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!
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!
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
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!
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!
Author: T.J. Klune Published: 2018 Genres: LGBTQ+, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi By: Zoe C Star Rating: 4/5 stars The Bones Beneath my Skin is a heartwarming sci-fi that lovers of the ‘found family’ trope are sure to enjoy. TJ Klune has delivered yet another magical world full of captivating characters and a storyline that will have you on the edge of your seat. Set in 1995, Nate Cartwright is … Continue reading Book Review: The Bones Beneath My Skin
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Published: 2020 Genres: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, YA By: Jess Star Rating: 5/5 stars Avery is nothing special. Just a 17-year-old girl from Connecticut who keeps her head down and hopes for a better future. So why did a Texas billionaire leave his entire fortune to a nobody like her? Summoned by the death of Tobias Hawthorne, Avery is thrown into a new life, one … Continue reading Book Review: The Inheritance Games
Our most recent display in the library was created to encourage students to find their next read. Perhaps to find some great books for their summer reading. Each ‘door’ represents a genre and inside the doors are suggestions of books within that genre. #GenreDoors #FindYourNextRead Thanks to our wonderful student librarians and Library Team who worked hard on designing the doors and found books within … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Genre Doors 2024!
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