Our first post for 2016

Welcome back to the library blog. We are happy to be back online! Our Matariki display brightened up the library.

Pukapuka of the week - One minute's silence

ANZAC DAY 

In one minute of silence you can imagine sprinting up the beach in Gallipoli in 1915 with the fierce fighting Diggers, but can you imagine standing beside the brave battling Turks as they defended their homeland from the cliffs above...

In the silence that follows a war long gone, you can see what the soldiers saw, you can feel what the soldiers felt. And if you try, you might be able to imagine the enemy, and see that he is not so different from you...

In One Minute's Silence, you are the story, and the story is yours - to imagine, remember and honour the brothers in arms on both sides of the conflict, heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives.

A moving and powerful reflection on the meaning of ANZAC Day.
Allen and unwind.com

Exciting News - New Zealand Geographic Now Free for schools

HaPPy BirTHDAy! Dr SeUSs

In celebration of Dr Seuss' Birthday we're having a lunch time Library competition which will run all of this month.

 Who's going to be the fastest to complete the Dr Seuss Jigsaw? We've also got heaps of fun coloring in templates and book marks to make. Pop in at lunchtime and make something Zany or try your luck at the Jigsaw.

Lunch Boxes By India

India reads to Alex and tells him 

about the story.She is a great leader. 

I was reading this book to Alex

because I want to help people 

to try and get people to

eat healthier. I want to help Alex

get to read better.

My Favorite Book. By India

Simpsons Comics Madness

I like this book because it is funny and I want to

help inspire people to read the Simpsons. 

Book of the Week - The Book with No pictures

BLORK!!      BLUURF !!!!   My Best Friend is a monkey

You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except ...here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say ...BLORK. Or BLUURF. And even if the words include things like BLAGGITY  BLAGGITY and MY HEAD IS MADE OF BLUEBERRY PIZZA! That's the rule. That's the deal.  Brilliantly irreverent and very, very silly,