Friday, March 27, 2020

Wonderopolis

Have you seen Wonderopolis?

I first posted about it in March 2013 when the latest wonder was "Wonder #879". Since then they have added more than 1600 wonders.

On our library blog you can find out about the Wonder of the Day by looking down the side panel of the blog to find the widget shown in the screenshot photo below.



There is a new wonder every day, just click on the widget picture or the title to find out more about the Wonder of the Day. You can look back at all the previous wonders by clicking the green View More Wonders button.
Check out Wonderopolis now - you might learn some interesting stuff and WOW your parents and teachers!

The Wonderopolis website is HERE

Thursday, March 26, 2020

David Walliams reads ...

Listen to David Walliams read a new story every day for 30 days. If you haven't heard him read before, now is your chance HERE.  It's great family fun!


Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Storytime from Space

Watch and listen to stories read by astronauts at the International Space Station.


Head along to the website HERE to see what stories they've read. 

You can also watch Science Time videos THERE too

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Most Popular in 2019

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2019 were:

1st      Dog Man by Dav Pilkey


2nd     Do Not Open This Book series

           by Andy Lee


3rd      Guinness World Records - 
           2016 Gamer Edition

4th=  Piggy and Gerald series by Mo Willems; Phoebe and Her Unicorn series by Dana Simpson.




5th=  The World's Worst Children series by David Walliams ; Gruesome and Gross Facts ; Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier.
     
6th= Minecraft Handbook series ; Minecraft Guide series ; Kingdom of Fantasy series by Geronimo Stilton.


7th=  Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi ; Pigeon series by Mo Willems ; Ripley's Believe It or Not - special edition ; Bunny vs Monkey series by Jamie Smart; Ella Diaries series by Meredith Costain; Baby Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series by Raina Telgemeier and others; Olivia's Secret Scribbles series by Meredith Costain.


8th=  Drama by Raina Telgemeier ; Sisters by Raina Telgemeier ; Pig the Pug series by Aaron Blabey ; Game On 2018 ; Guinness World Record seriesTreehouse series by Andy Griffiths; Roadworks by Sally Sutton ; Splat series by Rob Scotton ; Diary of a Minecraft Zombie series by Zac Zombie.


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

Is your favourite book, series or author on our Most Popular list for 2019?