NZ Post Book Picture Book Awards Finalists

When Marmaduke Duck makes marmalade jam, EVERYBODY wants some! Juliette MacIver's hilarious, rollicking text is a joy to read aloud, and Sarah Davis' lively illustrations will have you laughing your socks off!
When Marmaduke Duck makes marmalade jam, EVERYBODY wants some!

NZ Post Picture Book Finalists

"Hill and Hole" by Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka Hill and Hole is a wonderfully original story about a most unlikely friendship. Hill likes being a hill, and Hole likes being a hole. But sometimes they dream of swapping places.

NZ Post Book Finalist

"Baa baa Smart Sheep" by authors Mark and Rowan Sommerset, is a book with snappy dialogue and hilarious illustrations. Baa Baa Smart Sheep is a laugh-out-loud story that will leave you thinking sheep aren’t as stupid as we might think.

NZ Post Bicture Book Finalists

Author Janene Cooper is a Literacy Facilitator working in Auckland. She has written this delightful book about everyone telling a girl how dogs should be, but this girl knows better.

NZ Post Book Awards Finalists

The Moon and the Farmer is a warm story, with lots of fun wordplay, this story is about a grumpy farmer whose animals keep him awake at night singing and dancing by the light of the moon. Author Margaret Mahy

New to Our Library "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

India Opal Buloni was sent to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and she came back with a dog. This is a story how her life changed because of Winn-Dixie, the goofy stray dog she adopted.

New in the Library is "Horrendo's Curse" by Anna Fienberg

A pirate adventure book.

The Cay - a master piece!

Phillip is shipwrecked and blinded while fleeing for safety during WW2. He wakes to find himself alone on a raft with old, ugly Timothy. This is a story of survival, their struggle to saty alive with no food and water.

The Burnt Stick - A great read based on a true story

When John Jagamarra was five, he was taken away from his mother and home because he was half white and the law said he had to be educated in a mission school to learn the ways of white people. But John never forgot his real home - or his mother, who dared to trick the men from the welfare department by darkening him with a burnt stick to hide his light skin. A poignant tale of painful separation, love, and memory. Written by Anthony Hill.

Poet, Writer, Artist and Musician, Apirana Taylor Visits as Part of Book Week.

Book Week Included a Scavenger Hunt.

Book Week included a Fun Book Character Dress Up Day.

Is it Little Red Riding Hood? A Peach for the Queen or Robot Wars? Or Happy and Content Children?

It was Called a "Wizard in the House", But the Wizard was in the Library

Asperger Syndrome

From the book jacket: "Touching, humorous and insightful, this book evokes the joys and challenges of raising a child who is different. It leaves the reader with a sense of the dignity, individuality and potential of people with Asperger Syndrome."

Finalists in the NZ Post Book Awards. Your Winning Choice Is?

This is the true story of Ben and Mark Smith, aged eight and six, who live with their parents Richard and Sheri on Mount White Station, near Arthurs Pass, one of the biggest and most remote stations in the South Island. Interest level 6 to 12 years

A NZ Post Book Award Finalist

Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afghanistan, this is his story in his words. Inspiring, and heart warming, this is the story of an ordinary Kiwi facing extraordinary challenges. Interest level 9+

A Poetry Book - The Word Witch

An illustrated selection of the poetry of Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot.

The Mine's Afire! : The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896

Based around the Brunner Mine Disaster of 1896, the biggest industrial accident in New Zealand's history. In this story, Thomas has been sent a journal from his grandmother back in England, with the request that he fill it in over the following 12 months and then send it back to her so that she will get to know the grandson she has never met. Interest level 9 to 12 years

Rangitoto: Te Toka to Moana : the Rock Standing on the Ocean

The dramatic story of Auckland's most striking icon - its birth, the kaka bird's connection to Rangitoto, the imprint of humans on its fragile wildlife, and how the island's guardians are saving it today. Interest level 6 to 12 years