It was all about the New Zealand Post Book awards this month at Tawa BookBusters. We had a look at some of the great books up for awards and voted for our favourite one.
This month we also shared the book we had been reading to another BookBuster who recorded our review and shared it with the rest of the group. We have read some awesome books in the last month guys so keep it up.
To finish up we had a game of O & X ’s. We split into two teams and had to answer some question to get the chance to place our O or X up on the game board. It was great fun and we had some very competitive BookBusters but in the end we had to call a draw. We will have to try that game again!
Recently Karori BookBusters have been reading…. lots!
Zoe has been reading The Famous Five books by Enid Blyton.
Amy has been reading Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-Off by R. A. Spratt. Her favorite part was when they are talking about the easiest way to get out of trouble – apparently by lighting a fire! She would give it nearly 5/5 stars
Sophie likes The Twits by Roald Dahl. Especially when they come back home and find everything upside down…
Charlotte likes The Witches which is also by Roald Dahl.
Rosa read Robbie and Foxy Monster Swap by Jonny Zucker back in March and would give it 3/5 stars.
Nuku reads graphic novels and has read Treasure Island.
Next Karori Meeting: Tuesday 1st May at 4pm. See you there!
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Brilliant book. We really enjoyed it. 5 Stars.
Attention all BookBusters!
Club meetings are on next week. What’s your favourite book since the March BookBusters meeting? Was it funny? Sad? Scary? Did you learn something new? We can’t wait to find out.
Tuesday 3rd April at 4pm: Island bay and Karori Libraries
Wednesday 4th April at 4pm: Tawa Library
Thursday 5th April at 4pm: Kilbirnie and Johnsonville Libraries
BookBusters is a fun free monthly bookclub for 7-8yr olds. Come along!
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Meet the castle that can build itself… and the children who will do anything to defend it!!
The Glower children are in turmoil – their parents (the king and the queen) and brother have been attacked by bandits and no one knows their whereabouts, of if indeed they’re alive. Now the castle is under seige from the inside by the Vervish Prince Khelsh.
Who can they trust…?
Princess Celie is a kind 11 year old. She is the Royal Princess of Sleyne and tries to do one of the hardest things in that mythical land: map Castle Glower. She is resourceful, brave and agile.
Castle Glower is extraordinary. It can do anything, like put walls in front of stairways, make slides down to the courtyard, put rooms in a row and much more. But can the castle survive the vicious onslaught of Khelsh who wants to take over?
Prince Khelsh is a mean, calculating, nasty, bullying, muderous person. His aim is take over the castle. Khelsh is hated by everyone, even his own dad!
It’s a really good book. Great for BookBusters. Great for anyone.
Review written by Abishkar from Island Bay Library BookBusters Abishkar rated Tuesdays at the Castle 9.5 out of 10!
We had 16 BookBusters at our March meeting. 2 for the first time and 8 new members got their new kits.
We started off with a lovely story and learned how to do our own on-line book reviews. Beacuse we had so many new members we then spent time with a getting to know each other and what we like to do and read activity.
There was also many new books to look at and a new booklist to take home.
Next month’s meeting is on April 4th at 4pm. Come along!
Karori BookBusters had a lot of fun at our first session for 2012. We made some cool corner-page monster bookmarks and shared some fantastic reviews. Check out our photos and recommended reads below. See you all in March – and we welcome you to bring along a friend with you (who is 7 to 8).
PS. If you’re feeling crafty and would like to make your own monster bookmark, here is the link to the instructions and template. Give it a go!
First off we welcomed our new BookBusters Holly and Dylan and then we created a getting to know you picture. We all had an outline of a person and inside we had to write information that was unique about us. What colour are our eyes what is our favourite book, food or sport. Anything that was special about us. So make sure you check them out. They are up on our BookBuster board in the library.
We also heard some great reviews. You have all been doing some great reading over the holiday and we all enjoyed hearing what have been your favourites.
Check out our photos.
Noah read the book Meet the Zombiesons by Knife & Parker. He liked how the cool soccer player helped to get the two bad people. The book has zombies and signed red t-shirt and pizza and the Dangerworld Park. He gives it 9 out of 10.
Satine and Hannah both read the Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. They liked
that every chapter ogf the book ia about a different story. They liked the characters in the book specially Moonface and Mrs. Washer.
Tomasina read Matilda by Roald Dahl and really liked it but didn’t like Mrs. Trunchbull. She was glad Matilda and Miss Honey ended up together.
Aidan read the book Cinderella. He didn’t enjoy it too much and felt it was boring.
Holly read the book and also watched the movie of Fantastic Mr. Fox. She liked both and loved how Mr. Fox was able to get out of trouble.
