New Releases by Anna Fienberg

In The Amazing Tashi Activity book you''ll find lots to do plus a fold-out with Tashi''s very own Board Game. Are you good at puzzles? Try Tashi''s Treasure Chest of Words or his Tricky Word Puzzle or complete the Incredible Crossword. Can you find the Baron''s gold with the treasure map? Or help Tashi rescue the children in the Warlord''s maze? How will Tashi escape from the dungeon? What will you make first? A boat? A dragon? The tiger pop-up card? You could make a diorama of Tashi''s world or bake Ah Chu''s favourite fish cakes. And then there''s a brand new Tashi story to read. In ''Tashi and the Strangers'' a new family stumbles into the village, with General Zeng''s soldiers on their trail. How will Tashi save them?

The sixteenth book of Tashi''s adventures, in which Tashi and his friends use clay and magic to make a golem who will stand up to the bully boy, Big Bang. But will their Golem obey them? And can they rescue Ah Chu''s baby sister from the River Pirate before the pirates sail away?

Minton builds himself a car out of assorted objects so he can explore the city in style, and then, excited by the activity at a construction site, he decides to build himself a dump truck so he can work there.

Des araignées. des serpents, des rats ! Les démons ne savent plus quoi trouver pour faire peur à Tashi. Et à peine ce dernier s''est-il remis de ses émotions que la cloche magique du village disparaît ! Allez, Tashi, c''est reparti...

Décidément, Tashi est un garçon délicieux. D''abord, c''est Baba Yaga qui salive rien qu''en l''apercevant. Puis, quand il part à la recherche du voleur de poules, c''est un tigre qui semble le trouver très appétissant. Miam, miam, qu''il est bon, ce Tashi !

Hector is unbearably, bone-achingly lonely. Until one day a storm sweeps Hector and Minton far away to the cold snowy lands, where they meet Gilda, a cool Viking adventurer, and life changes for ever... Minton makes his first appearance in The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived and then stars in the three Minton Goes! books.

Dans le pays d''où vient Tashi, la vie n''est pas de tout repos. Entre les fantômes qui attaquent le village et le Baron Diabolique qui cache son or dans la Montagne des Tigres Blancs, que va bien pouvoir faire Tashi ? Trouver une de ses fameuses idées ! Et vite !

Le géant Chintu lança d''énormes rochers sur notre village. On aurait cru qu''il jouait, au. bowling. Puis il rugit : ".Amenez-moi Tassai ! " Ce matin, Jack arrive à l''école bien avant l''heure. Tashi a promis de lui raconter l''histoire du géant Chintu, celui qui voulait le réduire en bouillie pour donner du goût à son gâteau. Puis l''histoire des brigands qui l''ont capturé pour remplacer le fils du chef, parti avec des pirates...

A fast, funny and action-packed adventure from the award-winning author of the Tashi series. Boadicea lives with her grandfather, Admiral Bolderack, and is always dreaming of excitement and adventure. But when Boa discovers a secret from the Admiral''s past, and accidentally releases four terrifying pirates from her grandfather''s curse, she gets more excitement that she ever could have imagined. Can her best friend, Wiggy, brave the curse of the pirates to save Boa and the Admiral?

Another funny, action-packed pirate adventure from the award-winning author of Wiggy and Boa and the Tashi series. Boadicea lives with her grandfather, and a crew of pirates she released from a curse. LIfe is definitely looking up... except for Wiggy and Boa''s mean and stony-faced teacher Mr Rocke, who is determined to make life miserable for them. But then Mr Rocke mysteriously disappears. Can Wiggy and Boa rescue him before it''s too late?

Minton the spotty salamander loves things that move, and he''s always ready for adventure, but Turtle worries that it will end in disaster. From the creators of Tashi, here are two satisfying stories in one book, for beginner readers aged 4-6. Includes a guide to making your own model submarine and hot air balloon.

Minton the spotty salamander loves things that move, and he''s always ready for adventure, but Turtle worries that it will end in disaster. From the creators of Tashi, here are two satisfying stories in one book, for beginner readers aged 4-6. Includes a guide to making your own model car and truck.

An inventive salamander and his pessimistic friend Turtle help a lost acrobat find her way home from a desert island.

After his mother witnesses some shady dealings at the casino in which she performed, Jackson, a numbers freak, is forced to move to the suburbs where he becomes a pawn in a dangerous high-stakes game that leads to the disappearance of his new girlfriend.

In the fourteenth book about the ever-popular Tashi, a fire-breathing monster breaks out of Wise-as-an-Owl''s workshop and threatens them all, and when Tashi is accused of killing the carp in Soh Meen''s pond, he uses a Truth Potion to find the real culprit.

"''Chintu took one of his giant steps over to our village...and roared, Bring Tashi out to me!'' Jack ran all the way to school. Today Tashi was coming to tell him more stories...about Chintu, the giant, who is as big as a mountain, and the robber bandits, who kidnap him to be their son. Only someone as clever as Tashi could find a way to escape."--From the publisher.

When Jack''s class studies Egypt, Tashi relates an adventure he had in a burial ground discovered in his homeland, and then Jack describes Tashi''s search for a missing book of spells.

The eleventh book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. ''I raced up and down the street looking in doorways and behind stalls. But there was no Grandma.'' Tashi always has big adventures, like the time he''s lost in the city and has to escape from a mean man with a glass eye and a silver dagger then, on the way home, Tashi and Grandma are kidnapped by brigands called Fearless and Ferocious. But clever Tashi always knows what to do - stay calm, think hard and move fast. ''All children should meet Tashi. He can be their mentor on the road to reading, feeding their imaginations with fantastic stories The Tashi stories have the evergreen qualities of classics.'' - Joan Zahnleiter, Magpies ''This little book reads just like a junior version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.'' Victoria Collins Sunday Night Live ''I just can''t get enough of Tashi, and neither can any of the students at my school!.a fantastic sense of anticipation and adventure.Definitely add this one to your library!'' Fiona Deppeler, Balgowlah Heights Public School, NSW

Tashi recounts his experiences with a grumpy genie and a greedy uncle, and Jack tells his parents how Tashi, while visting his hometown, rescued the village''s kidnapped children from the dungeon of the local warlord.

Tashi''s exciting adventures continue in the 13th book of this captivating series as he must once again use his clever wit and trickery to outsmart harrowing demons. When the demons hijack one of Can-Du''s buses and kidnap his son in the process, Tashi must get behind the wheel to rescue Little Can-Du and catch the thief red-handed. Brave Tashi must pull out all the stops to drive the evil demons from the village and bring Little Can-Du back to safety.

Another five fabulous Tashi books all together in one big, fat volume. Ten terrific Tashi stories!