New Releases by Colin Thompson

A book about a special relationship between a grandfather and his granddaughter who tries to see life through his eyes When you are very, very young or very, very old, you can see things out of the corner of your eye. In between, all you can see is all you can see. Unless you are very, very lucky. Then the corner of your eye stays awake forever. The story of an ageing man who has lost something. But what and where? His granddaughter, Sally, helps him find it. Subtle and touching, this is an emotional response to people trying their best to live in an imperfect world.

Radius Limpfast, TV producer extraordinaire, has sent the Contrast family to live in a glass dome on the moon. It will be the greatest reality TV show ever. What could possibly go wrong? Lots of things, actually, and the worst one is that after only a week on the moon, the family are bored out of their brains. But the door of their spaceship is locked and won''t open for five years. Luckily, rRego, their genius robot, comes to the rescue. He breaks into the spaceship, reprograms it, and the Contrasts set off back to Earth. Except, when they get there, Earth seems to have turned pink and got two more moons ...

A CBC-shortlisted picture book - now in a ''Big Book'' format! When a new baby is born it''s difficult to tell if it will grow up to be big or small or brave or scared of the dark and spiders. So sometimes babies get the wrong name. It''s the same with dogs. So when the Claybourne-Willments, who should have been called the Smiths, got Fearless as a little puppy, it seemed a good name for him. Except Fearless wasn''t. How does Fearless finally live up to his name? By accident, of course! Ages 4+ AWARDS Winner, CBCA Junior Judges Children''s Choice Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, KOALA Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, YABBA Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, COOL Award, Picture Book, 2010 Winner, KROC Award, Picture Book, 2010 Shortlisted, Children''s Book Council Book of the Year Awards, Early Childhood, 2010 ''the illustrations are accurate depictions of doggie habits, the expressions are clearly readable and the extra inclusions are clever, entertaining and appropriately pitched to the early reader. this is a wonderful pictorial study of a family and their pet.'' Children''s Book Council judges 2010

"Everything in this book is true. You might think some things are just too unbelievable or funny or silly to be true, but every tiny detail really did happen." Take one small boy; add manic depression, three wives, three daughters, two divorces, amazing creative talent, and Asperger''s syndrome. In this memoir, Colin Thompson invites you to explore his almost-unbelievable life from past to present, though not necessarily in that order. Filled with family photographs and mesmerising illustrations drawn by the author himself, prepare to step inside the life and mind of an extraordinary man. If you, or your friends or relations, have ever felt that you do not fit in this world, then this book will tell you how one person survived it all.

You never know what you fill find in an abandoned super villain base! It could be priceless treasure or it could be a deadly trap or villain. Perhaps you could even find potential allies. From the Underground contains new heroes, villains, traps, super teams, and gear, suitable for use in any campaign. For use with the Base Raiders Role Playing Game and is compatible with most Fate system games.

Kids adore Colin Thompson’s brand of off-the-planet humour. Now here’s an off-the-planet series to make them laugh even more! Radius Limpfast is one of the world’s richest men. His reality TV shows have made him billions. The next series is always greater than the one before and yet he is never satisfied. Then one night, after a particularly creative bacon curry, Radius dreams up the ultimate reality show. No matter whatever anyone else comes up with, they will never be able to top it. Radius is going to send a family to the moon. Limpfast TV will pick an ordinary family, just like yours, build a rocket and a big glass dome and put them all together on the moon. And the whole world will be able to tune in and watch them whenever they like. This will be reality TV at its finest. What could possibly go wrong?

Everyone''s favourite scaredy-cat bulldog is back -- with puppies! Everyone''s favourite scaredy-cat bulldog returns in a brand-new adventure! When we last saw Fearless, he had fallen head over paws for the beautiful Primrose. Now, they''ve got puppies to care for, and Fearless must figure out what it means to be a father. Fearless warns his children about the dangers lurking around every corner -- things like vacuum cleaners and handbags -- but when Primrose is in trouble, will Fearless put aside his fears or will it be brave pup Eric to the rescue? Another charming and hilarious tale about Fearless the bulldog, from award-winning duo Colin Thompson and Sarah Davis. Ages: 2-5

In the final book of the Floods series, the job of running the Kingdom of Transylvania Waters is up for grabs. Who will replace King Nerlin? Nothing lasts forever, not even for Nerlin, King of the wizards. He is bored and tired and wants one of his children to take over as ruler of Transylvania Waters so he can retire to his holiday cottage in the Enchanted Valley and grow chickens. The trouble is, none of the children want the job. But then, out of nowhere, a long lost face from Nerlin''s past arrives and everything is thrown into disarray. Who is Gertrude and who will end up ruler of Transylvania Waters? The answers to this - and more - are inside this book . . .

Nothing and nobody is safe in this third collection of hysterically funny poetry. WARNING: only read this book if you have a sense of humour! There’s something really nasty on the bottom of my shoe It’s making me feel sick. Can’t you smell it too? I don’t know what it is, but it smells much worse than poo. COLIN THOMPSON''S hilarious poems are wonderfully matched by illustrator PETER VISKA''s zany illustrations. They team up again on My Brother Drinks Out of the Toilet and other poems and The Dog''s Just Been Sick in the Honda and other poems.

A riotous collection of poetry about toilet-water drinkers, non-stop eaters, rock ‘n’ roll teachers and much, much more! My brother drinks out of the toilet; He does it to make Mum go mad. Each time she catches him at it She says, ''I’m telling your dad.’ COLIN THOMPSON''s hilarious poems are wonderfully matched by illustrator PETER VISKA''s zany illustrations.They team up again on There''s Something Really Nasty on the Bottom of My Shoe and other poems and The Dog''s Just Been Sick in the Honda and other poems.

Save the world – but live forever. Peter and Festival have a terrifying choice to make . . . When Peter and his friend Festival destroyed the book called How To Live Forever so it could no longer work its spell, they didn’t know it would have disastrous consequences. Now, Peter’s world is in the worst drought ever – and Festival’s world, inside the museum, is drowning. The only solution is to re-create the book. Can they reverse the water flow? And if they re-create the evil book, can they hide it so it can never be read again?

Most people don''t like being different. They want exactly the same things as their neighbours, only bigger and more of them. Yet no matter how much they have, they always feel there is something missing. The Smiths are not like other people. They might not be any good at cooking, or housework, or homework, but in their jumbled house full of strange things that will probably come in useful one day, they are happy and content. Well, almost. The Smiths, too, feel that there is something missing from their lives. And today the children went down to the shops and found it.

Fully illustrated and full colour throughout, Floodsopedia will improve your life in exciting and dramatic ways you never imagined, unless you imagined bacon, mildew, boils and germs.

In Transylvania Waters Mordonna and Nerlin should be King and Queen. But there are some seriously nasty characters standing in their way . . . After years on the run, the Floods are coming home. And just in time too. Since Nerlin and Mordonna fled Transylvania Waters, things there have gone from worse to much worse. King Quatorze has bled the country dry. He''s even sold everyone''s shoelaces. It''s time for a change, time for life with a lot less cabbage and a lot more chocolate. But first the Floods have to get rid of the old king . . .

Ruby was made in 1934 by Austin Motor Company in Longbridge, England. She''s shiny, she''s beautiful and this is her story.

The first in a laugh-out-loud series from the ingenious mind of much-loved children''s author Colin Thompson. Nerlin and Mordonna Flood have seven children, most of whom were not created in the traditional way like you or me, but were made in the cellar, using incredible mystical powers, some very shiny Jamie Oliver saucepans and a small chemistry set. The youngest child, Betty, is a normal, pretty little girl - but she''s a useless witch. Her attempts at magic often go wrong, with unexpected yet welcome results. The next-door neighbours should’ve known better than to rob a family of witches and wizards. But they did, and they''re about to find out what the Floods do to bad neighbours...

The Floods take on Wall Street and solve the global financial crisis in the ninth book of their hilarious, bestselling adventures. The world is in a recession and millions of people have lost millions of dollars. And just when things are about to get even worse, the Floods set up Summer School in New York and take control. Hooray, help is at hand - but as they say, charity begins at home. So millions of people will probably lose millions more dollars, but it will all work out fine in the end. Well, for the Floods anyway. Hey, come on. They’re witches and wizards, not some sort of charity.

When Betty becomes best friends with her new neighbor, and attempts to use magic to help her adjust to the new school, some surprising things happen. 15,000 first printing. Reprint.

Looks can be deceiving. . . . Betty Flood looks normal, she attends a normal school, and she does normal homework. She comes from a family of wizards and witches, though, and that means she is anything but normal. Betty''s new best friend, Ffiona Hulbert, however, is a completely ordinary girl from a regular family. She even has normal problems—like school-yard bullies. When Betty decides to use the Floods'' magic to help Ffiona and her family, you can bet that even they won''t be normal for long!

Orkward Warlock hated everyone. Sometimes, for practice, he even hated himself. But Orkward Warlock had one hate that was deeper than all his other hates. The thing that he hated more than anything in the whole universe was the Floods.

Bad luck seems to follow Norman and Brenda. Neither can find someone to love. Both try a pet, but it''s not the solution hoped for. And then one day Norman and Brenda meet.

After years on the run, the Floods are coming home. And just in time too. Since Nerlin and Mordonna fled Transylvania Waters, things there have gone from worse to much worse. King Quatorze has bled the country dry. He''s even sold everyone''s shoelaces.

A family of wizards and witches living in an ordinary neighborhood in an ordinary town decides that they have had enough of the noisy family living next-door and makes them disappear.

George, a lonely orphan who lives with his grandmother, finds happiness and love after he brings a sad dog named Jeremy home from an animal shelter.

While the Floods were on holiday with their human friends the Hulberts, the Hearse Whisperer totally destroyed their home back in Acacia Avenue. So now they''re on the run again . . . To avoid detection they are, like, totally heavily disguised, man.

Building and Communicating Shareholder Value will be the single most valuable investment your organisation makes on the road to delivering sustainable shareholder value. The creation of shareholder value is the primary objective of any organisation, be it a plc or privately funded company - and research indicates that the pressure senior managers already face to deliver value will intensify significantly into the future with a global economy. Today, it is vital that all senior management builds and delivers superior long-term value to meet and exceed the expectations of all its organisations shareholders. Discover how this book will enable you to deliver superior long-term value to its shareholders and encompass the retention of its employees, customers and suppliers for long-term benefits. ''Success is within you and the sky''s the limit. Have passion to learn and let the knowledge help you to be successful in life'' Colin Thompson

Comparing the short, happy lives of rats with the long, complicated, dissatisfied lives of humans can lead to depression for the humans. The answer: simplify.