The Evolution of the Book

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "My Grandpa is a Dinosaur" by Richard FAIRGRAY & Terry JONES; illustrated by  Richard FAIRGRAY

Fiction Book:

• "Freak Street : Meet the Spysons" by KNIFE & PACKER  (Freak Street series)
• "Fantastic Mr Fox" by Roald DAHL

Non- Fiction:

• "Kitchen Science Lab for Kids : 52 Family Friendly Experiments from Around the House" by Liz Lee HEINECKE
• "How to Code : The Grown-Ups Guide - Troubleshooting Handbook for Parents & Teachers" by Max WAINEWRIGHT (How to Code series)

Reference:

• "Tangata Whenua : An Illustrated History" by Atholl ANDERSON; Judith BINNEY & Aroha HARRIS

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 - Children's Choice - Non-fiction

The HELL Children's Choice Non-fiction finalists are:

Anzac Heroes written by
 Maria Gill & illustrated
by Marco Ivancic

First to the Top written
by David Hill & illustrated
by Phoebe Morris

Wild Boy written by
Brando Yelavich

To find out more about the books and the authors take a look here.

See the list of Children's Choice Te Reo Maori and Young Adult finalists here.

Vote for your favourite book(s) HERE. Voting closes on 22nd July 2016.

Images via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 - Children's Choice - Junior Fiction

The HELL Children's Choice Junior Fiction finalists are:

The Girl Who Rode the Wind
written by Stacy Gregg

Eneny Camp
written by David Hill

Cool Nukes
written by Des Hunt

To find out more about the books and the authors take a look here.

Visit the blog again next week for the Children's Choice Non-fiction finalists or if you can't wait till then have a look here for a list of all the finalists.

Vote for your favourite HERE. Voting closes on 22nd July 2016.

Images via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Aliens Love Underpants/Aliens in Underpants Save the World" by Claire FREEDMAN; illustrated by Ben CORT (2 Books in 1)

Fiction Book:

• "Ella and Olivia : Flower Power" by Yvette POSHOLGLIAN  (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Christmas Wonderland" by Yvette POSHOLGLIAN  (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Johnny Danger : D.I.Y. Spy" by Peter MILLER  (Johnny Danger series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Killer Creatures" by Claire FREEDMAN (Navigators series)
• "How to Code : Book 3 - a Step-by-Step Guide to Computor Coding" by Max WAINEWRIGHT (How to Code series)
• "How to Code : Book 4 - a Step-by-Step Guide to Computor Coding" by Max WAINEWRIGHT (How to Code series)

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 - Children's Choice - Picture Books

The HELL Children's Choice Picture Book finalists are:

Kuwi's Huhu Hunt written &
illustrated by Kat Merriweather

Stripes! No, Spots! written &
 illustrated by Vasanti Unka

The House on the Hill written by Kyle Mewburn
& illustrated by Sarah Davis

To find out more about the books and the authors and illustrators take a look here.

Visit the blog again next week for the Children's Choice Junior Fiction finalists or if you can't wait till then have a look here for a list of all the finalists.

Vote for your favourite HERE. Voting closes on 22nd July 2016.

Images via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

Happy Birthday 2016!

St Brendan's Library Blog is Six Years Old Today

Image from www.publicdomainpictures.net HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Fiction Book:

• "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald DAHL
• "Amulet : Firelight" by Kazu KABUISHI  (Amulet series)
• "Derek 'Danger'Dale : The Case of Animals Behaving Really, Really Badly" by Michael Gerard BAUER  (Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Wellington by the Sea : 100 Years of Work and Play" by David JOHNSON
• "Traditional Celebrations" by Ian ROHR (Macmillan Young Library series)
• "City and Rural Celebrations" by Ian ROHR (Macmillan Young Library series)

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 - Children's Choice

The New Zealand Book Awards for Children's & Young Adults Finalists have been announced for 2016.  There are two finalist lists:

• A finalist list chosen by the award judging panel from which they will choose the winners and ...
• A finalist list chosen by children at Children's Choice judge schools, this year sponsored by Hells Pizza. It's books on this list that NZ school children like you can vote for.

Over the few weeks or so I'll be adding posts about the different Children's Choice category finalists. 

Some past Children's Choice Award winners have been:

2015 Children's Choice
Junior Fiction Winner
 "Island of Lost Horses"
by Stacy Gregg

2014 Overall Children's Choice Winner
"The Three Bears ... Sort Of" 
written by Yvonne Morrison; 
illustated by Donovan Bixley

You can vote online for your 2016 favourite HERE.

Goosebumps: 10 Things You Didn't Know About R.L.Stine ...

Are you a Goosebumps fan?
Do you think you know quite a bit about Goosebumps or R.L.Stine?
Would you like to know more?

Recently The Guardian published a picture piece about  Goosebumps: 10 Things You Didn't Know About R.L.Stine - in Pictures. 

Image from www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site

Luckily I don't consider myself an expert on Goosebumps or R.L. Stine, because I didn't know any of this!