MARY POPPINS, LULU BELL, IVY + BEAN, rrp: $60 Pick up in Epsom, Auckland Reading level 5-12 A great mix of reads my daughters loved in primary school.

IVY + BEAN Two unlikely friends, the loud and fearless Bean, and the thoughtful and quiet Ivy. Yet the two discover that an adventure can reveal that even seemingly different people can become the best of friends.

LULU BELL Lulu Bell is a fun-loving, adventurous eight year old girl growing up living in a vet hospital.The stories are about friends, family and animal adventures and are very much inspired by Belinda’s own childhood growing up as the daughter of a vet.

MARY POPPINS Mary Poppins is a magical nanny who sweeps into the Banks home on Cherry Tree Lane and takes charge of the Banks children. She never acknowledges her strange and magical powers, and feigns insult when one of the children refers to her previous adventures.