alice'S food a-z Alice Zaslavsky a Week Without tueSday Angelica Banks Paperback RRP $15.99 May release, advance orders welcome Vivienne Small's world is under threat. A Winged Dog has fallen from the sky bearing an ominous note. Meanwhile in the real world, famous writers are turning up far from home, injured and confused, and Tuesday McGillycuddy and Serendipity Smith - the most famous writer of all - could be next! An utterly charming, action-packed sequel to the marvellous and magical Finding Serendipity. 7+ mapS actiVity book Aleksandra Mizielinska & Daniel Mizielinski Paperback RRP $19.95 Following the bestselling Maps, the Mizielinskis return with a companion activity book. Bursting with fascinating facts and puzzles from around the world, this book offers hours of entertainment to young adventurers. This book will challenge the reader to discover something new and explore their imagination to draw, decorate and design on every pull-out page. 8+ Paperback RRP $19.95 Dip in and taste this edible adventure by Alice Zaslavsky – former MasterChef contestant and the host of TV quiz show Kitchen Whiz. Packed to the brim with funny food facts, clever cooking tips and kidfriendly recipes, this is a book for the fact-hungry, food-obsessed or those who like to mess about in the kitchen. A must-have for budding chefs, this beautifully illustrated book contains over 40 recipes, from banana smoothies to bowls of borsch. All the things you ever wanted to know about food, also some things you probably didn’t! 9+ timmy failuRe: miStakeS WeRe made Stephan Pastis daiSy malone and the blue gloWing Stone James O'Loghlin Paperback RRP $16.99 Someone has to save the world and that someone is Daisy Malone. It's Daisy's 12th birthday but she's got more earth-shattering things on her mind. Her mother is missing and she and her dog Ben (a highly intelligent, talking dog - his words!) have just found a mysterious blue glowing stone in the attic. But what they find is not what they expect! 8+ Paperback RRP $12.95 Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the ‘best’ detective agency in town – Total Failure, Inc. With the help of his polar bear, Total, the clueless, comically self-confident Timmy already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina. 8+ fRank einStein and the electRofingeR Jon Scieszka neW boy Nick Earls Paperback RRP $14.99 Adjusting to a new country and a new school was never going to be easy for Herschelle. Everything is so different to South Africa, but it's the similarities that make things really hard. Herschelle will have to confront racism, bullying and his own past before Australia can feel like home. 8+ my life and otheR maSSiVe miStakeS Tristan Bancks Paperback RRP $15.99 Have you ever helped your Pop escape from a nursing home? Have you ever mined your teeth for cash? And do you know anyone with the worst case of nits in world history? I do. I’m Tom Weekly and this is the third in my life story. 7+ Paperback RRP $12.99 In this second book in the series, Frank Einstein and his best friend, Watson, along with Klink and Klank, once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival - this time in a quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy. 7+ fRankie fox, bk 2: opeRation boy band Yvette Poshoglian Paperback RRP $12.99 May release, advance orders welcome Junior Griffin agent Frankie Fox is undercover on her second mission, visiting an international kids' robotics competition in Scotland. She's investigating the evil Alliance's robot army when she discovers something even more terrifying: the world's number one boy band, Band of Brothers, is brainwashing kids to serve the Alliance! 7+ the mapmakeR chRonicleS, bk 2: pRiSoneR of the black haWk A.L. Tait the gateWay: the fouR-fingeRed man; the gateWay: the WaRRioRS of bRin-haSk Cerberus Jones Paperback RRP $14.99 As the race to map the world continues, so does farm boy turned reluctant adventurer Quinn's voyage into the unknown. After docking in an exotic foreign port, Quinn is captured by ruthless Gelynion explorer Juan Forden. Is this the end of the race for Quinn - or just the beginning of another incredible adventure? In the second instalment of The Mapmaker Chronicles. 9+ Paperbacks RRP $14.95 each When Amelia's parents decide to reopen a creepy old hotel, Amelia and her new friend Charlie quickly discover that the place is much more than it seems. The Gateway is no ordinary hotel – its guests are visiting from outer space! Book 1 & 2 in a fantastic new children’s series. 8+ Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store. 9