Waiting for  A Wimpy Kid..
I would have to say that the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Tom Gates  and Dork Diaries are two of the most popular series in the library. The books are popular with both boys and girls - children who love to read as well as the "But I can't find any books I like" readers. The next Wimpy Kid book, The Long Haul  will be in the library soon and there's no word as yet about the next Tom Gates or Dork Diaries. So, what can our children read in the meantime and while they are waiting for the book to be on the shelf? Well there's a few other choices which may keep all our children happy!

As far as series go there's...
Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce, The Loser List by H. N. Kowitt, Red Dirt Diaries by Katrina Nanstead, Stuff Happens by various authors, The World of Norm by Jonathan Meres, Weirdo 1, 2 and 3 by Ahn Do,  Nerds by Michael Buckley, Starring Jules by Beth Ain, Jeremy Strong by Jeremy Strong, The Floods by Colin Thompson, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (and others) by Tom Angleberger A series of unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket, How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell, Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow, Eric Vale by Michael Gerard Bauer,  My sister the vampire by Sienna Mercer, Middle School by James Patterson, and Treasure Hunters by James Patterson.

These are just a few suggestions for other popular series in  our library. I am always more than happy to help our students out with their book choices. All they need to do is pop in to see me on the library and I will try my best to help them find something to read.
Denise Pilinis
Library technician

Upcoming Book Events

Check out these book events at Dymocks Doncaster and the Abbotsford Convent in the coming weeks. These events are a great opportunity to meet popular and favourite authors and illustrators.

 

Meet author Jacqueline Harvey in store Dymock’s Doncaster, Sunday 28 September at 1.30. Jacqueline is the author of the extremely popular Alice-Miranda series and Clementine Rose series. Jacqueline will be speaking about her writing and signing books. For further details visit www.dymocks.com.au and click on the link to the events page.  

  

 

Meet the very successful UK author of the popular Skulduggery Pleasant series, Derek Landy in store at Dymocks Doncaster, Monday 6 October , 4pm. A great opportunity to meet and internationally successful author. Many of our students enjoy this series.

 

Attend the Pop-Up Kids Book Festival, Abbotsford Convent (opposite Collingwood Childrens'

 

 farm) on Sunday October 12th, 9.30am - 5.00pm . A great opportunity to meet such popular authors as Sally Rippin (Billie B Brown, Our Australian Girl) , Andy Griffiths (Treehouse series, Just series and too many more to mention) , internationally renowned illustrator Graeme Base and the always entertaining illustrator Terry Denton and others.  Visit www.kidsbookshop.com.au to view all the program details.

I hope many of you who enjoy these authors and illustrators will get along to these events. Should be fun and quite rewarding.