Kids Blog

Duncan read The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. He liked the amazing characters in it. His  favourite character is, of course, Captain Underpants.

Sean talked about the book Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar. It’s about a boy who loves to tell jokes even if nobody laughs much when he does.

At our November meeting we welcomed our new Bookbuster Ashleigh and congratulated Caroline for receiving her 6th month certificate.

We looked into natural disasters. To check the BookBusters preparedness for a disaster we played a game of fill your emergency kit bag.. There were both silly and correct items that they had to choose from to put in their kit. There were also emergency checklists handed out for them to fill in with their parents when they get home.

Then we had the usual book reviews and new books to choose from and a funny story at the end. Look at how much fun we had.

Hannah R told us about “Puddle the Naughtiest Puppy by Hayley Daze. It is about a girl and her cousin who like to go on adventures. In this story the children and the puppy have an adventure at the theatre.

Michelle reviewed Pet Trouble by T. T Sutherland. This story is about a dog called Jeopardy who likes to jump over hurdles.

Mina told us about The Dread Pirate Fleur and the Ruby Heart by Sara Starbuck. In this story a girl’s father gets killed by a band of men. Her uncle who is the most feared man on the seas comes to claim her and Alexander Blood tries to kill the uncle. Mina gave this 100 stars and thinks it’s a great story for both girls and boys

Hannah reviewed The Crown Queen. She said this was a great book for girls. It was about someone who steals the crown because they wanted to crown someone else.

Alec reviewed The Secret Science  Alliance. This book is about 3 kids who are very smart and  have all become scientist. The write all their inventions in a notebook but someone has stolen this book to pinch their ideas.

Connor told us about Just Crazy.  This book has 9 stories and Connor’s favourite one is Mud Men because the men go around naked and put mud on themselves.

Hi All!

We had an action-packed session this month. To begin, Rowan read Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. This book tested the geographic knowledge of our BookBusters, and they passed with flying colours! Then we had an assortment of great book reviews. Sofia had read the classic Black Beauty and gave it 10/10. Tess really enjoyed Destiny the Pop Star Fairy by Daisy Meadows. Ben and Lucas had both been reading Geronimo Stilton (as had lots of our other BookBusters!)

Our activity this month was a library scavenger hunt. We got into teams of 2 & 3 and had to find the answers to 10 questions about the library. Some of the questions were really hard! Rowan & Anna were impressed that our BookBusters did so well. We went through the answers together and everyone got to choose a special reward sticker.

See you in December everyone!

The Commonwealth games with a difference came to our BookBuster session  this month.

BookBusters had to find a book on a country, a sport, and a means of transport to the games. Along with some questions about the games, and designing their own flag, each team competed for the gold, silver, or bronze medal.

More medals were given out for reviews and spot questions, so we had some multiple medal winners. Well done everyone.

Shivani reviewed The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl.  It is about a girl who has a magic finger and she uses it on a lot of people – like her teacher who was turned into a cat and Mr and Mrs Gregg get wings!  While they are flying, some ducks get into their houses but then the couples’ wings vanish and it all goes back to normal.  9.5/10

Olivia reviewed The Queen Elizabeth Family from The Family Collection by Enid Blyton.  Mike, Belinda and Ann come home from school one weekend to find their father home early.  He asks them if they would like to have dinner on the Queen Elizabeth ship.  They all really enjoy dinner there.  Soon the children are allowed to sail to America on the ship.  I like how Enid Blyton describes what it is like to be on a big ship.  10/10

Sarah reviewed EJ12 Girl Hero series by Susannah McFarlane.  It’s about a girl called Emma who is a spy.  Sarah loves this book because it has lots of action in it and she recommends it for girls aged 7 and up.  5/5

Elena reviewed Little House on the Prairie.  She says it’s a really good book because about a little girl who lives in the big woods.

Zita reviewed How To Train Your Dragon, a story about a boy called Hiccup who is a bit of a nerd.  This book is set in Viking times and has heaps of dragons and heroes.

Lauren reviewed The Magic Tree House series because the characters go on lots of fun adventures.

Madeline reviewed Silver Dolphin, a story about a girl who lives in the attic at her grandma’s house.  She befriends dolphins and they go on many adventures together.

…LOVE a good mystery!  For our October meeting we looked at different mystery books and had fun solving a puzzle to reveal the hidden clue.  Our BookBusters also shared lots of great book reviews – keep them coming, the chiefs love hearing about all the cool books you’re reading!!  A special congratulations to our BookBusters who have received certificates for their attendance.  Here are some photos from our meeting.

We have tons of fun and games planned for you.  Read on to see what’s happening at your BookBuster club. If you’d like to find out more about our book club for 7-8year olds you can here.

Tuesday 5th October 4-5pm:

Island Bay will celebrate the commonwealth games with related activities.

Karori will look at mysteries/spy books this month with some mysteries solving activities.

Central will have a Commonwealth Games theme. There will be word finds and quizzes and other such activities.

Wednesday 6th October 4-5pm:

Mervyn Kemp Tawa will be looking at authors and favourite stories.

Thursday 7th October 4-5pm:

Johnsonville: invite you to put your training shoes. You are off to the Commonwealth Games.

Ruth Gotlieb Kilbirnie will be reading this,  Hello! and finding their book reviews from last month’s meeting.  We’ll also have a look at some cool kid’s comic books and graphic novels.

Elena recommends Ripple and the Wild Horses of White Cloud Station by Trudy Nicholson, a story about three girls who really love ponies.  Elena rates it 9/10.

Nina is loving the Roman Mysteries series by Caroline Lawrence and recommends these books to other kids who enjoy mysteries and history.  The series begins with The Thieves of Ostia.  Nina rates this series 9.5/10!

Shivani is really enjoying a classic - The Adventures of Milly Molly Mandy.  She rates it 10/10.

Daniel is loving all the Where’s Wally? books.  He says that the best thing about it is that every page is hilarious.  Where’s Wally? The Fantastic Journey is a great one to check out.

Joshua recommends the classic adventure story Treasure Island and he rates it 10/10.

Matthew recommends the Goosebumps series so if you enjoy chills and thrills you should definitely read some R.L. Stine!  One of the libraries latest Goosebumps books is When the Ghost Dog Howls.