Month: June 2022

Book Reviews

Book Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Author: Lemony Snicket    Published: 1999 Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Books) Genres: Adventure, Mystery, YA Fiction By: Jessica B Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars Not many people are quite as unfortunate as Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. On a regular day at Briny beach, they are approached by a smoky figure in the distance. They are informed by Mr. Po that their parents have perished in a terrible fire. … Continue reading Book Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Room for one more

Author: Scott Cawthon    Published: 2020 Series: Fazbear Frights Book 3 Genres: Horror, Mystery By: Kyle Star Rating: 5/5 stars In this story we follow a man named Stanley as he goes through five nights of increasing pain and suffering, it begins with us learning that Stanley broke up with his girlfriend Amber. He is stuck in a horrible job as a security officer at an underground facility (sounds a … Continue reading Book Review: Room for one more

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Library Displays

Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2022!

Māpuna Library’s latest display is to show our appreciation and celebration of Māori New Year, Matariki! With the help of our fantastic Library team, a display was created to recognise and cherish Matariki (pictured below). With hand-drawn stars to represent the 9 stars (whetu) of the Matariki cluster and yellow name/information cards. —————————————————————————————————————————- Matariki Matariki tāpuapua. Matariki nāna i ao ake te kai ki runga. … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2022!

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Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!

Last week was Sāmoan Language Week 2022! Our display this year included some of our non-fiction titles, with our title on traditional Sāmoan tattooing being popular; Tatau : a history of Sāmoan tattooing, books about Sāmoa, its culture, myths and legends and language and other Pasifika cultures, and fiction titles written by Sāmoan authors. As well as displaying some Sāmoan greetings. This year’s theme was: … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!

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