A book that I’ve read recently is The Daring Book for Girls. It’s full of fun, adventure-filled things to do that don’t involve iPods, cellphones or anything that needs a computer. With everything from how to make a friendship bracelet to how to become a spy, there is something in it for every sort of girl. The book also has stories, projects and a wealth of information that is sure to stir every girl’s imagination into trying something new.
Magic Things
Do you really, really like Magic Kitten? Well, now there’s Magic Puppy… arriving at a library near you quite soon, so make sure you reserve a copy (by Sue Bentley):
A new beginning
Muddy paws
Princessy Things
Dust off your Tiaras and sparkly clothes! The new Tiara Club princesses are having adventures in the ocean… reserve your copy today (all by Vivian French):
Princess Amelia and the silver seal
Princess Leah and the golden seahorse
Princess Ruby and the enchanted whale
Princess Millie and the magical mermaid
Princess Rachel and the dancing dolphin
Princess Zoe and the wishing shell
Happy reading!
Did you know that New Zealand has over 2,500 species of spiders and scientists are still finding information about them? The most interesting thing is that the spiders we most often see in our house or in the garden are not even our native variety. If we want to see those we need to go into the bush or to the beach, but watch where you sit down.
The Katipo is the only native spider that can be harmful to us. The Maori call it the night-stinger. It is usually only the female katipo that bites and she will only do so to protect her eggs. Her bites are very painful, but not fatal. The Nelson cave spider is the only New Zealand spider that is legally protected. I didn’t even know that we had protected spiders. This spider is very rare and only found in a few caves in the Nelson and Buller regions and has very long legs, up to 15 centimetres, that is half the length of a ruler. Check out all the great books we have on spiders. They are great little creepy crawlies. Bye for now.
Sam Silverthorne’s a nineteenth century boy adventurer who uncovers weird mysteries and visits exotic, faraway places. Sounds like pretty good fun? He features in three books written by Gary Crew (with maybe more on the way?): Quest, Menace and Victory. Read one (or all three) and let us know what you think. If you’ve already read them, we’d still like a review!
Check out this awesome event :
Papakowhai Road, Papakowhai, Porirua City – Opposite Aotea Lagoon – SH 1 Right hand exit Papakowhai/Waitangirua after Porirua city. This event will have ’something for everyone’ including families and children. There will be 45 live and static displays on show. There is no charge for entry.
Entertainment and Action
Police Museum
Celebrating its centenary with free admission during the open dayAlso featuring a puppet show by Brian Ward from TV3 and puppies from Police Dog Training Centre. Other displays include the following:
What would you do if someone wouldn’t let you read your favourite book? What if they banned it? Would you read it anyway? Come and see local authors reading their favourite banned books at the following libraries:
Monday 25th February at Kilbirnie
3:30 to 4: Philippa Werry & Fifi Colston reading Bridge to Teribithia or Our Street4:15 to 5: Frances Cherry reading Leon
Tuesday 26th February at Newtown
3:30 to 4: Linda Forbes & Katrina Drew-Young reading The Rabbit’s Wedding
4:15 to 5: Eirlys Hunter & Fleur Beale reading Phylis Reynolds Naylor titles and Dare, Truth or Promise
Wednesday 27th February at Johnsonville
3:30 to 4: Lynne Jackett reading Little Black Sambo
4:15 to 5: Judity Bryers Holloway reading Closed Stranger
Thursday 28th February at Karori
3:30 to 4: Dylan Owen reading In the Night Kitchen/ Where the Wild Things Are
4:15 to 5: Iona McNaughton reading The Fat Man
Friday 29th February at Central
3:30 to 4: Janet McFadden reading The Great Gilly Hopkins
4:14 to 5: Don Long reading Washday at the Pa/ Harry Potter/His Dark Materials
Check out this link to find out more: /kids/whatson.html
The Vikings were warrior people from Norway, Sweden and Denmark in the far North of Europe, near the Arctic. They raided and conquered between the years 800 and 1100 AD. The Viking peoples conquered and settled much of England and Ireland, parts of Russia, lower Italy, and the area called Normandy in France. The Vikings discovered and settled Iceland in 870, and then discovered Greenland in 985.
They were much feared across Europe. They sailed from their homes to raid rich monasteries and towns in other countries, stealing their silver and gold, and taking the people as slaves.
The first recorded raid by Vikings was in 793 on the monastery at Lindisfarne. London was attacked many times, once by 94 ships. Paris was conquered in 845. Often the Vikings would demand payment to leave an area in peace, as they did of the French king in order to leave Paris. Dublin in Ireland became a Viking trading centre. Some Vikings would spend the winter in places they had captured, and others would spend years away from home raiding different towns.
Check out the book Viking, written by Susan M. Margeson, or search for other information…
The Vikings were excellent sailors, and crossed the ocean in wooden longships to conquer and raid other lands. On the open sea their ships used big rectangular sails, and in coastal waters and rivers they rowed with oars instead.
Viking ships were very fast and flexible. Vikings carved scary beasts onto their ships to terrify their enemies.
Norway. It measures 23.2m long and 5.2m wide. It had oars 3.3m long. Large warships would need 24 – 50 oars. Some ships even transported horses. The longest Viking warship found was 28m long.
Do you know that you can be (if you aren’t already), a walking, living and yummy habitat? “A what?” you ask. A habitat I say! Yes, a place where parasites can live and multiply! Yikes, jeepers creepers!
There are more than 430 different parasites that can live both on and in a human body. Good news though! We are too clean and well cared for (hope you are!) to have lots of parasites. We might just have the ocassional one or two, even if you think you don’t! The well known ones are the head lice and mite. You might be feeling a bit itchy and sick at the thought that there are hitch hikers on and in your body. Have no fear! There is a lot that we and other animals can do to fight back! Good grooming plus modern medicine can spell the difference between being a host for life and, well, not…
Animals have ways of fighting back as well. Kangaroos have built in grooming by way of two toes stuck together to make a two-clawed grooming tool. American screech owls have a small insect-eating snake in their nests as anti-louse arsenal…
To get some more facts about these hitch hiking parasites, check out What’s eating you? in the children’s non fiction area of the library.
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