Stephanie reviews Hunting For Dragons

Stephanie is 5 years old.
She has been the first to borrow the book Hunting for Dragons by Bruce Whatley.
The blurb on the back of the book says “Dragons are everywhere – if you know where to look”.
The story follows a young girl in her search for dragons in her house and in her garden. Finally she finds one “And he wasn’t scary at all”.
Stephanie’s Dad read this book to her, and she really liked it. She thinks other 5 year olds would like it too.

Running Wild

by Michael Morpurgo

Will and his Mum take a trip to Indonesia. It is a time for them to swim, relax and enjoy themselves. Will is riding Oona the elephant when a tsunami comes washing ashore. Oona doesn’t understand what is happening and starts to run inland through the jungle.

This is a great adventure book for 9 year olds and older who enjoy stories about the natural world, especially elephants.

An Undone Fairy Tale

by Ian Lendler

This book shows what goes wrong when an illustrator cannot keep up with illustrating the fairy tale told in the book.

My favourite parts were when I saw the fat, fat, FAT king and when Sir Wilbur’s men had to ride fish, and when Sir Wilbur had to fight a pretzel because the dragon was still in the shower.

I found this book really funny, and I recommend it for everybody at any age.

New Books term 3 Week 3

Here are the new books on display.
Picture Books - The Biggest Kiss by Joanna Walsh
Where is my light? by Deborah Day (donated to our library my Mrs McIsaac).
An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler - a very funny sophisticated picture book. (see Cheralyn's review)
Fiction - Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo (see Annabelle's review)
Rascal in Trouble by Paul Jennings (NIR)
Non-fiction - Basketball, Rugby and Cricket.

2010 Best Borrowers

The best borrowers for the year so far have been found.
These children are the most consistent at returning their library books and bringing their bookbag and taking home another book.
Middle school - Herbert, Jamie and Ahsan - all from Room 9
Junior school - Thomas W, Willem, Watalu, Kevin, Zane and Nilpa
Senior school - Annabelle, Georgia and Emma
Well done. The students are pictured with their book prize.

What is Kirigami?

Paul is the first to see our new book Origami and Kirigami; 75 Fun-To-Do Projects. He has made 2 Origami animals and 3 Kirigami items. Look in the book to find out what Kirigami is. Reply to Mrs Sutherland on the blog and collect a sticker from the library (first 6 replies).
Look for Origami projects in Dewey Decimal # 745.54.

Wet Weather? Spend some time being ARTY.

This week's new books on display all have an art theme. You can't get out and play as much as usual, so take time to increase your knowledge and ability of art skills.

Non-fiction: Calligraphy DD# 745.61 The Good Green Footprint DD# 745.5
You Can Draw Cartoons DD# 745.2 How to Draw fantasy Art DD# 743
A Sense of Place DD# 704 Samoa (Patterns of Polynesia) DD3 709.9
Monet DD# 759.4

Fiction:
The Black Book of Colours - a Sophisticated Picture Book which has raised line drawings and Braille letters. This book describes colours but is on a black page with white writing. Kept in the Senior Fiction area, COT.

The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt. Guess which fairytale characters are in the foggy forest. Kept in the Picture Book section S.