Kids Blog

During May all sort of comedians have been touring New Zealand for the NZ International Comedy Festival.

In our Kids Catalog Web you can find out about some of our most famous comedians. Check them out in the NZ Famous People section.

If you love making your friends and family laugh – there’s also a whole section just on Jokes and Comics.

There’s some interesting stuff that has arrived in the library recently. If you like the Children of the Lamp series then you’ll be pleased to know that we have the next book, The Eye of the Forest. Other new sequels and series include Triskellion 2: The Burning by Will Peterson, and Sunrise, the new Power of Three book by Erin Hunter.

If you’re interested in World War II and the holocaust there’s a new book that you might like to read: The Diary of Laura’s Twin by Kathy Kacer.

Then there’s flying pigs, robots, guard dogs, dinosaurs lost in time, and much more: just visit the My Library Kids’ Fiction page.

Some of you have put your New Zealand music knowledge to the test and you’ve done our New Zealand Music Quiz! Excellent! The rest of you: don’t miss out on your chance to win a prize. The quiz is here – don’t miss out!

You can also get to it from the kids’ index page.

Have a look at the New Zealand Music Month website to find out more about, well, music in New Zealand.

Good luck and go to it!

‘Kiwi Kids Kooky Ukes!!’

Join us for a Children’s ukulele musical storytime at Newtown Library !

Tuesday 26th May 11.00am

Jack Bruno, a Las Vegas taxi driver, finds himself on an adventure when a brother and sister suddenly appear in his cab. They seem to have amazing powers, being able to stop trucks without getting hurt and moving objects around with their minds, and he realises that they are going to get him into lots of trouble! He seeks help from a famous UFO expert, Dr Friedman and together they manage to get the children to their destination, Witch Mountain, where their spaceship has been taken. His taxi isn’t quite the same by the end of the adventure, which includes being chased and, at times, captured by the military, fighting off the evil Siphon sent to distroy the children and generally trying to avoid everyone wanting to catch the 2 alien children. Race to Witch Mountain is full of adventures and funny too. 4 stars

Hey guys, check out the new Ripley’s Believe It or Not 2009 special edition. There is a man from Tennessee who was buried up to his neck in a six-foot container crammed with 10,000 wriggling worms. Would you believe he stayed in there for a whole hour eating them. Yuk. Or what about the nine year old girl from New Jersey who can pop her eyeballs beyond her eye socket. Not a pretty sight believe me. If you would like to read about these and more incredible facts and feats then get down to the library to grap this book.

The actual day that William Shakespeare was born is not known for certain. So April 23^rd 1564 is the date chosen to celebrate his birthday, since it was three days before his baptism. 23^rd April 1616 is also the day that Shakespeare died.

Shakespeare was born in the town Stratford-upon-Avon, which was a quiet market town in Warwickshire, with fewer than 2000 people living there. The town was close to the cities of Oxford and Coventry.

Shakespeare’s parents were called John and Mary. John was a successful businessman and Mary was the daughter of a nobleman. William was the oldest surviving child and he had four younger siblings.

Shakespeare was educated as a boy, but left school when he was 15. He then started to help out with his father’s glove-making business.

For more information about William Shakespeare (and other famous people) visit the kids’ catalogue. Books about Shakespeare are here, for other famous people try this.

Yay! The New Zealand Post Book Awards winners have been announced. Here they are-

Picture Book Winner

Roadworks by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock

Junior Fiction Winner

Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby

Non-Fiction Winner

Back and Beyond; New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O’Brien

Check out the website for more details.

May is New Zealand Music Month, and we’re giving you the chance to win some music vouchers by doing our New Zealand Music Quiz.

You can also get to it from the kids’ index page.

Have a look at the New Zealand Music Month website to find out more about, well, music in New Zealand.

Good luck and go to it!

I just came across this book which was a compilation of stories about two sisters from a small circle of islands, called “That-place-where-Matiretoha-waved-good-bye”. But because the people were kinda lazy to say the whole name it became known as “That-place” instead. Its a very cool book with nice illustrations , different fonts and even comic like stories as well. Its mostly stories about gods like Maui and Rata and of course, the different people living in ‘That-place”. It’s called “Amazing Tales of Aotearoa” by Glenn Colquhoun. Do check it out I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.