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

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

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.

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. 

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

Kia Ora,
Welcome to the very first blog for St Albans School library!
Keep reading to find out more about new books in the library including reviews by student librarians, upcoming literary events in the school and the local community, and the latest book news in Aotearoa.

First up, congratulations to the student librarians for 2020! Student librarians help out in the library each lunch hour and have a ton of  creative ideas for how we can make the most of our library space. ​