Top ten kids books 2013

1. Glass Houses-Rachel Caine

2. Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban-J.K Rowling

3. Twilight-Stephenie Meyer

4. Alex rider :crocodile tears-Anthony Horowitz

5. The dead girls dance-Rachel Caine

6. Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth-Jeff Kinney

7. Harry potter and the goblet of fire-J.K Rowling

8. Mates, Dates and Sole Survivors-Cathy Hopkins

9. Survival-Chris Ryan

10. Percy Jackson and the battle of the labyrinth-Rick Riordan

From the top ten kids books 2013-the Guardian UK

NZ Post Book Awards Finalists for 2014

Our new library display this month shows some of the books which will be in the final of the NZ Post Book Awards on the 23rd of June.  Take a look and see what you might like to read.

 

Finalists are: 



 

Picture Books :

Machines and me : boats by Catherine Foreman

The Boring Book by Vasanti Unka

The Three Bears ... well sort of by Yvonne Morrison and Donovan Bixley

Watch Out Snail! by Gay Hay and Margaret Tolland

 

Junior Fiction:

A Winter's Day in 1939 by Melanie Szymanik

Dunger by Joy Cowley

Felix and the red rats by James Norcliffe

Project Huia by Des Hunt

The Princess and the Foal by Stacey Gregg

 

Non-Fiction

Wearable Wonders by Fifi Colston

Anzac Day: the New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry

Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber and Brian Lovelock

The Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in NZ by Paul Adamson

 

Young Adults:

A Necklace of Souls by R.L. Stedman

Bugs by Whiti Hereaka

Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox

Speed Freak by Fleur Beale

When we Wake by Karen Healey

 

 



 

 





Look out for our New Word Walls

 

 

 

Adding a bit of colour to the library are our new word walls. We think they look amazing.   Looking for a new author to try then check out our author wall above the desk for ideas!!