The Australian Library and Information
Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for
the first quarter of 2015.
So great to see some fantastic Australian authors in the mix. Special shout out to Ellie Marney who recently visited us at Ashburton Library!
Children’s
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series (Jeff Kinney, Puffin)
‘Treehouse’ series (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
‘Geronimo and Thea Stilton’ series (Elisabetta Dami,
Scholastic)
‘Spot’ series (Eric Hill, Penguin)
The Wrong Book (Nick
Bland, Scholastic)
‘Just!’ series (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
Once (Morris Gleitzman, Penguin)
Peck Peck Peck (Lucy
Cousins, Walker Books)
‘Selby’ series (Duncan Ball, HarperCollins)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (John
Boyne, David Fickling).
Young
adult
‘Hunger Games’ series (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic)
‘Divergent’ series (Veronica Roth, HarperCollins)
The Fault in our Stars (John
Green, Penguin)
The Book Thief (Marcus
Zusak, Picador)
Looking for Alaska (John
Green, HarperCollins)
‘Percy Jackson’ series (Rick Riordan, Puffin)
The Maze Runner (James
Dashner, Chicken House)
Every Breath (Ellie
Marney, A&U)
An Abundance of Katherines (John
Green, Puffin)
‘Mortal Instruments’ series (Cassandra Clare, Walker Books)
What now?
Want to meet a fantastic Australian author?
I'm not sure if you've heard but Australian YA is a big deal. We have some seriously talented authors who write about amazingly diverse and exciting characters. A movement has started to push these stories into the spotlight. YA fiction isn't all about 'The Fault in Our Stars' (which is so fabulous, but I can't survive on John Green alone).
On The Jellicoe Road is a nostalgic book that stays with you. It is cleverly written so that both the readers and the characters come to the same conclusion at the same time. A thought provoking novel that inspires you to reflect upon your own life.
