Māpuna Library’s Display: Character Bingo!

The last display of our term was an extremely popular Character Bingo display. Where students had to guess the names of a collection of fictional characters. From famous book series, TV shows (book adaptations) and characters. We had a lot of engagement and participation from our student body which was great! Maybe, the prizes were a good incentive! #CharacterBingo Thank you to all our student … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Character Bingo!

Māpuna Library’s Display: “Intrigued by the first line…”

The latest display in our library was recommended by and put up with the help of our fantastic student librarians. The idea was to see if we could get readers to pick up a book without seeing the cover! Could they be hooked by the first line instead? Books with intriguing first lines were picked, the first lines typed up and wrapped to hide the … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: “Intrigued by the first line…”

Māpuna Library Book Trailers Display

Our latest library display highlights book trailers, thanks to EpicsReads YouTube channel who create great book trailers, we’ve put a few together a few of our titles to match these great trailers. Here are a few of the titles we have on display: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (Graphic Novel Memoir) A Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, … Continue reading Māpuna Library Book Trailers Display

Māpuna Library Pride Display

Māpuna Library has done some awesome displays so far this year. Our newest display is to celebrate Pride month and our LGBTQIA+ community. Some of our new titles include: Heartstopper (Volume 1) by Alice Oseman Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…? Gender … Continue reading Māpuna Library Pride Display

Māpuna Library’s awesome displays!

Māpuna Library has done some awesome displays this year. With the help of our fantastic Student Librarian team we flexed our creative muscles with four fantastic displays. Firstly, Top Titles a vertical hanging display presenting the student librarian’s own reviews of their current reads (pictured below). An eye-catchingly colourful display with the Are you feeling blue? and Are you seeing RED? (pictured below). As well … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s awesome displays!