Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week |
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Te wiki o te reo Māori (4-10 July) is just around the corner. The theme is year is "Ākina te reo - behind you all the way". Christchurch City Libraries is behind you all the way with a range of resources if you want to improve your te reo Māori knowledge including special bilingual storytimes sessions for preschoolers (and their carers).
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Why pi?
by Johnny Ball
Introduces the concepts of measurement and mathematics, discussing their use throughout history, along with examples of how they are used in everyday life in calculating temperature, light, electricity, time, music, and objects in space
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Star Wars character encyclopedia
by Simon Beecroft
Updated to include characters from the latest film, an authorised fan's reference shares in-depth information and fun facts for more than 200 Star Wars characters.
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| Grayling's song by Karen CushmanGrayling isn't brave, or adventurous, or smart. But she'll have to act like she's all three if she wants to save her mother, a magically gifted wise woman. In order to fight the evil spell that's transforming her mother into a tree, Grayling uses a special song to call for help, and winds up with a team of magical misfits: a vain enchantress, a shape-shifting mouse, a weather-witch and her annoying assistant, and a wizard who specialises in cheese. Set in a medieval-style fantasy world, Grayling's Song will bewitch readers who prefer a quirky take on typical quest stories. |
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Slacker
by Gordon Korman
Trying to cruise through school doing as little work as possible, an unmotivated boy gets his comeuppance when a community service project escalates into an all-out battle with an extracurricular activity-obsessed, mean-spirited girl.
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Polar: A photicular book
by Dan Kainen
A latest Photicular book by the authors of the New York Times best-sellers Safari and Ocean celebrates the unique life at the North and South Poles, in a volume that combines lavish photography with lively descriptive essays on each animal's characteristics, habitats and behaviours.
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| Save me a seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita VaradarajanIs one week of shared school lunches enough to forge a friendship? For the 5th graders in Save me a seat, that depends on who you make friends with. Smart, confident, and newly arrived in New Jersey from Bangalore, India, Ravi is sure that his best friend at school will be Dillon, a popular American-born Indian student. But Joe, a tall white kid with a learning disability, knows better -- Dillon has been bullying him since kindergarten. Ravi and Joe take turns describing the shifting alliances and surprising events of this "lunchroom drama" that will leave you "begging for seconds" (School Library Journal). |
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The movie version of Roald Dahl's classic fantasy adventure The BFG opens in New Zealand theatres on 7 July. To celebrate, check out this list of books that share a Dahl-icious blend of whimsy, creepiness, and humour.
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| The boy who swam with piranhas by David Almond; illustrated by Oliver JeffersWhen faced with family problems, you might fantasise about running away to join a carnival, but after his uncle cooks and cans his pet goldfish, orphan Stanley Potts actually goes through with it. Landing a job at the carnival's hook-a-duck stall, Stanley tries to fit in among the eccentric performers...until the day when Pancho Pirelli, the legendary piranha-proof man, changes Stanley's destiny by choosing him as an apprentice. Author David Almond and illustrator Oliver Jeffers are no strangers to the weird, and in The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, they've created a silly yet heartfelt story that's sure to "tickle imaginations" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Abominables by Eva IbbotsonAfter young Lady Agatha Farlingham is kidnapped by yetis on a trip through the Himalayas, she discovers that the supposedly "abominable" creatures are actually quite lovable. For years, Agatha lives happily with the family of yetis in their hidden valley, until rampant tourism forces them to abandon their home and make their way to Agatha's family estate in England. Can the innocent, quirky yetis survive the long journey without being discovered? Find out in this witty, fast-paced fantasy that's just right for Roald Dahl fans. |
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| Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver; illustrated by Kei AcederaAfter her father dies and her stepmother locks her in the attic, young Liesl meets a ghost named Po, who has a message for her about where she should bury her father's ashes. But after Liesl escapes the attic to follow Po's instructions, a mix-up involving two boxes -- one that holds her father's ashes and the other containing the most powerful magic in the world -- makes her adventures much more interesting (and dangerous) than they might have been. With just the right mix of sadness, humour, adventure, and magic, Liesl & Po is an unusual and very original fantasy that you won't want to miss. |
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| The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate SaundersTwins Lily and Oz are fascinated by the closed-down chocolate shop in the house their family just inherited -- and that's before they meet the invisible talking animals who live there. But the Secret Ministry of the Unexplained is also interested in the shop, and soon the twins are swept up in a mission to prevent their immortal uncle Isadore from unleashing chocolatey doom on the world. Readers will be enchanted by the warmth and imagination in this unpredictable fantasy. For more whimsical tales of modern magic, check out The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde and The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson. |
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Demon dentist
by David Walliams
When children in his town begin waking up to discover that the Tooth Fairy has left them icky bugs instead of coins in exchange for fallen-out teeth, young Alfie is forced to book an appointment with a scary new dentist in town.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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