NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2013

 Fiction Book Finalists: Uncle Trev & His Whistling Bull by Jack Lasenby
                                      The ACB with Honora Lee by Kate de Goldi
                                      The Queen & the Nobody Boy by Barbara Else
                                      My Brother's War by David Hill
                                      Red Rocks by Rachael King

 Non Fiction Finalists: Kiwi: the real story by Annemarie Florian
                                    100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa by Simon Morton
                                    Taketakerau, The Millennium Tree by Marnie Anstis
                                    At the Beach: Explore & discover the NZ seashore by Ned Barraud & Gillian
                                    Candler

Picture Book Finalists: A Great Cake by Tina Matthews
                                     Mr Bear Branches & the Cloud Conundrum by Terri Rose Baynton
                                     Mister Whistler by Margaret Mahy
                                     Melu by Kyle Mewburn
                                     Remember that November by Jennifer

                  The winners will be announced on Monday 24 June 2013
                  Who will they be?

Chard Visits the Library

This week we had a very special guest in the library!
Mrs Mowat brought her dog Chard to school and we had turns reading to him in the library.
As you can see Chard seems very happy to be with us.
Come back soon Chard, we loved having you! woof, woof.

NZ Book Month Purchases

Following on from my last post, Caleb and Sua from Room 22 used their NZ Book Month Vouchers and purchased some new books for themselves. Enjoy!
Anyone else got some new books with their voucher? Only a few more days left of book month!

March is NZ Book Month

This is the month when we celebrate the joy of reading and all it's benefits.
Research in NZ and overseas consistently points to the importance of having books in the home, along with encouragement and support to read for pleasure, as greatly improving a child's chance of future success.
Each child at Pinehill School will receive a $5.00 off voucher to use at participating retailers in the month of March.
I would love to hear what books you chose to buy!
For further information about NZ Book Month visit: www.nzbookmonth.co.nz
Remember:

              BOOKS CHANGE LIVES

Thoughtful Words From Liam

 'I Love Library Words'

The Library is an elegant place. In the Library the non-fiction smells like serious business and the fiction smells like being free. When you open a fantastic book, you enter another world.

by Liam Rm 18 Year 4

Book Buying

Last Wednesday Mrs Moore and I had a great day choosing new books for our library.
What did we get? Well that is a surprise for when you come on your next visit! But we not only bought books! We also now have five more native birds in the library and a Hairy Maclary!

New Books for Week Nine

Here are just some of the new books in the library this week:

         Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
         Pictures of Home by Colin Thompson
         Smelly Bill Stinks Again by Daniel Postgate

Come in and have a read. Remember we are open before school starts at 8.30am.
Which book is your favourite this week?