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2017 TERM 1 SCHOOL & LIBRARY CATALOGUE Walker Books Australia WALKER BOOKS AUSTRALIA Walker Books Australia has been bringing the best of children’s publishing to Australian children for over 20 years and is recognised as a market leader in quality children’s publishing. For more information visit WWW.WALKERBOOKS.COM.AU WALKER BOOKS CLASSROOM Walker Books Classroom is the perfect destination for teachers and librarians to find the right book to use in the classroom and find free teacher resources. For more information visit CLASSROOM.WALKERBOOKS.COM.AU Keep up to date with the latest news and releases with the Walker Books Classroom Newsletter classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/home/newsletter Twitter @walker_class Facebook @walkerbooksaus Instagram @walkerbooksaus [email protected] PICTURE BOOK TRIANGLE Mac Barnett Jon Klassen 9781406376678 Hardback March 2017 Age: 3+ Early Childhood - Year 2 Walker Books Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen conspire again on a slyly funny tale about some very sneaky shapes. Meet Triangle. He is going to play a sneaky trick on his friend, Square. Or so Triangle thinks. With this first tale in a new trilogy, partners in crime Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen will have readers wondering just who they can trust in a richly imagined world of shapes. Visually stunning and full of wry humour, here is a perfectly paced treat that could come only from the minds of two of today’s most irreverent — and talented — picture book creators. One day Triangle walked out his door He was going to play a sneaky trick and away from his house. on Square. TRIANGLE_HI_US.indd 10-11 8/15/16 8:57 AM Mac Barnett is the author of several books for children, including Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award. He is the co-author, with Jory John, of the New York Times best-selling series The Terrible Two. Mac Barnett lives in California. Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book; This Is Not My Hat, winner of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal; and We Found a Hat. He is also the illustrator of two Caldecott Honor Books, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn, both written by Mac Barnett. Jon Klassen lives in Los Angeles. PICTURE BOOK DOG ON A DIGGER A winning combination of charming animals and Kate Prendergast meticulously drawn machinery. 9781910646144 Hardback Dog is helping his master on the building site when his tiny dog January 2017 friend goes missing. Plucky Dog takes charge and cleverly brings Age: 3+ the digger to the rescue in this charming wordless picture book. Early Childhood – Year 2 Old Barn Books BDFB_9780763692650_HI_US.indd 6 01/07/2016 16:06 BDFB_9780763692650_HI_US.indd 7 01/07/2016 16:06 HOORAY FOR BIRDS In an exuberant display of color, Lucy Cousins invites Lucy Cousins little ones to imagine themselves as brilliant birds. 9780763692650 Birds of all feathers flock together in a fun, rhyme-filled offering Hardback by the creator of Maisy. From the rooster’s “cock-a-doodle-doo” at February 2017 Age: 3+ dawn to the owl’s nighttime “tuwit, tuwoo,” the cheeps and tweets Early Childhood – Year 1 of many bright and beautiful avian friends will have children eager Candlewick Press to join in as honorary fledglings. This day in the life of birds will hold the attention of even the smallest bird-watchers, whether at storytime or just before settling into their cozy nests to sleep. PICTURE BOOK THE LAND OF NOD Robert Louis Stevenson "But every night I go abroad, Afar into the land of nod..." Robert Hunter 9781911171041 Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic children’s poem about dreamland, Hardback as narrated by a convalescing young boy, is given new life in this February 2017 wonderfully illustrated book. Accompanied by Robert Hunter’s Age: 3+ Early Childhood – Year 2 bold and beautiful illustrations, this picture book will bring the Flying Eye Books beloved story to a whole new generation of young readers. ME, ALL ALONE, AT “Gorgeous, complex. A work that requires — and is THE END OF THE eminently worthy of — many re-readings.” WORLD — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) M.T. Anderson Kevin Hawkes A peaceful and contemplative boy lives alone at the End of the World, hunting treasure with old maps and whistling tunes. Until, 9780763689025 that is, a self-styled Professional Visionary arrives and puts up Hardback March 2017 a sign: CONSTANTINE SHIMMER'S GALVANO-MAGICAL END Age: 3+ OF THE WORLD TOURS. FUN ALL THE TIME! Soon men with Foundation – Year 3 machines come to pave a clearing for the inn and theme park, and Candlewick Press the touring children seem nice, but still . A wistful, wondrous ode to the pleasures of peace and solitude. PICTURE BOOK NANETTE'S BAGUETTE Today is the day Nanette gets to get the baguette! Is she Mo Willems set? YOU BET! 9781406376210 Paperback From Mo Willems, the multi award-winning creator of the Pigeon March 2017 series and the Knuffle Bunny trilogy, comes a hilarious new tongue- Age: 3+ twister read-aloud about a little girl, Nanette, on a mission to buy Early Childhood – Year 2 a baguette. Set in a meticulously handcrafted-paper-modelled Walker Books French village, the uniquely vibrant laugh-out-loud world of Nanette's Baguette may be Mo's best creation yet. PEG + CAT: THE When life gives them a problem to solve, Peg and Cat LEMONADE PROBLEM make lemonade — and get a lesson in bartering — in a Jennifer Oxley refreshing new maths adventure. Billy Aronson It’s a hot day, so what could be cooler than setting up a lemonade 9780763694364 stand? When Peg needs some marbles to keep her special marble Hardback March 2017 company, she and Cat decide to sell lemonade in exchange for Age: 3+ ten marbles a cup. But the Teens have other ideas. So Peg and Cat Early Childhood – Year 3 keep changing their sign until they hit a price — two marbles! — Candlewick Entertainment that has customers lining up. There’s just one problem: Peg and Cat forgot the cups! Can they barter their way back into business — or will they end up totally freaking out? WHERE'S WALLY? WHERE'S WALLY? 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Martin Handford 9781406375695 Paperback March 2017 Age: 5+ Foundation - Year 6 Walker Books Celebrate 30 years of searching for Wally in this one-off edition of the original eye-boggling classic! A wonderful anniversary edition of the book that kick-started a global phenomenon 30 years ago and got the whole world asking Where's Wally? Read Wally's new letter to his fans celebrating three decades of being on the go! Search for Wally and his friends as they hike round the world – on the beach, at the train station, at sea ... and now find him on a new wander in town again! There's so much fiendish fun hidden in every intricately-detailed scene – each teeming with crowds, creatures and more. Wow! Have YOU found Wally yet? Throw a Where's Wally? party in your library! The Where's Wally? Library Activity Pack is available free from Walker Books Australia. classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/home/whereswally ILLUSTRATED FICTION A JAR OF PICKLES AND A PINCH OF JUSTICE Chitra Soundar / Uma Krishnaswamy 9781406364675 | Feb | Paperback | Age: 6+ | Year 1 – 4 | Walker Books Further delightful trickster tales from India. Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are left in charge of King Beema's court when the king goes off on a hunting trip. Each day the king's subjects come before the boys with their problems and petty disagreements. Can Veera and Suku settle the dispute between the man who sells a well – but not the water in it – to his neighbour? Or solve the mystery of the jewels that have turned into pickles? And what about the old washerwoman who is set the task of washing the king's elephants until they turn white? These clever, funny trickster tales, full of humour and colour, are sure to delight. DIVA AND FLEA: A PARISIAN TALE Mo Willems / Tony DiTerlizzi 9781406373691 | Mar | Paperback | Age: 5+ | F – Year 3 | Walker Books Diva, a small yet brave dog, and Flea, a curious streetwise cat, develop an unexpected friendship in this unforgettable tale of discovery from an award-winning author/ illustrator pairing. For as long as she could remember, Diva lived at 11 avenue Le Play in Paris, France. For as long as he could remember, Flea also lived in Paris, France – but at no fixed address. When Flea flaneurs past Diva's courtyard one day, their lives are for ever changed. Together, Diva and Flea explore and share their very different worlds, as only true friends can do. JUDY MOODY AND FRIENDS: APRIL FOOL’S, MR. TODD! Megan McDonald / Erwin Madrid 9780763682002 | Mar | Hardback | Age: 5+ | F – Year 2 | Candlewick Press It’s April Fools' Day — and Judy’s birthday — and Mr. Todd has a trick or two of his own planned in the latest Judy Moody tale for newly independent readers. April Fools' Day just happens to be one of Judy Moody’s favorite days of the year. And this year she’s got one thing on her mind: the perfect prank she’s going to play on Mr. Todd, thanks to an awesome present from her brother, Stink.