To celebrate the end of the year and the arrival of summer, our Summer’s coming display! The student librarians chose some of their favourite reads to display as well as some recommended books that were wrapped up so you didn’t know what you were going to get! #SummerIsComing #MysteryReads #ReadOverTheHolidays Thanks to a group of our student librarians who worked together to collect books and … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Summer Reading 2025!
To celebrate the end of October, our Spooky Reads Halloween display! There were an array of horror reads on display for the taking, or students could choose to take a mystery spooky read from the cauldron, books that were wrapped up so you didn’t know what you were going to get! #HappyHalloween #MysteryReads #TakeOneIfYouDare Thanks to a group of our student librarians who worked together … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Spooky Halloween Reads 2025!
Author: Maggie Alderson Published: 2024 Genres: Contemporary Romance & Domestic Fiction By: Zara J Star Rating: 3/5 ☆ ☆ ☆ I stumbled across the book when I was searching for books about grief for my upcoming connections assignment in English. The vibrant cover jumped out at me and after reading the blurb, I decided to give it a try. For a book about a woman’s navigation through grief, it was … Continue reading Book Review: Would You Rather
Author: Bonnie Garmus Published: 2022 Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor and Tragiccomedy By: Alexandrina Star Rating: 4/5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, is a compelling and insightful work of historical fiction that explores themes of gender inequality, scientific integrity, and personal resilience. Set in 1960s America, the novel follows the journey of Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant chemist whose career is continually obstructed by the societal … Continue reading Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Running into the end of term, our most recent display has been UBER Reads! Inspired by Uber Eats, our wonderful student librarian team made up bags of books following book “orders”, each student could pick a bag of mystery books to read over the holidays! #UberReads2025 Continue reading Māpuna Library’s UBER Reads Display 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!
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!
Author: Angie Thomas Published: 2017 Genres: Urban Fiction, YA By: Tessa Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars The Hate U Give is a YA novel that follows the story of Starr, who, while being driven home from a party, witnesses the murder of her childhood friend Khalil at the hands of a policeman. She is the only person who saw what happened, but speaking up could put her and her … Continue reading Book Review: The Hate U Give
Author: Nan Fischer Published: 2018 Genres: Contemporary fiction, Coming-of-age, Mental Health/Illness, Realistic fiction, YA By: Zara J Star Rating: 4/5 stars I was recommended When Elephants Fly by a friend when we were in psychologically class talking about mental illnesses. It is a young adult novel which will have you staying up late to find out what happens on the next page. The story is about a girl … Continue reading Book Review: When Elephants Fly
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