On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Green Bath" by Margaret MAHY;  illustrated by Steven KELLOGG

Fiction Book:

• "Frankie Potts and the Bikini Burglar" by Juliet JACKA (Frankie Potts series)
• "Tom Gates : Super Good Skills (Almost...)" by Liz PICHON (Tom GATES series)
• "Ghost Works : The Grave of Gasper Weavell & The Haunted Hoader" by James LEE (Ghost Works series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Brave Company" by David HILL

Non- Fiction:

• "The Ultimate Book of Randomly Awesome Facts" by Karen HOOD & Penelope ARLON
• "50 Things You Should Know About the Human Body" by Angela ROYSTON

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Mystery Box & Finnigan Flynn" by Lucy DAVEY;  illustrated by Cat CHAPMAN

Fiction Book:

• "Bunny vs Monkey : Book 1 - Year One : January-June" by Jamie SMART (Bunny vs Monkey series)
• "Ella Diaries : Worst Camp Ever" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series)
• "Rock Beast" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Shockwave" by Jack HEATH (Countdown to Danger series)
• "Sisters" by Raina TELGEMEIER

Senior Fiction:

• "Cool Nukes" by Des HUNT

Non- Fiction:

• "The Beginners Guide to Adventure Sport in New Zealand" by Steve GURNEY

Happy 100th Birthday Roald Dahl

To help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth TIME is holding a vote for the most popular Roald Dahl book.  

To vote for your favourite click on the image below or click HERE.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Cat Want's Custard" by P. CRUMBLE;  illustrated by Lucinda GIFFORD

Fiction Book:

• "The Bad Guys : Episode 2 - Mission Unpluckable" by Aaron BLABEY (The Bad Guys series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Zoo Rescue" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Frankie Potts and the Sparkplug Mysteries" by Juliet JACKA (Frankie Potts series)
• "Tom Gates : Top of the Class (nearly)" by Liz PICHON (Tom Gates series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Pompeii" by Sue REID (My Story series)

Non- Fiction:

• "What's Up With Ella? MediKidz Explain Type 1 Diabetes" by Kim CHILMAN-BLAIR & John TADDEO (MediKidz series) 
• "What's Up With Max? MediKidz Explain Asthma" by Kim CHILMAN-BLAIR & John TADDEO (MediKidz series) 
• "What's Up With Wendy? MediKidz Explain Epilepsy" by Kim CHILMAN-BLAIR & John TADDEO (MediKidz series) 

International Literacy Day 2016

To help celebrate International Literacy Day today here's an Infographic from Scholastic which shows four ways we can help kids become Lifelong Reader's.

Infographic from Scholastic.com HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Croco Dolly" by Martin McKENNA
• "The Other Brother" by Stephanie THATCHER

Fiction Book:

• "Tiny Timmy : Living the Dream" by Tim CAHILL (Tiny Timmy series)
• "Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot" by Dav PILKEY (Captain Underpants series)
• "400 Minutes of Danger" by Jack HEATH
• "Ella Diaries : Pony School Showdown" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Sunken Forest" by Des HUNT

Non- Fiction:

• "Get Coding!" by David WHITNEY

Read Alikes

Do you have a favourite author or book? Do you want to read something else like it? Take a look at the "Book Sites Worth a Look" list of links down the right hand side of the blog for some sites you can look at for ideas on what to read next...

Here's a new addition I've added to the list today...

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Pig the Fibber" by Aaron BLABEY

Fiction Book:

• "Zombified! : Infected" by C.M. GRAY (Zombified! series)
• "Zombified! : Outbreak" by C.M. GRAY (Zombified! series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Hair Disaster" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series)
• "Tiny Timmy : Makes the Grade" by Tim CAHILL (Tiny Timmy series)
• "The World's Worst Children" by David WALLIAMS

Non- Fiction:

• "The Football Encylopedia" by Cive GIFFORD 
• "Anzac Heroes" by Maria GILL; illustrated by Marco IVANCIC

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

Thousands New Zealand children and young adults have had their say by voting for their favourite book or books in the Children's Choice Awards.

The Children's Choice Winners are: 

Picture Book

"The House on the Hill" by 
Kyle Mewburn & Sarah Davis

Junior Fiction

"The Girl Who Rode the Wind"
 by Stacy Gregg

Non-fiction

"First to the Top"  by
David Hill & Phoebe Morris

Young Adult    "Stray" by Rachel Craw

Te Reo Maori Award    "Te Hua Tutahi a Kuwi" by Kat Merewether; translated by Pania Papa

You can find the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2016 - Judges Choice Finalsts list HERE and the winners chosen by the judges HERE.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Cow Tripped Over the Moon" by Tony WILSON;  illustrated by Laura WOOD

Fiction Book:

• "Battle Files : Air" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Ella and Olivia : Spelling Superstar" by Yvette POSHOGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series)
• "EJ Shines" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ 12 Girl Hero series)
• "Bullet Train" by Jack HEATH (Countdown to Danger series)

Senior Fiction:

• "War Horse" by Michael MORPURGO

Non- Fiction:

• "Wild About Animals" edited by Debz HOBB-WYATT 
• "How to Build a Human Body" by Tom JACKSON

Book Fair 2016 - Update

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 an amazing 40 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 on the library “New Book Display” later this term, they'll all have special Book Fair 2016 Donation book plates inside!

Brick Flicks - for LEGO addicts in Upper Hutt

LEGO Minecraft Masterclass  25 Sept 2016 (bookings required) more info...

LEGO Built Environment Masterclass  25 Sept 2016 (bookings required) more info...

The LEGO Movie 2 Oct 2016 (bookings recommended) more info...

BRICKON 2016: 8 & 9 Oct 2016 more info...

Book Fair 2016