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mapunalibraryJune 6, 2025Leave a comment

Māpuna Library’s Display: Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa 2025!

This week in our library we celebrated Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa! More info here on this incredible charity: https://pride.school.nz/ #ŌtautahiPride #SPWA2025 #InsideOUT #EveryoneIsMagic Thanks to our wonderful student librarians would helped find some of our many LGBTQ books for this display. Thank you to InsideOUT for creating the very popular Pride Week stickers! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa 2025!

mapunalibraryJune 4, 2025Leave a comment

Book Review: Wings

Author: Aprilynne Pike Published: 2009 Series: Wings #1 Genres: Magic, Fantasy, Fae, Fiction, Romance, Paranormal, YA By: Charlotte I really enjoyed Wings! I liked how it had faeries and magic mixed in with everyday life. Laurel’s story was fun to follow, and I liked seeing her figure out who she really is and where she belongs. The book had a nice mix of adventure, friendship and a bit of … Continue reading Book Review: Wings

mapunalibraryJune 4, 2025Leave a comment

Book Review: Silverborn – The Mystery of Morrigan Crow

Author: Jessica Townsend Published: 2025 Series: Nevermore #4 Genres: Magic, Fantasy, Fiction, YA By: Charlotte I really enjoyed Silverborn because it was so fun to be back in Morrigan’s world. The characters are still great, and the writing is funny and interesting. I loved learning more about the world of Nevermoor and meeting new characters. The book revealed a lot of important things about the story and Morrigan’s past, which … Continue reading Book Review: Silverborn – The Mystery of Morrigan Crow

mapunalibraryJune 3, 2025Leave a comment

Māpuna Library’s Display: These books Have Never Been Issued 2025!

Our latest display in our library was inspired by displaying the books which had never been issued, and in so doing, try to encourage students to take them out! #TheseBookAreLonely #TheseBooksHaveNeverBeenOut Thanks to our wonderful student librarians and Library Team who researched and collected these books for display. Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: These books Have Never Been Issued 2025!

mapunalibraryMay 21, 2025Leave a comment

Book Review: When Plague Strikes

Author: James Cross Giblin Published: 1995 Genres: Diseases, Health, History, Medicine, Non-Fiction By: Alexandrina Star Rating: 5/5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Diseases have shaped history, and When Plague Strikes dives deep into three of the most impactful – The Black Death, smallpox and AIDS. With the more modern diseases, most of the information is about the United States of America, but does still include other countries, no-matter how small they are. … Continue reading Book Review: When Plague Strikes

Māpuna Library’s Display: Pink Shirt Day 2025!

The most recent display in our library is in support of Pink Shirt Day 2025! Thank you to our wonderful group of student librarians who worked together to put this display up. #PinkShirtDayNZ #SpeakUp #StandTogether #STOPBullying #KōreroMai #KōreroAtu! #MauriTū #MauriOra Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Pink Shirt Day 2025!

Māpuna Library’s Books Around the World 2025!

Our most recent display in the library was created to encourage students to explore the world with their next book. Each book was set in a different country or the author was from that country. #BooksAroundTheWorld #FindYourNextRead Thanks to our wonderful student librarians and Library Team who worked hard on designing the signage, flags and found books for this display. Thank you to one of … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Books Around the World 2025!

Book Review: 1984

Author: George Orwell Published: 1949 Genres: Classics, Dystopian, Sci-Fi By: Rosie Star Rating: 4/5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ The author, George Orwell, has succeeded in creating a realistic, totalitarian future in which Winston Smith learns to rebel against ‘Big Brother’ (the government). 1984 is a horrifyingly relevant, dystopian, novel which is reminiscent of both our past and future. This book creates a feeling of paranoia in readers by masterfully immersing them … Continue reading Book Review: 1984

Book Review: Babel

Author: R.F. Kuang Published: 2022 Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction By: Maya Star Rating: 5/5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, written by R.F. Kuang, was one of the best books I have ever read. The story takes place in the mid-1830s, primarily in Oxford, England. The main character, Robin Swift, was born in China and is raised in England to study at the Royal Institute of Translation … Continue reading Book Review: Babel