Monday, July 31, 2017

On the New Books Display this Week




Picture Book:
  • "Piranahs Don't Eat Bananas" by Aaron BLABEY 
  • "Busting" by Aaron BLABEY
Fiction Book:
  • "Weir Do : Totally Weird!" by Anh DO (Weir Do series)
  • "Weir Do : Crazy Weird!" by Anh DO (Weir Do series)
  • "Legends of Zita the Spacegirl" by Ben HATKE (Zita the Spacegirl series)
  • "The Return of Zita the Spacegirl" by Ben HATKE (Zita the Spacegirl series)
Senior Fiction:
  • "Shadow House : The Gathering" by Dan POBLOCKI (Shadow House series)
Browsing Book:
  • "Pokemon Essential Handbook"
Non- Fiction:
  • "The Holocaust - The Origins, Events, and Remarkable Tales of Survival" by Philip STEELE
Reference:
  • "The Treaty Times Thirty - Translating the Treaty into Thirty Languages" by The New Zealand Society of Translators



Thursday, July 27, 2017

Another Book to the Movie Screen

The first trailer for the movie adaption of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, filmed in New Zealand and USA and due to for release next year.




We have a graphic novel adaption of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle in our library.


Monday, July 24, 2017

On the New Books Display this Week





Picture Book:
  • "Let's Go For a Drive!" by Mo WILLEMS
  • "I Broke My Trunk!" by Mo WILLEMS
Fiction Book:
  • "Twisted Journeys : Nightmare on Zombie Island" by Paul D. STORRIE (Twisted Journeys series)
  • "Mary Anne Saves the Day" by Mary Ann MARTIN, illustrated by Raina TELGEMIER (Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)
  • "Claudia and Mean Janine" by Mary Ann MARTIN, illustrated by Raina TELGEMIER (Baby-Sitters Club - Graphic Novel series)
  • "Good Old Timmy" by Enid BLYTON (The Famous Five - Colour Short Stories series)
Senior Fiction:
  • "Bastion Point : 507 Days on Takaparawha, Auckland ,1977-78" by Tania ROXBOROGH (My New Zealand Story series)

Non- Fiction:
  • "Special Forces" by Henry BROOK
  • "Juices and Smoothies" by Pamela CLARK (Food Editor)

Monday, July 3, 2017

Book Fair 2017 - Update

St Brendan's Book Fair has wrapped up for another year. A BIG Thank You to everyone who came along and supported our major library fundraiser. Sales again this year earned us a whopping 40 free new books for our library collection. An extra special thank you 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” early next term, they'll all have special Book Fair 2017 Donation book plates inside!