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BABY/TODDLERS

9780061958120 EVERYTHING GOES: 123 BEEP BEEP BEEP (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$10.90

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9780061958137 EVERYTHING GOES: STOP! GO! (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$10.90

9780062263124 MONSTERS LOVE COLORS (HB) MIKE AUSTIN HARPER US S$13.90

Learn about opposites with cool

cars, trucks, trains, and more! Different-coloured monsters

happily howl, growl, and roar for

more as they mix and match

primary colours to make new

shades and hues. While

everyone might know that yellow

and blue make green, it has

never been created in such an

unusualand celebratory way!

In this wild and colourful romp,

small gray monsters morph into

big, colourful ones as the book

progresses. Never has colour

been presented in such

enthusiastic and exuberant

style. Never have monsters

been so creative and appealing.

Get ready for some alphabet fun

with this exciting new format! On

each page a Disney Princess

introduces a new letter of the

alphabet with a sturdy die-cut

letter to trace and colorful flaps

to explore! Beneath each flap is

a new word that connects the

Princess to the featured letter.

Full color.

For children who are just

beginning to learn to read,

this book introduces simple

words with easy letter sounds

and amusing illustrations.

Follows the UK government's

reading strategy which uses

synthetic phonics.

Vroom!

Beep Beep!

Count from 1 to 10 with fire trucks,

motorcycles, race cars, and more!

9781849418683 HUG A SLUG OR SNOG A FROG? (PB) CHRIS P. BACON TRANSWORLD S$11.90

What would you rather do - hug a

slug or snog a frog? Have hair

made of soggy spaghetti or a nose

made of plasticine? Be best friends

with the Incredible Hulk or with

Batman? This brilliantly funny and

totally addictive collection of

impossible choices will keep you

entertained for hours!

9781409562467 THAT'S NOT MY LAMB (PB) FIONA WATT USBORNE S$14.90

A sweet touchy-feely book, just right

for sharing with babies and toddlers.

The furry textures are a delight to

touch, and even very young babies

will reach out to touch them.

From Aunt Annie's alligator to the

colourful Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Dr. Seuss's

delightful book introduces early learners

to the letters of the alphabet through an

amazing array of crazy creatures. With

his unique combination of hilarious

stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes,

Dr. Seuss has been delighting young

children and helping them learn to read

for over fifty years. Creator of the

wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and

ranked among the UK's top ten favourite

children's authors, Seuss is firmly

established as a global best-seller, with

nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.

9780007487752 DR SEUSS'S ABC (PB) SEUSS HARPER UK S$11.90

9781423164715 DISNEY PRINCESS: P IS FOR PRINCESS (HB) ANNIE AUERBACH HARPER US S$17.90

9781409550488 VERY 1ST READING: 1ST PHONICS WORDS (PB) MAIRI MACKINNON USBORNE S$4.80

BABY/TODDLERS

9780062110664 MY 1ST ICR: PETE THE CAT: PLAY BALL! (PB) JAMES DEAN HARPER US S$5.90

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9780062082015 ICR L1: PENNY AND HER DOLL (PB) KEVIN HENKES HARPER US S$5.90

9780061935046 MY 1ST ICR: BISCUIT IN THE GARDEN (PB) ALYSSA SATIN CAPUCILLI HARPER US S$5.90

Penny loves her new doll. The doll is

absolutely perfect, from her head to her

toes. But Penny's doll needs a name.

What should Penny call her?

Biscuit the puppy is eager to

see the plants and make

friends with the animals in the

garden.

Henry is going on a bike ride all

by himself through the

neighborhood. What amazing

new vehicles will he find?

Help Bunny find his friends in this

gorgeous rhyming hide-and-seek

adventure!

Bunny’s with his friends today

and there’s one game they LOVE

to play!

Bunny is having such a

wonderfully exciting time during

his forest game of hide-and-seek

that he manages to miss most of

his friends’ hiding places. Can

YOU help him find them before

Bunny gets too downcast?

All together now: Bunny, Bunny

what to do? Bunny, Bunny…

PEEK-A-BOO!

Pete the Cat is ready to play

baseball! Pete's team, the

Rocks, is playing the Rolls.

But when the game doesn't

go Pete's way, what will Pete

do?

9780062110695 MY 1ST ICR: PETE THE CAT: PETE'S BIG LUNCH (PB) JAMES DEAN HARPER US S$5.90

Pete the Cat is hungry. Pete is

going to make the grooviest

sandwich ever! But what

happens if his sandwich is too

big for Pete to eat?

9780007508655 WHY I LOVE MY MUMMY (PB) DAVID HOWARTH HARPER UK S$11.90

Featuring children’s own words and

heart-warming pictures, this book can

be given by boys or girls to their

mummy on mothers’ day. Or at any

time! ‘I love my mummy because… ‘

Everyone’s mummy is the best. And

who better to tell the world than

children themselves? This charming

book combines endearing things said

by children about their mothers with

gentle illustrations of familiar animals.

With beautiful pictures and charming

words from children, all about

mummies, this is the perfect book to

share with Mum!

Elmer and Wilbur visit their Aunt

Zelda. She may be getting old

and deaf, but she is fun and has

lots of interesting things to show

the two young elephants.

9781842707517 ELMER AND AUNT ZELDA (PB) DAVID MCKEE TRANSWORLD S$11.90

9780061958229 MY 1ST ICR: EVERYTHING GOES: HENRY ON WHEELS (PB) BRIAN BIGGS HARPER US S$5.90

9780007414376 PEEK-A-BOO BUNNY (PB) HOLLY SURPLICE HARPER UK S$11.90

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9781423166917 MINNIE: BLOOMING BOWS (PB) NANCY PARENT DISNEYHARPER US S$5.90

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9780316085984 TUMTUM $ NUTMEG: ROSE COTTAGE ADVENTURES (PB) EMILY BEARN LITTLE BROWN US S$12.90

9781423167662 DISNEY 5-MINUTE FAIRY TALES (HB) DISNEYHARPER US S$17.90

Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to

live out their comfy lives in peace,

unbothered by anything as

distracting as an adventure. But the

holidays are upon them, and it

seems to be the time of year when

Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled

human children of Rose Cottage,

and bumbling veteran hero General

Marchmouse are most likely to get

into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg

want to make things right, but first

they'll have to outwit a wicked

mouse named Purple Claw, face a

crazed circus ringmaster, and even

save Christmas!

Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy

and more of their friends in this

treasury of 12 classic fairy tales that

can be read aloud in about five

minutes. The book features a

padded cover and beautiful full-page

and spot illustrations.

Bad Dude has a plan; it's a bad

plan. He wants to use his Make-

Things-Disappear Machine to zap

the playground and make it

dematerialize—and then force all

the children to work in the Bad

Dude Factory! But have no fear,

Wedgieman comes to the rescue

and saves the day—and develops

a new wedgie in the process that's

called The Celery!

When a family brings home chicks

from a local farm, they must do

everything they can to make sure

their feathered friends thrive in

their new environment. With the

help of their knowledgeable

parents, the children provide the

baby chicks with food, water,

warmth, and proper shelter.

Young readers will chirp along

happily page after page, learning

to read as they watch the fuzzy

little chicks grow into downy adult

chickens, who will eventually lay

eggs of their own!

Minnie's nieces, Millie and Melody,

are very upset! The paper petals on

their posy costumes are falling

apart. Now, it's up to Minnie to

redesign the girls' costumes. But

can she do it in time for the school's

Posy Pageant? Hold onto your

bows! Minnie must come up with

the perfect "flower fix" so the girls

come out smelling like roses!

9781423157458 BELLE: THE CHARMING GIFT (CHAPTER BOOK (PB) ELLIE O'RYAN HARPER US S$6.90

Planning a winter dance at the

Beast's castle, Belle becomes

homesick and wishes she had the

charm bracelet her father made for

her, inspiring the Beast, Mrs. Potts

and the rest of the Enchanted

Objects to make a new bracelet to

cheer her up. Original. Movie tie-in.

9780062090195 ICR L1: SPLAT THE CAT WITH A BANG AND A CLANG (PB) ROB SCOTTON HARPER US S$5.90No Description Available. Emma and Dixie are best

friends. They do everything

together and are always there

for each other. But when Emma

starts having trouble at school,

she realizes that not everyone

knows how to be a good friend.

Can Dixie help?

9780062086211 ICR L1: DIXIE AND THE BIG BULLY (PB) GRACE GILMAN HARPER US S$5.90

9780307930729 SIR L3: WEDGIEMAN TO THE RESCUE (PB) CHARISE MERICLE HARPER RANDOM HOUSE S$5.90

9780307932211 SIR L1: CHICKS! (PB) SANDRA HORNING RANDOM HOUSE S$5.90

YOUNG CHILDREN

9781849395090 MAKE FRIENDS, BREAK FRIENDS (PB) JULIA JARMAN TRANSWORLD S$9.90

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9781849393195 WHO AM I? (PB) GERVASE PHINN TRANSWORLD S$11.90

9781849412841 ERIC!... THE HERO? (PB) CHRIS WORMELL TRANSWORLD S$11.90

One hot day in the middle of a

jungle a strange little creature

hatches out of an egg. "Who am

I?" he asks himself. Off he plods

through the tall grass to find out.

He meets many animals, but all

of them are different. Will he

ever find out who he is and what

makes him special?

Eric is a little boy who

sometimes gets things wrong.

But Eric learns that while you

can't be good at everything,

sometimes it takes a little time

to find out what you are good

at. And when a huge monster

stomps down the mountain to

Eric's village, Eric just might

have his chance to shine...

All is quiet in the countryside on a

perfect summer's afternoon when

out of the blue... Bang! And then

Pop! And then Poop! And then Parp!

Someone's broken the silence - but

who's going to own up?

Since the day he was born,

nothing was good enough for

Prince Charmless. From the

moment he woke until the time

he went to bed, he

complained. One day all the

royal servants decided they

had enough of his complaining

and packed their bags. The

pampered prince was left to

fend for himself, with some

unexpected results...

Daisy has two best friends,

Phoebe and Erika, but they

don't get on. Erika thinks

Phoebe's feeble and Phoebe

thinks Erika's a bully. Daisy

has a plan to get her two best

friends to like each other, but

suddenly everyone is against

her! Then the three girls have

to spend a night together in a

spooky old mill.

9781849394154 FRIENDS (PB) MICHAEL FOREMAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90

Bubble is a goldfish, who swims

round and round unhappily in his

tank. Cat is his friend and wishes

he could show him the world.

One day, Cat has an idea to set

Bubble free. But is Bubble ready

to swim off into the world and

leave behind his friend?

9781849392907 TICKLE GHOST, THE (PB) DAVID MCKEE TRANSWORLD S$11.90

The Tickle Ghost is somewhere

near. Can you see him? Can you

hear? He is slowly creeping up the

stairs. He'll try to catch me

unawares. But who is the Tickle

Ghost? And is he real, or are Dad

and Dylan just having a bit of

bedtime fun?

The Berenstain Bears live in a

wonderful place filled with green

grass, blue skies, and lots of furry

friends. But on a fishing trip at the

creek, the Bear family discovers

that the town dump is overflowing.

It's spilling garbage into the water!

Can the Berenstain Bears find a

pollution solution before their

beloved county is filled with

garbage?

9780062075505 BBEARS GO GREEN, THE (PB) JAN BERENSTAIN HARPER US S$5.90

9781849394536 WIND IN THE WALLOWS, THE (PB) JEANNEWILLIS TRANSWORLD S$11.90

9781849395120 PRINCE CHARMLESS (HB) JEANNE WILLIS TRANSWORLD S$22.90

YOUNG CHILDREN

9780061963278 ALWAYS NEVERLAND (PB) ZOE BARTON HARPER US S$9.90

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9780061827693 GENIUS FILES #2: NEVER SAY GENIUS (PB) DAN GUTMAN HARPER US S$9.90

9780007497133 MONSTER AND CHIPS (PB) DAVID O'CONNELL HARPER UK S$10.90

Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked

to be geniuses. They never asked to

get lowered into a basket of boiling

French fries, either. And they certainly

never asked to be frozen in soft-serve

ice cream, stampeded in a wild stadium

riot, or kidnapped on a high-speed

roller coaster. But that's what happens

when a red-haired villain named Archie

Clone is chasing you across America.

This just might be the most dangerous

road trip in history—and the most

awesome!

Want to join in the fun? Fire up the old

Google Maps and follow the McDonald

twins as they get chased from the

National Mustard Museum to the Rock-

and-Roll Hall of Fame.

Meet the amazing monster

customers and sample the foul-food

served up daily at Fuzzby’s diner –

the brilliant setting for this

innovative series from debut author

and illustrator, David O’Connell.

Somewhere in suburbia, or maybe

smack-bang in the middle of your

city, there is a very special diner.

What’s so special about it? Well it

does the best chips ANYWHERE

but also its customers are a little bit

‘unusual’… some people say they

are monsters… The diner is hard to

find, you have to look carefully, in

fact some people say only a special

kind of kid can find this special kind

of diner. But maybe that kid could

be you?

An adorable little creature hatches from

an egg and goes searching for his

mother among the dinosaurs in this

energetic, fun-filled picture book by

award-winning picture book creators

Tony Mitton and Russell Ayto.

A unique take on the 'Where's My

Mummy' scenario in which an egg

crackles open and out steps a little

creature – the Somethingosaur. He

searches for his mum among the

dinosaurs but she's nowhere to be

found. But is the Somethingosaur really

a dinosaur… or something even more

exciting? And will he ever find his family

and home?

Rotten and Rascal are quarrelling

twin baby pterosaurs, who yell,

shout, screech, howl, scream and

snarl at each other all day long.

One day a terrible argument begins

and one by one the other dinosaurs

try to resolve their noisy dispute.

Move over, Wendy Darling.

There's a new girl in Neverland!

Swimming with mermaids,

fighting off pirates, and

befriending Tiger Lily is all Ashley

can think about when she finds

Peter Pan in her room one night.

With a pinch of fairy dust and a

few happy thoughts, she follows

him all the way to Neverland.

But Ashley's plans for adventure

are thwarted when Peter and the

Lost Boys expect her to be the

new "Wendy girl" and help with

the spring cleaning. Spring

cleaning? This is not what Ashley

has in mind!

Will Ashley win them over?

9780062060037 COLD CEREAL: COLD CEREAL #1 (PB) ADAM REX HARPER US S$10.90

There's a little bit of magic in every

box.™

Scottish Play Doe—aka Scott—is used

to being a little different. Sometimes he

hallucinates things no one else can

see. Mermaids. Unicorns. A talking

rabbit-man in tweed pants. But then

one of these hallucinations tries to

steal Scott's backpack, and he comes

face-to-face with an honest-to-

goodness leprechaun named Mick

who's on the run from, of all things, the

Goodco Cereal Company. With the

help of their friends Erno and Emily,

Scott and Mick uncover Goodco's

sinister plans—and take the first steps

in saving the world from the evil cereal

company.

9780552565417 LION VS. RABBIT (PB) ALEX LATIMER TRANSWORLD S$11.90

Lion is a bully. All the other animals

are terrified of him. So they

advertise for help. Soon Rabbit

comes to the rescue. Although he's

small and Lion is big, Rabbit has

something that Lion doesn't

have...This is an extremely funny

story with a wonderful little twist,

and the key message that you can

always get the better of a bully.

Churchill is a pig with a big

personality who couldn't be

prouder of his perfect tail. Until one

day it goes missing... So Churchill

tries on a whole host of other tails.

But along the way, Churchill

forgets what really matters most to

him - his friends. Can Churchill

learn to value his friendships and

solve the mystery of his missing

tail?

9781780080093 CHURCHILL'S TALE OF TAILS (PB) ANCA SANDU TRANSWORLD S$11.90

9780007373550 SOMETHINGOSAUR (PB) TONY MITTON HARPER UK S$11.90

9781849395632 ROTTEN AND RASCAL (PB) PAUL GERAGHTY TRANSWORLD S$11.90

PRE-TEENS

PRE-TEENS

9780062015068 BREADCRUMBS (PB) ANNE URSU HARPER US S$9.90

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9781849395236 SORROWLINE: TIMESMITH CHRONICLES #1 (PB) NIEL BUSHNELL TRANSWORLD S$13.90

9780061142529 GLOBAL WARMING (PB) SEYMOUR SIMON HARPER US S$9.90

Twelve-year-old Jack

Morrow is used to life being

complicated. His mother

died five years ago, and his

father is now headed for

prison. But then Jack

discovers he's a Yard Boy -

someone with the ability to

travel through Sorrowlines,

the channels that connect

every gravestone with the

date of the person's death.

Earth's climate has always varied,

but it is now changing more rapidly

than at any other time in recent

centuries. The climate is very

complex, and many factors play

important roles in determining how

it changes.

Why is the climate changing? Could

Earth be getting warmer by itself?

Are people doing things that make

the climate warmer?

Award-winning science writer

Seymour Simon teams up with the

Smithsonian Institution to give you

a full-color photographic

introduction to the causes and

effects of global warming and

climate change.

Elodie journeys to the town of Two

Castles to become a mansioner—

an actress—but the master of the

troupe turns her away. The only

one who will take Elodie in is

Meenore, a dragon who happens

to be a brilliant detective. To crack

Meenore's newest case, Elodie

goes undercover on a dangerous

mission within an ogre's castle.

There, disguised as a kitchen

maid, Elodie plays the role of a

lifetime, pitted against a foe intent

on murder.

Alice-Miranda is thrilled to be back

at school, where the girls are

preparing a play with the

neighbouring boys' school. But it's

not all glitter and stage lights.

Once upon a time, Hazel and

Jack were best friends. But that

was before he stopped talking to

her and disappeared into a

forest with a mysterious woman

made of ice. Now it's up to

Hazel to go in after him. Inspired

by Hans Christian Andersen's

"The Snow Queen,"

breadcrumbs is a stunningly

original fairy tale of modern-day

America, a dazzling ode to the

power of fantasy, and a

heartbreaking meditation on how

growing up is as much a choice

as it is something that happens

to us.

9780385616683 LAST MINUTE, THE (HB) ELEANOR UPDALE TRANSWORLD S$22.90

9.21am: business as usual on a

high street in England. 9.22am:

the explosions are heard for

miles around, and in the early

confusion there is talk of a gas

leak, a plane crash, and even

terrorism... The people of

Heathwick had been preparing

for Christmas unaware that many

would die, and the rest would be

transformed forever.

9780062042156 MY WEIRDER SCHOOL #07: MISS KRAFT IS DAFT! (PB) DAN GUTMAN HARPER US S$5.90My Weirder School weirder

than ever!

Oh no! Mr. Granite is sick.

A.J. and the gang will have a

substitute teacher all week.

Yay! But Miss Kraft is weird.

She wears a clown costume

and uses hand puppets to

talk. She likes to do magic

tricks. And she's happy all the

time. What is her problem?

Alice-Miranda is set for a

luxurious cruise aboard the

royal yacht Octavia, where the

wedding of Aunt Charlotte and

the famous actor Lawrence

Ridley will be taking place. Why

does the ship's doctor look so

familiar? And who is the shy

blond boy hiding in one of the

suites? Can Alice-Miranda solve

the mystery in time for the

celebrations?

9781849416320 ALICE-MIRANDA AT SEA #4 (PB) JACQUELINE HARVEY TRANSWORLD S$11.90

9780061229671 TALE OF TWO CASTLES, A (PB) GAIL CARSON LEVINE HARPER US S$9.90

9781849416313 ALICE-MIRANDA TAKES THE LEAD #3 (PB) JACQUELINE HARVEY TRANSWORLD S$11.90

TEENS

TEENS

9780061921278 TROUBLE WITH FLIRTING, THE (PB) CLAIRE LAZEBNIK HARPER US S$13.90

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9780062117373 PIVOT POINT (HB) KASIE WEST HARPER US S$24.90

9781606844175 BUTTERFLY CLUES, THE (PB) KATE ELLISON RANDOM HOUSE S$13.90

Knowing the outcome doesn't

always make a choice easier. . . .

Addison Coleman's life is one big

"What if?" As a Searcher,

whenever Addie is faced with a

choice, she can look into the

future and see both outcomes. It's

the ultimate insurance plan

against disaster. Or so she

thought. When Addie's parents

ambush her with the news of their

divorce, she has to pick who she

wants to live with—her father,

who is leaving the paranormal

compound to live among the

"Norms," or her mother, who is

staying in the life Addie has

always known.

Seventeen-year-old Penelope "Lo"

Marin has always collected

beautiful things. Since her

brother's untimely death, her

collection has become an

obsession. When she finds an

antique butterfly necklace that

belonged to a murdered girl at a

flea market, she impulsively steals

it and becomes fixated. As Lo

delves deeper into the life of this

girl she feels an otherworldly

connection to, she finds herself in

the middle of a violent underworld

of crime, drugs and sex. But the

more questions she asks, the

more danger she is in. Can Lo

uncover the killer's identity, or will

she become the next victim?

In this riveting and emotional

conclusion to the thriller-

romance Janie series, that

started with The Face on the

Milk Carton, all will be revealed

as readers find out if Janie and

Reeve's love has endured, and

whether or not the person who

brought Janie and her family

so much emotional pain and

suffering is brought to justice.

Seventeen-year-old Jayna wishes

she could spend every second of

the day with Andrew. He's her first

love, and he understands her like

nobody else can. Jayna just

wishes Andrew's prejudiced family

could accept her - but when

they're alone together, it hardly

seems to matter. But something

strange has happened to Andrew.

He looks ...different.

Franny's supposed to be working

this summer, not flirting. But you

can't blame her when guys like

Alex and Harry are around. . . .

Franny Pearson never dreamed

she'd be attending the prestigious

Mansfield Summer Theater

Program. And she's not, exactly.

She's working for her aunt, the

resident costume designer. But

sewing her fingers to the bone

does give her an opportunity to

spend time with her crush, Alex

Braverman. If only he were as

taken with the girl hemming his

trousers as he is with his new

leading lady.

9780552565561 SKYLARK (PB) MEAGAN SPOONER TRANSWORLD S$13.90

For fifteen years, Lark Ainsley

waited for the day when her

Resource would be harvested

and she would finally be an

adult. After the harvest she

expected a small role in the

regular, orderly operation of the

City within the Wall. She

expected to do her part to

maintain the refuge for the last

survivors of the Wars.

9781849410090 AGENT 21: CODEBREAKER (PB) CHRIS RYAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90

Special agent Zac Darke is back

for his third mission and stakes

have never been higher. An

unknown bomber is conducting

a terror campaign in London.

After an explosion on tube

leaves someone dead, Zac and

his team are brought into try and

work out how this terror cell

operates. Will Zac be able to

break the cipher before the

bomber strikes again?

Huddled in a winter den, Micah

is thankful to cragclimber Eli

Halfwinter for providing him and

kingirl Thrace with shelter, while

Thrace aches to leave and fly

through the skies on her

whitewyrme once more. But

sniffing out their whereabouts,

fuelled by the invigorating liquor

known as bloodhoney, is a

brutal assassin, seeking

vengeance.

9780552560894 BLOODHONEY:YRMEWEALD #1 (PB) PAUL STEWART TRANSWORLD S$15.90

9780385371377 JANIE FACE TO FACE: JANIE JOHNSON #5 (PB) B.COO CAROLINE TRANSWORLD S$13.90

9780552568470 TRUST ME (PB) MALORIE BLACKMAN TRANSWORLD S$13.90

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