Welcome Back

Welcome back to the library blog for 2015.  Hope you have all had a great summer holiday and are settling into the new school year.  The library blog is a great place to see what is happening in the library and catch up on all the new books that are coming onto the shelves.  Unsure what to read next then this could be a good place to start.

Over the holidays I started to read the Impossible Quest Series by Kate Forsyth ... I managed to get through the first two and can't wait for the next one.

Escape from Wolfhaven Castle is book one of this exciting series.

 "Wolfhaven castle has been attacked and only four escape capture ... Tom, trained to scrub pots, not fight; Elanor, the lord's daughter; Sebastian, a knight in training; and Quinn, the witch's apprentice.

Somehow, if they are to save their people, these unlikely heroes must find four magical beasts from legend.  But first, they have to make it our of the castle alive .... "

Definitely one to look out for on the new book stand!

Books to Movies

Look out for these YOUNG ADULT titles in our library before you head to the movie theatre.  The Book is Always Better!!!!

The Giver by Lois Lowry - "Jonas lives safely within the community, a place where there is no war, no hunger and no pain.  But when he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, he starts to discover dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of his perfect world.  Secrets that will lead him to undertake an incredible journey ..."

The Fault in our stars by John Green - "Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal.  When a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten."

The Maze Runner by James Dashner -" When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas can remember is his first name.  But he's not alone.  He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade, an encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible maze."  Described as a "cryptic-pulse-pounding-adventure".

COMPETITION TIME!!

http://www.scholastic.com.au/schools/bookclub/competitions/summer.asp

To launch the 2014/2015 SUMMER READING CHALLENGE Scholastic is offering the chance to win your summer reading wish list. Wow!! Imagine having your own holiday reading collection. You can download a wish list from the above link or call into the library to pick up a competition.  Remember to look out for the reading challenge - this would be a great holiday activity!!!

New Picture Books from Local Author Peter Adolph

Local author Peter Adolph has written two new picture books now available in our library.  Mr Adolph used to teach at Waimataitai School!! Both books are illustrated by well known Timaru illustrator Richard Gunther and feature fabulous illustrations.

Mrs McQueen and the Wellington wind is a fun rhyming story inspired by Peter's grandmother who was once attacked by a ferious wind and The Leopardile is about a crime-busting creature. You won't want to miss them!

https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t701q-community-whanau-time

CHECK OUT THIS WONDERFUL e-BOOK WRITTEN BY ROOM 21.

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