As part of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards there is a drawing competition.
Some of the finalists feature animals with fantastic names like The Wonky Donkey and Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig goes to Dad’s Cafe so we’d like you to draw us your favourite animal and give it your brainiest-zaniest name.
There are entry forms at all our libraries and you can hand your completed entry forms in at the library too.
The winner will be announced on the 16th of May and will recieve book vouchers from the Children’s Bookshop.
Happy reading and drawing everyone!
If you are in Years 1-8 you could have your work illustrated professionally and published! How cool is that!
As part of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards a collection of 50 pieces of children’s writing will be published; yours could be one of them!
You might have a story waiting for an audience or you might want to use some time these holidays to write a poem. Even if you don’t get published you could still be in to win a copy of one of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards finalists.
Check out this link to find out more.
Kia ora tamariki ma! Wellington City Libraries will be taking part in the Council’s Waitangi Day celebrations in Waitangi Park. Come along between 11 and 4:30 for heaps of family events including musical performances, storytelling and craft activities.
Can’t wait? Enter our Waitangi Day Quiz, show us what you know about Waitangi Day and go in the draw to win some great books!
Hey guys, use mygateway.info to find information online with Wellington City Libraries and you can be in to win a Hewlett Packard 2140 Mini Note!
Check out how you can use the databases to help with homework at mygateway.info to find information from magazines, newspapers and reference books such as encyclopaedias online by entering our competition. This is a great place to get information for your homework and projects and much of it can’t be found easily through the internet.
Find out more by going to our website and clicking on the mygateway.info competition link to answer two easy questions – the competition closes on 29th September and all you need is a current Wellington City Libraries card to enter. All the best!
Voting isn’t just for adults! You, too, can have a say. You get the opportunity to pick the best children’s book in NZ and could win $1000 of book vouchers for your school.
The New Zealand Post Book Awards seeks to find the best children’s books in New Zealand and they want to know what you think. Go to the Children’s Choice webpage to vote now.
We’ve reviewed some of the books you can vote for- The Were-Nana, Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig, Every Second Firday, The Crafting of Narnia, and Duck’s Stuck. There are heaps more too!
Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 1st of May. That’s this week! Better get voting…
Hey guys if you have read any of the ‘39 clues’ series, send us a review about any of the books in the series and we will send you a set of the 39 clues cards. We only have so many sets to give away, so be in quick…..make sure you add your name and address to your review so we can send them to you! Look out for the 3rd book in the series which is coming soon!
Hey guys, buy a copy of the Dominion Post tomorrow and read the Presto Club page which is published on Tuesdays. One of our very own Kid’s Choice reviewers has their Kid’s Choice review in there!! Also if you get the Presto page tomorrow you can enter to win your very own set of of the Inkheart Trilogy!! Wow!! Also, don’t forget to keep sending us your Kid’s Choice reviews….who knows? Your review may end up in the Dominion Post on the Presto Club page also!!
All you book lovers out there will be excited to hear that the list of books nominated for the New Zealand Post Book Awards it out!
Each year the New Zealand Post Book Awards celebrate the best children’s and teens’ picture books, fiction and non-fiction from New Zealand authors and illustrators. So if you’re looking for something awesome to read, then these are the books for you!
Check out their website for the list of books nominated to win for 2009 and then go to your local library to get your hot little hands on them! You even have the chance to have your say and vote for a winner! Click on the Children’s Choice logo to vote for your favourite book and you could win your school $1000 of book vouchers. How cool is that?!
We will be reviewing each book on this blog and letting you know about more events and news. So keep your eyes peeled for more info…
Hey, if you think you know something about Waitangi Day then give the library Waitangi Day Quiz a go. Do the quiz before this Saturday (you’ve got two days) and you could win a prize! Do it now!
Hey, do you know about the 39 Clues books? Are you interested in unlocking the secrets of the world’s most powerful family and winning prizes? If you are, we’ve got eight game card packs to give away – they’ll help you with your clue solving! All you have to do is write a two line, rhyming poem with the title “The 37th Clue”. For example:
The 37th Clue
The secret of the 37th clue,
Can be found inside a banana coloured blue.
But I’m sure your poems will be much better than that! So, write a comment here* including your poem (you must have a Wellington City Libraries library card) and the first eight will get a 39 Clues game card pack. Cool!
* Before the end of November 2008!
