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St Albans School Library

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​RESOURCES

LOCAL LIBRARIES
Tūranga - Christchurch Central, Mairehau Library - Facebook @mairehaulibrary, Fendalton, Papanui, Shirley.

ONLINE
Tamariki - a guide to the library for tamariki
Storyline Online
Free APPS - BorrowBox (audiobooks) and Libby (online books)  Christchurch City Library 

Book Review - A Series of Unfortunate Events

13/4/2021

 
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​A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket is a good book series for children around the age of 8-10 years.

It has a lot of mixed feelings of sad, happy and nervous.
While being enjoyable reads, I wouldn't recommend it
for children under 7 years old.

It will make you feel like you're running from Count Olaf
with the Baudelaire children because of its a
​amazing descriptive writing.

I would give it a 4.5 star rating.

Reviewed by Audrey

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Librarian's Pick

30/3/2021

 
This week in the library check out the student librarian's favourite books. They are a bunch of diverse readers with everything from picture books and novels to graphic novels (the fav's of the entire school at the moment are the Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey and the Sisters series by Raina Telgemeier). 
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All of these books are ready to be issued and taken home to read.
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2021 at Te Whare Pukapuka o te Kura o Hato Opani

22/3/2021

 
Welcome to 2021 at Te Whare Pukapuka o te Kura o Hato Opani.

We have lots of exciting things happening in the library and the school this year including a new library layout, National Simultaneous Storytimes in May, visiting authors later in the year, and best of all a team of super enthusiastic new student librarians.

Student librarians are in charge of running the library during lunch times on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. They are all passionate readers and have great tips for books to try out. Keep an eye out for a display of their 'recommended reads' coming soon to the library.

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Summertime Reading Challenge - Kōrero pukapuka ā te wā o raumati 2020 / 2021

17/11/2020

 
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Keep reading this summer with the CCC Summertime Reading Club!

Events include story times at Riverside Market and CCC swimming pools as well as the Summertime Reading Challenge. For kids and Teens - ages 0 to 18 - tell CCC libraries about your summer reads in three words and be in to win! Summertime Reading Challenge is on from Tuesday 1 December 2020 to Sunday 28 February 2021.

More details including online forms here








WORD Christchurch Spring Festival

22/10/2020

 
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The wonderful WORD Christchurch festival is back! Running from 28 October - 1 November, this year WORD celebrates the diverse and talented writers of Aotearoa. Best of all there are many many free events!

Children, Youth and Whanau events will be held at Tūranga held on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November.

Check out the programme here




Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

17/9/2020

 
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Nau mai, haere mai ki te Whare Pukapuka o te Kura o Hato Opani


This week, and every week, we are celebrating te Reo Māori across Aotearoa and in our
Whare Pukapuka.

We have an exciting collection of
non-fiction, fiction and picture book
titles available in our library including
some of my favourite Māori fiction writers -
​Patricia Grace, Steph Matuku,
and Witi Ihimaera.

Who are your favourites? 

For more information on how you can join inthe celebrations, and bring more te Reo into
your life, check out the Christchurch City Libraries , Te Wiki o te Reo Māori website,  and
​The Māori Language Commission.


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Book Review

10/9/2020

 

Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey

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4.8 STARS
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Captain Underpants is a series of funny comics written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey. This is a book about a wicked wedgie woman. That woman tried to attack George and Harold but was no match for Captain Underpants, our wacky and funny hero. 

This is a very good book for new readers because it has simple words and sentences. It also has drawings which makes it fun to read!

By Nick, Student Librarian 
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PSHH. HO. It's me bookworm. Would you like to read more books? Just come to the library. 

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Book Review

24/8/2020

 
The Day the Plants Fought Back by Belinda O'Keefe
Finalist in the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

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This book is about 2 boys being very naughty
​so the plants fought them. 
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It was interesting and funny.
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By Sam and Ollie, Student Librarians

NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

17/8/2020

 
Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults!
We have many of these books in our library and more coming soon - check our selection of new books on your next library visit. 

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SELECTED WINNERS 
Margaret Mahy Book of the Year & Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction 

Mophead, Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press)

Picture Book Award
Abigail and the Birth of the Sun, Matthew Cunningham, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins (Puffin, Penguin Random House)


Russell Clark Award for Illustration 
The Adventures of Tupaia, illustrated by Mat Tait, written by Courtney Sina Meredith (Allen & Unwin with Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum)

Best First Book Award
#Tumeke!, Michael Petherick (Annual Ink / Massey University Press)

​Go to NZ Books  for full details on all short listed books.


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