Monday, March 18, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "Another Book About Santa" by Laura BUNTING; illustrated by Philip BUNTING
Fiction:
  • "Dragon Girls : Quinn the Treasure Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
  • "I Survived : The Great Chicago Fire, 1871" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
  • "Stacey's Mistake" by Ann M. MARTIN; illustrated by Ellen CRENSHAW (The Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)
  • "Spy Academy : The Peak" by Jack HEATH (Spy Academy series)

Non-fiction:
  • "Easy Paper Projects" by Maggy WOODLEY
  • "Journeying with the Venerable Suzanne Aubert" by The Sisters of Compassion
Reference:
  • "Plants and Fungi! Our Growing World as You've Never Seen It Before" (DK Knowledge Encyclopedia series)


Thursday, March 14, 2024

Most Popular in 2023


The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2023 were:


1st      Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series by Mary Ann Martin; illustrated by Reina Telgemeier, Chan Chau & others


2nd    Minecraft Guides series

3rd       Sisters  by Reina Telgemeier

4th=     
Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey            
            Minecraft Bite-Size Builds series
            

5th= Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series Mary Ann Martin, illustrated by Katy Farina & others; Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins.

6th    Guts by Reina Telgemeier.

7th= The Piggy and Gerald series (Elephant and Piggy) by Mo Willems; Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier; The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag; Science Comics series by Andy Hirsch & others; Game On! series; The Witches - Graphic Novel by Roald Dahl; illustrated by Penelope Bagieu; Investigators series by John Patrick Green.


8th= Twins by Varian Johnson; Glitch by Sarah Graley; Cat Kid series by Dav Pilkey;  Ella Diaries series by Meredith Costain; Meet Ella series by Rebecca McRitchie; Minecraft Vol 2 - Graphic Novel; Minecraft Epic Inventions by Thomas McBrien; Absolutely Nat by Maria Scriven.

9th=  Drama by Reina Telgemeier; Amulet series by Kazu Kabuishi; City of Dragons series by Jaimal Yogis; The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey; Wings of Fire - Graphic Novel series by Tui Sutherland.

Some of these books are previous favourites and are also on earlier Most Popular in ... lists, but a few are new to the list this year. 

Is your favourite book, series or author on our Most Popular list for 2023? 

Monday, March 11, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "Fire Dog Frizzle" by Jill EGGLETON; illustrated by John BENNETT
  • "Fat Cat and Baby Bird" by Jill EGGLETON; illustrated by Grant SNOW
Fiction:
  • "Ella Diaries : Flash Mob" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series)
  • "Mischief and Mayhem : The Cursed Bunny" by Ken LAMUG (Mischief and Mayhem series)
  • "Megamonster" by David WALLIAMS

Non-fiction:
  • "Minecraft Explorer's Handbook" by Mojang (Minecraft Legend series)
  • "The Story of Venerable Suzanne Aubert" by The Sisters of Compassion
Senior Fiction:
  • "Wings of Fire : Winter Turning" by Tui SUTHERLAND (Wings of Fire - Graphic Novel series)


Monday, March 4, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "The Little Yellow Digger Saves Christmas" by Peter GILDERDALE; illustrated by Fifi COLSTON
  • "Winston and the Indoor Cat" by Leila RUDGE
Fiction:
  • "Dragonvine" Based on the series by Cressida COWELL  (How to Train Your Dragon series)
  • "The Bad Guys : Let the Games Begin" by Aaron BLABEY (The Bad Guys series)
  • "Carries War" by Nina BAWDEN

Non-fiction:
  • "Te Nanu : The Disappointment" by Gina TAGGART & Alison CONDON (The Chronicles of Paki series)
  • "Words about Birds of Aotearoa New Zealand" by Geoffrey FULLER
Senior Fiction:
  • "Sunny Makes a Splash" by Jennifer L. HOLM;  illustrated by Matthew HOLM

Monday, February 26, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week


Picture Book:

  • "Squitty Fish" by Jill EGGLETON; illustrated by Trish DONALD
  • "Papa Joe's Shed" by Jill EGGLETON; illustrated by Ricky RUMSEY
Fiction:
  • "Leon the Extraordinary" by Jamar NICHOLAS
  • "Odder" by Katherine APPLEGATE
  • "Diary of a Pug : Pugs Got Talent" by Lauren TARSHIS (Diary of a Pug series)

Non-fiction:
  • "Minecraft Survival Handbook" by Mojang (Minecraft Legend series)
  • "Escape at 10,000 Feet" by Tom SULLIVAN (Unsolved Case Files series)
Senior Fiction:
  • "Rebound" by Kwame ALEXANDER

Monday, February 19, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "Little Ruby and Friends" by Ruby TUI; illustrated by Samoni CAVANDER
  • "The 12 Days of Christmas" illustrated by Louis SHEA
Fiction:
  • "Wizarding for Beginners" by Elys DOLAN
  • "Tom Gates : Happy to Help" by Liz PICHON (TomGates series)
  • "The Dragon Prince : Bloodmoon Huntress" by Nicole ANDELFINGER (The Dragon Prince series)

Non-fiction:
  • "Super Slime" edited by Sophie PARKES
  • "How to Solve the Rubik's Cube"
Senior Fiction:
  • "Oddballs" by James RALLINSON, illustrated by Ethan BANVILLE

Monday, February 12, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week




Picture Book:

  • "Pearl in a Whirl - How One Fluffy Cat Braved the Floods" by Catherine ROBERTSON; illustrated by Fifi COLSTON
  • "Mia and Leo Go Wild!" by Gillian CANDLER; illustrated by Gavin MOULDEY
Fiction:
  • "The Borrowed Puppy" by Holly WEBB
  • "300 Minutes of Mystery" by Jack HEATH
  • "I Survived : Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)

Non-fiction:
  • "Minecraft Legends : A hero's Guide to Saving the Overworld" by Mojang (Minecraft Legend series)
  • "Rustle : Native Plants of Aotearoa" by Donovan BIXLEY
Senior Fiction:
  • "Geek Girl : Head Over Heels" by Holly SMALE (Geek Girl series)

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "Kara the Kakapo" by Danni RAE; illustrated by Evan HEASMAN
  • "What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday" by Julia DONALDSON; illustrated by Lydia MONKS
Fiction:
  • "Kidnap at Mystery Island" by Carol GARDEN
  • "Ham Helsing : Monster Hunter" by Rich MOYER (Ham Helsing series)
  • "Dragon Girls : Aisha the Sapphire Dragon" by Maddi MARA (Dragon Girls series)

Non-fiction:
  • "Minecraft : Super Bite-Sized Builds" by Mojang (Minecraft : Bite-Sized Builds series)
  • "Tuatara - A Living Treasure" by Katie FURZE; illustrated by Ned BARRAUD
Senior Fiction:
  • "The Chalice of the Gods" by Rick RIORDAN (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

End of Year 2023 - Update

Congratulations to Room 11 who were the first class with all student library books returned. 
Lets hope a few more classes are able to return their remaining overdues by the last day of term!"

The library stocktake is now completed. We still have a number of books that are missing - they are not in the library and they are not on issue. We'd love to have these books back again, so if you find any hiding behind shelves or under the furniture over the holidays, at school or at home, please put them in a safe place ready to drop back to the library next year.

(Updated every day or so until 15 December 2023)

Monday, November 27, 2023

Getting Ready for End of Year 2023

The Christmas School Holidays are not far away now, but before they arrive there are some important tasks to get done. In the library we are preparing for our annual end of year stocktake!

All library books are due back on or before this Friday, 1st December. You can help by returning all your library books to the library "As Soon As Possible" and before the end of this week please.

Will your class will be first to return all their library books this year? 

If you have any other school books, such as journals, junior reading books and class books lying around at home then now is a good time to return these to school too.

Friday, November 24, 2023

Hutt Valley Summer Reading Challenge


Upper Hutt Libraries are very excited to be joining with Hutt City Libraries to offer an amazing summer reading challenge to encourage tamariki to get excited about reading this summer, have fun playing, and be in to win cool prizes!

For more information about The Little, Big and Even Bigger Read click HERE

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

On the New Books Display this Week



Picture Book:

  • "Nadia Lim's Mischievous Milly" by Nadia LIM; illustrated by Fifi COLSTON
  • "Weka's Waiata" by Niki SLADE-ROBINSON
Fiction:
  • "Deltora Quest 2" by Emily RODDA  (Deltora Quest series)
  • "Dragon Girls : Mei the Ruby Treasure Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
  • "I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
  • "Go Ahead, Secret Seven" by Enid BLYTON (Secret Seven series)
Non-fiction:
  • "Te Hui - The Meeting" by Alison CONDON & Gina TAGGART (Chronicles of Paki series)
  • "Te Tohu - The Signing" by Alison CONDON & Gina TAGGART (Chronicles of Paki series)