On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ruru : Night Hunter" by Katie FURZE; illustrated by Ned BARRAUD
• "Island Toes / Tamatama'i Vae o Motu" by Chistin LOZANO; illustrated by Mariko MERRITT

Fiction:

• "Timid" by Jonathan TODD 
• "The Hero Puppy" by Holly WEBB (Puppy Place series)
• "Meet Ella : Show and Tell" by Rebecca McRITCHIE (Meet Ella series)

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft Beginners Guide - Revised Edition" 
• "The Science Book" by John FARNDON, Ian GRAHAM, Clint TWIST & Clive GIFFORD

Senior Fiction:

• "Starfish" by Lisa FIPPS

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Winners

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Te Hōpua Kaukau / The Swimming Hole" by Norah WILSON; illustrated by Kimberly ANDREWS (E Oma Rāpeti : Run, Rabbit series)
• "Dear Chocosaur" by  Chae STRATHIE; illustrated by Nicola O'BYRNE

Fiction:

• "My Aunt is a Monster" by Reimena YEE
• "Deena the Diwali Fairy" by Daisy MEADOWS (Rainbow Magic series)
• "Diary of a Pug : Pugs Road Trip" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)

Non-fiction:

• "Massive Book of Jokes for Kids Only!" by Andy JONES
• "Francis of Assisi" by Geraldine ELSCHNER

Senior Fiction:

• "Danger in the Darkness" by Heather HOLMES

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Wolf and the Hocus Pocus" by Avril McDONALD; illustrated by Tatiana MININA
• "Watson the Detective Dog" by  Susan BROCKER; illustrated by Jenny COOPER

Fiction:

• "I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944" by Laure n TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series)
• "Dragon Girls - Phoebe the Moonlight Dragon" by Maddy MARA (Dragon Girls series)
• "Arsenic for Tea" by Robin STEVENS (Murder Most Unladylike series)

Non-fiction:

• "Ann Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl" by Ann FRANK & Mirjam PRESSLER
• "The Story of Titanic for Children" by  Joe FULMAN

Senior Fiction:

• "Worse Things" by Sally MURPHY

Book Fair 2024 - Update

St Brendan's Book Fair has wrapped up for another year. A BIG Thank You to everyone who came along and helped to make it another very successful Book Fair. This year, sales earned us around 40 free new books for our library collection. 

An extra special thank you to the families and staff 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 2024 Donation book plates inside!  

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Te Rapu Kura : Treasure Hunt" by Norah WILSON; illustrated by Kimberly ANDREWS (E Oma Rāpeti : Run, Rabbit series)
• "The Day Grandad Went to School" by  Heather ROSS; illustrated by Scott IRVINE

Fiction:

• "The Snow Globe" by Jean URE
• "Karen's Sleepover" by Mary Ann MARTIN, illustrated by Katy FARINA (Baby-Sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)
• "Test Trouble" by Serena PATEL 

Non-fiction:

• "Bridges : Engineering Masterpieces" by Dan ZETTWOCH (Science Comics series)
• "Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World" by Kate PANKHURST

Senior Fiction:

• "Alias Anna" by Susan HOOD & Gregg DAWSON

Book Fair 2024

   All purchases from the Book Fair help to 

earn new resources for our library.

Book Fair 2024 - Coming Soon

St Brendan's School Book Fair 2024 will be open before and/or after school on most weekdays between the afternoon of Wednesday, 24 July and the evening of Tuesday, 30 July. More information about Book Fair opening hours will be on display next term. All purchases from the Book Fair help to earn free books for our school library.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Adventures in the Multiverse Fiero Code Competition 2024

Upper Hutt Library presents ... Adventures in the Multiverse!

1 June to 31 July 2024

There is still time to participate in Adventures in the Multiverse! Get coding and craft your very own choose-your-own-adventure game using Code Blocks (Scratch).

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New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Non-Fiction

 

Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth  written & illustrated by Steve Mushin

Tuatara: A Living Treasure by Katie Furze; illustrated by Ned Barraud

Patu: The New Zealand Wars written & illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Tainui, Ngāti Awa)

Wot Knot You Got: Mophead's Guide to Life written & illustrated by Selina Tusitala Marsh

The Observologist: A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions written & illustrated by Giselle Clarkson

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

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "The Midnight Adventures of Ruru and Kiwi" by Clare SCOTT; illustrated by Amy HAARHOFF
• "Te Wairua o Waitangi" (The Spirit of Waitangi) by Sharon HOLT; illustrated by Sophie HOLT

Fiction:

• "The Dog that Saved Christmas" by Nicola DAVIES
• "Break" by Kayla MILLER
• "Diary of a Pug : Beach Pug" by Kyla MAY (Diary of a Pug series)

Non-fiction:

• "Neil Armstrong" by Isabel Sanchez VIGARA (Little People, Big Dreams series)
• "Matter and Materials" by Peter MELLET (Hands on Science series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Gamer" by Chris BRADFORD (Mortal Kombat series)

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Junior Fiction

Double Dippers! by Raymond McGrath

Take Me to Your Leader  by Leonie Agnew

Lopini the Legend by Feana Tu‘akoi

Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki)

Grimmelings by Rachael King


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:

• "Ten Delicious Teachers" by Ross MONTGOMERY; illustrated by Sarah WARBURTON
• "Lucy and the Dark" by Melinda SYZMANIK; illustrated by Vasanti UNKA

Fiction:

• "Dream Team" by Alan GIBBONS
• "Fairytales : The Villains Version" by Kaye UMANSKY
• "Masher" by Fifi COLSTON
• "Animorphs : The Message" by K.A. APPLEGATE & Michael GRANT; illiustrated by Chris GRIME (Animorphs - Graphic Novel series)

Non-fiction:

• "Squawk! - Donovan Bixley's Forest Birds of Aotearoa" by Donovan BIXLEY
• "Smart Kids Science"