Chantelle has reviewed three new books, that are now on display.

Starring Jules (as herself) by Beth Ain is a senior fiction especially for 8 to 10 year old girls.  
Jules is a cheerful girl with a great imagination.  This story tells how she has been chosen to star in a TV show.  I enjoyed this book quite a lot and I think my friends would like it too.

Great Galloping Galoot is a picture book by Stephanie Thatcher. Galoot is a clumsy giraffe who is teased by other animals, but there is a happy ending.

Polar Bears Close up is a non-fiction book. Anyone using our library would enjoy this, because the polar bears are cute and there are interesting facts about them.  I found out that cubs stay with their Mums for about 2 1/2 years.

New Books, read by Kyla

Penguins Closeup by Lorna Hendry.
This non-fiction books is full of information about different breeds of penguins. There are very closeup photos of the penguins swimming, feeding and keeping warm. Junior children will find this a great book for looking at.

The Silly Goat Gruff by Scott Tulloch (NZ).
This picture book is a funny version of the traditional story, Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Dirty Bertie Pirate by David Roberts.
Dirty Bertie is a new character in our Library. In this book, there are three short stories where Bertie makes trouble in each of them. It is a Newly Independent Reader which means it is good for children wanting an easy chapter book.

My favourite one is The Silly Goats Gruff because it is very funny when Silly meets the Troll.

Starting off in 2013

Welcome to The Sunnybrae School Library.

We are some of the Librarians on duty this year.  Librarians are responsible for looking after the library and being helpful to people that come into the Library. - Cindy

You can come to the library at lunchtimes and with your class to borrow your books.  When you borrow a book, you need to write your name on the date due slip and then take the book to the issue desk where one of us (trained librarians) will scan your book for you. 
You must have a bookbag to transport your book in, to keep it safe, clean and dry.  Please return the book after 1 week. - Hannah

When you are in the library at lunchtime, you are expected to behave respectfully and care for the books you may be browsing.  Can you please listen to the librarian if they request you to do something.  We need to keep the library a nice place for people to read books, and if you like you can use the computers or games from the cupboard, quietly. - Hawon

If you want to use a computer, line up quietly for a computer card from the issue desk.  This will give you a 15 minute turn, and you must be on a site suitable to use at our school.
You may borrow a game from our games cupboard and play it on the tables only.  If there is not spare room, then you cannot play the game, because our main aim is to have the library  a quiet place for reading. Treat the games with respect and tidy up after yourselves when it is pack away time. - Vianni

Hawon, Hannah, Grace, Vianni and Cindy are on duty on Friday, at lunchtime.

Rummikub Finals 2012

Today the prizewinning round of the Rummikub competition was held.

The competitors were Sanha, Jerome, Bea and Ellisha.

Compared to the qualifying games, this was a quick one.

Ellisha was first to finished, with Bea in second place.  

They both chose a Beatrix Potter book as their prize.

Congratulations, Girls!

Library Olympics

Last term we held the qualifying rounds for our Library Olympics.

Any interested librarian competed to get the quickest time to search, issue and shelve books.

Ellisha, Jude, Linda, Ju Won, Esther and Lata won through to the competition round, which was held today.

Each girl had to find 3 particular books, issue them, then return them.  Finally they had to shelve 8 books in their correct place - all timed to see who was the fastest.

Esther was in 3rd place, taking 3.10 to complete her tasks.

Jude was runner up with 3.08, to the winner, Ellisha with 3.02.

The photo is of them celebrating their success with some of the other librarians.

New to Our Library

Space Scout stories are about Kip (a regular boy) and Finbar (half wolf and half boy), who live on a planet in Space.
The stories are science fiction, set in the future.

Thomas found it interesting that a young space scout could be better than the adult space scout when it comes to saving the lives of his friends.

Cole and Thomas both think that we should get more Space Scout books for our library.  They loved them.
They think the books are best for boys from five years old to 12 years old.

 by Thomas and Cole from Room 3

Winners- NZ Post Book Awards 2012

Juwon with the Children's Choice - The Cat's Pyjamas.

Lata with Digging Up the Past, which received an Honour Award.

Jaz and Joanna with Rahui, the winner of the Picture Book section.

Leo with the best Non-fiction book Nice Day for a War - also the supreme winner.

Best Junior fiction was Super Finn by Leonie Agnew.  It also won the award for best "first book".

The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else received an Honour Award in Junior Fiction.