On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed" by Lauren CHILD
• "Children Make Terrible Pets" by Peter BROWN

Fiction Book:

• "Timmy Failure : We Meet Again" by Stephan PASTIS (Timmy Failure series)
• "Mystic and the Midnight Ride" by Stacy GREGG (Pony Club Secrets series)
• "Ice Mega-Mutant" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Ice Mega-Mutant" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Maze Runner" by  James DASHNER (Maze Runner series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Market Day" by Jill MACGREGOR (Children of the Pacific series)
• "Materials" by Clive GIFFORD (Discover Science series)

Audiobooks Seriously Fun Reading

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.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Dr SEUSS (writing as Theo LeSIEG)
• "Hunches in Bunches" by Dr SEUSS

Junior Browsing Book:

• "1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland" by Gillian DOHERTY & Anna MILBOURNE; illustrated by Teri GOWER

Fiction Book:

• "Friday Barnes, Girl Detective" by R.A. SPRATT (Friday Barnes series)
• "Awful Auntie" by David WALLIAMS

Senior Fiction

• "Anne Boleyn and Me : A Tudor Girls Diary 1525-1536" by Alison PRINCE
• "Elizabeth : A Tudor Princess's Diary 1544" by Kathryn LASKY

 Non-Fiction:

• "The Story of the First World War For Children : 1914-1918" by John MALAM
• "Art for Kids : Comic Strips - Create Your Own Comic Strips from Start to Finish" by Art ROCHE

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10

Image from HERE

The 10th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be released on 3 November 2015. The title hasn't yet been announced, but the cover is set to be revealed on 27 April by author Jeff Kinney in a live webcast, and coincides with an international author tour. 

The information above is adapted from Publishers Weekly HERE.

For more information you could visit the Diary of a Wimpy Kid website HERE.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Emma Chichester CLARK
• "The Hippo Who Was Happy" by Rachel ELLIOT & John BENDALL-BRUNELLO

Fiction Book:

• "Big Nate Flips Out" by Lincoln PEIRCE (Big Nate series)
• "Lotus Lane : Kiki - My Stylish Life" by Kyla MAY (Lotus Lane series)
• "The Search for Treasure" by Geronimo STILTON (Kingdom of Fantasy series)

Senior Fiction

• "Laddertop : Books 1-2" by Orson Scott CARD & Emily Janice CARD; illustrated by Honoel A. IBARDOLAZA

 Non-Fiction:

• "They Fought For Us : Gallipoli" by Ruth NAUMANN (They Fought For Us series)
• "They Fought For Us : Paschendaele" by Ruth NAUMANN (They Fought For Us series)
• "My Very Own Bible" retold by Lois ROCK; illustrated by Carolyn COX

Book Dominoes...

Please don't try this in our school library - unless of course you've got permission first!

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Day The Crayons Quit" by Drew DAYWALT; illustrated by Oliver JEFFERS
• "Lettice : The Birthday Party" by Mandy STANLEY
• "Lettice : The Fairy Ball" by Mandy STANLEY

Fiction Book:

• "Timmy Failure : Mistakes Were Made" by Stephan PASTIS (Timmy Failure series)
• "Penny Dreadful" by Laurel SNYDER
• "The Wizard of Oz" by Frank BAUM; adapted & illustrated by Ben CALDWELL

Senior Fiction

• "Skulduggery Pleasant : The Dying of the Light" by Derek LANDY (Skulduggery Pleasant series)

 Non-Fiction:

• "Shipwreck Disasters" by John HAWKINS (Catastrophe series)
• "The Oxford Treasury of Nursery Rhymes" by Sarah WILLIAMS & Karen KING; illustrated by Ian BECK