Best Junior Fiction of 2011
Sophie And The Shadow Woods: The Goblin King
$9.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Very few people ever enter the Shadow Woods, for these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is the Gateway to the Shadow Realm - a mysterious world where all kinds of mischievous creatures live ...
On her te... Buy or find out more →
Precious And The Monkeys
$19.95 – Hardcover book / Polygon Press
Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has... Buy or find out more →
Claude In The City
$12.99 – Paperback book / Hodder Headline
Claude is no ordinary dog - he leads an extraordinary life! When Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes set off for work, Claude decides what adventure he wants to have that day. Today he and Sir Bobblysock go to the city for the very fi... Buy or find out more →
Super Diaper Baby #2: Invasion Of The Potty Snatchers
$14.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular Captain Underpants series) are in big trouble-again! Their mean principal, Mr Krupp, has demanded that they stop making comics about poop. Always resourceful, the... Buy or find out more →
Bungawitta
$12.99 – Paperback book / Omnibus Books
It's crunch time in Bungawitta. The land's as dry as a dead galah, there's no rain in sight, and only twelve people left in town. Nobody can make it rain. But a shower of money would help keep Bungawitta alive. And a fes... Buy or find out more →
Thea Stilton And The Secret City
$12.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
In this amazing adventure, Thea's friends the Thea Sisters head to Peru, where a good friend of Paulina's is in danger. There, the five mice climb the Andes in search of a mysterious treasure that's hidden in the Secret ... Buy or find out more →
Star League Book 1: Lights, Camera, Action Hero!
$9.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Jay Casey stars in . . . LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION HERO!
When Jay is invited to audition for his favourite director, he is overjoyed. But things are not as they seem. Could director Ben Beaumont really be asking Jay to lead... Buy or find out more →
Boris
$9.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
MEET BORIS!
He lives with his Mum and Dad in Hogg Bay. Their home is a bus that once travelled all over the world but now stays put in their garden. Boris wishes the bus would travel again . . .
Then, one morning, Boris ... Buy or find out more →
We Are In A Book!
$12.95 – Paperback book / Hyperion
Stalwart friends Piggie and Gerald the elephant push the metafictive envelope in a big way when they realize that "someone is looking at us." Is it a monster? worries Gerald. "No," replies the squinting Piggie. "It is...... Buy or find out more →
Earwig And The Witch
$16.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Earwig was left at St Morwald′s as a baby. Unlike the other children, she loves it there, mostly because she has the run of the place and seems to be able to persuade people to do as she wants. Then one day Earwig is cho... Buy or find out more →