Children's Books: New adventures for favourite characters

Recommended for 3+
Mr Chicken Lands on London
by Leigh Hobbs
July 2014 | Allen & Unwin | $24.99hb

Mr Chicken - one of Melbourne-based illustrator Leigh Hobbs' most eccentric and beloved creations - can't wait another minute, so he finishes his breakfast, collects his camera and flies to London. He wants to see everything, hang out with The Queen, catch a show...join Mr Chicken and let him show you his favourite city in all the world through the pages of this brand new picture book.




Recommended for 6+
Flat Stanley's Epic Canadian Adventure
by Jeff Brown & Sara Pennypacker
July 2014 | Egmont | $9.95pb

Stanley Lambchop, AKA Flat Stanley, is named thus because a large notice board fell on him leaving him only 1cm thick! Despite being very flat, Stanley is a hero and in this new book in the series, he and his family are in Canada for some skiing and winter fun. But when Stanley and his new friend Nick go snowboarding - with Stanley as the snowboard, of course - they take a midair tumble just as the wind picks up...and find themselves floating in an amazing Canadian cross-country journey that may just be Stanley's wildest adventure yet. 

There are other books in this now-classic series and, while stocks last, we have some fun wrist-snap bookmarks with any purchase in the Flat Stanley series.


Recommended for 10+

World of Skulduggery Pleasant: Armageddon Outta Here
by Derek Landy
July 2014 | HarperCollins | $19.95pb

Hot off the press, this collection of stories, including an exclusive, sneak peek chapter from the final instalment (yet to come) will not disappoint fans of the ghoulish Skulduggery books. One amazing new novella and three gripping new stories feature in this collection.