Zeke Mees vs his big phony cousin

 Other Title: Zeke Meeks versus his big phony cousin
Summary: As if coming up with a school project at the last minute is not enough trouble, Zeke has to deal with his cousin Sam - who is just too perfect to be completely believable

Zeke Meeks vs the pain-in-the neck pets

 Other Title: Zeke Meeks versus the pain-in-the-neck pets
Summary: Zeke wants to bring home the class hamster, so to prove that he's responsible he promises that he will take care of the family dog for a whole week - after that it is one disaster after another

The Harmonica

Summary: Carlos found the harmonica in the attic. Softly, secretly, Carlos played Uncle Jack's harmonica. He played it to the whistling wind and to the silver moon. And somehow it seemed as if Uncle Jack was there with him

My grandpa is a dinosaur

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Wanda has noticed some very unusual things about her grandpa... His pants need tail holes. He can eat an entire tree. His footprints attract palaeontologists. Grandpa is a dinosaur. Wanda knows it, but nobody will believe her! So Wanda decides to ask Grandpa herself

The Year of Billy Miller

Summary: Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons

Rules are rules

(Chook Doolan series)
Summary: Walking to school is too scary for Chook - until Dad tells him the special rule for walking to school safely: no talking to anyone until you are inside the school gates. Too easy! But not talking means that he must ignore Mrs Pho from the bakery, Eddie Two-Hats the busker and Mrs Holston the lollipop lady. Chook knows he has hurt their feelings. But what can he do? Rules are rules! (Publisher)

Dory Fantasmagory

Summary: Dory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts

The haunted library

A brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler!
 
When ghost boy Kaz’s haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, he meets a real girl named Claire, who lives above the town library with her parents and her grandmother. Claire has a special ability to see ghosts when other humans cannot and she and Kaz quickly form a friendship. The two join forces to solve the mystery of the ghost that’s haunting the library. Could it be one of Kaz’s lost family members?

Lulu and the caterpillars

Summary: Lulu loves animals. She really wants a pet but her mum and dad keep saying 'perhaps.' But when Lulu find twenty-seven unwanted caterpillars, she takes them all home to look after. Now she has more pets than she ever thought she would

Two nests

Summary: Betty and Paul build a nest together in a cherry tree. Betty lays an egg, and out pops - Baby Bird! Everyone is very happy. But the nest is small and Betty and Paul start to squabble. They decide that Paul should build another nest for himself

The light

Summary: In a lighthouse on an island in the sea, love and music holds a family close and creates a safe haven for others

Jonathan

Summary: Jonathan loves to dress up and scare his family but they insist that he is just not scary. What happens when Jonathan is TOO scary

The Simple Things

Summary: Stephen has never met his great aunt Lola, and he doesn't want to. She sends him money twice a year and he always writes back, but Lola is almost eighty - what will they have to talk about? When they arrive at her house, Stephen discovers she's grumpy, scary and really, really old. He wants to turn around and go home, but his mum says they have to stay until Lola's birthday - three weeks away. Left to his own devices, Stephen learns about the simple things in life - like fishing, and cricket, and climbing trees - and the importance of family. Soon Lola entrusts Stephen with a great secret, and he realises that Lola has become more important to him than just an aunt who sends him money - she's now a friend

Kaitangata Twitch

TV tie-in, New Zealand
What happens to a girl who has dangerous dreams? What if the land itself punishes those who would harm it? Now adapted into a major, 13-part TV series, this spell-binding supernatural thriller was written by internationally acclaimed New Zealand author Margaret Mahy.

Wonder Stuck

Other title: Wonderstruck
Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.
Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.
Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories--Ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures--weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful--with over 460 pages of original artwork--Wonderstruck is a stunning achievement from a uniquely gifted artist and visionary.

I highly recommend this book.

If you like this book you could read the first book this author wrote called 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'.