Author : Ana Juan (Scholastic $25.00)

Mr Walnut just might be the worlds meanest pet shop owner! His pet shop is cold and dark, and the animals live in very small cages. When a little girl named Mina cant fi nd her pet bunny, shes sure that she must have been scooped up by Mr Walnut. Can Mina save her beloved pet and lead the other animals to freedom?

Author : Stephen Michael King (Penguin $24.95)

Ren knows that it’s almost time for Bear’s big sleep, but she needs just one more day with him.
One day to explore the winter together – the last of the coloured leaves, the snow as it floats and swirls to the ground, the sun and the moon and the stars.

One more day to play and dance and wonder.

Author : Pat Grant (Giramondo Publishing $20.00)

Blue is the debut graphic novel by Australian cartoonist Pat Grant. Part autobiography and part science fiction, the book follows three spotty teenagers who skip school to go surfing and end up investigating rumors of a dead body on the train line. Provincial values and the emotions aroused by immigration clash as the teenagers encounter strange, blue-skinned foreigners that have arrived in their little beach town.