On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Paddington" by Michael BOND; illustrated by R.W. Alley
• "The Eels of ANZAC Bridge" by Ali FOSTER; illustrated by Viv WALKER

Fiction Book:

• "Diamond" by Jacqueline WILSON
• "Big Nate in the Zone" by Lincoln PEIRCE (Big Nate series)
• "Billie B Brown : The Spotty Holiday" by  Sally RIPPIN (Billie B Brown series)
• "Hey Jack! : The Toy Sale" by  Sally RIPPIN (Hey Jack! series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Tomb of Shadows" by  Peter LERANGIS (Seven Wonders series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Mammals" by David BURNIE (Kingfisher Navigators series)
• "Modern Warships and Submarines" by David WEST & Alex PANG (Machines Close-up series)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10 Cover Reveal

Image from wimpykid.com

Find out more about book 10 at the Diary of a Wimpy Kid website HERE.

ANZAC Day 2015

Image from www.dia.govt.nz

Gallipoli landscape given a Minecraft makeover

The Gallipoli in Minecraft exhibition opened at Auckland Museum yesterday and runs until 11th October 2015. 

Follow the link HERE to read the NZ Herald article about the project and watch two short videos - one introducing the game and one showing the behind-the-scenes work.

A virtual world recreating the 1915 Gallipoli landscape in Minecraft will be downloadable from today - ANZAC Day.

To find out more you can go the the Auckland Museum website HERE and for the learning kit and game download go HERE.

Source: The New Zealand Herald & Auckland Museum

Sit Down With A Good Book

Image from Pinterest HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "I Knew You Could!" by Craig DORFMAN; illustrated by Cristina ONG
• "A New Hope" by Emma GRANGE (Lego StarWars : DK Readers series)

Fiction Book:

• "Pearlie and the Fairy Queen" by Wendy HARMER (Pearlie series)
• "The Secret of the Snow" by Thea STILTON (Thea Stilton series)
• "Storm Beast" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Timmy Failure : Now Look What You've Done" by Stephan PASTIS (Timmy Failure series)

Senior Fiction

• "Time Riders" by Alex SCARROW (Time Riders series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Meet ... Mary MacKillop" by Sally MURPHY
• "Our Big Blue Backyard : New Zealand's Oceans and Marine Reserves" by Janet HUNT

Now Even More Holiday Boredom Busters

Feeling a bit bored this school holidays?

You might want to try out some of these links:

Fun, games and videos with Timmy Failure at the Timmy Failure website.

Join Ava Anne Appleton for a word search, do some colouring in or make a bookmark at Ava Anne Appleton's website.

Find games and more fun stuff with Tom Gates at the Tom Gates website.

Download Alice-Miranda colouring in pages from the authors website.

And if you're still bored after looking at all those websites take a look at the earlier Boredom Buster blog posts HERE to check out the changes since last time you visited them.