Is there a leader hidden inside you?
Jul
04
It’s Leadership Week this week. Take our poll and tell us who your hero is.
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Kilbirnie BookSeekers Mid-Winter Dress-Up Party
Jun
27
All sorts of characters came out of their books and partied on down out at Kilbirnie library at the Bookseeker Mid-Winter Party.
There was:
Reepicheap (from Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis) and Titania (from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) added a bit of magic and adventure to the party.
Even kids with wings like to relax with a good books, so two genetically modified flying children from the Maximum Ride series flew in to party.
Little Red Riding hood tripped in with basket of goodies (without the wolf thank goodness)
Who knew warrior cats read books? But Green-eyes from Erin Hunter’s Warrior Cat series took the red book review seat.
Not only cat warrior’s but a Chinese warrior princess too! Our security was good.
The party was kept in hand under the stern gaze of Mrs Twit.
After book reviews we had a quizz, pass the parcel, cake and ….
The Book and Spoon Race!!
ready...steady...
Reepicheep vs Titania
it's not that easy balancing a book on a spoon...
but we had some success!
Karori BookBusters December meeting
Dec
15
Karori Library hosted graduations galore as we held the BookBusters end of year meeting.
After starting the session by exploring the story The Black Book of Colours, we then presented our reviews. Next up, we played a ’sausage’ game and the chocolate game. Fun for all!
We welcomed our new BookBusters Heather and Mathew. Order of the day was the graduation ceremony at the end. We congratulated and farewelled our graduating BookBusters Daniel, Edward, Joshua, Matthew and Olivia. We hope to see you move on to our BookSeekers group.
In the end, we gave out our goodie bags with lollies and other treats. We hope to see you again after your summer break.
Kid’s Review by Bianca
Nov
24
Charlie and the chocolate factory / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
These books are very interesting, and fun to read.
We are going offline for a few days
Oct
14
There won’t be any new Kids Blog posts until after Labour Weekend. We’ve got some new shiny software for our enormous computer system and it will take a few days to install and check.
We won’t be open over Labour Weekend to take out books either, so if you want some long weekend reading you might want to come and get some books before 7pm next Friday.
We will be back soon with all our usual news and reviews.
Kids’ Choice for October
Oct
01
Marie Antoinette / Kathryn Lasky.
In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France. Includes information about the history of the period, a family tree, and contemporary portraits. (Syndetics summary)
Dream of Night / Heather Henson.
Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.(Syndetics summary)
The key to Rondo / Emily Rodda.When his wild cousin Mimi comes to stay Leo finds himself disobeying the rules about his heirloom music box which results in them being transported to Rondo, the magical kingdom depicted on the box, where they meet up with a succession of storybook characters – both good and evil.
The bad beginning / by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
“After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Illustrations.” (Syndetics summary)
In a dying faery realm, only the brave and rebellious faery Knife persists in trying to discover how her people’s magic was lost and what is needed to restore their powers and ensure their survival, but her quest is endangered by her secret friendship with a human.(Syndetics summary)
If you want your say in next month’s kids’ choice fill in a review here.
