2016 50 Book Challange

 



This year the library is running a 50 book challenge.

Do you think you can read 50 books this year?

Take on the challenge and go into the draw for a gift basket of books

Just come to the library for an entry form and return it to Mrs Kewish in the library when you are done.

Don't forget you have all year to read the books!

Any questions just see Mrs Kewish in the library

Welcome to our new lunchtime librarians for 2016

Lunchtime librarians 2016

Kevin
Adam
Caitlyn
Holly M
Grace L
Charlotte
Iris
Ashleigh
Annabel
Kristen
Elise
Jackson
Liam
Mercedes
Georgie-Rose
Jess
Grace P
Selena
Erica

They will be working in the library all weekday lunchtimes except Thursday when the library is closed at lunchtime.

2015 Winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are as follows: 

	Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Young Adult Book Award Singing Home the Whale by  Mandy Hager Penguin Random House
	Picture Book Award Jim’s Letters by Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper Penguin Random House
	Junior Fiction Award Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley Scholastic New Zealand
	Non-fiction Award Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill by Debbie McCauley Mauao Publishing
	Best First Book Māori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke Craig Potton Publishing
	Maori Language Award Ngā Ki by Sacha Cotter and Joshua Morgan Translated by Kawata Teepa Huia Publishers (translation of Keys, a finalist in the Picture Book category)

Children's Choice Award Winners

	Picture Book  The Anzac Puppy by Peter Millett & Trish Bowles Scholastic NZ 9781775430971
	Junior Fiction The Island of Lost Horses by Stacy Gregg HarperCollins 9780007580262
	Non-Fiction The Letterbox Cat & other poems by Paula Green & Myles Lawford Scholastic NZ 9781775432234
	Young Adult Fiction Night Vision  by Ella West Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781743317662