New to the Magazine Shelves

Have a look at the new addition to the magazine selection in the library.

Double Helix is a science magazine published by CSIRO for a youth audience. It takes over from the Scientriffic and Helix magazines which are no longer published. 

Double Helix contains fascinating and fun science material designed to foster an interest in science, maths, technology and engineering. You might also want to have a look at the Double Helix webpage - see Magazine Links on the side panel of this blog.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "On the Night You Were Born" by Nancy TILLMAN
• "The Slightly Annoying Elephant" by David WALLIAMS; illustrated by Tony ROSS

Fiction Book:

• "The 65-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS (Treehouse... series)
• "Paws and Whiskers" by Jacqueline WILSON
• "Storm Mutant" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Water Mutant" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)

Senior Fiction:

• "White Fang" by Jack LONDON (Scholastic Classics series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Cool Cars and Trucks" by Sean KENNEY
• "Mirror Mirror : A Book of Reversable Verse" by Marilyn SINGER; illustrated by Josee MASSE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Let It Be My Dream" by Peter HAROLD; illustrated by Ashley MURRAY
• "Animals Home Alone" by Loes RIPHAGEN

Fiction Book:

• "Night of the Creepy Carnival" by George IVANOFF (You Choose... series)
• "Alien Invaders from Beyond the Stars" by George IVANOFF (You Choose... series)
• "The Crab with the Golden Claws" by HERGE (The Adventures of Tintin series)
• "EJ Spy School : Speedy Spy" by Susannah McFARLANE         (EJ Spy School series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Ruby Redfort : Feel the Fear" by Lauren CHILD (Ruby Redfort series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Boy : Tales of Childhood" by Roald DAHL
• "The Story of Buildings" by Patrick DILLON; illustrated by Stephen BIESTY

Coming Soon ... Even More Books to Film

Goosebumps If you like the Goosebumps books this could be just the movie for you. Due in cinemas in a couple of months on the 3rd of December, just before the end of term 4.

AND for the older readers ... and possibly much older viewers ...

Maze Runner : The Scorch Trials Based on the second book in the Maze Runner series and in cinemas now. Rated M for mature audiences.

The Hunger Games : Mocking Jay - Part 2  The final instalment in The Hunger Games is due to cinemas in New Zealand on the 19th of November.

Meet Andy Griffiths!

If you're after something to do this week and you're a fan of Andy Griffiths books you could head in to Wellington or Lower Hutt and meet him on:

• Thurs, 1st October, 11.30am-1pm at Whitcoulls Lambton Quay
• Fri, 2nd October, 2.30pm-4pm at Whitcoulls Queensgate

You can also find date and time details for Auckland & Christchurch appearances by Andy Griffiths  on Whitcoulls Facebook page HERE too.

Thesaurus Dinosaur Cartoon

Sorry kids, a Thesaurus isn't actually a kind of dinosaur, it's a book a bit like a dictionary, that lists synonyms for words. For example some synonyms for the word "gasp" are: inhale, pant, puff, respire.

Image via Pinterest HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Oi Frog!" by Kes GRAY ; illustrated by Jim FIELD
• "Tyranno-sort-of Rex" by Christopher LLEWELLYN; illustrated by Scott TULLOCH

Fiction Book:

• "Pearlie in Central Park" by Wendy HARMER; illustrated by Gypsy TAYLOR (Pearlie series)
• "Pearlie and the Cherry Blossom Fairy" by Wendy HARMER; illustrated by Gypsy TAYLOR (Pearlie series)
• "88 Lime Street : The Way In" by Denise KIRBY (88 Lime Street series)
• "Big-Nate : Great Mind Think Alike" by Lincoln PEIRCE (Big Nate series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Spooks : A New Darkness" by Joseph DELANEY (The Starblade Chronicles series)

Non- Fiction:

• "Gruesome and Gross Facts" 
• "Gluten-Free" by Lola WORKMAN (Mum's Kitchen series)

Business as usual next week

"Image courtesy of book-clipart.com"

With the class movie nights taking place last night and again tonight the library will be "open for business as usual" again next week. 

Make sure you come along then to check out our latest books and to stock up on your holiday reading material.

Don't forget about the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School "Read-a-thon Challenge".

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School "Read-a-thon Challenge"

How would you like to meet the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, Jeff Kinney, in Sydney, Australia? 

That's exactly what you could win by taking part in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School "Read-a-thon Challenge". If you think you could read all nine Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and take a quiz about each book as you finish it - before the 16th of October then this could be just the competition for you. To find out more and to sign up (make sure you have your parents permission first) go to Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School "Read-a-thon Challenge".

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School, the 10th book in the series, will be released around the world on 3 November 2015.

The Kid Should See This

The Kid Should See This is a great website with heaps of really interesting videos about Science, Technology, Space, Animals, Nature, Transport, Food, Music, Art, Conservation, Animation, Robots and LOTS more.

Here are a couple of videos I really liked at The Kid Should See This but there are so many I couldn't look at them all and there could be lots that are even better.

Cooking in Space with ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

Scientific and Artistic Glassblowing with Kiva Ford

Take a look at The Kid Should See This for yourself to find more great videos.

The Library & Movie Editing

Image via tips.epsb.ca

The library is currently being used by classrooms for movie editing. Because of this it is likely to be closed for class library visits and during lunchtimes for the next few weeks. If you'd like to borrow a book(s) during this time leave a note on my desk, or ask your teacher to give it to me, and I'll do my best to get it to you.

Book Fair 2015 - Update 2

St Brendan's Book Fair is over again for another year. A BIG Thank You to everyone who came along and supported our major library "fundraiser".  Sales this year earned us 25 free new books for our library collection. A BIG Thank you also to the families who purchased a "Red Dot" book for donation to the library - keep a look out for them in the library in the next few weeks, they'll all have special Book Fair 2015 Donation book plates inside!

For those waiting on book orders from the Scholastic Book Fair warehouse, these should be on their way home with you after school by the end of the week.

Book Fair 2015 - Update 1

Because so many were away from school last week, due to illness, we have decided to open the Book Fair for one last afternoon. So.....if you were unable to make it along to Book Fair last week there's still time, come along after school TODAY.