thiS iS captain cook Tania McCartney pig the fibbeR Aaron Blabey home Carson Ellis Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Hardback RRP $16.99 May release, advance orders welcome He’s back! But this time Pig, the world’s greediest Pug, is telling great big lies. Won’t he ever learn? A fabulous story for reading out loud, guaranteed to make you laugh by this multi-award-winning picturebook creator. 2+ Hardback RRP $ 24.95 A gorgeous, imaginative celebration of the many possibilities of home. Home might be a house in the country, a flat in the city, or even a shoe. There's clean homes, messy homes, sea homes and bee homes. This loving look at the places where people live brims with intriguing characters and is a visual treat that demands many a return visit. 4+ Captain James Cook loved to sail. He loved making maps (he was very good at it, too) and he particularly loved shiny buttons. In this charming picture book, little ones can celebrate the life of a great mariner and true adventurer. Join Miss Batts and her class as they tell the story of Captain Cook with a humorous and whimsical school play that’s sure to engage the very young. We see the class act out the story of Cook: as a boy watching ships on the horizon, sailing to Canada, then to Tahiti and on to New South Wales (spot the escaping chicken in each of the scenes!). 2+ the day no one WaS angRy Toon Tellegen & Marc Boutavant (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 29.99 Twelve stunningly illustrated, poetic, and funny stories about grumpy animals from an internationally acclaimed Dutch writer and a hugely popular French illustrator. We see different animals in various states of anger. Some try to understand their anger, some try to tame it, while others let their anger overwhelm them. These stories are funny and wry, but also offer a gently profound reflection of the nature of human emotions. 4+ teddy took the tRain Nicki Greenberg Hardback RRP $19.99 May release, advance orders welcome A thoroughly delightful lostand-found picture book With about courage, hope and imagination featuring a very Plush adventurous Teddy Bear. Dot loves Teddy, and Teddy loves Dot. So when Teddy goes missing, she misses him a lot! 2+ Special offer: Purchase a copy of Teddy Took the Train and receive a FREE plush teddy. *While stocks last. Free hoW big iS too Small? Jane Godwin & Andrew Joyner (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.99 May release, advance orders welcome Poor Sam! He always gets left out of his big brother's games. But one day when the big boys leave him out again, Sam gets to thinking...How big is too small? From these award-winning creators comes a delightful, rollicking story that explores big and small in a whole new way. 2+ that'S What WingS aRe foR Patrick Guest & Daniella Germain (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.95 There are three things that With all respectable dragons need: Strong wings for Plush flying. Strong lungs for breathing fire, and strong, shiny scales... But Bluey the Dragon has none of these. Even so, Bluey has other abilities, some of them truly wonderful... if only he can work out what they are! 3+ Special offer: Purchase a copy of That’s What Wings are For and receive a FREE plush toy. *While stocks last. the undeRWateR fancy-dReSS paRade Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Sometimes it's hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Sometimes you're just not ready …until, one day, you are. From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie and a big octopus wearing a tiny hat and the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper. 3+ Free hoW thingS WoRk OKIDO Hardback RRP $ 29.99 How Things Work is a hands-on, action-packed title to share with young children. The starting point is the child and the questions they ask about how things work. There are things to do both on and off the page, including games, recipes and craft activities. A perfect gift for the growing mind. 4+ i'm a hungRy dinoSauR Janeen Brian & Ann James (Illus) Hardback RRP $19.99 May release, advance orders welcome From award-winning author and illustrator team, Janeen Brian and Ann James, comes this gorgeous new rhyming picture book about our favourite little dinosaur (I'm a Dirty Dinosaur), who is now hungry for cake. Ann James has had fun painting with flour, cocoa, icing and 100s and 1000s with adorable results that will inspire lots of rumbling tummies and cake making! 2+ bogtRotteR Margaret Wild & Judith Rossell (Illus) Hardback RRP $ 24.95 May release, advance orders welcome Every morning Bogtrotter runs across the bog, up the bog, down the bog and around the bog until it’s time to go home. Sometimes he wishes things would change, but he doesn’t know how or what or why. Until one afternoon, when he picks a flower for the first time in his life. A delightful new picture book by bestselling Margaret Wild. 0+ 8