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.