Popular Shelf

When you come to the library, do you think, "I don't know where to find a good book", if so head straight for the popular shelf, this is where lots of favourites are displayed.  It's a good way to find new authors you haven't read before.

Tikki Tikki Tembo

I know many of you really enjoyed this old classic Tikki Tikki Tembo, when you came for your library visit last week.   Here is the You Tube clip of the read aloud.

New Audio Books in the library this week

Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla is very, very, worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in…a bad case of stripes!  This is a very funny story, find it on our audio books shelf, we also sometimes listen to it on the Storylines website on the data projector.

Who doesn't love The Wonky Donkey?  Find now on the audio books shelf.

One of my favourite books ever.  Hugh Laurie reads this book so well, listening to it as an audio book is wonderful as you hear all of the music for the different dances the animals do. Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jungle Dance, the warthogs waltz, the chimps cha-cha, and the lions tango. "Giraffes can't dance," they all jeer when it's Gerald's turn to prance. But with some sound advice from a wise cricket, Gerald starts swaying to his own sweet tune.

Two more flip up fairy tales have been added to our audio book collection.

More audio books coming soon!

Awesome website with Ngati Wai local stories

Hope you guys all check out this site, fantastic resource with lots of Maori stories on it.  Enjoy!

http://www.ngatiwai.ac.nz/?page_id=119

House of Robots - New Book

Watch the trailer below about a new funny book in our library House of Robots, if it's not on the new book shelf, come and see Whaea Marama to put your name down for it.

It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school: a walking, talking robot he calls E--for "Error". Sammy's no stranger to robots--his house is full of a colorful cast of them. But this one not only thinks it's Sammy's brother... it's actually even nerdier than Sammy. Will E be Sammy's one-way ticket to Loserville? Or will he prove to the world that it's cool to be square? It's a roller-coaster ride for Sammy to discover the amazing secret E holds that could change family forever... if all goes well on the trial run!

Fabulous story website

http://www.storylineonline.net/

This is one of my favourite websites, it has famous actors and actresses reading picture books.  You get to see all of the pictures and have someone read to you, fabulous!  Many of the books like Library Lion and Enemy Pie are books we also have in our school library.  So you can listen to the story and then come to the library and get the book out.  My kids love this one, we often listen to them all on rainy days at home.

New Book

Monster - Water Dean Myers

I just finished this book and highly recommend it for students in Room 16 & 17.

The character, Steve Harmon, a teenage boy, is on remand, while waiting for his verdict in court.  He is on a charge of First Degree Murder.  The Prosecution says that he was the 'lookout' in a robbery gone wrong.  The Defence say that he wasn't there on the day that happened.  Steve, who loves film, and has been studying it in his spare time (before the robbery), writes in a diary while in court and in jail, but his diary is written like a film script.  As you read the story, you have to decide, is he guilty, did he do it, or is it a set up?

I really enjoyed this book, and the ending was not what I expected...

Reserve to today at the library.

Below is an interview with the author, and a book trailer to get you interested....