Fantastic week of adventure!!!!

Nelson Mandela, Riwaka Gang Adventures.

Animals.  Wizards! And lots more!!!!

Come in and enjoy the displays.

Have a great week!!

Room on the Broom

The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many friends?  And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?

Attack at Shark Bay:

A Riwaka Gang Adventure

When their favourite teacher suddenly goes missing and the police haven't found him, The Riwaka Gang, four country kids who love adventure, decide to get involved. Jackson, Jessica, Rangi and Sam will need every skill plus a ton of courage. Dangerous situations and extreme challenges confront them. But will they find Mr. Chapman? With so many impossibilities, the odds are stacked high against them. The story is set in a quiet, seaside, country town in New Zealand - in the South Pacific.

Auggie & Me

AUGGIE & ME is a new side to the WONDER story: three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian, oldest friend Christopher and classmate Charlotte - giving an insight into how Auggie has touched their own lives. Thought-provoking, surprising, infuriating, heartbreaking and heartwarming.

Welcome back after our long weekend.

Come in and check out our new books on display.

Something for everyone.

Enjoy!

Reminder

Please make sure you bring a Library bag to protect the books. Thank you

The Big Fish

Once upon a time
a little old man, a little old woman,
a small boy and a small girl
went to spend the day by the river.

The little old man wanted to catch a big fish
and soon there was a tug-tug-tug on his line . . .

Find out what happens next?

Changing Times

The story of a New Zealand town and its newspaper that takes readers through NZ's history from 1840 to the present day.

Izzy Folau 
Chance of a lifetime and Reality check

Chance of a Lifetime    Reality Check

Daniel and Sione               The Valley rugby team  

Have been given                is travelling to

The chance of a                Queensland with their

Lifetime to be coached         coach, Israel Folau.

By Israel Folau.                 Will the boys’ first

But can they make              trip be a great feat

it count.                         Or a great failure?

Fantastic books on display this week.

 Andy Griffiths new Treehouse book and another Geronimo 

Stilton.

A great read aloud visual language book.

Ripley’s Believe it or not!! 2016 and many more delights…

Check out the book reviews on ‘Book Buzz’ by our senior librarians.

Have a great week!!!!

Aunty Edna of Duck Creek Pond

The parents of Black Swan Romeo and White Swan Juliet forbid those lovebirds to meet. But with an invitation to tea, will wise Aunt Edna find a way to persuade them that true love can conquer all? 

The 78-Storey Treehouse

Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They've added 13 new levels including a drive-thru car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, Andyland, Terrytown, a high-security potato chip storage facility and an open-air movie theatre. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!

Hope in a Ballet Shoe

Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, Michaela DePrince witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher.

But there is hope: the Harmattan wind blows a magazine through the orphanage gates. Michaela picks it up and sees a beautiful image of a young woman dancing. One day, she thinks, I want to be this happy.

And then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple and Michaela can take the dance lessons she's dreamed of since finding her picture.

Life in the States isn't without difficulties. Unfortunately, tragedy can find its way to Michaela in America, too, and her past can feel like it's haunting her. The world of ballet is a racist one, and Michaela has to fight for a place amongst the ballet elite, hearing the words "America's not ready for a black girl ballerina".

 Welcome back to Term 4.

We are anticipating a busy spring term, beginning with Mission Day on Friday.

As always check out our new books on display.

A great visual language book to be shared and some old favourites to be read.

Have a fantastic week!!

Bird and Bear and the Special Day

Bird and Bear are the best of friends.

When Bird takes Bear to the park for a very special day, there are so many things to do and see. They discover high and low, short and tall, and even big and small.

But will Bear remember that it is Bird’s birthday?

Paddington Races Ahead

“My legs are a bit short for the pole vault!” repeated Paddington hotly. “But they’ve always been that way.”

Somehow Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in unusual situations. So it is no surprise when he gets into a spot of bother with some shaving cream, causes a London bus to be evacuated, and is mistaken for a famous Peruvian hurdler by a film crew. There’s never a dull moment when a certain bear is around!

The Marvels

Two seemingly unrelated stories--one in words, the other in pictures--come together. The illustrated story begins in 1766 with Billy Marvel, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, and charts the adventures of his family of actors over five generations. The prose story opens in 1990 and follows Joseph, who has run away from school to an estranged uncle's puzzling house in London, where he, along with the reader, must piece together many mysteries.