available. Emma and Dixie are best
friends. They do everything
together and are always there
for each other. But when Emma
starts having trouble at school,
she realizes that not everyone
knows how to be a good friend.
Can Dixie help?
9780062086211 ICR L1: DIXIE AND THE BIG BULLY (PB) GRACE GILMAN HARPER US S$5.90
9780307930729 SIR L3: WEDGIEMAN TO THE RESCUE (PB) CHARISE MERICLE HARPER RANDOM HOUSE S$5.90
9780307932211 SIR L1: CHICKS! (PB) SANDRA HORNING RANDOM HOUSE S$5.90
YOUNG CHILDREN
9781849395090 MAKE FRIENDS, BREAK FRIENDS (PB) JULIA JARMAN TRANSWORLD S$9.90
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9781849393195 WHO AM I? (PB) GERVASE PHINN TRANSWORLD S$11.90
9781849412841 ERIC!... THE HERO? (PB) CHRIS WORMELL TRANSWORLD S$11.90
One hot day in the middle of a
jungle a strange little creature
hatches out of an egg. "Who am
I?" he asks himself. Off he plods
through the tall grass to find out.
He meets many animals, but all
of them are different. Will he
ever find out who he is and what
makes him special?
Eric is a little boy who
sometimes gets things wrong.
But Eric learns that while you
can't be good at everything,
sometimes it takes a little time
to find out what you are good
at. And when a huge monster
stomps down the mountain to
Eric's village, Eric just might
have his chance to shine...
All is quiet in the countryside on a
perfect summer's afternoon when
out of the blue... Bang! And then
Pop! And then Poop! And then Parp!
Someone's broken the silence - but
who's going to own up?
Since the day he was born,
nothing was good enough for
Prince Charmless. From the
moment he woke until the time
he went to bed, he
complained. One day all the
royal servants decided they
had enough of his complaining
and packed their bags. The
pampered prince was left to
fend for himself, with some
unexpected results...
Daisy has two best friends,
Phoebe and Erika, but they
don't get on. Erika thinks
Phoebe's feeble and Phoebe
thinks Erika's a bully. Daisy
has a plan to get her two best
friends to like each other, but
suddenly everyone is against
her! Then the three girls have
to spend a night together in a
spooky old mill.
9781849394154 FRIENDS (PB) MICHAEL FOREMAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90
Bubble is a goldfish, who swims
round and round unhappily in his
tank. Cat is his friend and wishes
he could show him the world.
One day, Cat has an idea to set
Bubble free. But is Bubble ready
to swim off into the world and
leave behind his friend?
9781849392907 TICKLE GHOST, THE (PB) DAVID MCKEE TRANSWORLD S$11.90
The Tickle Ghost is somewhere
near. Can you see him? Can you
hear? He is slowly creeping up the
stairs. He'll try to catch me
unawares. But who is the Tickle
Ghost? And is he real, or are Dad
and Dylan just having a bit of
bedtime fun?
The Berenstain Bears live in a
wonderful place filled with green
grass, blue skies, and lots of furry
friends. But on a fishing trip at the
creek, the Bear family discovers
that the town dump is overflowing.
It's spilling garbage into the water!
Can the Berenstain Bears find a
pollution solution before their
beloved county is filled with
garbage?
9780062075505 BBEARS GO GREEN, THE (PB) JAN BERENSTAIN HARPER US S$5.90
9781849394536 WIND IN THE WALLOWS, THE (PB) JEANNEWILLIS TRANSWORLD S$11.90
9781849395120 PRINCE CHARMLESS (HB) JEANNE WILLIS TRANSWORLD S$22.90
YOUNG CHILDREN
9780061963278 ALWAYS NEVERLAND (PB) ZOE BARTON HARPER US S$9.90
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9780061827693 GENIUS FILES #2: NEVER SAY GENIUS (PB) DAN GUTMAN HARPER US S$9.90
9780007497133 MONSTER AND CHIPS (PB) DAVID O'CONNELL HARPER UK S$10.90
Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked
to be geniuses. They never asked to
get lowered into a basket of boiling
French fries, either. And they certainly
never asked to be frozen in soft-serve
ice cream, stampeded in a wild stadium
riot, or kidnapped on a high-speed
roller coaster. But that's what happens
when a red-haired villain named Archie
Clone is chasing you across America.
This just might be the most dangerous
road trip in history—and the most
awesome!
Want to join in the fun? Fire up the old
Google Maps and follow the McDonald
twins as they get chased from the
National Mustard Museum to the Rock-
and-Roll Hall of Fame.
Meet the amazing monster
customers and sample the foul-food
served up daily at Fuzzby’s diner –
the brilliant setting for this
innovative series from debut author
and illustrator, David O’Connell.
Somewhere in suburbia, or maybe
smack-bang in the middle of your
city, there is a very special diner.
What’s so special about it? Well it
does the best chips ANYWHERE
but also its customers are a little bit
‘unusual’… some people say they
are monsters… The diner is hard to
find, you have to look carefully, in
fact some people say only a special
kind of kid can find this special kind
of diner. But maybe that kid could
be you?
An adorable little creature hatches from
an egg and goes searching for his
mother among the dinosaurs in this
energetic, fun-filled picture book by
award-winning picture book creators
Tony Mitton and Russell Ayto.
A unique take on the 'Where's My
Mummy' scenario in which an egg
crackles open and out steps a little
creature – the Somethingosaur. He
searches for his mum among the
dinosaurs but she's nowhere to be
found. But is the Somethingosaur really
a dinosaur… or something even more
exciting? And will he ever find his family
and home?
Rotten and Rascal are quarrelling
twin baby pterosaurs, who yell,
shout, screech, howl, scream and
snarl at each other all day long.
One day a terrible argument begins
and one by one the other dinosaurs
try to resolve their noisy dispute.
Move over, Wendy Darling.
There's a new girl in Neverland!
Swimming with mermaids,
fighting off pirates, and
befriending Tiger Lily is all Ashley
can think about when she finds
Peter Pan in her room one night.
With a pinch of fairy dust and a
few happy thoughts, she follows
him all the way to Neverland.
But Ashley's plans for adventure
are thwarted when Peter and the
Lost Boys expect her to be the
new "Wendy girl" and help with
the spring cleaning. Spring
cleaning? This is not what Ashley
has in mind!
Will Ashley win them over?
9780062060037 COLD CEREAL: COLD CEREAL #1 (PB) ADAM REX HARPER US S$10.90
There's a little bit of magic in every
box.™
Scottish Play Doe—aka Scott—is used
to being a little different. Sometimes he
hallucinates things no one else can
see. Mermaids. Unicorns. A talking
rabbit-man in tweed pants. But then
one of these hallucinations tries to
steal Scott's backpack, and he comes
face-to-face with an honest-to-
goodness leprechaun named Mick
who's on the run from, of all things, the
Goodco Cereal Company. With the
help of their friends Erno and Emily,
Scott and Mick uncover Goodco's
sinister plans—and take the first steps
in saving the world from the evil cereal
company.
9780552565417 LION VS. RABBIT (PB) ALEX LATIMER TRANSWORLD S$11.90
Lion is a bully. All the other animals
are terrified of him. So they
advertise for help. Soon Rabbit
comes to the rescue. Although he's
small and Lion is big, Rabbit has
something that Lion doesn't
have...This is an extremely funny
story with a wonderful little twist,
and the key message that you can
always get the better of a bully.
Churchill is a pig with a big
personality who couldn't be
prouder of his perfect tail. Until one
day it goes missing... So Churchill
tries on a whole host of other tails.
But along the way, Churchill
forgets what really matters most to
him - his friends. Can Churchill
learn to value his friendships and
solve the mystery of his missing
tail?
9781780080093 CHURCHILL'S TALE OF TAILS (PB) ANCA SANDU TRANSWORLD S$11.90
9780007373550 SOMETHINGOSAUR (PB) TONY MITTON HARPER UK S$11.90
9781849395632 ROTTEN AND RASCAL (PB) PAUL GERAGHTY TRANSWORLD S$11.90
PRE-TEENS
PRE-TEENS
9780062015068 BREADCRUMBS (PB) ANNE URSU HARPER US S$9.90
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9781849395236 SORROWLINE: TIMESMITH CHRONICLES #1 (PB) NIEL BUSHNELL TRANSWORLD S$13.90
9780061142529 GLOBAL WARMING (PB) SEYMOUR SIMON HARPER US S$9.90
Twelve-year-old Jack
Morrow is used to life being
complicated. His mother
died five years ago, and his
father is now headed for
prison. But then Jack
discovers he's a Yard Boy -
someone with the ability to
travel through Sorrowlines,
the channels that connect
every gravestone with the
date of the person's death.
Earth's climate has always varied,
but it is now changing more rapidly
than at any other time in recent
centuries. The climate is very
complex, and many factors play
important roles in determining how
it changes.
Why is the climate changing? Could
Earth be getting warmer by itself?
Are people doing things that make
the climate warmer?
Award-winning science writer
Seymour Simon teams up with the
Smithsonian Institution to give you
a full-color photographic
introduction to the causes and
effects of global warming and
climate change.
Elodie journeys to the town of Two
Castles to become a mansioner—
an actress—but the master of the
troupe turns her away. The only
one who will take Elodie in is
Meenore, a dragon who happens
to be a brilliant detective. To crack
Meenore's newest case, Elodie
goes undercover on a dangerous
mission within an ogre's castle.
There, disguised as a kitchen
maid, Elodie plays the role of a
lifetime, pitted against a foe intent
on murder.
Alice-Miranda is thrilled to be back
at school, where the girls are
preparing a play with the
neighbouring boys' school. But it's
not all glitter and stage lights.
Once upon a time, Hazel and
Jack were best friends. But that
was before he stopped talking to
her and disappeared into a
forest with a mysterious woman
made of ice. Now it's up to
Hazel to go in after him. Inspired
by Hans Christian Andersen's
"The Snow Queen,"
breadcrumbs is a stunningly
original fairy tale of modern-day
America, a dazzling ode to the
power of fantasy, and a
heartbreaking meditation on how
growing up is as much a choice
as it is something that happens
to us.
9780385616683 LAST MINUTE, THE (HB) ELEANOR UPDALE TRANSWORLD S$22.90
9.21am: business as usual on a
high street in England. 9.22am:
the explosions are heard for
miles around, and in the early
confusion there is talk of a gas
leak, a plane crash, and even
terrorism... The people of
Heathwick had been preparing
for Christmas unaware that many
would die, and the rest would be
transformed forever.
9780062042156 MY WEIRDER SCHOOL #07: MISS KRAFT IS DAFT! (PB) DAN GUTMAN HARPER US S$5.90My Weirder School weirder
than ever!
Oh no! Mr. Granite is sick.
A.J. and the gang will have a
substitute teacher all week.
Yay! But Miss Kraft is weird.
She wears a clown costume
and uses hand puppets to
talk. She likes to do magic
tricks. And she's happy all the
time. What is her problem?
Alice-Miranda is set for a
luxurious cruise aboard the
royal yacht Octavia, where the
wedding of Aunt Charlotte and
the famous actor Lawrence
Ridley will be taking place. Why
does the ship's doctor look so
familiar? And who is the shy
blond boy hiding in one of the
suites? Can Alice-Miranda solve
the mystery in time for the
celebrations?
9781849416320 ALICE-MIRANDA AT SEA #4 (PB) JACQUELINE HARVEY TRANSWORLD S$11.90
9780061229671 TALE OF TWO CASTLES, A (PB) GAIL CARSON LEVINE HARPER US S$9.90
9781849416313 ALICE-MIRANDA TAKES THE LEAD #3 (PB) JACQUELINE HARVEY TRANSWORLD S$11.90
TEENS
TEENS
9780061921278 TROUBLE WITH FLIRTING, THE (PB) CLAIRE LAZEBNIK HARPER US S$13.90
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9780062117373 PIVOT POINT (HB) KASIE WEST HARPER US S$24.90
9781606844175 BUTTERFLY CLUES, THE (PB) KATE ELLISON RANDOM HOUSE S$13.90
Knowing the outcome doesn't
always make a choice easier. . . .
Addison Coleman's life is one big
"What if?" As a Searcher,
whenever Addie is faced with a
choice, she can look into the
future and see both outcomes. It's
the ultimate insurance plan
against disaster. Or so she
thought. When Addie's parents
ambush her with the news of their
divorce, she has to pick who she
wants to live with—her father,
who is leaving the paranormal
compound to live among the
"Norms," or her mother, who is
staying in the life Addie has
always known.
Seventeen-year-old Penelope "Lo"
Marin has always collected
beautiful things. Since her
brother's untimely death, her
collection has become an
obsession. When she finds an
antique butterfly necklace that
belonged to a murdered girl at a
flea market, she impulsively steals
it and becomes fixated. As Lo
delves deeper into the life of this
girl she feels an otherworldly
connection to, she finds herself in
the middle of a violent underworld
of crime, drugs and sex. But the
more questions she asks, the
more danger she is in. Can Lo
uncover the killer's identity, or will
she become the next victim?
In this riveting and emotional
conclusion to the thriller-
romance Janie series, that
started with The Face on the
Milk Carton, all will be revealed
as readers find out if Janie and
Reeve's love has endured, and
whether or not the person who
brought Janie and her family
so much emotional pain and
suffering is brought to justice.
Seventeen-year-old Jayna wishes
she could spend every second of
the day with Andrew. He's her first
love, and he understands her like
nobody else can. Jayna just
wishes Andrew's prejudiced family
could accept her - but when
they're alone together, it hardly
seems to matter. But something
strange has happened to Andrew.
He looks ...different.
Franny's supposed to be working
this summer, not flirting. But you
can't blame her when guys like
Alex and Harry are around. . . .
Franny Pearson never dreamed
she'd be attending the prestigious
Mansfield Summer Theater
Program. And she's not, exactly.
She's working for her aunt, the
resident costume designer. But
sewing her fingers to the bone
does give her an opportunity to
spend time with her crush, Alex
Braverman. If only he were as
taken with the girl hemming his
trousers as he is with his new
leading lady.
9780552565561 SKYLARK (PB) MEAGAN SPOONER TRANSWORLD S$13.90
For fifteen years, Lark Ainsley
waited for the day when her
Resource would be harvested
and she would finally be an
adult. After the harvest she
expected a small role in the
regular, orderly operation of the
City within the Wall. She
expected to do her part to
maintain the refuge for the last
survivors of the Wars.
9781849410090 AGENT 21: CODEBREAKER (PB) CHRIS RYAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90
Special agent Zac Darke is back
for his third mission and stakes
have never been higher. An
unknown bomber is conducting
a terror campaign in London.
After an explosion on tube
leaves someone dead, Zac and
his team are brought into try and
work out how this terror cell
operates. Will Zac be able to
break the cipher before the
bomber strikes again?
Huddled in a winter den, Micah
is thankful to cragclimber Eli
Halfwinter for providing him and
kingirl Thrace with shelter, while
Thrace aches to leave and fly
through the skies on her
whitewyrme once more. But
sniffing out their whereabouts,
fuelled by the invigorating liquor
known as bloodhoney, is a
brutal assassin, seeking
vengeance.
9780552560894 BLOODHONEY:YRMEWEALD #1 (PB) PAUL STEWART TRANSWORLD S$15.90
9780385371377 JANIE FACE TO FACE: JANIE JOHNSON #5 (PB) B.COO CAROLINE TRANSWORLD S$13.90
9780552568470 TRUST ME (PB) MALORIE BLACKMAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90
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