End of Year 2022 - Update

Congratulations to Room 4 who were the first class with all student library books returned, followed a couple of days later by Room 3. 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 2022)

End of Year Reminder 2022

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Getting Ready for End of Year 2022

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 next Monday, 5th December. You can help by returning all your library books to the library "As Soon As Possible" and by next Monday 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.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "I'm an Inky Octopus" by Stephanie THATCHER
• "Grumpy Monkey Up All Night" by Suzanne LANG; illustrated by Max LANG

Fiction Book:

• "143-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS; illustrated by Terry DENTON (Treehouse series)  
• "Gawain Greytail and the Terrible Tab" by Cornelia FUNKE; illustrated by Monica ARMINO
• "Goldie" by Ellen MILES (Puppy Place series)  
• "City of Dragons : The Awakening Storm" by Jaimal YOGIS; Illustrated by Vivienne TRUONG (City of Dragons series)

Non-fiction:

• "Animal Knowledge Genius!" by Stevie DICK & Lizzie MUNSEY

Senior Fiction:

• "Katipo Joe : Spycraft" by Brian FALKNER (Katipo Joe series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Story of Swoop" by Matt OWENS & Emma GUSTAFSON
• "Twinkle, Twinkle, Matariki/Tīrama, Tīrama, Matariki" by Rebecca LARSEN

Fiction Book:

• "The Clockwork Queen" by Peter BUNZL
• "Karen's Kittycat Club" by Mary Ann MARTIN & Katy FARINA (Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)  
• "Day One - Into the Cave of Thieves" by Ralph LAZAR & Lisa SWERLING (Total Mayhem series) 
• "Meet Ella : Ballet Class" by Rebecca McRITCHIE (Meet Ella series) 

Non-fiction:

• "Te Hopu a Māui e a te Rā/How Maui Slowed the Sun" by Peter GOSSAGE; translated by Merimeri PENFOLD
• "Te-Ika-a-Māui/The Fish of Maui" by Peter GOSSAGE; translated by Merimeri PENFOLD

Senior Fiction: 

• "Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep" by Philip REEVE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Matariki" by Kirsten PARKINSON & Kitty BROWN
• "We Found a Cat" by Heidi McKINNON

Fiction Book:

• "Magicat" by Jennifer Gray & Amanda SWIFT
• "Paris Takes over the World - New York" by Zanni Louise (Paris Takes over the World series)  
• "Bad Guys : Episode 14 - They're Bee-Hind You" by Aaron BLABEY (Bad Guys series) 
• "Camp Midnight" by Laura SIEVEKING (Ella at Eden series) 

Non-fiction:

• "What is Climate Change?" by Louise SPILSBURY; illustrated by Mike GORDON

Senior Fiction:

• "Time Riders : The Mayan Prophecy" by Alex SCARROW (Time Riders series)  
• "City Boy" by Alan COMBES

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ming's Iceberg" by Kiri LIGHTFOOT; illustrated by Kimberley ANDREWS
• "Mini Whinny : No Place Like Home" by Stacy GREGG; illustrated by Ruth PAUL

Fiction Book:

• "Cheesemares" by Ross COLLINS
• "The Ghost of Thomas Kempe" by Penelope LIVELY 
• "Fart Boy : The First Sniff" by Adam WALLACE (Fart Boy series)  
• "Unicorn of Many Hats" by  Dana SIMPSON (Phoebe and her Unicorn series)
• "Weir Do : Spinning Weird!" by Ahn DO (Weir Do series)

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft Combat Handbook" by Craig JELLY

Senior Fiction:

• "Wings of Fire - The Flames of Hope" by Tui T. SUTHERLAND (Wings of Fire series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Snow Lion" by Jim HELMORE; illustrated by Richard JONES
• "Takahe Trouble" by Sally SUTTON

Fiction Book:

• "Tom Gates : Random Acts of  Fun" by Liz PICHON (Tom Gates series)  
• "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" by Joan AITKEN
• "Friday Barnes : Undercover" by R.A SPRATT (Friday Barnes series)  
• "Meet Ella : Birthday Surprise" by Rebecca McRITCHIE; Illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Meet Ella series)
• "Jason Banks and the Pumpkin of Doom" by Gillian CROSS
• "Suki, Alone" by Faith Erin HICKS; Illustrated by Adele MATERA & Peter WARTMAN (Avatat : The Last Airbender series)

Non-fiction:

• "Celebrating Matariki" by Jill MACGREGOR (Children of the Pacific series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Katipo Joe : Blitzkrieg" by Brian FALKNER (Katipo Joe series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Kororā and the Sushi Shop" by Linda Jane KEEGAN; illustrated by Jenny COOPER

 Mature Picture Book:

• "The Astromancer : The Rising of Matariki" by Witi IHIMAERA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

Fiction Book:

• "Young Werewolf" by Cornelia FUNKE
• "Good-Bye Stacey, Good-Bye" by Ann M. MARTIN & Gabriela EPSTEIN (The Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)  
• "Musical Mystery" by Laura SIEVEKING (Ella at Eden series)  
• "Grumpy Monkey Freshly Squeezed" by Suzanne LANG (Grump Monkey - Graphic Novel series)  
• "Weir Do : Tasty Weird!" by Ahn DO (Weir Do series)

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft : Amazing Bite-Size Builds - Over 20 Awesome Mini Projects"   

Senior Fiction:

• "The Clockwork Crow" by Catherine FISHER

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Olivia the Spy" by Ian FALCONER
• "Colour the Stars / Taea Nga Whetu" by Dawn McMILLAN; illustrated by Keinyo WHITE

Fiction Book:

• "Ham Helsing : Vampire Hunter" by Rich MOYER (Ham Helsing series)  
• "Blamehounds" by Ross COLLINS
• "Ella Diaries : Dolphin Dreaming" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series)  
• "Meet Ella : Tooth Trouble" by Rebecca McRITCHIE; Illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Meet Ella series)
• "Fart Boy : Ready, Aim, Fart!" by Adam WALLACE (Fart Boy series)

Non-fiction:

• "New Zealand Forest Wildlife" by Dave GUNSON
• "Voices of World War II - New Zealanders Share Their Stories" by Renee HOLLIS

Senior Fiction:

• "Where the River Runs Gold" by Sita BRAHMACHARI

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Wild Guide to Starting School" by Laura BUNTING; illustrated by Philip BUNTING

Fiction Book:

• "Five Go Adventuring Again" by Enid BLYTON; Illustrated by BEJA & NATAEL (The Famous Five - Graphic Novel series)  
• "The Beast" by Michaela MORGAN
• "Absolutely Nat" by Maria SCRIVAN ( Nat Enough series)  
• "Meet Ella : Tooth Trouble" by Rebecca McRITCHIE; Illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Meet Ella series)
• "School of Fish : Frozen Fish" by Louis SHEA (School of Fish series)

Non-fiction:

• "Matariki Around the World : A Cluster of Stars, A Cluster of Stories" by Miriama KAMO & Rangi MATAMUA; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

Senior Fiction:

• "Hacking, Heists and Flaming Arrows" by Robert MUCHAMORE (Robin Hood series)
• "Quarantine" by Philippa WERRY (My New Zealand Story series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Flamingo Celeste is Not like the Rest" by Celeste BARBER; illustrated by Heath McKENZIE

 Mature Picture Book:

• "Please Write Soon : An Unforgettable Story of Two Cousins in World War II" by Michael ROSEN; illustrated by Michael FOREMAN

Fiction Book:

• "Fairy Unicorns : Wind Charm" by Zanna DAVIDSON; Illustrated by Alexandre VIEIRA
• "The Aquanaut" by Dan SANTAT
• "Kristy and the Snobs" by Ann M. MARTIN & Chan CHAU (The Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)  
• "Last Ride at Luna Park" by Geronimo STILTON, Elisabetta DAMI & Tom ANGLEBERGER (Geronimo Stilton Graphic series)
• "Pearl the Lucky Unicorn" by Sally ODGERS (Pearl the Unicorn series)

Non-fiction:

• "Skyscrapers : The Heights of Engineering" by John KIRSCHBAUM (Science Comics series)   

Senior Fiction:

• "Cloudburst" by Wilbur SMITH & Chris WAKLING (Jack Courtney Adventures series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Aunt Kelly's Dog" by Helen Vivienne FLETCHER; illustrated by Ian GARMONSWAY
• "Jenny No-Knickers" by Hellen Vivienne FLETCHER; illustrated by Ian GARMONSWAY
• "Hope is a Spark" by Colin BUCHANAN; illustrated by  Serena GEDDES

Fiction Book:

• "Five on a Treasure Island" by Enid BLYTON; Illustrated by BEJA and NATAEL
• "Bad Guys 15 : Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!" by Aaron BLABEY (Bad Guys series)  
• "The Secret Journal" by Laura SIEVEKING (Ella at Eden series)  
• "Sparks!: Future Purrfect" by Ian BOOTHBY; illustrated by Nina MATSUMOTO (Sparks! series)  
• "The Memory Thief" by Leonie AGNEW  

Non-fiction:

• "Rocks and Minerals : Geology from Caverns to the Cosmos" by Andy HIRSCH (Science Comics series)   

Senior Fiction:

• "The Mystery of Me" by Karen McCOMBIE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Worrysaurus" by Rachel BRIGHT; illustrated by Chris CHATTERTON

Fiction Book:

• "Star Wars - The Original Trilogy - Graphic Novel" by George LUCAS and others; Illustrated by Alessandro PASTROVICCHIO
• "InvestiGators" by John Patrick GREEN (InvestiGators series)  
• "To the Rescue" by Jess BLACK (Pepper Creek Ponies series)  
• "Meet Ella : New Teacher" by Rebecca McRITCHIE (Meet Ella series)  
• "Meet Ella : Spotty Puppy" by Rebecca McRITCHIE (Meet Ella series)  

Non-fiction:

• "The Digestive System : A Tour Through Your Guts" by Jason VIOLA (Science Comics series)   

Senior Fiction:

• "Worry Angels" by Jane RAY
• "Orion Lost" by Alastair CHISHOLM

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Lost Penguin" by Claire FREEDMAN; illustrated by Kate HINDLEY  
• "Hugless Douglas and the Baby Birds" by David MELLING 

Fiction Book:

• "Minecraft : Volume 2" by Sfe R. MONSTER (Minecraft series) 
• "Ella Diaries : Camp Gold Rush" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series)  
• "Spirit Riding Free : Riding Academy Race" by Stacia DEUTSCH (Spirit Riding Free series) 
• "Catwad - You're Making me Six" by Jim BENTON (Catwad series) 

Non-fiction:

• "Racing Car Driver" by John ALLAN (Math Adventures 2 series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Time Riders : The Pirate Kings" by Alex SCARROW (Time Riders series)  
• "Straight on Till Morning" by Liz BRASWELL (A Twisted Tale series)  

Book Fair 2022 - Update

St Brendan's Book Fair has wrapped up for another year. A BIG Thank You to everyone who came along, helping to make it another very successful Book Fair. This year, sales earned us 50 free new books for our library collection. 

An extra special thank you to the families who purchased a "Red Dot" book for donation to the library - keep a look out for them on the library “New Books Display” during this term, they'll all have special Book Fair 2022 Donation book plates inside!  

Students who were waiting for books on order from the Scholastic Book Fair warehouse should have received these Thursday last week.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2022 - Winners

 Have you seen this years winning books yet?

Find out more about the winners HERE.

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

Book Fair 2022

 All purchases from the Book Fair help to 

earn new resources for our library.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2022 - Non-Fiction

 

Draw Some Awesome written and Illustrated by Donovan Bixley

How Do I Feel? A Dictionary of Emotion's for Children by Rebekah Lipp; illustrated by Craig Phillips

Kia Kaha, A Storybook of Māori Who Changed the World by Stacey Morrison and Jeremy Sherlock

Why is That Spider Dancing? by Simon Pollard and Phil Sirvid

Atua : Māori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop

See the list of Te Reo Maori, Young Adult and other award finalists HERE.

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

Book Fair 2022 - Coming Soon

Where: In the Library

When: Opens Week 1, Term 3

St Brendan's School Book Fair 2022 will be open before and/or after school on most weekdays between the afternoon of Wednesday, 27th July and Thursday, 4th August. Check back here soon for more information about Book Fair opening hours. All purchases from the Book Fair help to earn free books for our school library.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2022 - Junior Fiction

Amorangi and Millie's Trip Through Time by Lauren Keenan

The Memory Thief  by Leonie Agnew

The Tomo by Mary-anne Scott

The Uprising : The Mapmakers in Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter, illustrated by Kirsten Slade

Spark Hunter by Sonya Wilson


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

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Seven Kites of Matariki" by Calico McCLINTOCK; illustrated by Dominique FORD  
• "Ngā Manu Tukutuku e Whitu o Matariki" by Calico McCLINTOCK; translated by Ngaere ROBERTS; illustrated by Dominique FORD 

Fiction Book:

• "Riding Out" by Jess BLACK (Pepper Creek Ponies series) 
• "I Survived : The Nazi Invasion, 1944 - Graphic Novel" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)  
• "Weir Do : Weird History!" by Ahn DO (Weir Do series) 

Non-fiction:

• "Our Sun - Biography of a Star" by Christopher Cooper

Senior Fiction:

• "Time Riders : City of Shadows" by Alex SCARROW (Time Riders series)  
• "The Dragon Path" by Ethan YOUNG

Browsing:

• "Star Wars : Ships of the Galaxy" by Benjamin HARPER

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2022 - Picture Books

My Cat Can See Ghosts written & illustrated by Heather Joe

Bumblebee Grumblebee written & illustrated by David Elliot

The Greatest Haka Festival on Earth by Pania Tahau-Hodges, illustrated by Story Hemi-Morehouse

The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke by Steph Matuku, illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers

Lion Guards the Cake written & illustrated by Ruth Paul


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

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Wishy-Washy Wonder" by Joy COWLEY; illustrated by Philip WEBB
• "We Are All Kind" by P. CRUMBLE; illistrated by Jonathan BENTLEY 

Fiction Book:

• "Cat Kid Comic Club - On Purpose" by Dav PILKEY (Cat Kid Comic Club series)  
• "Vacancy" by K.R.ALEXANDER 
• "Fairy Unicorns : Cloud Castle" by Zanna DAVIDSON (Fairy Unicorns series)  
• "New Girl" by Laura SIEVEKING  (Ella at Eden series)  
• "Sylvie" by Sylvie KANTOROVOTZ 

Non-fiction:

• "I Was A ... Box!" by Emily KINGTON (Recycled Art series)  
• "Airline Pilot" by John ALLAN (Maths Adventures 2 series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Piracy, Paintballs and Zebras" by Robert MUCHAMORE (Robin Hood series) 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Flit the Fantail and the Matariki Map" by Kat QUIN
• "Puanga me Matariki" by Sharon HOLT  

Fiction Book:

• "Olivia's Secret Scribbles - Splash!" by Meredith COSTAIN; illustrated by Danielle McDONALD (Olivia's Secret Scribbles series)  
• "Allergic" by Megan Wagner LLOYD 
• "Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!" by David WALLIAMS 

Non-fiction:

• "Switchback Turns - Forces in Motion" by John ALLAN (Amusement Park Science series) 
• "Zoo Vet" by John ALLAN (Maths Adventures 2 series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Wings of Fire - The Brightest Night - Graphic Novel" by Tui SUTHERLAND (Wings of Fire - Graphic Novel series) 
• "Marie Antionette - An Austrian Princesses Diary 1769" by Kathryn LASKY (My Royal Story series) 

 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes" by Eve SUTTON; illustrated by Lynley DODD
• "What Does it Mean to be Kind" by Rana DiORIO; illustrated by Stephane JORISCH

Fiction Book:

• "Ella and Olivia : The New Baby" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series)  
• "Ninja Kid 9 - Ninja Fish!" by Ahn DO (Ninja Kid series)  
• "Twins" by Varian JOHNSON; illustrated by Shannon WRIGHT

Non-fiction:

• "Inside New Zealand Wildlife" by Dave GUNSON
• "I Was A ... Paper Roll!" by Emily KINGTON (Recycled Art series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Darkfall" by Jancie HARDY (The Healing Wars series) 
• "Roll With It" by Jamie SUMNER

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Toy Mountain" by Stef GEMMIL; illustrated by Katharine HALL

Fiction Book:

• "Diary of a Pug - Pug's Got Talent" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)  
• "Animorphs : The Invasion - Graphic Novel" by K.A. APPLEGATE, Michael GRANT; illustrated by Chris GRINE (Animorphs - Graphic Novel series)  
• "The Spring Filly" by G.M BERROW (Spirit Riding Free series)  
• "School of Fish : Fintastic Four" by Louis SHEA (School of Fish series) 
• "Hey Jack! : The Star of the Week" by Sally Rippin (Hey Jack! series) 

Non-fiction:

• "Maths in Science" by Nancy DICKMANN
• "You Can Save the Planet" by Jackie WINES

Senior Fiction:

• "Slide the Corner" by Fleur BEALE
• "Mary Queen of Scots - A Scottish Queen's Diary, France 1553" by Kathryn LASKY