On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Zebra Who Was Sad" by Rachel ELLIOT; illustrated by John BENDALL-BRUNELLO
• "I Am Too Absolutely Small for School" by Lauren CHILD (Charlie & Lola stories)

Fiction Book:

• "The 52-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS (Treehouse series)
• "Ava Anne Appleton : Up and Away" by Wendy HARMER (Ava Anne Appleton series)
• "Battle of the Mega-Mutants : Aquamaxitor" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)

Senior Fiction

• "The Royal Ranger" by John FLANAGAN (Ranger's Apprentice series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame : 25 Kiwi Champions" by Maria GILL
• "Mountains" by Margaret HYNES (Discover Science series)

Book Spine Art

Image from Pinterest HERE

This book sculpture by Marie Montard.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Construction" by Sally SUTTON; illustrated by Brian LOVELOCK
• "The Huge Bag of Worries" by Virginia IRONSIDE; illustrated by Frank RODGERS

Fiction Book:

• "Extra Time" by Morris GLEITZMAN
• "EJ Spy School : Puppy Alert" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ  Spy series)
• "EJ Spy School : Secret Spy" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ  Spy series)
• "Wier Do" by Anh DO (WeirDo series)

Senior Fiction

• "Gone" by Michael GRANT (Gone series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa" by Te Papa Museum
• "Motorbikes" by Clive GIFFORD (Machines at Work series)

Most Popular in 2014

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2014 were:

1st    The Dragon Prophecy (Kingdom of              Fantasy series) by Geronimo Stilton

2nd =   The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

                  by Jeff Kinney

           The Karate Mouse (Geronimo 

                  Stilton series) by Geronimo Stilton

           Pearlie series by Wendy Harmer

3rd=   Guinness World Records 2010

          Thea Stilton series by Thea Stilton

             Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

4th=  Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi; Cinderella by Ruth Sanderson; Boy 
        vs Beast series by Mac Park; Lego Ideas Book by Daniel Lipkowitz; 
        EJ12 series by Susannah Mc Farlane; Attack of the Clones by 
        Elizabeth Dowsett; Art Attack - Even More Cool Stuff! by Neil 
        Buchannan.  
      

5th=  Pilot & Huxley series by Dan McGuiness; Billie B Brown series by 

        Sally Rippin; Freak Street series by Knife & Packer; 

        The 39-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths; Geronimo Stilton 

        Graphic Novels series by Geronimo Stilton; Littlest Angels series 

        by Elizabeth Pulford; Ripleys Believe it or not Special Edition.

Many 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 or series of books on our Most Popular list? 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Lettice : The Flying Rabbit" by Mandy STANLEY
• "Lettice : The Dancing Rabbit" by Mandy STANLEY

Fiction Book:

• "Emily Feather and the Secret Mirror" by Holly WEBB (Emily Feather series)
• "Double Trouble : Dinosaur Danger" by Sarah FRASER (Double Trouble series)
• "Double Trouble : Skateboard Stars" by Felicity CARTER (Double Trouble series)
• "The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig" by Emer STAMP

Senior Fiction

• "The Blood of Olympus" by Rick RIORDAN (Heroes of Olympus series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Guinness World Records 2015"
• "In The Garden : Explore and Discover the New Zealand Backyard" by Gillian CANDLER & Ned BARRAUD

Back to School 2015

Image from HERE

Welcome back to school for 2015. I hope you had a great time over the holidays and that you've been enjoying the sunny weather we've had recently. I also hope you found time to read some good books! If you think any would be great additions to our library then please come along next week and tell me all about them - just in case we haven't already got them!

This week in the library I'm updating the classroom lists and adding new students to the library database so that you're all in your correct classroom for 2015.

Next week things should be getting back to normal, with new books on display and the library will be open for classroom visits and also at lunchtimes.

See you soon.

DK Find Out! - Online Encyclopedia

Book publisher DK has launched a free online encyclopedia for children providing similar content to DK's print books and covering topics ranging from science and math to geography. 

But it's not just for kids, parents and teachers can use it too!

http://www.dkfindout.com/uk/

I found out about DK find out! HERE