A holiday feeling tingled over his skin, and a jig-jiggling urge to get dancing set in ... Jasper is camping with his family at the beach. When he wakes up in a tent, at first he doesn't remember where he is, but soon the various sights and sounds of a day at the beach make him dance with joy. This delightful picture book captures the quintessential kid's summer holiday spent at the beach. With its catchy repetitive structure, it will have children chanting along as it is read to them -- and a "jig-jiggling urge to dance" will set in! Former Weta Workshop artist Rebekah Holguin matches vibrant illustrations to the infectious, energetic text. NZ RRP: 19.99
"Creative, well written, it tugs at the emotions" - Sir Peter Snell Fat boys don’t run. They just don’t. High school is hell. Corey is overweight and shy, so no wonder he spends all his spare time playing Counter-Strike on the computer. When his mum gives him an ultimatum - join a school sports team or broadband will be cancelled - he’s horrified to find that she means it. Realizing that for once he’s not going to get his own way, Corey looks for the easiest sports option. Orienteering, he reads, can be ‘like a stroll in the park’ - yes! But when Corey joins the orienteering team, he finds out the hard way that more than strolling is required. Alone in the back of beyond, he is forced to fall back on his own resources if he doesn’t want to totally humiliate himself in front of the others. And then he remembers Counter-Strike . . . Will the fat boy have what it takes to become a cunning runner and survive against the odds? NZ RRP: 19.99