Can you remember any character from your fairy tale books that is named Jack? I bet you’d say Jack and the Beanstalk , Jack and Jill or maybe Little Jack Horner. But did you know that there are still two unknown Jacks? If you’d like to get to know Jackwitch or Jack and the Giant-Killer then you should go read A Pair of Jacks by Michael Lawrence with cool illustrations by Tony Ross. It has two stories in one book (Jack and the Giant Killer and Jackwitch) and is really good for a quick read.
The David Beckham Academy (Series)
I think it’s exciting and builds up suspense, also it links all the books together in some type of way, and it has good ways of ending the problem in the story, and they are good titles.
Review by Bella
We have some great fun planned for you these holidays:
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party @ Tawa, Johnsonville and Khandallah
Alice in Wonderland: I Wonder @ Newtown, Island Bay and Brooklyn
Under the Sea @ Miramar and Kilbirnie
Seen the movie? Read the book! @ Cummings Park, Wadestown and Karori
Stories@10:30 in the Central Library
You can find out more here
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When the takings from the Spanish Main started to decline, many pirates shifted to the Indian Ocean. They were lured by the treasure fleets of the Indian Moghul and the merchantmen of the British, French and Dutch east India companies.
English pirate Henry Avery became notorious for capturing the Indian Moghul’s ship Gang-i-Sawai, which was carrying pilgrims and treasure from Surat to Mecca.
Most of the pirates hid out around the island of Madagascar, off the East Coast of Africa. The island was in the ideal place for raiding European trade routes to India, and Muslim pilgrimage routes to the Red Sea.
Madagascar was a wild, tropical island that had not been colonised by Europeans, so it was safe for outlaws. However, the ever-wary pirates created a small fortified base on St Mary’s Island, a small island off the north-east coast of Madagascar.
East Indiamen ships were the favourite target of pirates as they carried such goods as: gold, silver, fine china, silks and spices. Coffee and tea were also valuable items.
If you’re interested in pirates we’ve got heaps and heaps of books in the library for you. You can either go to the 910.4 section of the non fiction collection at your library, or you can search for pirates on the catalogue here!
If you had enjoyed book one The Name of this Book is Secret and second book If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch, you’ll surely enjoy the deliciously mysterious third book from the Secret series.
It is filled with adventure and chapter illustrations that you’ll really find it hard to put it down. It even has a chocolossary that has some amazing information about chocolates and several yummy chocolate recipes that left me grabbing for a chocolate after reading the book. Have a go and read This Book is Not Good For You by Pseudonymous Bosch. Oh and there’s also 100 ways to say “Hello” at the back.
“Kamusta!” (that’s in Tagalog). Have fun!
If you enjoyed the Cosmodome and other astronomy-related happenings last year, then head up to the Carter Observatory this Saturday.
The Observatory is reopening with a huge range of things to do on its first day: take a virtual tour through space at the new planetarium, discover the Universe through NZ’s largest telescope, or just join in with one of the many fun things that are planned.
For more details of what’s happening see the Carter Observatory website.
Old Hu-Hu is a lovely new picture book by Kyle Mewburn. It is the story about a young Hu-Hu grub who loses someone dear to him but ends up discovering life. It is a moving story with beautiful illustrations. Old Hu-Hu is also a finalist in the 2010 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.
Wrap up warm and head along to BookBusters – a fun book club for 7 and 8 year olds.
Check out news and reviews from BookBusters right here on this blog- just click on the BookBusters category on the right. Don’t forget you can find other club info here.
BookBusters is happening at…
Johnsonville and Kilbirnie Libraries: Thursday April 1st at 4pm (no- it’s not an Aprils Fools joke!)
Central, Island Bay and Karori Libraries: Tuesday April 6th at 4pm
Tawa Library: Wednesday April 7th at 4pm.
Everyone is welcome. Bring along some of the books you have read recently and be prepared to have fun!
We’ve got some great activities lined up for the April school holidays! There’s lots of Alice in Wonderland going on… Check out the details here.
Central Library: Extra cool storytimes! 10.30am on 6th, 9th, 13th and 16th of April.
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party! 11am on13th of April
Johnsonville Library: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party! 11am on 15th of April
Khandallah Library: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party! 3pm on 15th April
Brooklyn Library: Alice in Wonderland: I wonder… 10.30am on 11th of April
Island Bay Library: Alice in Wonderland: I wonder… 10.30am on 15th of April
Newtown Library: Alice in Wonderland: I wonder… 10.30am on 14th April
Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) Library: Fishy tales and stories of high adventure on the ocean! 2pm on 14th April
Miramar Library: Fishy tales and stories of high adventure on the ocean! 2pm on 15th of April
Karori Library: Seen the movie? Read the book! 11am on 15th of April
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library: Seen the movie? Read the book! 11am on 13th of April
Wadestown Library: Seen the movie? Read the book! 11am on 16th of April
Max Flash: Mission Four: Grave Danger by Jonny Zucker
This was an awesome book and I think it clearly explained what Max Flash was doing. I would recommend it to boys aged 7 & up. It has just the right amount of action in it. 5 stars.
Review by Andrew of Wellington
