This week’s new magazine titles include Tech Life, NSW Fishing & Boating, Taste, Australian Country, Real Living, Vogue, Marie Claire, Backyard, 4x4 Australia, National Geographic Kids, Australian Quarterly, Better Homes and Gardens, House & Garden, Life begins at and Australian Geographic.

New kid’s titles include My weird school by Dan Gutman, Birds of prey, How the camel got his hump by Robert James, The snow storm, Front loaders by Beth Bence Reinke, The old steam train, Curious George builds a tree house, Biscuit blast off by Clare Helen Welsh, Grandma Bendy by Izy Penguin, Peck, Hen, Peck! And Ben’s pet by Jill Atkins, See Otto by David Milgrim, Avengers : the new team, The great grizzly race by Zoa Lumsden, George and the new craze, Can I have my ball back?, Buzz and Jump! Jump!, Bam-Boo and I wish by Alice Hemming, Cool duck and lots of hats by Elizabeth Dale, Rabbit and Bear by Julian Gough, Judy Moody tooth fairy by Megan Macdonald, Amelia Bedelia makes a splash, Grandad’s medal by Phil Earle, Nancy Clancy seeks a fortune by Jane O’Connor, Squishy Taylor in the mud by Ailsa Wild, Dirty Bertie Monster and Disco by Alan MacDonald, Sage Cookson’s literary launch by Sally Murphy, Lucy Longwhiskers by Daisy Meadows, Thief’s cunning by Sarah Ahiers, All rights reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis, A jigsaw of fire and stars by Yaba Badoe, The land of 10,000 Madonnas by Kate Hattemer, Pop girl signed with a kiss by Tallia Storm, The raven king by Maggie Stiefvater, 48 hours : the vanishing by Gabrielle Lord, Goodbye, Mr Hitler by Jackie French, Dotty detective by Clara Vulliamy, Mallory Towers by Enid Blyton, Truly foul  & cheesy body jokes & facts by John Townsend, Battle for the shadow sword by Adam Blade, Middle School by James Patterson, Operation: secret recipe and The ship of secrets by Geronimo Stilton, Candy Kingdom chaos by Carolyn Keene, Aliens on earth by Wendy Mass, Zombie elementary by Howard Whitehouse, Funny kid for president by Matt Stanton, Billy and the minpins by Roald Dahl, Dog man : a tale of two kitties by Dav Pilkey and a series of Dr Seuss books.

Upcoming events to keep in mind are:

For the Summer Reading Club members, I am hosting a trading card swap session for those who have been collecting the cards on Saturday 13 January at 10 am.

Wednesday 17 January 10.30 am – 12 noon Board games and Lego.

Friday 19 January until Friday 2 February 2018, the Library will be hosting the May Gibbs traveling exhibition.

Wednesday 24 January Summer Reading Club reading logs are due to be handed today by 5pm.

Thursday 25 January Summer Reading Club Awards presentation 11am.