On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Revenge of the Sith" by Elizabeth DOWSETT (Lego : Star Wars series)
• "A Bear Tale" by Robert INGPEN

Fiction Book:

• "Water Beast" by Mac PARK (Boy vs Beast series)
• "Captain Underpants and the Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers" by Dav PILKEY (Captain Underpants series)
• "Tiger Tangle" by Jackie FRENCH (Animal Rescue series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Freedom Merchants" by Sherryl JORDAN 

Non-fiction:

• "Nelson Mandela" by Kadir NELSON
• "A 19th Century Railway Station" by Fiona MACDONALD

Chris Riddell

Photo by Plad2 from HERE

Another in a series of posts about popular children's authors and their books

Chris Riddell is an illustrator and author of children's books and a political cartoonist. He was born in 1962 in South Africa where his father was an Anglican priest, and moved with his family to England when he was aged one year.  Chris studied art and design and was later taught illustration by famous children's author/illustrator Raymond Briggs.

Chris is well known for his collaborations with Paul Stewart on Children's books such as Muddle Earth, Corby Flood and the Edge Chronicles. More recently he has written and illustrated the Ottoline books and Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.

Chris has won numerous awards including the Nestle Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals.

Currently we have 6 books written (or partly written) and illustrated by Chris Riddell in the Fiction section of our library and Wendel's Workshop in the Picture book section. We also have a number of other books illustrated by Chris Riddell.

Upper Hutt Library currently holds copies of about 8 children's books by Chris Riddell.

The above information about Chris Riddell was adapted from HERE, HERE and HERE. You can find out more about Chris, his books and other stuff  HERE too.     

  

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Crossing" by Phillip BOOTH; Illustrated by Bagram IBATOULLINE
• "The Very Brave Bear" by Nick BLAND

Fiction Book:

• "Diary of a Sea Lion" by Sally SUTTON
• "A Masterpiece for Bess" by Lara BERGEN (Disney Fairies series)
• "Pilot & Huxley" by Dan McGUINESS (Pilot & Huxley series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Itch" by Simon MAYO 

Non-fiction:

• "Jet Planes" by Chris OXLADE (Millitary Machines series)
• "Submarines" by Chris OXLADE (Millitary Machines series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Far, Far From Home" by Elizabeth PULFORD; Illustrated by Fifi COLSTON
• "Attack of the Clones" by Elizabeth DOWSETT (Lego : Star Wars series)

Fiction Book:

• "Club Penguin : Star Reporter" by Tracey WEST (Club Penguin - Pick Your Path series)
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Hard Luck" by Jeff KINNEY (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series)
• "Pearlie in the Park" by Wendy HARMER (Pearlie series)

Senior Fiction:

• "Nowhere To Run" by Carol DRINKWATER (My Story UK series)

Non-fiction:

• "How to be a Confident Kid" by Kay DRUMMOND
• "Nic's Lunchbox" by Nic BROCKELBANK

Bookworms Will Rule the World...

I found this cartoon HERE

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Meet Mr Mr Sunny!" by Lucas CHISHOLM; Illustrated by Jutta CHISHOLM
• "Shoo, Fly Guy!" by Tedd ARNOLD

Fiction Book:

• "Salto-Scaredypus " by Kyle MEWBURN (Dinosaur Rescue series)
• "Fira and the Full Moon" by Gail HERMAN (Disney Fairies series)
• "Prilla and the Butterfly Lie" by Kitty EDWARDS (Disney Fairies series)
• "Freak Street : Meet the Werewolfsons" by KNIFE & PACKER (Freak Street series)

Senior Fiction:

• "A Medal For Leroy" by Michael MORPURGO

Non-fiction:

• "Helicopters" by Chris OXLADE (Military Machines series)
• "Tanks" by Chris OXLADE (Military Machines series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ben and the Icky-Ooky-Sticky-Smick" by Sally SUTTON; Illustrated by Gary VENN
• "Olivia and the Fairy Princesses" by Ian FALCONER

Fiction Book:

• "Diary of a Bat" by Sally SUTTON
• "Zac Cracks Down" by Liz PICHON (Zac Power - Spy Camp series)
• "Zac Climbs High" by Liz PICHON (Zac Power - Spy Camp series)
• "Four Children and It" by Jacqueline WILSON

Senior Fiction:

• "Red Rocks" by Rachael KING

Non-fiction:

• "A Child's Book of Values" by Lesley WRIGHT
• "Running the Country : A Look Inside New Zealand's Government" by Maria GILL

Most Popular in 2013

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2013 were:

1st    Boy vs Beast series by Mac Park

2nd   The Lego Ideas Book by Daniel Lipkowitz

3rd   Upstart magazine

4th   Diary of a Wimpy Kid series                                                    by Jeff Kinney

5th=  Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi;
        Freak Street series by Knife & Packer; 
        Kingdom of Fantasy series by 
                                   Geronimo Stilton; 
        Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

6th=  Dewey : There's a Cat in the Library by Vicki Myron & Bret Witter;

        Pilot & Huxley series by Dan McGuiness;

        I'm Me! by Sara Sheridan & Margaret Chamberlain;

        I Love Lemonade by Mark & Rowan Sommerset;

        Kid's Cookbook by James Mitchell;

        Splish, Splash, Splat! by Rob Scotton;

        Dr. Dog by Babette Cole;

        Billie B Brown series by Sally Rippin;

        Thea Stilton series by Thea Stilton

Some of these books are previous favourites and are also on earlier Most Popular in ... lists, but many are new to the list this year. 

Is your favourite book on our Most Popular list?  Leave a comment below and let me know.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Henry's Map" by David ELLIOT
• "Time for a Story : 30 Picture Book Favourites" by Charlotte VOAKE and others

Fiction Book:

• "Judy Moody : Girl Detective" by Megan McDONALD (Judy Moody series)
• "Tom Gates : Everything's Amazing (sort of)" by Liz PICHON (Tom Gates series)
• "Time to Shine" by Susannah McFARLANE (EJ12 series)

Senior Fiction:

• "The Colossus Rises" by Peter LERANGIS (Seven Wonders series)

Non-fiction:

• "Kiwiana Cupcakes, Cakepops and Whoopie Pies" by Kirsten DAY
• "Once Upon a Slime : 45 fun ways to get writing ... fast" by Andy GRIFFITHS

Back to School 2014

Image from My Cute Graphics

Welcome back to school for 2014. I hope you had a great time over the holidays and did some fun stuff. I also hope you had time to read some good books - if you think any would be great books to add to our library then please add a sticky note to the Book Wishlist 2014 or come and visit me in the library. 

This week in the library I'm updating the classroom lists and adding new students to the library database so that you're all in your correct classroom for 2014.

Next week things should be getting back to normal, with new books on display and the library will be open for classroom visits and also at lunchtimes.

See you soon.

It's Almost... Back to School 2014

The last week of the school holidays starts tomorrow so if you haven't already finished your summer holiday reading there's only 7 days left to make like this Lego figure and get reading!

This image from HERE.

Book Wishlist 2014

Have you read a great book over the holidays which you think others would like to read too?

Is there an author or series you wish we had more of in our library?

If there is then please click on the wishlist (or scan the QR code) below and add a sticky note to let us know what YOU would like us to add to our school library.

 

Created with Padlet

Or scan the QR Code (left) to go to the "Book Wishlist 2014" and post a sticky note using your ipad or smart phone. You'll need to have a QR code scanner app installed on your ipad or smart phone to do this.

And Another Book Sculpture

Happy New Year everyone.

Here's a nice peaceful & relaxing kind of book sculpture to start off the year.

Hope you manage to find some peace and relaxation now that the hectic Christmas season is over for another year.

I found this picture HERE

You can find out more about book sculptures by Bronia Sawyer at her website.