HarperCollins Media Bites May 2021

Funny Kid: Prank Aliens MAT T S TANTON

Before You Were Born K ATR I NA GE RME I N ( I L L . H É L È N E MAG I S SON ) A wonderfully inclusive book to celebrate the anticipated birth of a child.

Ready to see a real-life alien? Laugh your head off with the super-popular Funny Kid series! Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen. He’s also the kid who’s keen to spend the most boring school holidays ever coming up with the greatest prank of all time. Max is the funny kid and he’s going to prank the world! Conspiracy theories, crop circles, alien invasions, a mayor who has lost his marbles and the most Un-fun Fair in the universe are just some of the things in store for Max and his friends in this brand-new Funny Kid adventure.

Before you were born and while you grew, there was a party just for you.

This heartwarming picture book captures the excitement and anticipation of the arrival of a baby. Filled with love, hope and happiness, it celebrates the universal joy of new babies in all kinds of families.

Released: 05/05/21 HB | 32pp | Ages 0-2 AU $19.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: Working Title Press

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Released: 05/05/21 PB | 272pp | Ages 7+ AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Imprint: ABC Books

Night Ride into Danger JACK I E F R E NCH

Truly Tyler T E RR I L I B E NSON A story about being your truest self – and trusting your truest friends. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Shannon Hale. Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school. Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can’t he nerd out on drawing and play ball. Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don’t think she’s cool enough. Maybe it’s time for a total reinvention. Don’t miss the rest of the Emmie & Friends series: Invisible Emmie , Positively Izzy , Just Jaime and Becoming Brianna .

Six mysterious passengers and seven dark secrets. Who can be trusted? It’s a dark and dangerous journey for the Cobb and Co night mail coach, but when his coach-driver father is injured, young Jem Donovan must take the reins. Surely a boy like Jem can’t handle a team of four horses and guide the coach on a rough bush track through fog and untold dangers? But there are six passengers on the coach tonight, each with a secret. And if Jem can’t get them all to their destination by morning, the seventh secret could be deadly.

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Released: 05/05/21 PB | 256pp | Ages 10+ AU $16.99 NZ $19.99 Imprint: Angus & Robertson

Released: 05/05/21 PB | 192pp | Ages 8+ AU $16.99 NZ $19.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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