On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "I Spy Island" by Sue HENDRA; illustrated by Paul LINNET
• "Fergal Meets Fern" by Robert STARLING

Fiction Book:

• "Mary Anne Saves the Day" by Ann M. MARTIN & Reina TELGEMEIER  (Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series) 
• "Children of the Rush - Book 1" by James RUSSELL
• "Fart Boy - Bin Juice of Destiny" by Adam WALLACE (Fart Boy series) 
• "The Invasion of Crooked Oak" by Dan SMITH (The Crooked Oak Mysteries series)  

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft : Epic Inventions" by Thomas McBRIEN

Senior Fiction:

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

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Lily's Party Time" by Beatrix POTTER
• "The Amazing Never-Ending Book" by Heath McKENZIE

Fiction Book:

• "Murder Most Unladylike" by Robin STEVENS 
• "Ella Diaries : Fundraising Frenzy" by Meredith COSTAIN (Ella Diaries series) 
• "I Survived : The Attacks of  September 11, 2001" by Lauren TARSHIS (I Survived - Graphic Novel series) 
• "Mischief and Mayhem : Born to be Bad" by Ken LAMUG (Mischief and Mayhem series) 
• "Horrid Henry Rainy Day Disaster" by Francesca SIMON (Horrid Henry series) 

Reference:

• "Guinness World Records 2023" 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Happy Birthday Peter!" by Beatrix POTTER
• "The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street" by Renisa Viraj MAKI; illustrated by Nikki SLADE ROBINSON

Fiction Book:

• "There's a Yeti in the Playground!" by Pamela BUTCHART 
• "Ella and Olivia : Reading Challenge" by Yvette POSHOLGLIAN (Ella and Olivia series) 
• "Hot Dog! - Soccer Time!" by Ahn DO (Hot Dog! series)  
• "Jessi's Secret Language" by Ann M. MARTIN & Chan CHAU  (Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series) 

Non-fiction:

• "Polar Bears : Survival on the Ice" by Jason VIOLA (Science Comics series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Truly Tyler" by Terri LIBENSON (Emmie & Friends series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Ernie and the Magic Kennel" by Robert RAKETE & Janine THOMAS; illustrated by Kimberly ANDREWS
• "Flit the Fantail and the Mystery Eggs" by Kat MEREWETHER

Fiction Book:

• "Iron Man" adapted by Alex IRVINE 
• "Animorphs : The Visitor - Graphic Novel" by K.A. APPLEGATE & Michael GRANT; illustrated by Chris GRINE (Animorphs series) 
• "Unicorn Diaries : Storm on Snowbelle Mountain" by Rebecca ELLIOT (Unicorn Diaries series)  
• "The Legend of the Maze" by Thea STILTON (Thea Stilton and the Treasure Seekers series) 
• "The Last Fallen Star" by Graci KIM (Gifted Clans series)  

Non-fiction:

• "Minecraft : Redstone Handbook" (Minecraft Handbooks series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Miss Quinces" by Kat FAJARDO

Most Popular in 2022

The most popular books in St Brendan's School Library in 2022 were:

1st      Minecraft Guides series

2nd    Catwad series by Jim Benton

3rd       Baby-Sitters Little Sister 

            - Graphic Novel series 

            by Mary Ann Martin illustrated

            by Katy Farina & others

4th=     Guts by Reina Telgemeier,

            Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey

            Baby-sitters Club- Graphic Novel series Mary Ann Martin,

            illustrated by Reina Telgemeier & others,

            Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins,

            Minecraft Master Builder : Mega Metropolis by Anne Rooney

            

5th    The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey; Looshkin series by Jamie Smart

6th    Glitch by Sarah Graley

7th   The Piggy and Gerald series (Elephant and Piggy) by Mo Willems

8th=   Amulet series by Kazu Kabuishi; Smile by Reina Telgemeier; A Stack of Alpacas by Matt Cosgrove; Minecraft Bite-Size Builds; Minecraft Vol 2 - Graphic Novel; Cats : Nature and Nurture by Andy Hirsch; Cat Kid series by Dav Pilkey; Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier; Seriously, Do Not Open This Book by Andy Lee; Whitney and Britney series by Lucinda Gifford; Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd; I Survived - Graphic Novel series.

9th=   Game On series; Ella Diaries series by Meredith Costain; Hot Dog! series by Ahn Do; 7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up by Jimmy Gownley

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

Is your favourite book, series or author on our Most Popular list for 2022? 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Whetū the Little Blue Duck" by Jennifer BECK; illustrated by Renne HAGGO (Trilingual Edition)
• "Batkiwi" by Melinda SZYMANIK; illustrated by Isobel Joy TE AHO-WHITE

Fiction Book:

• "Paris Takes Over the World : Paris" by  Zanni LOUISE (Paris Takes Over the World series) 
• "A Shocker on Shock Street" by R L STINE (Goosebumbs series) 
• "Investigators : Ants in Our Pants" by John Patrick GREEN (InvestiGATORS series)  
• "10 Minutes of Danger" by Jack HEATH
• "The Girl Who Speaks Bear" by Sophie ANDERSON 

Non-fiction:

• "Money : How to Save, Spend and Manage you Moolah!" by Dr Jacob FIELD; Illustrated by Simon BASHER

Senior fiction:

• "The Wahine Disaster" by Shirley CORLETT (My New Zealand Story series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Grandpa versus Swing" by Tania SICKLING; illustrated by Lael CHISHOLM
• "The Art of Words" by Robert VESCIO; illustrated by Joanna BARTEL

Fiction Book:

• "Captain America - The First Avenger" adapted by Alex IRVINE 
• "Owly : A Time to be Brave" by Andy RUNTON (Owly series) 
• "Meet Ella : Lost Book" by Rebecca RITCHIE (Meet Ella series)  
• "Wolfman" by Michael ROSEN; Illustrated by Chris MOULD
• "Dragon Rider : The Aurelia Curse" by Cornelia FUNKE (Dragon Rider series)  

Non-fiction:

• "New Zealand Country Wildlife" by Dave GUNSON (Which? What? Why? series) 

Senior Fiction:

• "Katipo Joe : Wolf's Lair" by Brian FALKNER (Katipo Joe series)

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "Grumpy Monkey Party Time!" by Suzanne LANE; illustrated by Max LANG
• "Treehouse Rescue" by Beatrix POTTER & Lauren HOLOWAY

Fiction Book:

• "Day Two - The Curse of the Blue Spots" by Ralph LAZAR (Total Mayhem series) 
• "Karen's School Picture" by Ann M. MARTIN & Katy FARINA (Baby-sitters Little Sister - Graphic Novel series)
• "The House of Secret Treasure " by Kita MITCHELL
• "Honey and Me" by Karen McCOMBIE

Non-Fiction:

• "Best Ever Shakespeare Tales" by Terry DEARY

Senior Fiction:

• "Mission Girl" by Fleur BEALE (My New Zealand Story series) 
• "Journey to Tangiwai" by David HILL (My New Zealand Story series) 

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "When I'm Feeling Disappointed" by Trace MORONEY
• "The Internot" by Josh LAWSON; illustrated by Sofia KARMAZINA

Fiction Book:

• "Unicorn Playlist" by Dana SIMPSON (Phoebe and her Unicorn series)  
• "The Bad Guys : Episode 1" by Aaron BLABEY (The Bad Guys - Full Colour series)  
• "Freeze" by Chris PRIESTLY 
• "The London Thief" by Laura SEIVEKING (Ella at Eden series)

Non-fiction:

• "Annual 2" by edited by Kate DE GOLDI & Susan PARIS
• "Annual 3" by edited by Sarah PARIS & Kate DE GOLDI 

Senior fiction:

• "Time Riders : The Infinity Cage" by Alex SCARROW (Time Riders series)
• "Keeper" by Alan GIBBONS 

End of Year 2022 - Update

Congratulations to Room 4 who were the first class with all student library books returned, followed a couple of days later by Room 3. Lets hope a few more classes are able to return their remaining overdues by the last day of term!"

The library stocktake is now completed. We still have a number of books that are missing - they are not in the library and they are not on issue. We'd love to have these books back again, so if you find any hiding behind shelves or under the furniture over the holidays, at school or at home, please put them in a safe place ready to drop back to the library next year.

(Updated every day or so until 15 December 2022)

End of Year Reminder 2022

 Image From https://www.goalexandria.com/overdue-library-books/

Getting Ready for End of Year 2022

The Christmas School Holidays are not far away now, but before they arrive there are some important tasks to get done. In the library we are preparing for our annual end of year stocktake!

All library books are due back on or before next Monday, 5th December. You can help by returning all your library books to the library "As Soon As Possible" and by next Monday please.

Will your class will be first to return all their library books this year? If you have any other school books, such as journals, junior reading books and class books lying around at home then now is a good time to return these to school too.

On the New Books Display this Week

Picture Book:

• "I'm an Inky Octopus" by Stephanie THATCHER
• "Grumpy Monkey Up All Night" by Suzanne LANG; illustrated by Max LANG

Fiction Book:

• "143-Storey Treehouse" by Andy GRIFFITHS; illustrated by Terry DENTON (Treehouse series)  
• "Gawain Greytail and the Terrible Tab" by Cornelia FUNKE; illustrated by Monica ARMINO
• "Goldie" by Ellen MILES (Puppy Place series)  
• "City of Dragons : The Awakening Storm" by Jaimal YOGIS; Illustrated by Vivienne TRUONG (City of Dragons series)

Non-fiction:

• "Animal Knowledge Genius!" by Stevie DICK & Lizzie MUNSEY

Senior Fiction:

• "Katipo Joe : Spycraft" by Brian FALKNER (Katipo Joe series)