Here is a sample of the books liked by bookseller Sheila Sinclair, teacher Heather Orman and book designer Kim Dovey.
Older Fiction/Chapter books
Bone by Bone by Bone by Tony Johnston - 1950s Tennessee, friendship between African American and white boys
Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - one of an entertaining series for middle primary
The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney - a story about the 7th son of a 7th son who becomes apprenticed to a spook whose job it is to rid the world of evil spirits
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner - if you could send a message back to yourself earlier in your life, what would it be: exam answers? lotto results? advice?
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - Todd Hewitt and all the men of Prentisstown can hear can hear each others' thoughts all the time - The Noise.
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake - a "Jacqueline Wilson for boys"
10pm Question by Kate De Goldi - anxiety associated with growing up
Picture books
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham - illustrations that tell you more each time you look
Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen - a good read-aloud, appreciating differences and not giving in to peer pressure
Wabi Sabi by M Reibstein - sophisticated picture book about the beauty of imperfection
Road Works by Sally Sutton - great illustrations, great text, how a road is made - for the young and curious ( Brian Lovelock, the illustrator, apparently showed his illustrations to someone who advised him to send them to Walker Books - and voila!)
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton - Splat fears his first day at school - as amusing as Rob Scotton's Russell the Sheep books
Home and Away by John Marsden - a sophisticated picture book - a different way of looking at how refugees are treated
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental. A large picture book covering maths, penguins and the melting of the polar ice caps
Can't wait till next year.
We're keeping mum about the worst!
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