It’s time to dress up, laugh a lot, play games, eat , and paaartaay!

Syndetics book coverSuper silly riddles / Charles Keller ; illustrated by Dave Winter.
Feast on more than 500 riddles and drive your friends and parents crazy.

Syndetics book coverDr. Knucklehead’s knock-knocks / by Chris Tait ; illustrated by Lance Lekander.
Who doesn’t love knock-knock jokes!  Heaps of jokes in here to crack you up. Start knocking!

Syndetics book coverCritter jokes & riddles / Janet Nuzum Myers ; illustrated by Dave Clegg.
Why do fish avoid computers? They get caught in the Internet. “What happened to the leopard that fell into a washing machine? “He came out spotless.” Every animal and critter seems to feature in this great wee joke book. Checkit out for a really good laugh.
Syndetics book coverDressing up as a pirate / Rebekah Joy Shirley ; photography by Chris Fairclough.

Learn how to make a pirate’s hook and an eye-patch, a skull and crossbones hat and a trusty parrot friend! Great book of easy step-by-step photos on how tp become a real pirate. Other books in this series also new to the library are :Dressing up as a fairy / Rebekah Joy Shirley ; photography by Chris Fairclough.
Dressing up as a knight / Rebekah Joy Shirley ; photography by Chris Fairclough.
Dressing up as a Princess / Rebekah Joy Shirley ; photography by Chris Fairclough.
Syndetics book coverDressing up as an astronaut / Rebekah Shirley.
Dressing up as a robot / Rebekah Joy Shirley ; photography by Chris Fairclough.

Street dance : the people, the music, the moves / Liz Gogerly. Learn how to really bust some moves in this great book about street dance. Soon you’ll be able to do the body lock and house step along with the best of them. It’s time to party!

Syndetics book coverFood and faith / Susan Reuben and Sophie Pelham ; photography by Jan Panke, Sophie Pelham and Nicholas Posner.

Having a special kind of party? Maybe it’s a religious celebration in your culture. Find out all about food traditions  and their special rituals in this book about food and faith. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism are all included in this interesting book. Great photos make you hungry just reading it.

Syndetics book coverLego Harry Potter : building the magical world / written by Elizabeth Dowsett.

Want some LEGO for your birthday? This month we add to our great colection of books about LEGO with this fantastic book about Harry Potter LEGO. Hogwart’s castle, the Chamber of Secrets and the Shrieking Shack all feature in this comprehensive book that contains everything magical about Harry Syndetics book cover501 great kiwi jokes / [illustrations by Donovan Bixley].

You know that laughing helps you to heal fast, right! Well this book supports CURE Kids. Check out the website in the back of the book after you have laughed yourself silly at the wonderful jokes inside. What do you get when your dog has its sixth birthday? Why did Kiri break into song? What’s grumpy and goes really well with ice-cream? You’ll have to read the book to find the answers.

Not in the mood to party? Then learn how to knit and play chess over the holidays with these great new books;Syndetics book coverHow to play chess / Daniel King.

How to knit / Fiona Watt ; illustrated by Stella Baggott ; photographs by Howard Allman. This is a great book for learners as well as those of you who have knitted the ODD scarf before.

More stuff to do with your hands! Get them  into the dirt,  (AFTER you’ve read the book of course)Syndetics book coverYates young gardener : get your hands dirty / Janice Marriott ; [illustrations, Deborah Hinde]. then learn how to draw whacky robots with Fun to draw cool robots / Robert Ainsworth.