Library Displays

Māpuna Library’s: Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!

Our latest display was to support Mental Health Awareness Week. We have a range of great titles that include non-fiction, self-help type books, to biographies and fiction with a mental health focus. Thank you to some wonderful student librarians who helped to design and put up this display. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health visit: https://mhaw.nz/ for more information … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Mental Health Awareness Week 2022!

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Māpuna Library’s Te Wiki o te reo Māori Week Display 2022

This week was Te wiki o te reo Māori 2022! We celebrated the week with several events throughout the school and our display was a combination of our non-fiction titles about Māori culture, learning the language and some of our books in te reo on display. Some of the titles included: Huia Short Stories (Contemporary Māori fiction) Hare Pota me te Whatu Manapou (Harry Potter … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Te Wiki o te reo Māori Week Display 2022

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Māpuna Library’s: Guess the Book Bingo 2022!

The most recent display in our library was another Bingo inspired display: Guess The Book Title! This has been one of our most popular displays this term. With 19 images to guess on our ‘bingo board’, we had a lot of engagement from our students, which is great! #GuessTheBookBingo We had help from our team of student librarians who came up with a few of … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Guess the Book Bingo 2022!

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The New Kid

Author: Scott Cawthon   Published: 2020 Series: Fazbear Frights, Book 3 Genres: Horror and Mystery By: Kyle Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars In this story we follow the perspective of Devon and his friend Mike, as they interact with the new kid in the block, Kelsey. It begins with Devon giving a speech on a horror book he wrote just to get the attention of a girl in his class named … Continue reading Book Review: The New Kid

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Book Review: Caraval

Author: Stephanie Garber   Published: 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Mystery, YA By: Rosie Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars Would you compete in a game to win your heart’s desire, your one true wish? This is the premise of Stephanie Garber’s wondrous tale, Caraval. From a dull hometown life to a spellbinding tale of adventure, Caraval is definitely a book for your reading list. The story entails the escapades of two sisters, Scarlett, and Donatella. It has … Continue reading Book Review: Caraval

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Book Review: This Impossible Light

Author: Lily Myers   Published: 2017 Genres: Poetry, Contemporary, Mental Health, YA By: Ashlin Lily Myers’s novel This Impossible Light is an abstract glimpse into Ivy’s life as she experiences a chain of changes in her life, not all of which are for the better.  This book is beautiful, eloquent and insightful. Ivy is seeing changes in her appearance as she develops a more womanly figure; changes in the relationship she has with … Continue reading Book Review: This Impossible Light

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Māpuna Library’s: Commonwealth Games 2022!

The most recent display in our library was to follow along with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022! The New Zealand Team did very well overall with 20 Gold, 12 Silver and 17 Bronze medals. Finishing up 5th overall with 49 medals in total! Congratulations to all the sportspeople who competed, their coaches and family members involved in helping them to succeed! #Birmingham2022 In our … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Commonwealth Games 2022!

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Book Review: Five Feet Apart

Author: Rachael Lippincott   Published: 2018 Genres: Romance, YA By: Zoe C Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars Five Feet Apart is a genuine, compelling, and heart-wrenching novel. It follows the relationship between teens Stella Grant and Will Newman, who are both suffering from Cystic Fibrosis (CF). This chronic, inherited disease damages and severely impacts the lungs and digestive system, often resulting in malnutrition, frequent respiratory infections, and a shorter life expectancy. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Book Review: Five Feet Apart

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Book Review: Mythos – The Greek Myths Retold

Author: Stephen Fry   Published: 2017 Genres: Classics, Greek Myths, Historical, Mythology, Non-fiction By: Sunny I’ve always wanted to learn about the Greek myths, all their endless tragedies and triumphs, the foolishness of man, the all-knowing wiseness of the gods. Unfortunately, they are not the most accessible texts around. The language is far from familiar, and the endless names and connections within the texts can be exhausting to place. Thankfully Stephen … Continue reading Book Review: Mythos – The Greek Myths Retold

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