You are reading more!

I was wondering why we are so busy this year. The library database told me why...

That is more than 25% increase per student! Congratulation! Keep up the good reading habit!

March 2009 NEW Books

Fiction books
War of the robots, by Trevor Baxendale (Doctor Who)- BAX
Team play and Horse games, by Bonnie Bryant (Saddle Club)- BRY
Harsh Cry of the Heron, by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori)- HEA
Heaven's net is wide, by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori)- HEA
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini - HOS
Baboon, by David Jones – JON
The escape, by Robert Muchamore (Cherub)- MUC
The killing, by Robert Muchamore (Cherub)- MUC
My sister's keeper, by Jodi Picoult - PIC
The Ringmaster, by Vanda Symon NZ - SYM
Ben Brown’s adventure beyond the Universe, by Michael Thorp NZ – THO
Kiss, by Jacqueline Wilson - WIL
We, by Evgeniaei Ivanovitch Zamiatin - ZAM

Knowledge books
100 Amazing Make-it-Yourself Science Fair projects, by Glen Vecchione – 507.8
How to watch a bird, by Steve Braunias NZ – 598
New Zealand Whitewater : 125 great kayaking runs, by Graham Charles NZ – 797.1
Don't forget your scroggin: A how-to handbook for New Zealand Tramping, Sarah Bennett NZ – 796.51
Tramping in the South Island: more than 200 routes and tracks, by Sven Brabyn NZ – 796.51
Formula One, by Adrianna Morganelli – 796.7
2 deaths in 1 night : poems, by Janet Charman NZ – 821.9
Lovelock's dream run: a play, by David Geary NZ – 822.2

Picture books
Herbert : the brave sea dog, Robyn Belton NZ – BEL /P
Tenderfoot, by Goscinny and Morris (Lucky Luke)- GOS /P
Maus, by Art Spiegelman – SPI /P

2009 Earth Hour on Saturday 28th March 2009 at 8:30pm.

It is an usual subject for a library blog but I cannot help advocating the Earth Hour which happens on Saturday the 28th of March, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

Switch off your lights at 8.30pm for an hour and you will be part of a global event. Easy, feels good and helps the earth!

The earth hour New Zealand page is here.
Read about Earth Hour here, or watch the Youtube clip YouTube - Earth Hour 2009 Official Earth Hour 2009 video.

WOW @ MAC

Writers On Wheels Tour in Mount Aspiring College The College was the lucky recipient of the Writers on Wheels tour,
organised by the New Zealand Book Council http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/. The writers included Steve Braunias (Non-fiction), Janet Charman (Poetry), Anna Mackenzie (Teen Fiction), Vanda Symon (Crime Fiction) and David Geary (Scriptwriting). Check out their profile on http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/index.html
More than 120 students listened attentively to them, telling how they became a writer and other stories…

The library now proudly owns some of their books... with autographs :)

MACLIC Book club recommends "The Recruit", first book of the CHERUB serie by Robert Muchamore

Put on the melody of "Mission impossible" in your head, and read on... We recommend this book to all medium level readers, who like adventure and spies stories.

What we really liked in "The Recruit":

• The hero does not know where he goes, nor what happens when CHERUB recruits him
• The story could be real
• It is quite deep
• It is sometimes funny too
• The illegal activities of the Mum are surprising

The down points of the book:

• There was no strong climax
• We are disturbed by the fact that the hero is not bad, not good, does he become good?

We should read the second book! We would like to find out:

• What does Cherub stand for
• The hero gets to use his computer skills, his maths abilities
• What happened to his Mum, to him in the past

There could be a film or a video game made from the book.

FANTASY display @ MACLIC

Grab a book from the display and escape in fantastic worlds! Proudly brought to you by MACLIC book club.

MACLIC book club news

We have been busy:

• Designing a logo and finding a motto, making bookmarks with it
  
• Deciding on a book we all agree to read, and starting to read it... We chose the first of the Cherub series, The Recruit, by Robert Muchamore, not original, but really cool...


• Creating a new display for the library. FANTASY is our first theme, because it is a great genre and fairly easy to illustrate. We gathered the materials we needed and designed it, with lots of glitter!
  

Favourite books for Girls

When students are asked what is their Favourite book, here are the girls answers:

Girls aged 11 and 12

Finding Father, by Pauline Cartwright
Fiddlesticks, by Alan Fraser
The Priests of Ferris, by Maurice Gee
Mother Stone, by Maurice Gee
Once, by Morris Gleitzman
With Lots of Love From Georgia, by Brigid Lowry
"Tomorrow" series, by John Marsden
Aldophus Tips, by Michael Morpurgo
Ways to Live Forever, by Sally Nicholls
"Goosebumps", by R. L. Stine
Candyfloss, by Jacqueline Wilson

For Girls aged 13 and 14

Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah
Shearwater Bell , by Margareth Beames
Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
Dear Mr. Sprouts, by Errol Broome
Missing Judy
Love letters, by Anne Cassidy
Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn
Pip: The Story of Olive, by Kim Kane
Good Night Mr. Tom, by Marjorie Magorian
Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean
Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
Hunted, by Chris Ryan
A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
The Polar Express, by Chris van Allsburg
The Diamond Girls, by Jacqueline Wilson

For Girls aged 15 and +

A child called “It”, by Dave Pelzer
Bent Not Broken, by Lauren Roche
Ravens Gate, by Anthony Horowitz
The Thin line, by V. R. Joseph
Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone, by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling
Third Degree, by Tania Roxborough
Fairest, by Gail Carson Levene

(You can find the list of Favourite books for boys on this blog, published in February 2009)

Is YOUR favourite book not listed? Leave a comment to add it...